Severe Warning Against Missing Prayer In Congregation
Darussalam · Volume 1
(4) The Chapters On TheMosques And TheCongregationsSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 792 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 260
Source no. 792 · Volume 2 · Page 364
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صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (٥٦١ و ٥٦٢) ، الإرواء (٢ / ٢٤٧) ، الروض النضير (٧٥٥)
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792. It was narrated that Ibn Umm Maktum said: “I said to the Prophet ﷺ: ‘I am an old man and blind; my house is far away, and I have no one to lead me. Is there any concession (for me not to have to attend the prayer in the mosque)?’ He said: ‘Can you hear the call?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Then I do not find any concession for you.’” (Da’if)
792 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي رَزِينٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: إِنِّي كَبِيرٌ ضَرِيرٌ، شَاسِعُ الدَّارِ وَلَيْسَ لِي قَائِدٌ يُلَاوِمُنِي، فَهَلْ تَجِدُ لِي مِنْ رُخْصَةٍ قَالَ: «هَلْ تَسْمَعُ النِّدَاءَ؟» ، قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «مَا أَجِدُ لَكَ رُخْصَةً»
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The Hadith underlines the importance of the prayer in congregation, so much so, that the Prophet ﷺ did not grant any sort of concession, even to Ibn Umm Maktum ﷺ although he was handicapped in several ways. The Prophet ﷺ did not accept Ibn Umm Maktum’s request to allow him to stay away from the prayer in congregation, because he ﷺ wanted him to earn more and more reward in the Hereafter. His wish was to create an inducement in him for the congregational prayer although, as we know, a blind man who finds it difficult to attend the prayer in the mosque is allowed to perform it at home as it happened in the case of ‘Itbân bin Mâlik ﷺ (Sunan Ibn Mâjah: 754).