Hadith 695

Offering prayers behind a man who is a victim of Al-Fitan (trials and afflictions) or a heretic.

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Darussalam · Volume 1

10 - THE BOOK OF ADHĀN

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 695 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 141

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English translation

695. Narrated 'Ubaid-Ullāh bin Adī bin Khīyār : I went to 'Uthmān bin 'Affān رضي الله عنه عنه while he was besieged, and said to him, "You are the chief of all Muslims in general and you see what has befallen you. We are led in the Ṣalāt (prayer) by a leader of Al-Fitan (trials and afflictions etc.) and we are afraid of being sinful in following him." 'Uthmān said, "Aṣ-Ṣalāt (the prayers) is the best of all deeds so when the people do good deeds do the same with them and when they do bad deeds, avoid those bad deeds." Az-Zuhri said, "In our opinion one should not offer Ṣalāt behind an effeminate person unless there is no alternative."

Arabic text

695 - قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: وَقَالَ لَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَدِيِّ بْنِ خِيَارٍ، أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، - وَهُوَ مَحْصُورٌ - فَقَالَ: إِنَّكَ إِمَامُ عَامَّةٍ، وَنَزَلَ بِكَ مَا نَرَى، وَيُصَلِّي لَنَا إِمَامُ فِتْنَةٍ، وَنَتَحَرَّجُ؟ فَقَالَ: «الصَّلاَةُ أَحْسَنُ مَا يَعْمَلُ النَّاسُ، فَإِذَا أَحْسَنَ النَّاسُ، فَأَحْسِنْ مَعَهُمْ، وَإِذَا أَسَاءُوا فَاجْتَنِبْ إِسَاءَتَهُمْ» وَقَالَ الزُّبَيْدِيُّ، قَالَ: الزُّهْرِيُّ: «لاَ نَرَى أَنْ يُصَلَّى خَلْفَ المُخَنَّثِ إِلَّا مِنْ ضَرُورَةٍ لاَ بُدَّ مِنْهَا»

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