Sahih Muslim 573a

Translation

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in one of the two evening prayers, Zuhr or ʿAsr, and gave salutations after two rakʿahs and going towards a piece of wood which was placed to the direction of the Qibla in the mosque, leaned on it looking as if he were angry. Abu Bakr and ʿUmar were among the people and they were too afraid to speak to him and the people came out in haste (saying): The prayer has been shortened. But among them was a man called Dhul-Yadain who said: Messenger of Allah, has the prayer been shortened or have you forgotten? The Apostle of Allah ﷺ looked to the right and left and said: What was Dhul-Yadain saying? They said: He is right. You (the Holy Prophet) offered but two rakʿahs. He offered two (more) rakʿahs and gave salutation, then said takbir and prostrated and lifted (his head) and then said takbir and prostrated, then said takbir and lifted (his head). He (the narrator) says: It has been reported to me by ʿImran b. Husain that he said: He (then) gave salutation.

Notes

• صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِحْدَى صَلاَتَىِ الْعَشِيِّ إِمَّا الظُّهْرَ وَإِمَّا الْعَصْرَ فَسَلَّمَ فِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَتَى جِذْعًا فِي قِبْلَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَاسْتَنَدَ إِلَيْهَا مُغْضَبًا وَفِي الْقَوْمِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَهَابَا أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَا وَخَرَجَ سَرَعَانُ النَّاسِ قُصِرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَقَامَ ذُو الْيَدَيْنِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَقُصِرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ أَمْ نَسِيتَ فَنَظَرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَمِينًا وَشِمَالاً فَقَالَ " مَا يَقُولُ ذُو الْيَدَيْنِ ". قَالُوا صَدَقَ لَمْ تُصَلِّ إِلاَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ. فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ فَرَفَعَ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ وَسَجَدَ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ. قَالَ وَأُخْبِرْتُ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَسَلَّمَ

  machine translationThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in one of the two evening prayers, either Ẓuhr or ʿAṣr, and he gave the salām after two rakʿahs. Then he went to a tree trunk in the direction of the qiblah of the mosque and leaned on it, angry. Among the people were Abū Bakr and ʿUmar, but they were too awed to speak. The hasty ones among the people went out, saying: "The prayer has been shortened." Then Dhū al-Yadayn stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah, has the prayer been shortened, or have you forgotten?" The Prophet ﷺ looked right and left and said: "What is Dhū al-Yadayn saying?" They said: "He is right, you only prayed two rakʿahs." So he prayed two rakʿahs and gave the salām, then said the takbīr and prostrated, then said the takbīr and raised his head, then said the takbīr and prostrated, then said the takbīr and raised his head. He said: And I was informed from ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn that he said: and he gave the salām. Report a problem

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Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   سمعت
2. 2
   Muḥammad b. Sīrīn

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid), of great standing; he did not permit narration by meaning.d. 110 AH
   مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ سِيرِينَثقة ثبت عابد كبير القدر ، كان لا يرى الرواية بالمعنى
   سمعت
3. 3
   Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), an authority (ḥujjah), one of the leading jurists and devout worshippersd. 130 AH, or 131 AH, or 132 AH, also said: 124 AH, also said: 125 AH, also said: 129 AH
   أَيُّوبُثقة ثبت حجة ، من كبار الفقهاء العباد
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an imam and a proof (ḥujjah), except that his memory changed towards the end of his life; he sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs), but only from trustworthy narrators.d. 197 AH or 198 AH
   سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَثقة حافظ فقيه , إمام حجة إلا أنه تغير حفظه بأخرة , وكان ربما دلس لكن عن الثقات
   حدثنا
5. 5
   ʿAmr al-Nāqid

   trustworthy (thiqah), a retainer of hadith (ḥāfiẓ), who made an error (wahima) in one hadithd. 232 AH, ʿUbayd b. Muḥammad b. Khalaf al-Bazzār said: the year 231 AH
   عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُثقة حافظ وهم في حديث
   حدثني
6. 6
   Muslim

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AH
   مُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه

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