What is the authenticity of the hadith: "When one of you enters the mosque and the people are bowing"?
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The questioner : The Shaykh: Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 3:96 How is this hadith?
The Shaykh : Is its continuation "so let him walk quickly"?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : It is an authentic hadith.
The questioner : Do you act upon it, O Shaykh, or do you not act upon it?
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you. You need to repent.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. But, O Shaykh, excuse me, this is well-known.
The Shaykh : I know.
The questioner : Excuse me, I am inquiring.
The Shaykh : I am saying, excuse me, with your permission, you mean one thing and I mean another. I also mean the word of Imam al-Shafi'i when someone asked him, "Do you act upon the hadith?" He said, "Do you think I left the church and tightened the belt around my waist?" ... because there is no contradiction to it.
Another questioner: I came across a report from Ibn Mas'ud that he used to walk quickly while bowing.
The Shaykh : What was it?
The questioner : He used to walk quickly while bowing when he entered the mosque and found the people bowing. This is from Zayd ibn Thabit in al-Muwatta.
The Shaykh : Yes, this supports it.
The questioner : But is this authentic as well?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is authentic from Ibn Mas'ud, Zayd ibn Thabit, and Abdullah ibn Umar. Four of the Companions of the Messenger (peace be upon him) acted upon this hadith. In fact, it is authentic from Ibn Mas'ud something that I think many students of knowledge, indeed many scholars, need to look into and not ask whether to act upon it or not. The report says that Ibn Mas'ud entered the mosque and walked quickly, so he caught up with the imam while he was bowing. Then, when the imam said the closing salam, he said it with him. A man stood up wanting to perform a rak'ah, so Ibn Mas'ud pulled him and said to him, "Sit down, for you have caught the rak'ah." So in this mawquf hadith, it is stated that ... Yes, and peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings and His forgiveness. Welcome. So in this report, the one who catches the bowing has caught the rak'ah, even if he missed the recitation of al-Fatihah. Some people have written treatises to the contrary, including some of the Maliki scholars from Morocco. You must know something about them. So this report establishes, by the action of this Companion, that his knowledge encompassed the fact that the one who catches the imam while he is bowing has caught the rak'ah, even if he missed the pillar of reciting al-Fatihah. And upon this, a group of the Companions acted, led by Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, that the one who catches the bowing has caught the rak'ah. There is no one who contradicts this. Therefore, here I say what I mentioned in some previous lectures: when a view or action is established from some of the Companions, and there is nothing contradicting it in the explicit, authentic Sunnah, then it is obligatory to act upon it. And there is nothing here that contradicts the statements of these Companions except general texts. In that case, we say that these general texts were not acted upon. Look at how much this principle is connected to many branches of jurisprudence. If the student of knowledge does not master it, he will deviate from the truth in all of them.
Another questioner:Sunan Abi Dawud 683Sahih (Al-Albani) And do you not repeat it, or do you repeat it?
The Shaykh : And you do not repeat it, in the strongest of the opinions. Yes, what is the matter?
The questioner : There is no contradiction, nothing that contradicts ... the other hadith?
The Shaykh : Suppose there is a contradiction, what do we do? Do we reconcile them? Is the reconciliation by negating one of them? No. So the man does not have this. This is the hadith of Abu Bakrah ... Welcome to you both, father and son. If it becomes clear that there is no contradiction between them, meaning there is no need to reconcile them, as long as there is no contradiction between them, please go ahead.
When one of you enters the mosque and the people are bowing
إذا دخل أحدكم المسجد والناس ركوعThe Shaykh : Is its continuation "so let him walk quickly"?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : It is an authentic hadith.
The questioner : Do you act upon it, O Shaykh, or do you not act upon it?
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you. You need to repent.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. But, O Shaykh, excuse me, this is well-known.
The Shaykh : I know.
The questioner : Excuse me, I am inquiring.
The Shaykh : I am saying, excuse me, with your permission, you mean one thing and I mean another. I also mean the word of Imam al-Shafi'i when someone asked him, "Do you act upon the hadith?" He said, "Do you think I left the church and tightened the belt around my waist?" ... because there is no contradiction to it.
Another questioner: I came across a report from Ibn Mas'ud that he used to walk quickly while bowing.
The Shaykh : What was it?
The questioner : He used to walk quickly while bowing when he entered the mosque and found the people bowing. This is from Zayd ibn Thabit in al-Muwatta.
The Shaykh : Yes, this supports it.
The questioner : But is this authentic as well?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is authentic from Ibn Mas'ud, Zayd ibn Thabit, and Abdullah ibn Umar. Four of the Companions of the Messenger (peace be upon him) acted upon this hadith. In fact, it is authentic from Ibn Mas'ud something that I think many students of knowledge, indeed many scholars, need to look into and not ask whether to act upon it or not. The report says that Ibn Mas'ud entered the mosque and walked quickly, so he caught up with the imam while he was bowing. Then, when the imam said the closing salam, he said it with him. A man stood up wanting to perform a rak'ah, so Ibn Mas'ud pulled him and said to him, "Sit down, for you have caught the rak'ah." So in this mawquf hadith, it is stated that
The one who catches the imam while he is bowing has caught the rak'ah, and that the one who wants
من أدرك الإمام راكعا فقد أدرك الركعة وأن من أرادAnother questioner:
May Allah increase your eagerness! But do not do it again.
زادك الله حرصا ولا تعدThe Shaykh : And you do not repeat it, in the strongest of the opinions. Yes, what is the matter?
The questioner : There is no contradiction, nothing that contradicts ... the other hadith?
The Shaykh : Suppose there is a contradiction, what do we do? Do we reconcile them? Is the reconciliation by negating one of them? No. So the man does not have this. This is the hadith of Abu Bakrah ... Welcome to you both, father and son. If it becomes clear that there is no contradiction between them, meaning there is no need to reconcile them, as long as there is no contradiction between them, please go ahead.