Explanation of the Book of Prayer-07

The Shaykh :"And from 'Amir ibn Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: كنا مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في ليلة مظلمة فأشكلت القبلة، فصلينا ، فلما طلعت الشمس إذا نحن صلينا إلى غير القبلة فنزلت : فأينما تولوا فثم وجه الله We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a dark night, and the direction of the qiblah was unclear to us, so we prayed. When the sun rose, we realized that we had prayed in a direction other than the qiblah. So the following was revealed: So wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah" meaning the verse This is what he says: "Al-Tirmidhi narrated it and graded it weak" In your explanation, what does it say? Why did he grade it weak?
The student: ... The hadith is hasan (good) and it has a corroborating narration. Shall I read it?

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: The hadith is in the works of al-Daraqutni, al-Bayhaqi, and al-Hakim. This is a hadith whose narrators are all relied upon, except for Muhammad ibn Salim, for I do not know him as being just or as having been criticized. Al-Dhahabi then responded by saying... Al-Albani said: "And the hadith has another supporting chain in what is weak" In summary, the hadith through its three chains reaches the level of hasan (good), if Allah wills.

The Shaykh : Well, yes, that is fine.
The student: ... .

The Shaykh : It needs clarification; it needs clarification. In any case, the general principles support it. There is no problem with it from the perspective of meaning, and the ruling is clear. He says: And this was during a journey, without a doubt, because if they had been in Madinah, it would not have been unclear to them. And his saying: The uncertainty is the opposite of clarity. It seems they consulted among themselves, and the matter became unclear to them. This phrase indicates that the people were careful and exerted effort. His saying: This means after the clouds cleared, or the clouds remained until the sun rose. So this is what they call the sudden "idha" (if). It means it surprised us that we had prayed in a direction other than the qiblah. So this verse was revealed: And the verse that was revealed was not: The one that was revealed was: But sometimes they say the verse was revealed and limit it to a part of it. This is a conditional clause. The answer to the condition. And "thumma" means "there." By the way, we often hear many people express "thumma" (there) by saying "thum" (then), and this is a blatant error, because "thum" is a conjunction, not the "thumma" that implies a circumstantial adverb.