Muwatta' Malik 1-23

Translation

Yahya related to me from Malik thatYahya ibn Said used to say, "Even if someone manages to pray before the time of the prayer has passed, the time that has passed him by is more important, or better, than his family and wealth." Yahya said that Malik said, "If the time for a prayer comes and a traveller delays a prayer through neglect or forgetfulness until he reaches his family, he should do that prayer in full if he arrives within the time. But if he arrives when the time has past, he should do the travelling prayer. That way he only repays what he owes." Malik said, "This is what I have found the people and men of knowledge doing in our community." Malik explained that shafaq was the redness in the sky after the sun had set, and said, "When the redness has gone then the isha prayer is due and you have left the time of maghrib."

Notes

• قَالَ يَحْيَى قَالَ مَالِكٌ مَنْ أَدْرَكَ الْوَقْتَ وَهُوَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَخَّرَ الصَّلاَةَ سَاهِيًا أَوْ نَاسِيًا حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ أَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ قَدِمَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَهُوَ فِي الْوَقْتِ فَلْيُصَلِّ صَلاَةَ الْمُقِيمِ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ قَدِمَ وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ الْوَقْتُ فَلْيُصَلِّ صَلاَةَ الْمُسَافِرِ لأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَقْضِي مِثْلَ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَهَذَا الأَمْرُ هُوَ الَّذِي أَدْرَكْتُ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسَ وَأَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ بِبَلَدِنَا وَقَالَ مَالِكٌ الشَّفَقُ الْحُمْرَةُ الَّتِي فِي الْمَغْرِبِ فَإِذَا ذَهَبَتِ الْحُمْرَةُ فَقَدْ وَجَبَتْ صَلاَةُ الْعِشَاءِ وَخَرَجْتَ مِنْ وَقْتِ الْمَغْرِبِ

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• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

  هكذا هذا الحديث في الموطإ من قول يحيى بن سعيد وهو مروي عن النبي عليه السلام إلا أنها وجوه ضعيفة الإسناد ويردها أيضا أطول الآثار الصحاح فمن ذلك أن غير مالك طائفة تروي هذا الحديث عن يحيى بن سعيد عن يعلى بن مسلم عن طلق بن حبيب عن النبي عليه السلام وهذا مرسل وطلق بن حبيب ثقة عندهم فيما نقل إلا أنه رأس من رؤوس المرجئة وكان مع ذلك عابدا فاضلا وكان مالك يثني عليه لعبادته ولا يرضى مذهبه وقد روي مسندا إلا أنه حديث يدور على يعقوب بن الوليد وهو متروك الحديث

  in موطأ مالك, p. 20

Other narrations of this report

Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 2245Sunan al-Daraqutni 979al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 326al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 327

Narrators

1. 1
   Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Anṣārī

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 143 AH or 144 AH, also said 146 AH
   يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّثقة ثبت
   عن
2. 2
   Mālik b. Anas

   The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AH
   مَالِكٌالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين

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