2/60. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 573 — Pray What You Catch and Complete the Rest
Rushing To The Prayer
Hadith About Calmness When Joining the Prayer
Sunan Abi Dawud : 573
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 573
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " ائْتُوا الصَّلاَةَ وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّكِينَةُ فَصَلُّوا مَا أَدْرَكْتُمْ وَاقْضُوا مَا سَبَقَكُمْ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَكَذَا قَالَ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ " وَلْيَقْضِ " . وَكَذَا أَبُو رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبُو ذَرٍّ رُوِيَ عَنْهُ " فَأَتِمُّوا وَاقْضُوا " . وَاخْتُلِفَ عَنْهُ .
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet(ﷺ) as saying: Come to prayer with calmness and tranquility. Then pray the part you get (long with the imam) and complete afterwards the part you miss. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Sirin narrated from Abu Hurairah the words: "he should complete it afterwards." Similarly, Abu Rafi' narrated from Abu Hurairah and Abu Dharr narrated from him the words "then complete it, and complete it afterwards." There is a variation of words in the narration from him.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 573In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 183English translation : Book 2, Hadith 573
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 573
This hadith about joining prayer with calmness is close in meaning to the report before it. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم says to come to prayer while keeping calmness and tranquility. Then a person should pray whatever part he catches with the imam and complete afterward whatever he missed. The text also includes Abu Dawud’s note that there are variations in the words reported from Abu Hurairah, including wording about completing or making up the missed part. For a simple reader, the core lesson is easy: do not rush into prayer in a tense or disorderly way. Come with calmness, join what you can, and finish what remains after the imam.
What we learn from this hadith
- Prayer should be approached with calmness and tranquility.
- A person should pray the part he catches with the imam.
- The missed part should be completed afterward according to the wording of the report.
- Abu Dawud notes that there are wording variations in this narration.
