Sirat Ibn Hisham 478
Moses’ counsel to the Messenger (peace be upon them both) regarding the lightening of the prayer
[ مَشُورَةُ مُوسَى عَلَى الرَّسُولِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ فِي شَأْنِ تَخْفِيفِ الصَّلَاةِ ] ( قَالَ ): قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: فَأَقْبَلْتُ رَاجِعًا. فَلَمَّا مَرَرْتُ بِمُوسَى ( بْنِ ) عِمْرَانَ، وَنِعْمَ الصَّاحِبُ كَانَ لَكُمْ، سَأَلَنِي كَمْ فُرِضَ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ الصَّلَاةِ ؟ فَقُلْتُ خَمْسِينَ صَلَاةً كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، فَقَالَ: إنَّ الصَّلَاةَ ثَقِيلَةٌ وَإِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ ضَعِيفَةٌ، فَارْجِعْ إلَى رَبِّكَ، فَاسْأَلْهُ أَنْ يُخَفِّفَ عَنْكَ وَعَنْ أُمَّتِكَ. فَرَجَعْتُ فَسَأَلْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ يُخَفِّفَ عَنِّي وَعَنْ أُمَّتِي، فَوَضَعَ عَنِّي عَشْرًا. ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ فَمَرَرْتُ عَلَى مُوسَى فَقَالَ لِي مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَرَجَعْتُ فَسَأَلْتُ رَبِّي فَوَضَعَ عَنِّي عَشْرًا. ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ فَمَرَرْتُ عَلَى مُوسَى، فَقَالَ لِي مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ. فَرَجَعْتُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَوَضَعَ عَنِّي عَشْرًا. ثُمَّ لَمْ يَزَلْ يَقُولُ لِي مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ كُلَّمَا رَجَعْتُ إلَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَارْجِعْ فَاسْأَلْ، حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إلَى أَنْ وَضَعَ ذَلِكَ عَنِّي، إلَّا خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ. ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إلَى مُوسَى، فَقَالَ لِي مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَقُلْتُ: قَدْ رَاجَعْتُ رَبِّي وَسَأَلْتُهُ حَتَّى اسْتَحْيَيْتُ مِنْهُ، فَمَا أَنَا بِفَاعِلِ. فَمَنْ أَدَّاهُنَّ مِنْكُمْ إيمَانًا بِهِنَّ، وَاحْتِسَابًا لَهُنَّ، كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرُ خَمْسِينَ صَلَاةً ( مَكْتُوبَةً )
Translation
✧ [Mūsā's counsel to the Messenger, peace be upon them both, concerning the lightening of the prayer] He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: So I turned back. When I passed by Mūsā b. ʿImrān—and what an excellent companion he was for you—he asked me how much prayer had been made obligatory upon me. I said: Fifty prayers every day. He said: Prayer is heavy, and your community is weak, so return to your Lord and ask Him to lighten it for you and for your community. So I returned and asked my Lord to lighten it for me and for my community, and He reduced it from me by ten. Then I departed and passed by Mūsā, and he said the like of that to me. So I returned and asked my Lord, and He reduced it from me by ten. Then I departed and passed by Mūsā, and he said the like of that to me. So I returned and asked Him, and He reduced it from me by ten. Then he did not cease saying the like of that to me every time I returned to him, saying: Return and ask, until I reached the point that He had reduced that from me except for five prayers in every day and night. Then I returned to Mūsā, and he said the like of that to me. I said: I have gone back to my Lord and asked Him until I felt ashamed before Him, and I will not do it. So whoever of you performs them with faith in them and seeking reward for them, he will have the reward of fifty obligatory prayers.
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