English
Abu Sa‘id (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) while we were with him and said, “My husband, Safwan ibn al-Mu‘attal, strikes me when I pray, makes me break my fast when I fast, and does not pray the dawn prayer until the sun rises.” Safwan was present, and he was asked about what she said. He said, “O Messenger of Allah, as for her saying, ‘He strikes me when I pray,’ she recites two surahs, and I forbade her.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If one surah were sufficient, it would suffice the people.” As for her saying, “He makes me break my fast,” she starts fasting, and I am a young man and cannot be patient. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said that day: “No woman should fast except with her husband’s permission.” As for her saying, “I do not pray until the sun rises,” we are a household known for this; we hardly wake up until the sun rises. He said, “When you wake up, O Safwan, pray.” Narrated by Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah.
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- Candidate: Sunan Abi Dawud 2459 (unverified) 98% confidence
- Candidate: Sunan Ibn Majah 1762 (unverified) 78% confidence · Validation similarity: 0.487
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Commentary and footnotes (1)
Note 1
(1) The statement: “We hardly wake up until the sun rises”: Literally or figuratively, meaning close to sunrise. He said, “When you wake up, O Safwan, pray,” meaning perform or make up the prayer. According to us, Ash-Shafi‘i used this to permit making up missed prayers during prohibited times. I say: Without considering our explanation, it is not necessary to pray immediately upon waking. The most it indicates is that waking is the cause for the obligation to make up, so if he wakes during a prohibited time and delays until it passes, he acts on both this Hadith and the Hadith prohibiting prayer during forbidden times, as in Al-Marqah and Umdat al-Qari.