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What is the authenticity of the hadith: (When the sandals get wet, pray in your beds)?

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The questioner :
If the sandals become wet, then pray in your places إذا ابتلَّت النعال فصلوا في الرحال
؟

The Shaykh : The meaning of the hadith is correct, but this specific wording is also not known. However, there are many hadiths in the authentic Sunnah, among which is that the mu'adhdhin... and this is one of the abandoned, neglected Sunnahs that Muslims have left behind. The mu'adhdhin, in the adhan, instead of adding the additions at the beginning and end for which Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has sent down no authority, they do not add the additions that Allah revealed to the heart of His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Among these is that when the mu'adhdhin says in his adhan:
"Come to prayer," "Come to salvation" حي على الصلاة حي على الفلاح
Sunan Abi Dawud 553Sahih (Al-Albani)
there are two Sunnahs; either he substitutes and says instead of:
"Come to prayer," "Come to salvation" حي على الصلاة حي على الفلاح
Sunan Abi Dawud 553Sahih (Al-Albani)
Prayer in the beds, prayer in the beds الصلاةَ في الرحال الصلاةَ في الرحال
, or if you wish, you add and say:
Prayer in the beds, prayer in the beds الصلاةُ في الرحال الصلاةُ في الرحال
, or you combine:
Hasten to prayer حي على الصلاة
as is the standard in the rule
come to prayer, come to prayer; come to salvation, come to salvation حي على الصلاة حي على الفلاح حي على الفلاح
Sunan Abi Dawud 504Sahih (Al-Albani)
then he says:
Prayer in the beds, prayer in the beds الصلاة في الرحال الصلاة في الرحال
. This Sunnah has not remained among the people, first due to their ignorance, and second due to the prevalence of madhhabism in some Islamic countries, and they did not know the Sunnah. So when the Sunnah contradicts the madhhab, the issue is reversed; the weaker position becomes the stronger, and the stronger becomes the weaker. The madhhab becomes the stronger position and the Sunnah becomes the weaker position—may Allah protect us from that!
So, in the authentic, established Sunnahs, there is permissibility for combining prayers in the mosque for rain, and this is one of its proofs. But who combines today in the mosque for the sake of rain? It is very, very rare. I had mentioned to you that in this last winter, when the snow increased in al-Zubdani, I went up to... on Friday. I prayed 'Asr and I really appreciated the imam for the first time hearing him say: "O my brothers"—excuse me, it was not Friday, it was a day other than Friday—he prayed Zuhr, then he reminded them before the prayer, based on the Shafi'i madhhab, saying: "O my brothers, intend from now on that we combine 'Asr and Zuhr." For what? The snow. So this was a reviving of a Sunnah that is actually neglected. Therefore, praying in the beds is a matter established in many hadiths. As for this wording, what was the wording?

The questioner :
When the sandals get wet إذا ابتلَّت النعال
.

The Shaykh:
If the sandals are wet, then prayer is in the tents إذا ابتلَّت النعال فالصلاة في الرحال
So we do not know it in the established Sunnah.
Yes.
Source www.al-albany.com

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