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Sunan Abi Dawud 1127 — Two Rak'ahs After Friday Prayer at Home
Praying After The Friday Prayer
Hadith About Two Rak'ahs After Jumu'ah at Home
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1127
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1127
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، - الْمَعْنَى - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، رَأَى رَجُلاً يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي مَقَامِهِ فَدَفَعَهُ وَقَالَ أَتُصَلِّي الْجُمُعَةَ أَرْبَعًا وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يُصَلِّي يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَيَقُولُ هَكَذَا فَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Nafi Narrated from:
Ibn 'Umar saw a man praying two rak'ahs after the Friday prayer on the same place (where he offered the Friday prayer). He pushed him and said: Do you offer four rak'ahs of Friday prayer? 'Abd Allah (b. 'Umar) used to pray two rak'ahs in his house after the Friday prayer, and he used to say: This is how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1127In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 738English translation : Book 2, Hadith 1122
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1127
This hadith about two rak'ahs after Jumu'ah at home shows how Ibn Umar understood and practiced the Sunnah. Nafi' said Ibn Umar saw a man praying two rak'ahs in the same place after the Friday prayer. Ibn Umar pushed him and asked if he was making Friday four rak'ahs. The narration then says Ibn Umar used to pray two rak'ahs in his house after Friday prayer and said that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم did this. For people searching “two rakah after Jumuah at home hadith,” this report is direct. It also shows that Ibn Umar did not like joining those two rak'ahs to the Friday prayer in the same place in that way.
What we learn from this hadith
- Ibn Umar prayed two rak'ahs at home after Friday prayer.
- He linked this practice to the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم.
- He objected to making it look like Friday prayer was four rak'ahs.
- The hadith points to separating the obligatory Jumu'ah from prayer after it.
