Regularly Attending The Prayers When The Call Is Given
Darussalam · Volume 1
10. The Book OfLeading The Prayer(Al-Imâmah)Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 850 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 109
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صحيح، ابن ماجة (٧٩٤)
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(صحيح) - ابن ماجه ٧٩٤: م.
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851. It was narrated that Abû Hurairah said: “A blind man came to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and said: ‘I do not have a guide to bring me to the prayer.’ And he asked him to grant him a dispensation allowing him to pray in his house, and he gave him permission. Then when he turned away he said to him: 'Can you hear the call to prayer?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then respond to it.'" (Sahih)
850 - أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: جَاءَ أَعْمَى إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي قَائِدٌ يَقُودُنِي إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ، فَسَأَلَهُ أَنْ يُرَخِّصَ لَهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فِي بَيْتِهِ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ، فَلَمَّا وَلَّى دَعَاهُ قَالَ لَهُ: «أَتَسْمَعُ النِّدَاءَ بِالصَّلَاةِ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: «فَأَجِبْ»
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This narration also forms an argument for those who consider prayer in congregation obligatory; otherwise Allāh's Messenger ﷺ would have given the helpless and blind Companion a general pardon from having to come to congregational prayer. Initially, the Prophet ﷺ had granted him pardon, but on inquiry, it was realized that he did not stay far from the mosque. The sound of the Adhān was audible from his home, and it was possible for him to come to the mosque from such a close distance all by himself.