Sunan Ibn Majah

Hadith 986

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Whoever Leads People (In Prayer), Let Him Make It Short

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Darussalam · Volume 2

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الحديث: 986 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 315

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986. It was narrated that Jâbir said: “Mu’âdh bin Jabal Al-Ansâri led his companions in the Ishâ prayer and he made it long. A man among us went away and prayed by himself. Mu’âdh was told about that and he said: ‘He is a hypocrite.’ When the man heard about that, he went to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and told him what Mu’âdh had said to him. The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Do you want to be a cause of Fithnah (trial, tribulation), O Mu’âdh? When you lead the people in prayer, recite “By the sun and its brightness,”[1] and “Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High,”[2] and “By the night as it envelopes,”[3] and “Recite in the Name of your Lord.”’[4] (Sahih) به.

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986 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ: صَلَّى مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ بِأَصْحَابِهِ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ، فَطَوَّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَانْصَرَفَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا فَصَلَّى، فَأُخْبِرَ مُعَاذُ عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ مُنَافِقٌ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ، دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ مَا قَالَ لَهُ مُعَاذٌ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَتُرِيدُ أَنْ تَكُونَ فَتَّانًا يَا مُعَاذٌ؟ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ بِالنَّاسِ، فَاقْرَأْ بِالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا، وَسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى، وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى، وَاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ»

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