11/28. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 919 — Stopping Recitation in Loud Prayers
Not reciting behind the imam in a rak'ah where he recites out loud
Hadith About Not Reciting with the Imam in Loud Prayer
Sunan an-Nasai : 919
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 919
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أُكَيْمَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم انْصَرَفَ مِنْ صَلاَةٍ جَهَرَ فِيهَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فَقَالَ " هَلْ قَرَأَ مَعِي أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ آنِفًا " . قَالَ رَجُلٌ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . قَالَ " إِنِّي أَقُولُ مَا لِي أُنَازَعُ الْقُرْآنَ " . قَالَ فَانْتَهَى النَّاسُ عَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِيمَا جَهَرَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِالْقِرَاءَةِ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ حِينَ سَمِعُوا ذَلِكَ .
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) finished a prayer in which he recited out loud, then he said: 'Did any one of you recite with me just now?' A man said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'I was wondering what was distracting me in reciting Quran.'" So the people stopped reciting in prayers in which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited out loud when they heard that.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 919In-book reference : Book 11, Hadith 44English translation : Vol. 2, Book 11, Hadith 920
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 919
This hadith about not reciting with the imam in loud prayer reports that the Messenger of Allah finished a prayer in which he had recited aloud. He then asked whether anyone had recited with him just then. A man answered yes. The Prophet said he had been wondering what was distracting him in reciting Qur'an. The narration then says that the people stopped reciting in prayers where the Messenger of Allah recited out loud, after they heard that. The wording is practical and tied to what happened in a loud prayer. It shows the companions responding to the Prophet’s correction and protecting the imam’s recitation from distraction.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet noticed distraction while reciting Qur'an aloud in prayer.
- A man admitted that he had recited with him.
- The people stopped reciting in prayers where the Prophet recited aloud after hearing this.
- The hadith teaches attentiveness to the imam in loud prayers.
