2/15. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 440 — Wudu and Missed Fajr
Whoever Sleeps Through The Prayer (Time) Or Forgets (To Pray)
Wudu and Missed Fajr: Praying After the Sun Rose High
Sunan Abi Dawud : 440
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 440
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْثَرٌ، عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمَعْنَاهُ قَالَ فَتَوَضَّأَ حِينَ ارْتَفَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ .
Abu Qatadah Narrated from:
This tradition has been transmitted through a different chain by Abu Qatadah to the same effect. This version adds: "He performed ablution when the sun had arisen high and led them in prayer."
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 440In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 50English translation : Book 2, Hadith 440
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 440
This Hadith is a brief version of the same report from Abu Qatadah. It adds that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم performed ablution when the sun had risen high and then led them in prayer. Because the wording is short, the lesson should not be stretched beyond what it says. The key points are purification and prayer after waking late. It fits the larger set of narrations about missing Fajr due to sleep, but this specific text highlights wudu and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم leading the people when the sun was high. For someone searching for a missed Fajr prayer Hadith, this narration shows that after the delay, they still prepared properly and prayed under the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم leadership.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم performed ablution after the sun had risen high.
- He then led the people in prayer.
- The Hadith points to proper preparation even after a prayer was missed.
