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Sahih al-Bukhari

585

Chapter 9 · Times of the Prayers
Sahih

لاَ يَتَحَرَّى الصَّلاَةَ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ

One should not aim to pray before sunset

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ يَتَحَرَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَيُصَلِّي عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَلاَ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِهَا ".

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ،

Translation

Ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “None of you should aim to pray at the rising of the sun or at its setting.”

Other translations

Deutsch

Ibn Umar berichtete, dass der Gesandte Allahs ﷺ sagte: „Keiner von euch soll es darauf anlegen, beim Aufgang der Sonne oder bei ihrem Untergang zu beten.“

Türkçe

İbn Ömer (r.a.), Resûlullah'ın ﷺ şöyle buyurduğunu rivayet etti: “Hiçbiriniz güneşin doğuşu ve batışı sırasında namaz kılmayı kastetmesin.”

Other versions of this report

The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.

  • قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تَحَرَّوْا بِصَلاَتِكُمْ طُلُوعَ الشَّمْسِ وَلاَ غُرُوبَهَا ".

    Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Do not aim with your prayer for the rising of the sun nor for its setting.”

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 6 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · Medinaibn Umar† 74 AH · MeccaNafie'† 119 AH · MedinaImam Maalik† 179 AH · Medina'Abdullah bin Yusuf al-Tunaysi† 218 AH · Egyptal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Later scholars
  • Compiler
Chain as a list
  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. ibn Umarابْنِ عُمَرَ

    d. 74 AH / 693 CE · Makkah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. Nafie'نَافِعٍ

    d. 119 AH · Medinah · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation

  4. Imam Maalikمَالِكٌ

    d. 179 AH / 795 CE · Medina · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation Maliki

  5. 'Abdullah bin Yusuf al-Tunaysiعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ

    d. 218 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation

  6. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler