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450. Anas bin Mâlik and Ibn Ḥazm said: “The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: ‘Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, enjoined fifty prayers upon my Ummah, and I came back with that until I passed by Mûsâ, peace be upon him, who said: ‘What has your Lord enjoined upon your Ummah?’ I said: ‘He has enjoined fifty prayers on them.’ Mûsâ said to me: ‘Go back to your Lord, , the Mighty and Sublime, for your Ummah will not be able to do that.’ So I went back to my Lord, the Mighty and Sublime, and He reduced a portion of it. Then I came back to Mûsâ and told him, and he said: ‘Go back to your Lord, for your Ummah will not be able to do that.’ So I went back to my Lord, the Mighty and Sublime, and He said: ‘They are five (prayers) but they are fifty (in reward), and the Word that comes from Me cannot be changed.’[1] I came back to Mûsâ and he said: ‘Go back to your Lord.’ I said: ‘I feel too shy before my Lord, the Mighty and Sublime.’” (Ṣaḥīh)
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Commentary
1. “He reduced a portion of it” - the Arabic expression employed is Shatr, which denotes either half of a thing or a portion of a thing. That is why the latter meaning has been adopted. There is brevity in this narration also; otherwise the prayers were lightened fives by fives each time.
2. "The Word that comes from Me cannot be changed" - the expression "word" in this phrase denotes the thing uttered. So despite the reduction in the number of fifty prayers, their merits or rewards remained the same.
