Does the hadith “a charity that Allah has bestowed upon you” contradict shortening the prayer while traveling?
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The questioner : Yes, our Shaykh, regarding the traveler, how does the statement reconcile with the hadith? Regarding the traveler, Allah made the prayer obligatory as two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, and it was increased in residence but confirmed in travel, along with the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) Sunan Abi Dawud 1199Sahih (Al-Albani), meaning regarding the shortening of the prayer? “So accept his charity.” And to complete this, does it hinder? Muhammad ibn Asbagh, the remaining of the Maghrib prayer as three? On the original ruling.
The Shaykh : This is clear; there is no hindrance.
The questioner : There is no hindrance.
The Shaykh : But the first matter is the important one.
The questioner : It is the important one.
The Shaykh : I do not see any problem in this hadith, because it is a charity in consideration of the quadrupling during residence, and this does not contradict that the original legislation for the traveler is two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs. I notice that the original question, whatever it is, suggests to the questioner’s mind that he understands from the hadithSunan Abi Dawud 1199Sahih (Al-Albani) that it was made obligatory as four, then He was generous and gave it as charity, and this is not necessary. Muhammad ibn Abi Qabil al-Athari. That it was originally legislated as two rak'ahs in travel and four in residence, so in consideration of this increase that was added in the state of residence, the remaining of the first ruling, which is shortening, is considered a charity.
The questioner : Something else occurred to me, O Shaykh. Please. How do we shorten when we have felt safe? So he said, “It is a charity,” meaning in terms of your safety, it is a charity. Can it not be said that this is also the case? Yes. It has a point.
The Shaykh : No, what you are saying was brought up regarding the prayer of fear.
The questioner : No, our Shaykh, the same narration says, “How do we shorten when we have felt safe?” So he said, “It is a charity that Allah has bestowed upon you.”
The Shaykh : I know this.
The questioner : Yes, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But those who say what I mentioned earlier, they say there are two shortenings there.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Shortening in fear.
The questioner : The shortening in safety is in travel.
The Shaykh : In travel. Yes. Regarding travel, the ruling remained as two rak'ahs. Understood. And the fact that it remained as two rak'ahs is the aspect of the charity.
The questioner : Oh, wonderful. Hmm.
The Shaykh : Then, from a practical standpoint, no difference results, even if it was originally made obligatory as four, contrary to the hadith of Aisha, and then Allah the Exalted lightened it for His servants by making it two rak'ahs, then this making and this new legislation is what must be adhered to. Muhammad ibn Abi. It will be.
The questioner : Between the curtains.
The Shaykh : There is a theoretical and intellectual disagreement, not a practical one, so whether the original obligation of the prayer was four, four, and it was confirmed in travel in residence and shortened in travel, or it was as the hadith of Aisha came, the result is the same: it is necessary to shorten. Come.
The questioner : Yes. No, my lord. I do not know how this chili is. I say, O Shaykh, may Allah reward you, I was traveling and I was in Zarqa. So I attended the 'Isha' prayer and they made me lead, and I was a traveler, so when I said the takbir, I was confused. If I applied the Sunnah, I would pray two rak'ahs, and they said, “A new thing has come to us in the religion,” because everyone behind me was from the common people. So I remembered the prayer of Ibn Mas'ud behind Uthman, and he knew that the prayer in travel is two rak'ahs, so I prayed four, and I do not know what you will say. It became a problem, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This was eaten with cheese, we combine them.
The Shaykh : The cheese, you came to it. What Allah willed.
The questioner : But leave it, leave it, leave it.
The Shaykh : Before I answer your question.
The questioner : Muhammad ibn Abi Talib. I want to draw your attention
The Shaykh : To a word I heard from your mouth, perhaps unintentionally, where you said about the shortening that it is a Sunnah. And it is obligatory, so perhaps it was a verbal error.
The questioner : Allah knows best, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Certainly, Allah knows best.
The questioner : May Allah magnify him behind him.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : I say, O Shaykh, this is what I used to believe previously.
The Shaykh : It is not on you.
The questioner : May Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : If the error was not verbal, it was intellectual. Now I say.
The questioner : Muhammad ibn Ahmad. Regarding the prayer
The Shaykh : Mas'ud behind Uthman. The complete prayer, what you did and what he did are not equal, because he holds that the imam must be followed in such matters of disagreement. As for the group that you
The questioner : Our Shaykh, it is not.
The Shaykh : They are not the ones who represent the caliph. I used to think that you should do what the so-called Shaykh Al-Albani did, and yet he did not succeed,
The questioner : Where in some of his
The Shaykh : Travels to Saudi Arabia, sometimes in Madinah and sometimes in Tabuk, he led, and according to my experience in life with people, I remembered what you remembered in your prayer, but I remembered it before the prayer, and therefore I gave a lecture
The questioner : Okay.
The Shaykh : There is a friend of ours, the professor Bana. Our brother.
The questioner : Muhammad is his name. Who is the presence?
The Shaykh : The majority.
The questioner : Correct.
The Shaykh : What is his news?
The questioner : By Allah, I have not heard news about him for a while, but no, it came to me
The Shaykh : So he was like me, I am like you, and you are like me in this respect.
The questioner : Allah is the Prevailing, let us, when he comes, he usually passes by us.
The Shaykh : So this man, one of our Salafi brothers of noble character, presented me one day to lead the 'Isha' prayer there in Tabuk. Muhammad ibn Abi Layla al-Athari.
The questioner : How? If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills. If Allah wills. If we reach Tabuk, we will ask about it.
The questioner : Ah, strong. May Allah reward you with good. I said, O Shaykh, and I prayed as a beginner, and please, you pray, I do not fear that my shortening will cause a problem with the people. He said, “My brother, we uphold the Sunnah.” I said to him, “May Allah reward you with good, but this Sunnah needs an introduction and a preparation, and this preparation is not sufficient for just once.”
