Sunan Ibn Majah 1020
Whoever performs Prayer facing a direction other than the Qiblah without realizing
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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ السَّمَّانُ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ
كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَتَغَيَّمَتِ السَّمَاءُ وَأَشْكَلَتْ عَلَيْنَا الْقِبْلَةُ فَصَلَّيْنَا وَأَعْلَمْنَا فَلَمَّا طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ إِذَا نَحْنُ قَدْ صَلَّيْنَا لِغَيْرِ الْقِبْلَةِ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ}
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Yaḥyá b. Ḥakīm
- Abū Dāwud
- Ashʿath b. Saʿīd Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Sammān
- ʿĀṣim b. ʿUbaydullāh
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĀmir b. Rabīʿah
- his father
“We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey, and the sky was overcast so it was difficult for us to determine the Qiblah. So we performed prayer, and we marked the location. Later, when the sun reappeared, we realized that we had prayed facing a direction other than the Qiblah. We mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, then the Words were revealed: ‘So wherever you turn there is the Face of Allah.’” [2:115]
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Weak | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Mubarakpūri | Weakin سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1072 | hadithunlocked |
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Hasan | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Very Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Hasan | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- العقيلي
لا يروى من وجه يثبت
machine translationIt is not narrated through any route that is established.
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1072 - Ibn al-Qaṭṭān
الحديث معلول بأشعث وعاصم فأشعث مضطرب الحديث ينكر عليه أحاديث وأشعث السمان سيئ الحفظ يروي المنكرات عن الثقات
machine translationThe hadith is defective (maʿlūl) because of Ashʿath and ʿĀṣim. Ashʿath is inconsistent in hadith (muḍṭarib al-ḥadīth), and hadiths are criticised as reprehensible (munkar) from him. Ashʿath al-Sammān is poor in memorisation (sayyiʾ al-ḥifẓ) and narrates reprehensible reports (munkarāt) from the trustworthy (thiqāt).
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1072 - Shawkānī
هذا الحديث وإن كان فيه مقال عند المحدثين ولكن له شواهد تقويه
machine translationAlthough this hadith is open to criticism among the hadith scholars, it has corroborating supports (shawāhid) that strengthen it.
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1072 - Ibn Kathīr
هذه الأسانيد فيها ضعف ولعله يشد بعضها بعضا
machine translationThere is weakness in these chains of transmission, but perhaps some of them strengthen others.
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1072
Other narrations of this report
Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2957al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 248al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 2278al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 2279Sunan al-Daraqutni 1066Musnad al-Tayalisi 1243
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 32 AH, or: 33 AH, or: 34 AH, or: 36 AH, or: 37 AHعَامِرُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْعَنَزِيُّصحابيعن
- Al-ʿIjlī declared him trustworthy (thiqah).d. 70 AH, or 85 AH, or 89 AHعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَوثقه العجليعن
- weak (ḍaʿīf)d. 132 AHعَاصِمِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِضعيفعن
- abandoned (matrūk)d. between 161 and 170 AHأَشْعَثُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ السَّمَّانُمتروكحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), who erred in some hadithsd. 203 AH, or 204 AHأَبُو دَاوُدَثقة حافظ , غلط في أحاديثحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a ḥāfiẓ, a devout worshipper, an authord. 256 AH, or 248 AHيَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍثقة حافظ عابد مصنفحدثنا
- one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AHابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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Commentaries
Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Abū Daʿūd
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