Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 39-48
Sahih
Muslim Book 5 - Hadith 39-48
Chapter 7: The prohibition of speaking during the prayer, and the abrogation of its former permissibility.
Mu'awiya b. al-Hakam said:
While I was praying with
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), a man in the company sneezed. I said: Allah have
mercy on you! The people stared at me with disapproving looks, so I said: Woe
be upon me, why is it that you stare at me? They began to strike their hands on
their thighs, and when I saw them urging me to observe silence (I became angry)
but I said nothing. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had said the prayer (and I
declare that neither before him nor after him have I seen a leader who gave
better instruction than he for whom I would give my father and mother as
ransom). I swear that he did not scold, beat or revile me but said: Talking to
persons is not fitting during the prayer, for it consists of glorifying Allah,
declaring his Greatness. and recitation of the Qur'an or words to that effect.
I said: Messenger of Allah. I was till recently a pagan, but Allah has brought
Islam to us; among us there are men who have recourse to Kahins. He said, Do
not have recourse to them. I said. There are men who take omens. That is
something which they find in their breasts, but let it not turn their way (from
freedom of action). I said: Among us there are men who draw lines. He said:
There was a prophet who drew lines, so if they do it as they did, that is
allowable. I had a maid-servant who tended goats by the side of Uhud and
Jawwaniya. One day I happened to pass that way and found that a wolf had
carried a goat from her flock. I am after all a man from the posterity of Adam.
I felt sorry as they (human beings) feel sorry. So I slapped her. I came to the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and felt (this act of mine) as something grievous I
said: Messenger of Allah, should I not grant her freedom? He (the Holy Prophet)
said: Bring her to me. So I brought her to him. He said to her: Where is Allah?
She said: He is in the heaven. He said: Who am I? She said: Thou are the
Messenger of Allah. He said: Grant her freedom, she is a believing woman. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 - Hadith 39)
This hadith has
been narrated by Yahya b. Abu Kathir with the same chain of transmitters.
(Sahih
Muslim Book 5 - Hadith 40)
Abdullah (b. Masu'd) reported:
We used to greet the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) while he was engaged in prayer and he would respond to
our greeting. But when we returned from the Negus we greeted him and he did not
respond to us; so, we said: Messenger of Allah. we used to greet you when you
were engaged in prayer and you would respond to us. He replied: Prayer demands
whole attention. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 - Hadith 41)
This hadith has
been reported by A'mash with the same chain of transmitters. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 - Hadith 42)
Zaid b. Arqam reported:
We used to talk while
engaged in prayer and a person talked with a companion on his side in prayer
till (this verse) was revealed:" And stand before Allah in devout
obedience" (ii, 238) and we were commanded to observe silence (in prayer)
and were forbidden to speak. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 - Hadith 43)
A hadith like this
has been transmitted by Isma'il b. Abu Khalid. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 - Hadith 44)
Jabir reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
sent me on an errand. I (having done the business assigned to me came back and)
joined him as he was going (on a ride). Qutaiba said that he was saying prayer
while he rode. I greeted him. He gestured to me. When he completed the prayer.
he called me and said: You greeted me just now while I was engaged in prayer.
(Qutaiba said): His (Prophet's face) was towards the east, as he was praying. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 - Hadith 45)
Jabir reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
sent me (on an errand) while he was going to Banu Mustaliq. I came to him and
he was engaged in prayer on the back of his camel. I talked to him and he
gestured to me With his hand, and Zuhair gestured with his hand. I then again
talked and he again (gestured to me with his hand). Zuhair pointed with his
hand towards the ground. I heard him (the Holy Prophet) reciting the Qur'an and
making a sign with his head. When he completed the prayer he sa'id: What have
you done (with regard to that business) for which I sent you? I could not talk
with you but for the fact that I was engaged in prayer. Zuhair told that Abu
Zubair was sitting with his face turned towards Qibla (as he transmitted this
hadith). Abu Zuhair pointed towards Banu Mustaliq with his hand and the
direction to which he pointed with his hand was not towards the Ka'ba. (Sahih Muslim
Book 5 - Hadith 46)
Jabir reported:
We were in the company of
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he sent me on an errand, and when I came back
(I saw him) saying prayer on his ride and his face was not turned towards
Qibla. I greeted him but he did not respond to me. As he completed the prayer,
he said: Nothing prevented me from responding to your greeting but the fact
that I was praying. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 - Hadith 47)
This hadith that
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent Jabir on an errand has been reported by him
through another chain of transmitters. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 - Hadith 48)
Sahih
Muslim Book 5 - Hadith 39-48
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