Hadith 821

The One Who Did Not Recite The Fātiḥah In His Prayer

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 821 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 216

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(إسناده صحيح على شرط مسلم. وقد أخرجه هو وابن حبان (١٧٨١)، وأبو عوانة في "صحاحهم". وقال الترمذي: "حديث حسن")

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English translation

821. It was reported from Abū As-Sā'ib, the freed slave of Hishām bin Zuhrah, who said: "I heard Abū Hurairah saying: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whoever prays any prayer in which the Mother of the Book (Al-Fātiḥah) is not recited, then (his prayer) will be incomplete, it will be incomplete, it will be incomplete, not complete." He said: "I said: 'O Abū Hurairah! Sometimes we are behind the Imām!' So he poked my forearm, and said: 'O Persian, recite it to yourself, for I have heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, has said: 'I have divided the prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves. So half of it is for Me, and half of it is for My servant, and My servant will get what he asks for.'" The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Recite (it): The servant says: All praise is due to Allāh, the Lord of all creation; and Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, says: 'My servant has praised Me.' Then he says: The Ever-Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy; and Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, says: 'My servant has extolled Me.' Then he says: The Owner of the Day of Judgment; and Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, says: 'My servant has glorified Me.' Then the servant says: You alone do we worship, and Your help alone do we seek, (and Allāh says:) 'So this is between My servant and I, and My servant will get what he asks.' The servant says: Guide us to the straight path. The path of those whom You have favored, not those upon whom (You have) shown Your anger, nor those who have gone astray. (Allāh says:) 'So these are for My servant, and My servant will get what he asks.'" (Sāhīh)

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821 - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا السَّائِبِ، مَوْلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ زَهْرَةَ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاةً لَمْ يَقْرَأْ فِيهَا بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ غَيْرُ تَمَامٍ» قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، إِنِّي أَكُونُ أَحْيَانًا وَرَاءَ الْإِمَامِ قَالَ: فَغَمَزَ ذِرَاعِي، وَقَالَ: اقْرَأْ بِهَا يَا فَارِسِيُّ فِي نَفْسِكَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: " قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: قَسَمْتُ الصَّلَاةَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عَبْدِي نِصْفَيْنِ: فَنِصْفُهَا لِي، وَنِصْفُهَا لِعَبْدِي، وَلِعَبْدِي مَا سَأَلَ " قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " اقْرَءُوا يَقُولُ الْعَبْدُ {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة: 2] يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: حَمِدَنِي عَبْدِي، يَقُولُ: {الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة: 1]، يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: أَثْنَىعَلَيَّ عَبْدِي، يَقُولُ الْعَبْدُ {مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ}، يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: مَجَّدَنِي عَبْدِي، يَقُولُ الْعَبْدُ {إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ} [الفاتحة: 5]، يَقُولُ اللَّهُ: هَذِهِ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عَبْدِي وَلِعَبْدِي مَا سَأَلَ، يَقُولُ الْعَبْدُ {اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ، صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ} [الفاتحة: 7]، يَقُولُ اللَّهُ: فَهَؤُلَاءِ لِعَبْدِي وَلِعَبْدِي مَا سَأَلَ "

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