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ConcessionAllowing One Not To Recite AStatement Of RemembranceWhile Prostrating

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Darussalam · Volume 2

12. [The Book of The At-Taḥbîq (Clasping One's Hands Together)]

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الحديث: 1136 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 225

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1137. It was narrated that Rifā'ah bin Rāfi' said: "While the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was sitting with us around him, a man came in, turned toward the Qiblah and prayed. When he had finished his prayer, he came and greeted the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and the people with Salām. The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ said to him: 'And also to you. Go and pray, for you have not prayed.' So he went and prayed, and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ started watching him, and he (the man) did not know what was wrong with it. When he had finished his prayer, he came and greeted the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and the people with Salām. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to him: 'And also to you. Go and pray, for you have not prayed.' He repeated it two or three times, then the man said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, what is wrong with my prayer?' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'The prayer of any one of you is not complete unless he performs Wudū' properly as enjoined by Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime. So he should wash his face, his arms up to the elbows, and wipe his head, and (wash) his feet up to the ankles. Then he should magnify Allāh and praise Him and glorify Him.'" - (One of the narrators) Hammâm said: "I heard him say: 'He should praise Allāh and glorify Him and magnify Him.' He said: "I heard both of them." - "He (the Prophet ﷺ) said: 'He should recite whatever is easy for him of the Qur'ān that Allāh has taught him and permitted him in it (the prayer). Then he should say the Takbīr and bow until his joints settle and he is relaxed. Then he should say: "Samiʿ Allāhu liman ḥamidah (Allāh heard the one who praises Him)" and stand up straight until his backbone is straight (and at ease). Then he should say Takbīr and prostrate until he has placed his face firmly on the ground.” “I heard him say: his forehead, until his joints settle and he is relaxed. Then he should say the Takbīr and sit up until his backbone is straight (and at ease). Then he should prostrate until he has placed his face firmly on the ground and he is relaxed. If he does not do that then he has not completed his prayer.” (Sahīh)

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1136 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ أَبُو يَحْيَى بِمَكَّةَ وَهُوَ بَصْرِيٌّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ يَحْيَى بْنِ خَلَّادِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ رَافِعِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ حَدَّثَهُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَالِسٌ وَنَحْنُ حَوْلَهُ إِذْ دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ فَأَتَى الْقِبْلَةَ فَصَلَّى، فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ جَاءَ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلَى الْقَوْمِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَعَلَيْكَ، اذْهَبْ فَصَلِّ فَإِنَّكَ لَمْ تُصَلِّ»، فَذَهَبَ فَصَلَّى فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَرْمُقُ صَلَاتَهُ، وَلَا يَدْرِي مَا يَعِيبُ مِنْهَا، فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ جَاءَ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلَى الْقَوْمِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَعَلَيْكَ، اذْهَبْ فَصَلِّ فَإِنَّكَ لَمْ تُصَلِّ»، فَأَعَادَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مَا عِبْتَ مِنْ صَلَاتِي؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّهَا لَمْ تَتِمَّ صَلَاةُ أَحَدِكُمْ حَتَّى يُسْبِغَ الْوُضُوءَ كَمَا أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، فَيَغْسِلَ وَجْهَهُ وَيَدَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ، وَيَمْسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَرِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ، ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَيَحْمَدَهُ وَيُمَجِّدَهُ» ـ قَالَ هَمَّامٌ: وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: «وَيَحْمَدَ اللَّهَ، وَيُمَجِّدَهُ، وَيُكَبِّرَهُ» قَالَ: فَكِلَاهُمَا قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ـ قَالَ: " وَيَقْرَأَ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مِمَّا عَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ وَأَذِنَ لَهُ فِيهِ، ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرَ وَيَرْكَعَ حَتَّى تَطْمَئِنَّ مَفَاصِلُهُ وَتَسْتَرْخِيَ، ثُمَّ يَقُولَ: سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ، ثُمَّ يَسْتَوِيَ قَائِمًا حَتَّى يُقِيمَ صُلْبَهُ، ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرَ وَيَسْجُدَ حَتَّى يُمَكِّنَ وَجْهَهُ "، وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: «جَبْهَتَهُ حَتَّى تَطْمَئِنَّ مَفَاصِلُهُ، وَتَسْتَرْخِيَ، وَيُكَبِّرَ فَيَرْفَعَ حَتَّى يَسْتَوِيَ قَاعِدًا عَلَى مَقْعَدَتِهِ وَيُقِيمَ صُلْبَهُ، ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرَ فَيَسْجُدَ حَتَّى يُمَكِّنَ وَجْهَهُ وَيَسْتَرْخِيَ، فَإِذَا لَمْ يَفْعَلْ هَكَذَا لَمْ تَتِمَّ صَلَاتُهُ»

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In this narration, there is no mention of the bowing and the prostration's glorifications (Tasbihāt). From it, the compiler ﷺ has drawn an inference that the glorifications are not obligatory. Without them too, the prayer is valid. (For further elucidation, see Hadīth 1054)