Explanation of the Hadith: "Is there no man who would give charity to this man by praying with him?"
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : But there is a hadith, may Allah grant us well-being. Who gives charity to this man? And it is with the conditions of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and its preservation.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, and this is what... So is this taken into account in this? He prays. It is authentic, there is no doubt in it, because it came from the narration of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri and Anas ibn Malik, but this hadith is in one place and we are in another place. We are now discussing a second congregation that is like the first congregation in that the worshippers in it are all praying the obligatory prayer that is upon them. The first, second, and third congregations, all of them are praying the obligatory prayer of the time. As for the hadith you are asking about, this is not its category, because the hadith, as I mentioned, is authentic, where it saysSunan Abi Dawud 574Sahih (Al-Albani) And the truth is, I said earlier that this is a long discussion. But I feel that in the time I wanted to avoid it, I was drawn to it, but in any case, there is good in it, if Allah wills.
If a group enters the mosque and finds that the imam has already prayed, and one of them steps forward and the imam prays with him, tell me now, who is the one giving charity and who is the one receiving charity from this group?
There is no distinction, because they are all poor and needy, because they missed the obligatory prayer. As for the man who came and had missed the prayer behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said, peace and blessings be upon him,Mishkat al-Masabih 1146 One of them, this one who stood up has already prayed the obligatory prayer and saw the Messenger (peace be upon him), so he is full, so he is rich. As for that man who wanted to pray alone, he is poor. So the one who prayed behind the Messenger gives charity to this one. But these poor and needy people who missed the congregation, are they all the same? Who is the one giving charity and who is the one receiving charity from among them?
This does not exist at all. Therefore, this hadith has no connection to the second congregation. Its situation is that a man prays with the congregation and then sees a man who wants to pray alone, so he prays with him, and there is no harm in this, because this is a voluntary congregation and not an obligatory one, and our discussion is about the obligatory congregation, not the voluntary one.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, and this is what... So is this taken into account in this? He prays. It is authentic, there is no doubt in it, because it came from the narration of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri and Anas ibn Malik, but this hadith is in one place and we are in another place. We are now discussing a second congregation that is like the first congregation in that the worshippers in it are all praying the obligatory prayer that is upon them. The first, second, and third congregations, all of them are praying the obligatory prayer of the time. As for the hadith you are asking about, this is not its category, because the hadith, as I mentioned, is authentic, where it says
Is there any man who may do good with this (man) and pray along with him.
ألا رجل يتصدق على هذا فيصلي معهIf a group enters the mosque and finds that the imam has already prayed, and one of them steps forward and the imam prays with him, tell me now, who is the one giving charity and who is the one receiving charity from this group?
There is no distinction, because they are all poor and needy, because they missed the obligatory prayer. As for the man who came and had missed the prayer behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said, peace and blessings be upon him,
Will no one give alms* to this man and pray along with him?” Thereupon a man
لمن حوله أَلاَ رَجُلٌ يَتَصَدَّقُ عَلَى هَذَا فَيُصَلِّيَ مَعَهُ؟ فقامThis does not exist at all. Therefore, this hadith has no connection to the second congregation. Its situation is that a man prays with the congregation and then sees a man who wants to pray alone, so he prays with him, and there is no harm in this, because this is a voluntary congregation and not an obligatory one, and our discussion is about the obligatory congregation, not the voluntary one.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد ناصر الدين الألبانيSheikhAlalbany»، شرح حديث (ألا رجل يتصدق على هذا فيصلي معه) | فضيلة الشيخ محمد ناصر الدين الألباني — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
