Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)
باب السَّكْتَةِ عِنْدَ الاِفْتِتَاحِ
Chapter: Remaining Silent After The Beginning Of The Prayer.
5 hadith · references 777–781
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Abu Dawud · 777حَفِظْتُ سَكْتَتَيْنِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ : سَكْتَةً إِذَا كَبَّرَ الْإِمَامُ حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ ، وَسَكْتَةً إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ عِنْدَ الرُّكُوعِNarrated Samurah ibn Jundub: I remember two period of silence in prayer, one when the imam said the takbir; and one when he finished reciting the Fatihah and the surah when he was about to bow. But Imran ibn Husayn took 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 778حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلَّادٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ،عَنْ أَشْعَثَ ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَسْكSamurah bin Jundub said: The Prophet ﷺ had two periods of silence; when he began his prayer and when he finished the recitation (of the Quran). He then narrated the tradition like the version of Yunus.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 779أَنَّهُ حَفِظَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَكْتَتَيْنِ : سَكْتَةً إِذَا كَبَّرَ وَسَكْتَةً إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ قِرَاءَةِ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلا الضَّالِّينَ سورة الفاتحة آية 7Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub; Ubayy ibn Kab: Samurah ibn Jundub and Imran ibn Husayn had a discussion (about the periods of silence in prayer). Samurah then said that he remembered two periods of silence from the Messenge7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 780سَكْتَتَانِ حَفِظْتُهُمَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ فِيهِ : قَالَ سَعِيدٌ : قُلْنَا لِقَتَادَةَ : مَا هَاتَانِ السَّكْتَتَانِ ؟ قَالَ : إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ وَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub: I remember from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ two periods of silence. Saeed said: We asked Qatadah: What are those two periods of silence? He said: (one) when he began his prayer, and (one) when h6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 781كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا كَبَّرَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ سَكَتَ بَيْنَ التَّكْبِيرِ وَالْقِرَاءَةِ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي ، أَرَأَيْتَ سُكُوتَكَ بَيْنَ التَّكْبِيرِ وَالْقِرAbu Hurairah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept silence between the takbir and the recitation of Quran. So I asked him, for whom I would give my father and mother as ransom: What do you say during you period of silence 8 narrators·parallel chain