Sahih al-Bukhari
503
Chapter 8 · Prayers (Salat)الصَّلاَةِ إِلَى الأُسْطُوَانَةِ
Praying towards a pillar
لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ كِبَارَ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَبْتَدِرُونَ السَّوَارِيَ عِنْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ. حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Show the chain of narration (Arabic)
حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ
Translation
Anas ibn Malik reported: I saw the senior Companions of the Prophet ﷺ hastening to the pillars at the time of the Maghrib prayer. … until the Prophet ﷺ came out.
Translator’s note: They hastened to the pillars to pray two rak'ahs towards them before the Maghrib prayer. The part after “…” is an addition from another transmission (Shu'bah from Amr from Anas).
Other translations
Deutsch
Anas ibn Malik berichtete: Ich habe die bedeutenden Gefährten des Propheten ﷺ gesehen, wie sie zur Zeit des Abendgebets zu den Säulen eilten. … bis der Prophet ﷺ herauskam.
Translator’s note: Sie eilten zu den Säulen, um vor dem Abendgebet zu ihnen hin zwei Rak'at zu beten. Der Teil nach „…“ ist ein Zusatz aus einer weiteren Überlieferung (Schu'ba von Amr von Anas).
Türkçe
Enes b. Mâlik (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Andolsun, Nebî'nin ﷺ büyük sahâbîlerini akşam namazı vaktinde direklere koşuşurken gördüm. … Nebî ﷺ çıkıncaya kadar.
Translator’s note: Akşam namazından önce direklere doğru iki rekât namaz kılmak için koşuşurlardı. “…” işaretinden sonraki kısım başka bir rivayetten bir ilavedir (Şu'be, Amr kanalıyla Enes'ten).
Further routes of narration
وَزَادَ شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَنَسٍ
Other versions of this report
The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.
كَانَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ إِذَا أَذَّنَ قَامَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَبْتَدِرُونَ السَّوَارِيَ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُمْ كَذَلِكَ يُصَلُّونَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ الأَذَانِ وَالإِقَامَةِ شَىْءٌ. قَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ جَبَلَةَ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَهُمَا إِلاَّ قَلِيلٌ.
Anas ibn Malik reported: When the caller to prayer had called the adhan, some of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ would stand and hasten to the pillars until the Prophet ﷺ came out, while they were thus praying the two rak'ahs before the …
The journey of this hadith
From Basra to Samarqand – over 163 years and 5 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.
256AH
al-Bukhari · Samarqand
- Companions (Sahaba)
- Successors (Tabiʿun)
- Successors of the Successors
- Compiler
- Corroborating narration (mutābaʿa)
Chain as a list
Main chain
- Anas bin Malikأَنَسٍ
d. 93 AH / 712 CE · Basrah · Comp. RA 1st Generation
- 'Amr bin 'Amir al-Ansariعَمْرِو بْنِ عَامِرٍ
Follower Tabi' 5th generation
- Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawriسُفْيَانُ
d. 161 AH · Basra · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation
- Qabaysa bin 'Uqba bin Muhammadقَبِيصَةُ
d. 215 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 9th generation
- al-Bukhariالبخاري
Compiler
Corroborating narration (mutābaʿa)
Another narrator transmitted the same text as well and corroborates this part of the chain.
- Anas bin Malikأَنَسٍ
d. 93 AH / 712 CE · Basrah · Comp. RA 1st Generation
- 'Amr bin 'Amir al-Ansariعَمْرٍو
Follower Tabi' 5th generation
- Shu'bah bin al-Hajjajشُعْبَةُ
d. 160 AH · Basra · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation