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It is authentically reported from him in both Sahīh collections (1) that he said:
“Whoever misses the afternoon prayer is as though he had been bereft of his family and wealth.” (2)
It is likewise authentically reported from him in both Sahīh collections (3) that he said:
“Whoever abandons the afternoon prayer—his deeds have been nullified.” (4)
He also said:
“This prayer was presented to those who came before you, but they neglected it. Whoever observes it faithfully will receive the reward twice over.” (5)
The scholars have agreed upon what the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—commanded when he said:
“Whoever sleeps through a prayer or forgets it must pray it when he remembers it, for that is its time.” (6)
Accordingly, they agreed
(1) Manuscripts nūn and mīm read: “and in both Sahīh collections.”
(2) The hadith is narrated from Ibn Umar—may Allah be pleased with them both—with the wording: “The one who misses the afternoon prayer…” It is recorded in al-Bukhārī, 1/111, Book of Prayer Times, chapter “The Sin of One Who Misses the Afternoon Prayer”; and Muslim, 1/435, Book of Mosques, chapter “The Stern Warning Against Missing the Afternoon Prayer,” and 1/436 with the wording: “Whoever misses it…” The hadith also appears elsewhere in al-Bukhārī and Muslim, the Sunan collections, *al-Muwatta’*, and *al-Musnad*.
(3) Manuscripts nūn and mīm read: “and in both Sahīh collections.”
(4) The hadith narrated from Burayda—may Allah be pleased with him—is recorded in al-Bukhārī, 1/111, Book of Prayer Times, chapter “Whoever Abandons the Afternoon Prayer”; and *Sunan al-Nasā’ī*, 1/191, Book of Prayer, chapter “Whoever Abandons the Afternoon Prayer.” Al-Albānī discusses the hadith in *Irwā’ al-Ghalīl*, no. 255.
(5) The hadith narrated from Abū Basra al-Ghifārī—may Allah be pleased with him—is recorded in Muslim, 1/568, Book of the Prayer of Travelers, chapter “The Times When Prayer Is Prohibited.” It begins: “The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—led us in the afternoon prayer at al-Mukhammas and said…” and ends: “He will receive his reward twice over. There is no prayer after it until the witness rises; and the witness is the star.” It is also recorded in *Sunan al-Nasā’ī*, 1/208, Book of Prayer Times, chapter “Delaying the Sunset Prayer”; and *al-Musnad*, Halabī ed., 6/396–397.
(6) The hadith narrated from Anas ibn Mālik—may Allah be pleased with him—with some differences in wording is recorded in al-Bukhārī, 1/118–119, Book of Prayer Times, chapter “Whoever Forgets a Prayer Must Perform It When He Remembers It”; and Muslim, 1/477, Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer, chapter “Making Up a Missed Prayer.” It is also recorded in the Sunan collections of Abū Dāwūd, al-Nasā’ī, al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, and al-Dārimī, as well as in *al-Musnad* and *al-Muwatta’*. See *Irwā’ al-Ghalīl*, 1/291–293.
وَثَبَتَ عَنْهُ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ
(١)
أَنَّهُ قَالَ:
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«مَنْ فَاتَتْهُ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ فَكَأَنَّمَا وُتِرَ أَهْلَهُ وَمَالَهُ»
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(٢)
. وَثَبَتَ عَنْهُ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ
(٣)
أَنَّهُ قَالَ:
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«مَنْ تَرَكَ صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَدْ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُ»
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(٤)
.
وَقَالَ أَيْضًا:
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«إِنَّ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ عُرِضَتْ عَلَى مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَضَيَّعُوهَا، فَمَنْ حَافَظَ عَلَيْهَا كَانَ لَهُ الْأَجْرُ مَرَّتَيْنِ»
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(٥)
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وَقَدِ اتَّفَقَ الْعُلَمَاءُ عَلَى مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -
مِنْ قَوْلِهِ:
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«مَنْ نَامَ عَنْ صَلَاةٍ أَوْ نَسِيَهَا فَلْيُصَلِّهَا إِذَا ذَكَرَهَا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ وَقْتُهَا»
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(٦)
. فَاتَّفَقُوا
(١) ن، م: وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ.
(٢) الْحَدِيثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا بِلَفْظِ: الَّذِي تَفُوتُهُ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ إِلَخْ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ١/١١١ كِتَابُ الْمَوَاقِيتِ، بَابُ إِثْمِ مَنْ فَاتَتْهُ الْعَصْرُ، مُسْلِمٍ ١/٤٣٥ كِتَابُ الْمَسَاجِدِ، بَابُ التَّغْلِيظِ فِي تَفْوِيتِ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، ١/٤٣٦ بِلَفْظِ: مَنْ فَاتَتْهُ، وَالْحَدِيثُ فِي مَوَاضِعَ أُخْرَى فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ وَمُسْلِمٍ وَفِي كُتُبِ السُّنَنِ وَفِي الْمُوَطَّأِ وَالْمُسْنَدِ.
(٣) ن، م: وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ.
(٤) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ بُرَيْدَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ١/١١١ كِتَابُ مَوَاقِيتِ الصَّلَاةِ، بَابُ مَنْ تَرَكَ الْعَصْرَ، سُنَنَ النَّسَائِيِّ ١/١٩١، كِتَابُ الصَّلَاةِ، بَابُ مَنْ تَرَكَ صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ. وَتَكَلَّمَ الْأَلْبَانِيُّ عَلَى الْحَدِيثِ فِي إِرْوَاءِ الْغَلِيلِ رَقْمُ ٢٥٥.
(٥) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي بَصْرَةَ الْغِفَارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي مُسْلِمٍ ١/٥٦٨ كِتَابُ صَلَاةِ الْمُسَافِرِينَ، بَابُ الْأَوْقَاتِ الَّتِي نُهِيَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فِيهَا وَأَوَّلُهُ: صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعَصْرَ بِالْمُخَمَّصِ فَقَالَ: وَآخِرُهُ: كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرُهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ، وَلَا صَلَاةَ بَعْدَهَا حَتَّى يَطْلُعَ الشَّاهِدُ وَالشَّاهِدُ النَّجْمُ، وَالْحَدِيثُ فِي سُنَنِ النَّسَائِيِّ ١/٢٠٨ كِتَابُ الْمَوَاقِيتِ، بَابُ تَأْخِيرِ الْمَغْرِبِ، الْمُسْنَدَ ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ ٦/٣٩٦ - ٣٩٧.
(٦) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ فِي الْأَلْفَاظِ فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ١/١١٨ - ١١٩ كِتَابُ مَوَاقِيتِ الصَّلَاةِ، بَابُ مَنْ نَسِيَ صَلَاةً فَلْيُصَلِّ إِذَا ذَكَرَهَا، مُسْلِمٍ ١/٤٧٧ كِتَابُ الْمَسَاجِدِ وَمَوَاضِعِ الصَّلَاةِ، بَابُ قَضَاءِ الصَّلَاةِ الْفَائِتَةِ، وَالْحَدِيثُ فِي سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ وَالنَّسَائِيِّ وَالتِّرْمِذِيِّ وَابْنِ مَاجَهْ وَالدِّارِمِيِّ وَالْمُسْنِدِ وَالْمُوَطَّأِ، وَانْظُرْ إِرْوَاءَ الْغَلِيلِ ١/٢٩١ - ٢٩٣.