Asl Sifat Salat al-NabiNasir al-Din al-Albani

The permissibility of limiting oneself to Sūrah al-Fātiḥah (*)

Muʿādh used to perform the night prayer (ʿIshāʾ) with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and then return to lead his own people. One night he came back and led them; a youth from his clan, the Banū Salamah, named Sulaym, prayed behind him. When the prayer became too long for the young man, he stepped away, offered a separate prayer in another part of the mosque, went out, took hold of his camel’s reins, and left.
When Muʿādh finished, he was told what had happened and said, “That is a sign of hypocrisy! I shall inform the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of what he has done.”
The youth replied, “And I shall inform the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of what he has done.”

The next morning they went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Muʿādh reported what the youth had done, and the youth said, “Messenger of Allah, he stays a long time with you, then returns and prolongs the prayer for us!”
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Are you a trial-maker, Muʿādh?!”
He then said to the youth (1):
“How do you pray, my nephew, when you stand for prayer?”
He replied, “I recite the Opening of the Book, Sūrah al-Fātiḥah; I ask Allah for Paradise and seek refuge in Him from the Fire. I do not understand your murmuring (2) or Muʿādh’s.”
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ responded, “Around these two requests—or something like that—revolve my supplication and Muʿādh’s.”
The youth then added, “Muʿādh will know soon enough—once the people return and have been told that the enemy has arrived.”
They returned, and the youth was martyred. Afterward the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Muʿādh:

(*) This section is absent from the original manuscript of “al-Sifah”; we have inserted it, together with its marginal notes, from the printed edition of “Sifat al-Salat.” For an expanded documentation and discussion of the hadith, see pp. 495–499 below. (1) The original reading is: “al-fata” (the youth). (2) Dandana denotes speech whose tone can be heard while the words themselves are unintelligible; it is slightly louder than a mere whisper (hayhama). See al-Nihaya.
جَوَازُ الاقتِصَارِ على ﴿الفَاتِحَة﴾ (*) و" كان معاذ يصلي مع رسول الله ﷺ العشاء [الآخرة] ، ثم يرجع فيصلي بأصحابه، فرجع ذات ليلة فصلى بهم، وصلى فتى من قومه [من بني سلمة يقال له: سليم] ، فلما طال على الفتى؛ [انصرف فـ] صلى [في ناحية المسجد] ، وخرج، وأخذ بخِطام بعيره، وانطلق، فلما صلى معاذ؛ ذكر ذلك له، فقال: إن هذا به لنفاق! لأخبرن رسول الله ﷺ بالذي صنع. وقال الفتى: وأنا لأخبرن رسول الله ﷺ بالذي صنع. فغدوا على رسول الله ﷺ، فأخبره معاذ بالذي صنع الفتى، فقال الفتى: يا رسول الله! يطيل المكث عندك، ثم يرجع فيطيل علينا! فقال رسول الله ﷺ: " أفتان أنت يا معاذ؟! ". وقال للفتى (١) : " كيف تصنع أنت يا ابن أخي! إذا صليت؟ ". قال: أقرأ بـ: ﴿فاتحة الكتاب﴾ ، وأسأل الله الجنة، وأعوذ به من النار، وإني لا أدري ما دندنتك (٢) ودندنة معاذ! فقال رسول الله ﷺ: " إني ومعاذ حول هاتين، أو نحو ذا ". قال: فقال الفتى: ولكن سيعلم معاذ إذا قَدِم القوم وقد خُبِّروا أن العدو قد أتوا. قال: فقدموا، فاستشهد الفتى، فقال رسول الله ﷺ بعد ذلك لمعاذ:
(*) هذا المبحث غير موجود في أصل " الصفة "، وأضفناه بحواشيه من " صفة الصلاة " المطبوع. وانظر تخريج الحديث والتعليق عليه - موسعاً - فيما يأتي (ص ٤٩٥ - ٤٩٩) . (١) الأصل: " الفتى ". (٢) (الدندنة) : أن يتكلم الرجل بالكلام تسمع نغمته ولا يفهم، وهو أرفع من الهينمة قليلاً. " نهاية ".

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