2/251. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1129 — Separating One Prayer from Another
Praying After The Friday Prayer
Hadith About Not Joining One Prayer to Another
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1129
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1129
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخُوَارِ، أَنَّ نَافِعَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ، أَرْسَلَهُ إِلَى السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ابْنِ أُخْتِ نَمِرٍ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ شَىْءٍ، رَأَى مِنْهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَهُ الْجُمُعَةَ فِي الْمَقْصُورَةِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمْتُ قُمْتُ فِي مَقَامِي فَصَلَّيْتُ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَىَّ فَقَالَ لاَ تَعُدْ لِمَا صَنَعْتَ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ الْجُمُعَةَ فَلاَ تَصِلْهَا بِصَلاَةٍ حَتَّى تَكَلَّمَ أَوْ تَخْرُجَ فَإِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَمَرَ بِذَلِكَ أَنْ لاَ تُوصَلَ صَلاَةٌ بِصَلاَةٍ حَتَّى يَتَكَلَّمَ أَوْ يَخْرُجَ .
'Umar b. 'Ata' b. Abu al-Khuwar Narrated from:
Nafi' b. Jubair sent him to al-Sa'ib b. Yazid b. Ukht Namir to ask him about something Mu'awiyyah had seen him do in prayer. He said: I offered the Friday prayer along with him in enclosure. When I uttered the salutation I stood up in my place and prayed. When he went in, he sent me a message saying: Never again do what you have done. When you pray the Friday prayer, you must not join another prayer to it till you have engaged in conversation or gone out, for the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) gave the precise command not to join on prayer till you have engaged in conversation or gone out.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1129In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 740English translation : Book 2, Hadith 1124
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1129
This hadith about not joining one prayer to another gives clear guidance after Friday prayer. Al-Sa'ib b. Yazid said that after praying Jumu'ah with Mu'awiyah, he stood in the same place and prayed. Mu'awiyah later told him not to do that again. He said that after Friday prayer, one should not connect another prayer to it until speaking or going out, because the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم commanded that one prayer should not be joined to another until a person speaks or goes out. For people searching “do not join one prayer to another hadith” or “change place after fard prayer hadith,” this narration is directly about separation between prayers.
What we learn from this hadith
- A prayer should not be connected to another without a break described in the hadith.
- Speaking or going out is mentioned as a way to separate prayers.
- Mu'awiyah corrected the action by citing the Prophet's صلى الله عليه وسلم command.
- The teaching is given in the setting after Friday prayer.
