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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 10 · Call to Prayers (Adhaan)
Sahih

صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ

The night prayer

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم اتَّخَذَ حُجْرَةً ـ قَالَ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ـ مِنْ حَصِيرٍ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَصَلَّى فِيهَا لَيَالِيَ، فَصَلَّى بِصَلاَتِهِ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَلَمَّا عَلِمَ بِهِمْ جَعَلَ يَقْعُدُ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ " قَدْ عَرَفْتُ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُ مِنْ صَنِيعِكُمْ، فَصَلُّوا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ، فَإِنَّ أَفْضَلَ الصَّلاَةِ صَلاَةُ الْمَرْءِ فِي بَيْتِهِ إِلاَّ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ ".

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ أَبِي النَّضْرِ، عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ،

Translation

Zayd ibn Thabit reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made himself a compartment – he said: I think he said: – of matting in Ramadan and prayed in it for several nights. Some people from among his Companions prayed following his prayer. When he came to know of them, he began to stay seated. Then he came out to them and said, “I have recognised what I saw of your doing. So pray, O people, in your houses, for the best prayer is a person's prayer in his house, except the prescribed prayer.”

Translator’s note: The interjection “he said: I think he said” comes from a later narrator.

Other translations

Deutsch

Zaid ibn Thabit berichtete, dass der Gesandte Allahs ﷺ sich im Ramadan einen abgeteilten Raum – er sagte: ich meine, er sagte: – aus einer Matte machte und darin mehrere Nächte betete. Einige Leute von seinen Gefährten beteten seinem Gebet folgend. Als er von ihnen erfuhr, blieb er sitzen. Dann ging er zu ihnen hinaus und sagte: „Ich habe erkannt, was ich von eurem Tun gesehen habe. So betet, ihr Leute, in euren Häusern; denn das beste Gebet ist das Gebet eines Menschen in seinem Haus, außer dem Pflichtgebet.“

Translator’s note: Der Einschub „er sagte: ich meine, er sagte“ stammt von einem späteren Überlieferer.

Türkçe

Zeyd b. Sâbit (r.a.), Resûlullah'ın ﷺ Ramazan'da – (râvi) dedi ki: sanırım şöyle dedi – hasırdan bir bölme edindiğini ve orada birkaç gece namaz kıldığını rivayet etti. Ashâbından bazı kimseler de ona uyarak namaz kıldılar. Onların farkına varınca oturmaya başladı. Sonra yanlarına çıktı ve şöyle buyurdu: “Yaptığınızdan gördüğümü anladım. Ey insanlar, evlerinizde namaz kılın; çünkü farz namaz dışında namazın en faziletlisi, kişinin evinde kıldığı namazdır.”

Translator’s note: “Sanırım şöyle dedi” ifadesi sonraki bir râviye aittir.

Further routes of narration

قَالَ عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا النَّضْرِ، عَنْ بُسْرٍ، عَنْ زَيْدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 8 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · MedinaZayd ibn Thabit† 55 AH · MedinaBasr bin Sa'id al-Madni† 100 AH · MedinaSalm Abi al-Nadr† 129 AH · MedinaMusa bin 'Uqba~ 147 AH · MedinaWahayb bin Khalid bin 'Ajlan…† 165 AH · Basra'Affan bin Muslim† 220 AH · Baghdad'Abdul A'ala bin Hamad bin N…† 237 AH · Basraal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Later scholars
  • Compiler
  • Corroborating narration (mutābaʿa)
Chain as a list

Main chain

  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. Zayd ibn Thabitزَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ

    d. 55 AH / 74 CE · Medinah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. Basr bin Sa'id al-Madniبُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ

    d. 100 AH · Follower Tabi' 2nd Generation

  4. Salm Abi al-Nadrسَالِمٍ أَبِي النَّضْرِ

    d. 129 AH · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

  5. Musa bin 'Uqbaمُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ

    d. 758 CE · Madinah · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

  6. d. 165 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation

  7. 'Abdul A'ala bin Hamad bin Nasr al-Bahliعَبْدُ الأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ

    d. 237 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation

  8. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler

Corroborating narration (mutābaʿa)

Another narrator transmitted the same text as well and corroborates this part of the chain.

  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. Zayd ibn Thabitزَيْدٍ

    d. 55 AH / 74 CE · Medinah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. d. 100 AH · Follower Tabi' 2nd Generation

  4. Salm Abi al-Nadrأَبَا النَّضْرِ

    d. 129 AH · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

  5. Musa bin 'Uqbaمُوسَى

    d. 758 CE · Madinah · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

  6. d. 165 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation

  7. 'Affan bin Muslimعَفَّانُ

    d. 220 AH · Baghdad · 3rd Century AH 10th generation