24/129. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 2912 — Prayer in the Hijr
Prayer Inside The Hijr
Prayer in the Hijr Hadith: Part of the House
Sunan an-Nasai : 2912
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 2912
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَدْخُلَ، الْبَيْتَ فَأُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِيَدِي فَأَدْخَلَنِي الْحِجْرَ فَقَالَ " إِذَا أَرَدْتِ دُخُولَ الْبَيْتِ فَصَلِّي هَا هُنَا فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ قِطْعَةٌ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَلَكِنَّ قَوْمَكِ اقْتَصَرُوا حَيْثُ بَنَوْهُ " .
A'isha Narrated from:
I wanted to enter the House and pray therein, so the Messenger of Allah took me by the hand and took me into the Hijr and said: 'If you want to enter the House, then pray here, for it is part of the House, but your people made it too small when they built it.'" (Sahih) Chapter 130. Reciting The Takbir In the Corners Of the Kabah
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2912In-book reference : Book 24, Hadith 295English translation : Vol. 3, Book 24, Hadith 2915
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 2912
This prayer in the Hijr hadith explains what Aishah could do when she wanted to enter the House and pray there. She said the Messenger of Allah took her by the hand and took her into the Hijr. He told her that if she wanted to enter the House, she should pray there, because it is a piece of the House. He also said her people made the building too small when they built it. The narration is clear and personal. It joins two ideas: the Hijr is part of the House, and prayer there answered Aishah’s wish to pray inside. For readers, the safest explanation is exactly that.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet gently guided Aishah by taking her into the Hijr.
- He said prayer in the Hijr answered her wish to pray inside the House.
- The Hijr is described as a piece of the House.
- The text connects the Hijr’s status to the Kaaba being built too small.
