11/57. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1906 — Combining Prayers in Hajj
The Description Of The Prophet's (saws) Hajj
Hadith About Combining Prayers at Arafah and Muzdalifah
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1906
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1906
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ بِلاَلٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ، - الْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ - عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ وَالْعَصْرَ بِأَذَانٍ وَاحِدٍ بِعَرَفَةَ وَلَمْ يُسَبِّحْ بَيْنَهُمَا وَإِقَامَتَيْنِ وَصَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ وَالْعِشَاءَ بِجَمْعٍ بِأَذَانٍ وَاحِدٍ وَإِقَامَتَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُسَبِّحْ بَيْنَهُمَا . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ أَسْنَدَهُ حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ الطَّوِيلِ وَوَافَقَ حَاتِمَ بْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَلَى إِسْنَادِهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجُعْفِيُّ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَصَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ وَالْعَتَمَةَ بِأَذَانٍ وَإِقَامَةٍ .
Ja'far bin Muhammad Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) prayed the noon and the afternoon prayers with one adhan and two iqamahs at ‘Arafah and he did not offer supererogatory prayers between them. He prayed the sunset and night prayers at Al Muzdalifah with one adhan and two iqamahs and he did not offer supererogatory prayers between them.Abu Dawud said This tradition has been narrated by Hatim bin Isma’il as a part of the lengthy tradition. Muhammad bin ‘Ali Al Ju’fi narrated it from Ja’far from his father on the authority of Jabir, like the tradition transmitted by Hatim bin Isma’il. But this version has He offered the sunset and night prayers with one adhan and one iqamah.
[1] Meaning, no. 1905. While this one is Mursal in its chain.[2] The meaning is as if he held the view that the Mursal version was the real version. This addition is only in some of the manuscripts, and Ahmad narrated the next narration, and from the connected chain that Hātim narrated, and Ahmad also used this upcoming version of it.Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1906In-book reference : Book 11, Hadith 186English translation : Book 10, Hadith 1901
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1906
This hadith focuses on prayer during Hajj. It says that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم prayed Dhuhr and Asr at Arafah with one adhan and two iqamahs, and he did not pray extra prayers between them. It also says that he prayed Maghrib and Isha at Muzdalifah with one adhan and two iqamahs, again without extra prayers between them. Abu Dawud then notes a related version that mentions one adhan and one iqamah for Maghrib and Isha. The main teaching is the described prayer arrangement during these Hajj locations, without adding wider rulings beyond the text.
What we learn from this hadith
- Dhuhr and Asr were combined at Arafah in this report.
- Maghrib and Isha were combined at Muzdalifah in this report.
- No extra prayers between the combined prayers are mentioned.
- Hadith narrators preserved wording differences carefully.
