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439 – Ibn Masʿūd, may Allah be pleased with him, related that a man had kissed a woman, then came to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of it. Allah Most High thereupon revealed: {Establish the prayer at the two ends of the day (1) and during the early hours of the night; indeed, good deeds erase bad deeds} [Hūd 11:114]. The man asked, “Is this for me alone, O Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “It is for my entire community.” Agreed upon.

440 – Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I have incurred a ḥadd; carry it out upon me.” The time for prayer arrived, so he prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the prayer was finished he said, “O Messenger of Allah, I have incurred a ḥadd; apply what is in the Book of Allah against me.” He asked, “Did you not pray with us?” He answered, “Yes.” He said, “Then you have already been forgiven.” Agreed upon.

His words “I have incurred a ḥadd” mean a sin that calls for discretionary chastisement (taʿzīr), not one of the fixed legal ḥudūd such as those for fornication, liquor, and the like, for those prescribed punishments are not nullified by prayer, nor may the ruler set them aside.

441 – He (Anas) also reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah is surely pleased with the servant who, when he eats a morsel of food, praises Him for it, or when he drinks a draught, praises Him for it.” Narrated by Muslim.

The word al-aklah—pronounced with an open hamzah—refers to a single act of eating, just as al-ghadwah denotes one morning meal and al-ʿashwah one evening meal. Allah knows best.

442 – Abu Musa, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Allah, Exalted is He, stretches out His hand by night so that the sinner of the day may repent, and stretches out His hand by day so that the sinner of the night may repent, until the sun rises from the west.” Narrated by Muslim (2).

443 – It is also narrated from Abu Najīḥ ʿAmr ibn ʿAbsah al-Sulamī—with the ʿayn and bāʾ both having fatḥah—may Allah be pleased with him

(1) That is, ghadwatan wa-ashiyya (morning and evening); and the phrase zulafan mina al-layl refers to those hours of the night that are closest to daytime. (2) This hadith has already been cited and discussed under note 17, so there is no need to repeat it here.

٤٣٩ - وعن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَصَابَ مِنْ امْرَأَةٍ قُبْلَةً ، فَأَتَى النبي ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تعالى : ﴿ وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ (١) وَزُلَفًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ﴾ [ هود : ١١٤ ] فقال الرجل ، أَلِيَ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ؟ قَالَ : « لِجَمِيعِ أُمَّتِي كُلِّهِمْ » مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ . ٤٤٠ - وعن أنس رضي الله عنه ، قال : جاء رجل إلى النبي ﷺ ، فقال : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا ، فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَيَّ ، وَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ ، فَصَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ . قَالَ : « هَلْ حَضَرْتَ مَعَنَا الصَّلَاةَ » ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ . قَالَ : « قَدْ غُفِرَ لَكَ » مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ . وقوله « أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا » مَعْنَاهُ : مَعْصِيَةٌ تُوجِبُ التَّعْزِيرَ ، وَلَيْسَ الْمُرَادُ الْحَدُّ الشَّرْعِيُّ الْحَقِيقِيُّ كَحَدِّ الزِّنَا وَالْخَمْرِ وَغَيْرِهِمَا ، فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الْحُدُودَ لَا تَسْقُطُ بِالصَّلَاةِ ، وَلَا يَجُوزُ لِلْإِمَامِ تَرْكُهَا . ٤٤١ - وعنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيَرْضَى عَنِ الْعَبْدِ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الْأَكْلَةَ ، فَيَحْمَدَهُ عَلَيْهَا ، أَوْ يَشْرَبَ الشَّرْبَةَ فَيَحْمَدَهُ عَلَيْهَا » رواه مسلم . « الْأَكْلَةُ » بفتح الهمزة وهي المرة الواحدة مِنَ الْأَكْلِ كَالْغَدْوَةِ وَالْعَشْوَةِ ، وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ . ٤٤٢ - وعن أبي موسى رضي الله عنه ، عن النبي ﷺ قال : « إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَبْسُطُ يَدَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ لِيَتُوبَ مُسِيءُ النَّهَارِ ، وَيَبْسُطُ يَدَهُ بِالنَّهَارِ لِيَتُوبَ مُسِيءُ اللَّيْلِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا » رواه مسلم (٢) . ٤٤٣ - وعن أبي نجيح عمرو بن عبسة - بفتح العين والباء - السُّلَمِيِّ رضي الله عنه

(١) أي : غدوة وعشية . و ( زلفاً من الليل ) أي : ساعات منه قريبة من النهار . (٢) تقدم هذا الحديث مع التعليق عليه برقم (١٧) فأغنى عن الإعادة .