Sahih Muslim (Volume 5)

With the Full Commentary by Imam Nawawi

Imam Abul-Husain Muslim, Adil Salahi

• Publisher: Kube Publishing Ltd
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9780860377245
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Islamic Theology

Imam Nawawi's commentary on Sahih Muslim is one of the most highly regarded works in Islamic thought and literature.

Accepted by every sunni school of thought, and foundational in the Shaafi school, this text, available for the first time in English, is famed throughout the Muslim world.

After the Qur'an, the prophetic traditions are the most recognised source of wisdom in Islam. Amongst the collected Hadith, Sahih Muslim is second only to the the collection of Imam Bukhari.

With a commentary by Imam Nawawi, whose other works are amongst the most widely-read books on Islam, and translated by Adil Salahi, a modern scholar of great acclaim, this immense work, finally available to English readers, is an essential addition to every Muslim library, and for anybody with an interest in Islamic thought.

CHAPTER 1

PRAYER WHEN TRAVELLING AND SHORTENING IT

[1327–1]. (Dar al-Salam 1458) Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā narrated:i he said: I read out to Mālik; from Ṣāliḥ ibn Kaysān; from ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr; from ʿĀ’ishah, the Prophet’s wife; that she said: ‘When prayer was made a duty, it was two rakʿahs each, when at home and when travelling. Later, prayer on a journey remained the same but it was increased when at home’.

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ فُرِضَتِ الصَّلاَةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي الْحَضَرِ وَالسَّفَرِ، فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلاَةُ السَّفَرِ وَزِيدَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْحَضَرِ.

[1328–2]. (Dar al-Salam 1459) Abu al-Ṭāhir and Ḥarmalah ibn Yaḥyā narrated to me: both said: Ibn Wahb narrated; from Yūnus; from Ibn Shihāb. He said: ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr narrated to me that ʿĀ’ishah, the Prophet’s wife, said: ‘When God commanded [Muslims] to pray, He ordered it to be two rakʿahs. He later made it complete when at home, while prayer during a journey remained as it was in the first instance’.

وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ وَحَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالا: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ: فَرَضَ اللهُ الصَّلاَةَ حِينَ فَرَضَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ أَتَمَّهَا فِي الْحَضَرِ. فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلاَةُ السَّفَرِ عَلَى الْفَرِيضَةِ الأُولَى.

[1329–3]. (Dar al-Salam 1460) ʿAlī ibn Khashram narrated to me:ii Ibn ʿUyaynah reported; from al-Zuhrī; from ʿUrwah; from ʿĀ’ishah that ‘When prayer was first made a duty, it was in two rakʿahs. Prayer during travel remained the same, but prayer at home was made more complete’.

Al-Zuhrī said: ‘I said to ʿUrwah: “How is it, then, that ʿĀ’ishah offers the prayer complete when she is travelling?” He said: “She justified it as ʿUthmān did”.’

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ الصَّلاَةَ أَوَّلَ مَا فُرِضَتْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ. فَأُقِرَّتْ صَلاَةُ السَّفَرِ وَأُتِمَّتْ صَلاَةُ الْحَضَر.

قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ فَقُلْتُ لِعُرْوَةَ مَا بَالُ عَائِشَةَ تُتِمُّ فِي السَّفَرِ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّهَا تَأَوَّلَتْ كَمَا تَأَوَّلَ عُثْمَانُ.

[1330–4]. (Dar al-Salam 1461) Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, Abu Kurayb, Zuhayr ibn Ḥarb and Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm narrated:iii ʿAbdullāh ibn Idrīs (Isḥāq said: ‘reported’ and the others said: ‘narrated’); from Ibn Jurayj; from Ibn Abi ʿAmmār; from ʿAbdullāh ibn Bābayh; from Yaʿlā ibn Umayyah. He said: ‘I said to ʿUmar ibn al-HKhaṭṭāb: [God says:] “You will incur no sin by shortening your prayers, if you have reason to fear that the unbelievers may cause you affliction”. (4: 101) People now live in security’. He said: “I wondered the same as you wonder, and I asked God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) about it. He said: ‘This is a charity God has given you. You should accept His charity’.”’

