Hadith · Muwatta Malik

Hadith 25

The Times of Prayer

Muwatta Malik · 25 Grade: Sahih (Salim al-Hilali)

حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ،

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ وَقَالَ لِبِلاَلٍ اكْلأْلَنَا الصُّبْحَ . وَنَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابُهُ بِلاَلٌ مَا قُدِّرَ لَهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَنَدَ إِلَى وَهُوَ مُقَابِلُ الْفَجْرِ فَغَلَبَتْهُ عَيْنَاهُ فَلَمْ يَسْتَيْقِظْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلاَ بِلاَلٌ وَلاَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الرَّكْبِ حَتَّى ضَرَبَتْهُمُ الشَّمْسُ فَفَزِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ بِلاَلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخَذَ بِنَفْسِي الَّذِي أَخَذَ بِنَفْسِكَ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ . فَبَعَثُوا شَيْئًا ثُمَّ أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِلاَلاً فَأَقَامَ الصَّلاَةَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ ثُمَّ قَالَ حِينَ قَضَى الصَّلاَةَ مَنْ نَسِيَ الصَّلاَةَ فَلْيُصَلِّهَا إِذَا ذَكَرَهَا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَقُولُ فِي كِتَابِهِ {أَقِمِ الصَّلاَةَ لِذِكْرِي } .

Rare words (gharib) (9)
اكْلَأْ
احرس واحفظ . (النهاية كلأ)
رَوَاحِلَهُمْ
الراحلة من الإبل : البعير القوى على الأسفار والأحمال . (النهاية رحل)
رَاحِلَتَهُ
الراحلة من الإبل : البعير القوى على الأسفار والأحمال . (النهاية رحل)
عَرَّسَ
التعريس : النزول آخر الليل للنوم والاستراحة ، وقد يستعمل فى النزول أى وقت كان من ليل أو نهار . (مشارق الأنوار 2 / 76 ، 77)
قَفَلَ
أى : رجع . (النهاية قفل)
وكلأ
حفظ وحرس . (النهاية كلأ)
أسرى
أى : سار ليلا . (النهاية سرى)
اقتادوا
قاد البعيرَ واقتاده : جَرَّه خَلْفه . (النهاية قود)
واقتادوا
قاد البعيرَ واقتاده : جَرَّه خَلْفه . (النهاية قود)

Brief explanation

To be added, God willing

Benefits

To be added, God willing

English translation

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al- Musayyab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, travelled by night on the way back from Khaybar.Towards the end of the night he stopped for a rest and told Bilal to stay awake to keep watch for the subh prayer. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and his companions slept. Bilal stayed on guard as long as was decreed for him and then he leant against his riding camel facing the direction of the dawn and sleep overcame him and neither he nor the Messenger of Allah nor any of the party woke up until the sun's rays had struck them. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was alarmed. Bilal excused himself, saying, "Messenger of Allah! The One who took your self was the One who took myself. "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered the party to move on and so they roused thei r mounts and rode on a short distance. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered Bilal to give the iqama and then led them in the subh prayer. When he had finished he said, "Anyone who forgets a prayer should pray it when he remembers. Allah theBlessed and Exalted says in His book, 'Establish the prayer to remember Me

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