(No staying up late after 'Isha'): Is the addition (except for entertaining a guest and studying knowledge) established?
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The questioner : The first part: Did it come down: ?
The Shaykh : Yes, the first half came down as authentic.
The questioner : Yes, and what is it?
The Shaykh : The first half; which is that he prohibited staying up late and lingering after 'Isha. As for the second half, it came down but is not authentic.
The questioner : Yes, is the first half entertaining the guest?
The Shaykh : The first half—may Allah guide you!—, the second half is the "except."
The questioner : Except in three cases. I didn't understand it properly here.
The Shaykh : My brother! May Allah bless you.
The questioner : Amen.
The Shaykh : The hadith has two halves; the first half:; this is the text.
The questioner : This is the first text.
The Shaykh : And the second half:. The first half is authentic, the second half is not authentic.
The questioner : The second half is not authentic, but with this wording, meaning?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : As for the wording that it is entertaining a guest...
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you! I told you: "I didn't understand"; we forgive you. Now, after we divided the hadith for you into two halves: a first half and a second half, and you understood what the first half is and what the second half is; and we told you: that the first half is authentic, and the second half is not authentic; do you come back and ask again?! What does that mean then?!
The questioner : I want to hear from you the complete first half, truly.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I want to hear the text from you; the authentic one, meaning?
The Shaykh : .
The questioner : This is well known, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you!
The questioner : This is authentic, this statement, and the second half?
The Shaykh : I gave you the answer.
No staying up late after 'Isha except in three cases: entertaining a guest, studying knowledge, and caressing one's wife
لا سمر بعد العشاء إلاَّ في ثلاث: مجاملة ضيف، ومذاكرة علم، ومداعبة زوجةThe Shaykh : Yes, the first half came down as authentic.
The questioner : Yes, and what is it?
The Shaykh : The first half; which is that he prohibited staying up late and lingering after 'Isha. As for the second half, it came down but is not authentic.
The questioner : Yes, is the first half entertaining the guest?
The Shaykh : The first half—may Allah guide you!—
He prohibited staying up late
نهى عن السمرThe questioner : Except in three cases. I didn't understand it properly here.
The Shaykh : My brother! May Allah bless you.
The questioner : Amen.
The Shaykh : The hadith has two halves; the first half:
He prohibited staying up late after 'Isha
نَهَى عَنِ السَّمَرِ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِThe questioner : This is the first text.
The Shaykh : And the second half:
Except such and such
إلا كذا وكذاThe questioner : The second half is not authentic, but with this wording, meaning?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : As for the wording that it is entertaining a guest...
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you! I told you: "I didn't understand"; we forgive you. Now, after we divided the hadith for you into two halves: a first half and a second half, and you understood what the first half is and what the second half is; and we told you: that the first half is authentic, and the second half is not authentic; do you come back and ask again?! What does that mean then?!
The questioner : I want to hear from you the complete first half, truly.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I want to hear the text from you; the authentic one, meaning?
The Shaykh :
He prohibited staying up late after 'Isha
نَهَى عَنِ السَّمَرِ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِThe questioner : This is well known, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you!
The questioner : This is authentic, this statement, and the second half?
The Shaykh : I gave you the answer.
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