Saturday, November 23, 2013

Why you should change the Place after Obligatory Salah

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Hadith :
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ، بْنُ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخُوَارِ أَنَّ نَافِعَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ، أَرْسَلَهُ إِلَى السَّائِبِ ابْنِ أُخْتِ نَمِرٍ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ شَىْءٍ، رَآهُ مِنْهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَهُ الْجُمُعَةَ فِي الْمَقْصُورَةِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ الإِمَامُ قُمْتُ فِي مَقَامِي فَصَلَّيْتُ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَىَّ فَقَالَ لاَ تَعُدْ لِمَا فَعَلْتَ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ الْجُمُعَةَ فَلاَ تَصِلْهَا بِصَلاَةٍ حَتَّى تَكَلَّمَ أَوْ تَخْرُجَ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَمَرَنَا بِذَلِكَ أَنْ لاَ تُوصَلَ صَلاَةٌ حَتَّى نَتَكَلَّمَ أَوْ نَخْرُجَ
 'Umar b. 'Ata' b. Abu Khuwar said that Nafi' b. Jubair sent him to al- Sa'ib the son of Namir's sister with a view to asking him about what he had seen in the prayer of Mu'awiya. He said:
Yes, I observed the Jumu'a prayer along with him in Maqsura and when the Imam pronounced salutation I stood up at my place and observed (Sunan rak'ahs). As he entered (the apartment) he sent for me and said: Do not repeat what you have done. Whenever you  have observed the Jumu'a prayer, do not observe (Sunan prayer) till you, have talked or got out For the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) had ordered us to do this and not to combine two (types of) prayers without talking of going out. [Sahih Muslim 883 a, Sunan Abi Dawud 1129]

Fatwa:
Question: Has any proof been reported for changing one's place in order to perform the Sunnah following the obligatory prayer?
Response: Yes, it has been reported in the hadeeth of Mu'aawiyah that he said:
((The Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) ordered us not to join one prayer with another prayer without leaving or speaking (in between).)), [Transmitted by Muslim and Abu Daawood]
So the scholars have understood from this that a gap must be made between the obligatory and the Sunnah - either by speaking or by changing one's place.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Islaamiyyah - Volume 1, Page 346





"Regarding this point, Shaikhul Islām Ibn Taymiyyah said: ‘The Sunnah is to separate between performing the obligatory and optional Salāt in Jumu‘ah Salāt and other Salawāt as was narrated in the “Sahīh” that he (صلى الله عليه وسلم) prohibited that any [obligatory] Salāt be followed immediately by [optional] one; one should separate between them with speech or changing one’s place.
Accordingly, one must not do what most people do nowadays; i.e. as soon as they finish the first Salāt they start another. This indeed contradicts the prophet’s (صلى الله عليه وسلم) order. The rationale behind such a ruling is to distinguish between the Nāfilah and Fard Salawāt and between the act of worship and other ordinary acts. "    From the Book "The Clarified Ruling of Mistakes Done in Salat" by Mashhur Hasan Al Salman Translated by Imam Zakariyah Abu Gazie

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