Sunan Abi Dawud

Hadith 91

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Should A Person Offer Ṣalāt When He Feels The Urge To Relieve Himself

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Darussalam · Volume 1

1. THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION

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الحديث: 91 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 23

DarussalamHasanAl-Albaniصحيح، إلا جملة الدعوةAl-AlbaniDa‘if chain · qualified assessment
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  • صحيح وضعيف سنن أبي داود (opens in a new tab)

    Source no. 91 · Volume 1 · Page 2

    صحيح، إلا جملة الدعوة

  • ضعيف أبي داود - الأم (opens in a new tab)

    Source no. 13 · Volume 1 · Page 36

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    (قلت: إسناده ضعيف كسابقه، لكن الجملة الأولى منه صح معناها من حديث عائشة (رقم ٨١) من " صحيح سنن المؤلف ". والجملة الثانية ثبتت من حديث ابن عباس: عند ابن ماجه وابن حبان في " صحيحه "، ومن حديث أبي أمامة: عند الترمذي- وحسنه-، وإنما أوردته في هذا الكتاب من أجل الجملة الأخيرة منه)

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91. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: “It is not permissible for a man who believes in Allāh and the Final Day that he offer Ṣalāt while he is in discomfort until he lightens himself...” he continued with a similar wording, and then said: “And it is not permissible for a man who believes in Allāh and the Final Day that he should lead a people (in prayer) except with their permission, or that he mention himself only during supplication, ignoring them, for if he does so then he has betrayed them.” (Hasan) Abū Dāwūd said: These are of the traditions of the people of Ash-Shām; no one else shared with them in (narrating) them.

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91 - حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ السُّلَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَوْرٌ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي حَيٍّ الْمُؤَذِّنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَا يَحِلُّ لِرَجُلٍ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ وَهُوَ حَقِنٌ حَتَّى يَتَخَفَّفَ» - ثُمَّ سَاقَ نَحْوَهُ عَلَى هَذَا اللَّفْظِ قَالَ: «وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِرَجُلٍ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ أَنْ يَؤُمَّ قَوْمًا إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِمْ، وَلَا يَخْتَصُّ نَفْسَهُ بِدَعْوَةٍ دُونَهُمْ، فَإِنْ فَعَلَ فَقَدْ خَانَهُمْ»، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «هَذَا مِنْ سُنَنِ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ لَمْ يُشْرِكْهُمْ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ»

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Narrations 90 and 91, are weak, according to Ibn Khuzaimah, Ibn Taimiyah, Ibn Al-Qayyim, Shaikh Al-Albānī, and others. Not performing Ṣalāt while having the urge to relieve oneself, and not leading a group of people in prayer without their permission, are supported by other narrations, but the portion prohibiting the Imām from supplicating for himself only, is not supported by any authentic narrations, and there are many supplications reported from Allāh's Messenger ﷺ in which he supplicated in the first person singular; see nos. 781 and 880. And he ﷺ also ordered that in some cases, see no. 983.