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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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In the hadith of the man who prayed poorly, how did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rebuke him for his poor prayer? (unclear).

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The questioner : ... the poor performance of the one who performed it poorly, so he did not teach him this, meaning ... .

The Shaykh : This means ...
He who amongst you sees something abominable should modify it with the help of his hand; and if he has not strength enough to do it, then he should do it with his tongue, and if he has not strength enough to do it, (even) then he should (abhor it) from his heart, and that is the least of faith. من رأى منكم منكرا فليغيره بيده فإن لم يستطع فبلسانه فإن لم يستطع فبقلبه وذلك أضعف الإيمان
Sahih Muslim 49a
And this hadith is a general principle that covers every evil a person sees, so he must change it. The first level is with his hand, if the evil cannot be changed except by hand. The second level is with his tongue, and this is what is reported regarding the man who prayed poorly. The last level, which no Muslim can neglect no matter who he is ... is the rebuke of the heart. The hadith of the man who prayed poorly is an application of a part of the generality of this hadith
let him change it with his hand; if he cannot, then with his tongue ... فليغيره بيده فإن لم يستطع فبلسانه
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5008Sahih (Darussalam)
And it came in Sahih al-Bukhari from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "A man entered the mosque and prayed. When he finished, he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, 'Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah.'" He said:
Wa 'Alaikas Salam (returned his greeting). Go back and pray as you have not prayed (properly). وعليك السلام ارجع فصل فإنك لم تصل
Sahih al-Bukhari 6251
The man returned and repeated the prayer, then he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, 'Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah.' He said:
Wa 'Alaikas Salam (returned his greeting). Go back and pray as you have not prayed (properly). وعليك السلام ارجع فصل فإنك لم تصل
Sahih al-Bukhari 6251
And so three times, he repeated the prayer each time. The third time, he came to the Messenger (peace be upon him) and said, 'Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah.' He said:
Wa Alaikum (and upon you); go back and pray for indeed you have not prayed. وعليك ارجع فصل فإنك لم تصل
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2692Sahih (Darussalam)
He said, 'By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, the man finally understood that his prayer, as they say in our place in Damascus ... means it is not valid. He said, 'By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I do not know how to do it better than this, so teach me.' He said (peace and blessings be upon him):
When you stand to pray, perform wudu as Allah commanded you, then give the adhan, then give the iqamah, then say takbir, then face the qiblah, then recite what is easy of the Qur'an, then bow - in a narration, instead of 'what is easy,' it says 'recite the Book of Am,' which is al-Fatihah - then bow until you are at rest in bowing, then raise your head until you are at rest standing, then prostrate until you are at rest in prostration, then raise your head until you are at rest sitting, then prostrate until you are at rest in prostration, then raise your head. If you do that in your prayer, your prayer is complete. And if you omit from it, you have omitted from your prayer إذا قمت إلى الصلاة فتوضأ كما أمرك الله ، ثم أذن ثم أقم ، ثم كبر ثم استقبل القبلة ثم اقرأ ما تيسر من القرآن ثم راكع -في رواية بدل ما تيسر - اقرأ بأم الكتاب -وهي الفاتحة- ثم اركع حتى تطمئن راكعا ثم ارفع حتى تطمئن قائما ثم اسجد حتى تطمئن ساجدا ثم ارفع حتى تطمئن جالسا ثم اسجد حتى تطمئن ساجدا ثم ارفع رأسك فإذا أنت فعلت ذاك في صلاتك فقد تمت صلاتك وإن أنقصت منها فقد أنقصت من صلاتك
. This hadith is known among the scholars of hadith as the hadith of the man who prayed poorly, because he prayed in front of the Messenger the prayer that was his habit. So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ... alerted him that this prayer was not a complete prayer, so he ordered him to perform wudu as Allah commanded him, then he ordered him to face the qiblah, then he ordered him to give the adhan. This is a side of the majority of the praying people that they are ignorant of, and those who are aware of it, and they are the fewest, are few in number who implement it practically. Then he gave the adhan, meaning the one who prays alone, when he stands to pray the obligatory prayer, must give the adhan and not say 'give the adhan in the mosque' because this adhan is for the mosque. And so the sunnah that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) established, and then the entire Ummah followed in all cities and regions, and in all the centuries that have passed, every mosque has its mu'adhdhin, and consequently its adhan. So the adhan of one mosque does not suffice for the adhan of another mosque, as is the custom in some Arab countries called the unification of the adhan. This is contrary to the sunnah. Therefore, and praise be to Allah, all Islamic countries still maintain the adhan in every mosque, because the practical sunnah that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) established, and the Salaf followed, and then the Khalaf after them, is that every mosque gives the adhan. Add to this what came earlier in the hadith of the man who prayed poorly, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to this one who prayed and performed his prayer poorly, and his prayer was in the Prophet's Mosque ... this mosque had already given the adhan, and yet he said to him, 'When you stand to pray, perform wudu as Allah commanded you, then face the qiblah, then give the adhan, and you are alone, then give the iqamah.' So it is necessary to pay attention to this sunnah that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) taught this man who performed his prayer poorly, which is that the one who prays alone, let alone the congregation, should give the adhan, and that he should give the iqamah for the prayer. And there came in some hadiths great virtues for the one who gives the iqamah for the prayer, even if he prays alone, even in the open desert, in the wilderness ... .
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