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Sahih Muslim 414a

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The Imam is appointed, so that he should be followed, so don’t be at variance with him. Recite takbir when he recites it; bow down when he…

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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ، (يَعْنِي الْحِزَامِيَّ) عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّمَا الإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ فَلَا تَخْتَلِفُوا عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ فَكَبِّرُوا وَإِذَا رَكَعَ فَارْكَعُوا وَإِذَا قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ. فَقُولُوا اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ. وَإِذَا سَجَدَ فَاسْجُدُوا وَإِذَا صَلَّى جَالِسًا فَصَلُّوا جُلُوسًا أَجْمَعُونَ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The Imam is appointed, so that he should be followed, so don’t be at variance with him. Recite takbir when he recites it; bow down when he bows down and when he says: “ Allah listens to him who praises Him,” say: “ O Allah, our Lord, to Thee be the Praise.” And when he (the Imam) prostrates, you should also prostrate, and when he says prayer sitting, you should all observe prayer sitting.

হারূন ইবনু সাঈদ আল আইলী (রহঃ) ..... শারীক ইবনু আবদুল্লাহ ইবনু আবূ নামির (রাযিঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। যে রাতে রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম কে কা'বার মসজিদ থেকে মি'রাজে নিয়ে যাওয়া হয়েছিল সে রাত সম্পর্কে আমি আনাস ইবনু মালিক (রাযিঃ) কে বর্ণনা করতে শুনেছি যে, ওয়াহী প্রাপ্তির পূর্বে রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম একদিন মাসজিদুল হারামে নিদ্রিত অবস্থায় ছিলেন।

এরূপে বর্ণনাকারী পূর্ব বর্ণিত সাবিতুল বুনানীর হাদীসেরই অনুরূপ বর্ণনা করে যান। তবে এ বর্ণনায় শব্দের কিছু আগপাছ ও কমবেশি রয়েছে।

شریک بن عبد اللہ بن ابی نمر نے حدیث سنائی ( کہا ) : میں نے حضرت انس بن مالک ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ سے سنا ، وہ ہمیں اس رات کے بارے میں حدیث سنا رہے تھے جس میں رسول اللہ ﷺ کو مسجد کعبہ سے رات کے سفر پر لے جایا گیا کہ آپ کی طرف وحی کیے جانے سے پہلے آپ کے پاس تین نفر ( فرشتے ) آئے ، اس وقت آپ مسجد حرام میں سوئے تھے ۔

شریک نے ’’واقعہ اسراء ‘ ‘ ثابت بنانی کی حدیث کی طرح سنایا اور اس میں کچھ چیزوں کو آگے پیچھے کر دیا اور ( کچھ میں ) کمی بیشی کی ۔ ( امام مسلم نے یہ تفصیل بتا کر پوری ورایت نقل کرنے کی ضرورت محسوس نہیں کی ۔)

Bize Harun b. Saîd el Eyli rivayet etti. (Dedi ki): Bize, İbni Vehb rivüyet etti dedi ki: Bana Süleyman —ki İbni Bilal'dır— haber verdi dedi ki: Bana Şerik b. Abdullah b. Ebi Nemir tahdis etti: Enes b. Malik'i bize Resulullah (Sallallahu aleyhi ve Sellem)'in Kabe mescidinden yürütüldüğü (isra) gecesini anlatırken dinlemiştim. Anlattığına göre ona vahiy gelmeden önce o Mescid-i Haram'da uyuyorken yanına üç kişi gelmiş sonra hadisi kıssası ile birlikte (bundan önceki) Sabit el-Bunani'nin rivayet ettiği hadise yakın olarak zikretti.

O rivayetinde bazı şeyleri öne aldı, bazı şeyleri sonraya bıraktı. Bazı fazlalıklar da zikretti, bazı yerleri de eksik söyledi. Diğer tahric: Buhari, 3570, 7517; Tuhfetu'l-Eşraf, 909 DAVUDOĞLU 409 – 423 AÇIKLAMASI 168.sayfada. 409 – 429 NEVEVİ ŞERHİ 172.sayfada

Sahih Muslim 414a, Book 4, The Book of Prayers, Hadith 92. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the wisdom behind appointing an Imām, which is that the worshipers should follow him in their congregational prayer. They should not act differently from him in the actions of the prayer. Rather, the Imām's movements during the prayer should be observed and followed in the same order he does them.

Thus, when the Imām says Takbīr, then the congregation should follow him in doing so. When the Imām bows then they all should follow him, and when the Imām reminds them that Allah will answer the ones who praise Him by saying "Allah hears the one who praises Him", then they should praise Allah by saying: "Our Lord, praise be to You".

When the Imām prostrates, Muslims praying behind him should prostrate as well, and if he prays sitting because he is unable to stand, then all of them should pray sitting as well even if they are able to stand. This is how the Imām should be followed.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Qutaybah ibn SaidTold us, Fourth generation, died 240 AH
  3. 3Al-Mughirah ibn Abd ar-RahmanTold us, Third generation, died 171 AH
  4. 4Abu az-Zinad Abdullah ibn DhakwanFrom, Successor, died 129 AH
  5. 5Abd ar-Rahman ibn Hurmuz al-ArajFrom, Successor, died 110 AH
  6. 6Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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