Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)
باب مَنْ تَرَكَ الْقِرَاءَةَ فِي صَلاَتِهِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ
Chapter: The One Who Did Not Recite The Faithah In His Prayer.
8 hadith · references 818–825
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Abu Dawud · 818أُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَقْرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَمَا تَيَسَّرَAbu Saeed said: we were commanded to recite Fatihat al-kitab and whatever was convenient (from the Quran during the prayer).5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 819اخْرُجْ فَنَادِ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ أَنَّهُ لَا صَلَاةَ إِلَّا بِقُرْآنٍ وَلَوْ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَمَا زَادَAbu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Go out and announce in Madina that prayer is not valid but the recitation of the Quran even though it might be fatihat al-kitab and something more.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 820أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ أُنَادِيَ أَنَّهُ لَا صَلَاةَ إِلَّا بِقِرَاءَةِ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَمَا زَادَAbu Hurairah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to announce that prayer is not valid but with the recitation of Fatihat al-kitab and something more.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 821مَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاةً لَمْ يَقْرَأْ فِيهَا بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ ، فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ ، فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ ، فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ ، غَيْرُ تَمَامٍAbu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: If anyone observes a prayer in which he does not recite Umm al-Quran, it is incomplete, it is incomplete, it is incomplete, and deficient. (The narrator said) I s5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 822لَا صَلَاةَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَقْرَأْ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَصَاعِدًاUbadah bin al-Samit reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: the prayer is not valid I one does not recite fatihat al-kitab and something more, sufyan ( the narrator) said: This applies to a man who prays alone.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 823لَعَلَّكُمْ تَقْرَءُونَ خَلْفَ إِمَامِكُمْ ، قُلْنَا : نَعَمْ ، هَذًّا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : لَا تَفْعَلُوا إِلَّا بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا صَلَاةَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَقْرَأْ بِهَاNarrated Ubadah ibn as-Samit: We were behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the dawn prayer, and he recited (the passage), but the recitation became difficult for him. Then when he finished, he said: Perhaps you recite behi6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 824هَلْ تَقْرَءُونَ إِذَا جَهَرْتُ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ ؟ فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا : إِنَّا نَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ ، قَالَ : فَلَا ، وَأَنَا أَقُولُ مَا لِي يُنَازِعُنِي الْقُرْآنُ ، فَلَا تَقْرَءُوا بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ إِذَا جَهَرْتُ إِلNafib. Mahmudb. Al-Rabi Al-Ansari said: “Ubadah bin al-Samit came to late to lead the morning prayer. Abu Nuaim, the Muadhdhin, pronounced the takbir and he led the people in prayer. Then Ubadah came and I was with him. 7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 825حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ جَابِرٍ ، وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ، وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ ، نَحْوَ حَدِThe above mentioned tradition has been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Ubadah bin al-Samit like the version of al-Rabib Sulaiman. This version adds: Makhul used to recite Surah al Fatihah al-kitab q7 narrators