Adab al-Zifaf fi al-Sunnah al-Mutahharah - Nasir al-Din al-Albani - (94)

The husband and wife praying together:

It is recommended that the two of them perform two rak‘ahs together, for this practice is reported from the early generations. Two narrations support it:

The first: From Abū Saʿīd, the freedman of Abū Usayd, who said:

“I was married while still a slave. I invited a number of the Prophet’s Companions ﷺ, among them Ibn Masʿūd, Abū Dharr, and Ḥudhayfah. When the iqāmah was given, Abū Dharr stepped forward to lead, but they said, ‘Stay back!’ He asked, ‘Is that really what you want?’ They replied, ‘Yes.’¹ So I led them in prayer while I was still an enslaved man. Afterward they instructed me, saying:

‘When your wife enters upon you, pray two rak‘ahs, then ask Allah for the best of what has come to you and seek His protection from its evil. After that, you and your wife may continue as you wish.’²

(1) I add: This indicates that a visitor should not lead the host in prayer inside the latter’s own house unless the host grants permission, in light of the Prophet’s saying: “Let no man lead (prayer) in another man’s house or within his domain.” Reported by Muslim and Abu Awana in their Sahih collections and also by Sahih Abi Dawud, no. 594. (2) Reported by Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shayba, al-Musannaf, vol. 7, fol. 50.

٣- صلاة الزوجين معا: ويستحب لهما أن يصليا ركعتين معا لأنه منقول عن السلف. وفيه أثران: الأول: عن أبي سعيد مولى أبي أسيد قال: "تزوجت وأنا مملوك فدعوت نفرا من أصحاب النبي ﷺ فيهم ابن مسعود وأبو ذر وحذيفة قال: وأقيمت الصلاة قال: فذهب أبو ذر ليتقدم فقالوا: إليك! قال: أو كذلك؟ قالوا: نعم١ قال: فتقدمت بهم وأنا عبد مملوك وعلموني فقالوا: "إذا دخل عليك أهلك فصل ركعتين ثم سل الله من خير ما دخل عليك وتعوذ به من شره ثم شأنك وشأن أهلك"٢.

١ قلت: يشيرون بذلك إلى أن الزائر لا يؤم المزور في بيته إلا أن يأذن له لقوله ﷺ: "ولا يؤم الرجل في بيته ولا في سلطانه". أخرجه مسلم وأبو عوانة في "صحيحيهما" وهو في "صحيح أبي داود "رقم ٥٩٤. ٢ أخرجه أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة في "المصنف" ج ٧ ورقة ٥٠ =.