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Jami at-Tirmidhi 301 — Turning After Salah
What Has Been Related About Turning From His Right And From His Left
Hadith About Turning After Salah Right or Left
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 301
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 301
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ هُلْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَؤُمُّنَا فَيَنْصَرِفُ عَلَى جَانِبَيْهِ جَمِيعًا عَلَى يَمِينِهِ وَعَلَى شِمَالِهِ . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَنَسٍ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ هُلْبٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ . وَعَلَيْهِ الْعَمَلُ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّهُ يَنْصَرِفُ عَلَى أَىِّ جَانِبَيْهِ شَاءَ إِنْ شَاءَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَإِنْ شَاءَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ . وَقَدْ صَحَّ الأَمْرَانِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . وَيُرْوَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَتْ حَاجَتُهُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَخَذَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ حَاجَتُهُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَخَذَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ .
Qabisah bin Hulb Narrated from:
Qabisah bin Hulb narrated that his father said: "When Allah'S Messenger Would Lead Us In Salat He Would Turn (To Leave) From Both Sides, On His Right And On His Left."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 301In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 153English translation : Vol. 1, Book 2, Hadith 301
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 301
This Hadith explains a simple point about turning after salah. Qabisah bin Hulb reports from his father that when Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم led them in prayer, he would turn to leave from both sides, sometimes to the right and sometimes to the left. The wording does not make one side the only correct way. It shows that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was seen leaving from either direction after leading salat. The report also mentions that the matter was understood with ease: a person may turn to whichever side he wishes. So the main lesson is balance. The imam does not need to treat one direction as fixed when the prayer is finished.
What we learn from this hadith
- The imam may turn after salat from the right or from the left.
- The report shows ease in a small matter connected to leaving prayer.
- A person may choose the side that suits his need after the prayer ends.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was observed doing both, so one should avoid making the matter unnecessarily hard.