The Shaykh : Nevertheless, if you insist, I must have a preparation, so I gave a lecture while they were standing and I was with them.
It is an act of charity which Allah has done to you
انها صدقه تصدق الله بها عليكمThe Shaykh : This is clear; there is no hindrance.
The questioner : There is no hindrance.
The Shaykh : But the first matter is the important one.
The questioner : It is the important one.
The Shaykh : I do not see any problem in this hadith, because it is a charity in consideration of the quadrupling during residence, and this does not contradict that the original legislation for the traveler is two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs. I notice that the original question, whatever it is, suggests to the questioner’s mind that he understands from the hadith
It is an act of charity which Allah has done to you, so accept his charity.
صدقة تصدق الله بها عليكم فاقبلوا صدقتهThe questioner : Something else occurred to me, O Shaykh. Please. How do we shorten when we have felt safe? So he said, “It is a charity,” meaning in terms of your safety, it is a charity. Can it not be said that this is also the case? Yes. It has a point.
The Shaykh : No, what you are saying was brought up regarding the prayer of fear.
The questioner : No, our Shaykh, the same narration says, “How do we shorten when we have felt safe?” So he said, “It is a charity that Allah has bestowed upon you.”
The Shaykh : I know this.
The questioner : Yes, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But those who say what I mentioned earlier, they say there are two shortenings there.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Shortening in fear.
The questioner : The shortening in safety is in travel.
The Shaykh : In travel. Yes. Regarding travel, the ruling remained as two rak'ahs. Understood. And the fact that it remained as two rak'ahs is the aspect of the charity.
The questioner : Oh, wonderful. Hmm.
The Shaykh : Then, from a practical standpoint, no difference results, even if it was originally made obligatory as four, contrary to the hadith of Aisha, and then Allah the Exalted lightened it for His servants by making it two rak'ahs, then this making and this new legislation is what must be adhered to. Muhammad ibn Abi. It will be.
The questioner : Between the curtains.
The Shaykh : There is a theoretical and intellectual disagreement, not a practical one, so whether the original obligation of the prayer was four, four, and it was confirmed in travel in residence and shortened in travel, or it was as the hadith of Aisha came, the result is the same: it is necessary to shorten. Come.
The questioner : Yes. No, my lord. I do not know how this chili is. I say, O Shaykh, may Allah reward you, I was traveling and I was in Zarqa. So I attended the 'Isha' prayer and they made me lead, and I was a traveler, so when I said the takbir, I was confused. If I applied the Sunnah, I would pray two rak'ahs, and they said, “A new thing has come to us in the religion,” because everyone behind me was from the common people. So I remembered the prayer of Ibn Mas'ud behind Uthman, and he knew that the prayer in travel is two rak'ahs, so I prayed four, and I do not know what you will say. It became a problem, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This was eaten with cheese, we combine them.
The Shaykh : The cheese, you came to it. What Allah willed.
The questioner : But leave it, leave it, leave it.
The Shaykh : Before I answer your question.
The questioner : Muhammad ibn Abi Talib. I want to draw your attention
The Shaykh : To a word I heard from your mouth, perhaps unintentionally, where you said about the shortening that it is a Sunnah. And it is obligatory, so perhaps it was a verbal error.
The questioner : Allah knows best, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Certainly, Allah knows best.
The questioner : May Allah magnify him behind him.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : I say, O Shaykh, this is what I used to believe previously.
The Shaykh : It is not on you.
The questioner : May Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : If the error was not verbal, it was intellectual. Now I say.
The questioner : Muhammad ibn Ahmad. Regarding the prayer
The Shaykh : Mas'ud behind Uthman. The complete prayer, what you did and what he did are not equal, because he holds that the imam must be followed in such matters of disagreement. As for the group that you
The questioner : Our Shaykh, it is not.
The Shaykh : They are not the ones who represent the caliph. I used to think that you should do what the so-called Shaykh Al-Albani did, and yet he did not succeed,
The questioner : Where in some of his
The Shaykh : Travels to Saudi Arabia, sometimes in Madinah and sometimes in Tabuk, he led, and according to my experience in life with people, I remembered what you remembered in your prayer, but I remembered it before the prayer, and therefore I gave a lecture
The questioner : Okay.
The Shaykh : There is a friend of ours, the professor Bana. Our brother.
The questioner : Muhammad is his name. Who is the presence?
The Shaykh : The majority.
The questioner : Correct.
The Shaykh : What is his news?
The questioner : By Allah, I have not heard news about him for a while, but no, it came to me
The Shaykh : So he was like me, I am like you, and you are like me in this respect.
The questioner : Allah is the Prevailing, let us, when he comes, he usually passes by us.
The Shaykh : So this man, one of our Salafi brothers of noble character, presented me one day to lead the 'Isha' prayer there in Tabuk. Muhammad ibn Abi Layla al-Athari.
The questioner : How? If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills. If Allah wills. If we reach Tabuk, we will ask about it.
The questioner : Ah, strong. May Allah reward you with good. I said, O Shaykh, and I prayed as a beginner, and please, you pray, I do not fear that my shortening will cause a problem with the people. He said, “My brother, we uphold the Sunnah.” I said to him, “May Allah reward you with good, but this Sunnah needs an introduction and a preparation, and this preparation is not sufficient for just once.”
The Shaykh : Nevertheless, if you insist, I must have a preparation, so I gave a lecture while they were standing and I was with them.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 1378 في قناة «تسجيلات الإمام الألباني - محمد أبو ليلى الأثري» — youtube.com (10:25)
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