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرُونَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بَابَيْهِ، عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ: ”لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ تَقْصُرُوا، مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ إِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَنْ يَفْتِنَكُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا”، فَقَدْ أَمِنَ النَّاسُ. فَقَالَ: عَجِبْتُ مِمَّا عَجِبْتَ مِنْهُ، فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: ”صَدَقَةٌ تَصَدَّقَ اللهُ بِهَا عَلَيْكُمْ، فَاقْبَلُوا صَدَقَتَهُ”.

[000–000]. (Dar al-Salam 1462) Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr al-Muqaddamī narrated: Yaḥyā narrated; from Ibn Jurayj. He said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Abi ʿAmmār; from ʿAbdullāh ibn Bābayh; from Yaʿlā ibn Umayyah: ‘I said to ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb…’ the same as Ibn Idrīs’ narration.

وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْـمُقَدَّمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بَابَيْهِ، عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّاب. بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ إِدْرِيسَ.

[1331–5]. (Dar al-Salam 1463) Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā, Saʿīd ibn Manṣūr, Abu al-Rabīʿ and Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd narrated:iv Abu ʿAwānah (Yaḥyā said: ‘reported’ and the others said: ‘narrated’); from Bukayr ibn al-Akhnas; from Mujāhid; from Ibn ʿAbbās. He said: ‘God has made prayer obligatory through your Prophet (peace be upon him): at home four rakʿahs, on a journey two rakʿahs and only one rakʿah in situations of fear’.

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ وَأَبُو الرَّبِيعِ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرُونَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ الأَخْنَسِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: فَرَضَ اللهُ الصَّلاَةَ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكُمْ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: فِي الْحَضَرِ أَرْبَعًا، وَفِي السَّفَرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَفِي الْخَوْفِ رَكْعَةً.

[1332–6]. (Dar al-Salam 1464) Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and ʿAmr al-Nāqid narrated: both from al-Qāsim ibn Mālik. ʿAmr said: Qāsim ibn Mālik al-Muzanī narrated; Ayyūb ibn ʿĀ’idh al-Ṭā’ī narrated; from Bukayr ibn al-Akhnas; from Mujāhid; from Ibn ʿAbbās. He said: ‘God has made prayer obligatory through your Prophet (peace be upon him): two rakʿahs for a person on a journey, four rakʿahs for a person at home and one rakʿah in situations of fear’.

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، جَمِيعًا عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ عَمْرٌو: حَدَّثَنَا قَاسِمُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ الْـمُزَنِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ عَائِذٍ الطَّائِيُّ، عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ الأَخْنَسِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَرَضَ الصَّلاَةَ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكُمْ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: عَلَى الْـمُسَافِرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَعَلَى الْـمُقِيمِ أَرْبَعًا، وَفِي الْخَوْفِ رَكْعَةً.

[1333–7]. (Dar al-Salam 1465–1466) Muhammad ibn al-Muthannā and Ibn Bashshār narrated:v both said: Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated; Shuʿbah narrated; he said: I heard Qatādah narrating from Mūsā ibn Salamah al-Hudhalī. He said: ‘I asked Ibn ʿAbbās: “How should I pray if I am in Makkah and I do not pray with the imam?” He said: “Two rakʿahs. Such is Abu al-Qāsim’s sunnah”.’

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْـمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالا: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ سَلَمَةَ الْهُذَلِيِّ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ كَيْفَ أُصَلِّي إِذَا كُنْتُ بِمَكَّةَ إِذَا لَمْ أُصَلِّ مَعَ الإِمَامِ؟ فَقَالَ: رَكْعَتَيْنِ سُنَّةَ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.

