6/36. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 579 — Two Rak'ahs Missed After Zuhr
Concession Allowing Prayer After 'Asr
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم Made Up Two Rak'ahs After Asr
Sunan an-Nasai : 579
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 579
أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَعْمَرًا، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَلَّى فِي بَيْتِهَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَأَنَّهَا ذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ " هُمَا رَكْعَتَانِ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّيهِمَا بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ فَشُغِلْتُ عَنْهُمَا حَتَّى صَلَّيْتُ الْعَصْرَ " .
Umm Salamah Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) once prayed two Rak'ahs after 'Asr in her house. She asked him about that and he said: "They are two Rak'ahs that I used to pray after Zuhr, but I got distracted and forgot them until I prayed 'Asr."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 579In-book reference : Book 6, Hadith 86English translation : Vol. 1, Book 6, Hadith 580
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 579
This hadith from Umm Salamah explains a case where the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم prayed two Rak'ahs after Asr in her house. She asked him about it, and he said they were two Rak'ahs he used to pray after Zuhr, but he got distracted and forgot them until he had prayed Asr. The text gives the reason clearly. It was not presented as a new general prayer in this wording. It was a missed prayer connected to after Zuhr. This hadith is searched as two Rak'ahs after Zuhr missed until Asr, Prophet prayed after Asr Umm Salamah, and making up two Rak'ahs after Asr. The main teaching is about the reported reason for that specific action.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم prayed two Rak'ahs after Asr in Umm Salamah’s house.
- He explained that they were two Rak'ahs he used to pray after Zuhr.
- He had been distracted and forgot them until after Asr.
- The hadith gives a direct reason for this specific prayer.