Muhammad ibn Minhāl al-Ḍarīr narrated: Yazīd ibn Zurayʿ narrated; Saʿīd ibn Abī ʿArūbah narrated [H]. Muhammad ibn al-Muthannā narrated; Muʿādh ibn Hishām narrated; my father narrated; both from Qatādah, with the same chain of transmission: a similar text.

وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ الضَّرِيرُ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، ح. وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْـمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي جَمِيعًا، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ.

[1334–8]. (Dar al-Salam 1467) ʿAbdullāh ibn Maslamah ibn Qaʿnab narrated:vi ʿĪsā ibn Ḥafṣ ibn ʿĀṣim ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb; from his father. He said: ‘I was in Ibn ʿUmar’s company [travelling] on the way to Makkah. He led us in Ẓuhr Prayer, offering it in two rakʿahs. He then moved forward and we moved with him until he reached his camel where he sat, and we sat with him. He then happened to turn his face towards the place where he prayed and saw some people standing [in prayer]. He asked: “What are these people doing?” I said: “They are praying the sunnah”. He said: “Were I to pray the sunnah, I would rather have completed my [obligatory] prayer. My nephew, I accompanied God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) on travel and he never offered more than two rakʿahs until God gathered his soul. I accompanied Abu Bakr and he never offered more than two rakʿahs until God gathered his soul. I also accompanied ʿUmar and he never offered more than two rakʿahs until God gathered his soul. Then I accompanied ʿUthmān and he never offered more than two rakʿahs until God gathered his soul. God says: ‘In God’s Messenger you have a good model [to follow]’ (33: 21)”.’

وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: صَحِبْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ فِي طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ. قال: فَصَلَّى لَنَا الظُّهْرَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ وَأَقْبَلْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى جَاءَ رَحْلَهُ وَجَلَسَ وَجَلَسْنَا مَعَهُ. فَحَانَتْ مِنْهُ الْتِفَاتَةٌ نَحْوَ حَيْثُ صَلَّى، فَرَأَى نَاسًا قِيَامًا، فَقَالَ: مَا يَصْنَعُ هَؤُلاَءِ؟ قُلْتُ: يُسَبِّحُونَ. قَالَ: لَوْ كُنْتُ مُسَبِّحًا لأَتْمَمْتُ صَلاَتِي. يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، إِنِّي صَحِبْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي السَّفَرِ، فَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ . وَصَحِبْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، فَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ. وَصَحِبْتُ عُمَرَ، فَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ. ثُمَّ صَحِبْتُ عُثْمَانَ، فَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ. وَقَدْ قَالَ اللهُ ”لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ”.

[1335–9]. (Dar al-Salam 1468) Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd narrated: Yazīd (meaning Ibn Zurayʿ) narrated; from ʿUmar ibn Muhammad; from Ḥafṣ ibn ʿĀṣim. He said: ‘I was ill, and Ibn ʿUmar came to visit me. I asked him about praying the sunnah during travel. He said: “I travelled with God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) and did not see him offering sunnah prayer. Were I to pray sunnah, I would have completed [the obligatory prayer]. God says: ‘In God’s Messenger you have a good model [to follow]’.”’

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ (يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ) عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ قَالَ: مَرِضْتُ مَرَضًا، فَجَاءَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَعُودُنِي. قَالَ: وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ السُّبْحَةِ فِي السَّفَرِ. فَقَالَ: صَحِبْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي السَّفَرِ، فَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ يُسَبِّحُ. وَلَوْ كُنْتُ مُسَبِّحًا لأَتْمَمْتُ. وَقَدْ قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ”لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ”.

[1336–10]. (Dar a...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Transliteration Table
• Preface
• Before You Read
• BOOK OF TRAVELLERS’ PRAYERS
• BOOK OF FRIDAY PRAYER
• BOOK OF EID PRAYER
• BOOK OF PRAYER FOR RAIN
• BOOK OF PRAYER AT A SOLAR ECLIPSE
• BOOK OF FUNERAL PRAYER
• Back Cover