1/1113ــ عَنْ ابنِ عمرَ رضي الله عنهما قَالَ: صَلَّيتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، ركعتَيْن قبلَ الظُّهرِ، ورَكْعَتَين بَعدَهَا. متفق عليه.
1113/1 - Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) reported: “I prayed with the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) two Rak‘ahs before the Zhuhr prayer and two Rak‘ahs after it.”
2/1114 ــ عَنْ عائشةَ رضي الله عنها أنَّ النَّبيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كانَ لا يَدَعُ أربعاً قبْلَ الظُّهرِ. رواه البخاري.
1114/2 - ‘Ā’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) would never leave praying four Rak‘ahs before Zhuhr. [Narrated by Al-Bukhāri]
3/1115ــ وَعَنْهَا قَالَتْ: كانَ النَّبيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي في بَيْتِي قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبعاً، ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ، فَيُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ، ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَكانَ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ المَغْربَ، ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَيُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ العِشَاءَ، وَيَدْخُلُ بَيْتي فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ». رواه مسلم.
1115/3 - She also reported: “The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) would offer four Rak‘ahs in my house before the Zhuhr prayer and then go out to lead the people in prayer, and then he would enter and offer two Rak‘ahs. He would lead the people in the Maghrib prayer and then enter and offer two Rak‘ahs. And he would lead the people in the ‘Ishā’ prayer and then enter my house and offer two Rak‘ahs.” [Narrated by Muslim]
4/1116ــ عَنْ أمِّ حبيبةَ رضي الله عنها قالت: قَالَ رَسُولُ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «مَنْ حَافَظَ علىٰ أرْبعِ رَكَعَاتٍ قَبْلَ الظُّهرِ، وأرْبَعٍ بَعْدَها، حرَّمهُ اللهُ علىٰ النَّار».
1116/4 - Um Habībah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever regularly offers four Rak‘ahs before the Zhuhr prayer and four after it, Allah will forbid him for Hellfire.”
رواه أبو داود، والترمذي وقال: حديثٌ حسنٌ صحيحٌ.
[Narrated by Abu Dāwūd and Al-Tirmidhi, who classified it as Hasan Sahīh (sound and authentic)]
1) سنة الظهر القبَليّة ركعتان أو أربع رَكَعات، والبَعديّة ركعتان.
1) The Sunnah of the Zhuhr prayer is two or four Rak‘ahs before it and two Rak‘ahs after it.
2) الأجر العظيم لمن حافظ علىٰ أربعٍ قبل الظهر وأربعٍ بعدها.
2) He who regularly offers four Rak‘ahs before the Zhuhr and two Rak‘ahs after it will get a great reward.
إن أداء صلاة النوافل في البيوت هو المشروع من هدي النَّبيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ، وإن ظن بعض الناس أن صلاتها بالمسجد أفضل لشرف المكان، لكن اتباع السنة والتمسك بالطريقة النبوية هو الأمثل والأفضل. ﴿وإن تطيعوه تهتدوا﴾.
According to the Prophet’s guidance, we ought to offer supererogatory prayers at home, even though some people believe that it is better to perform them in the mosque, given the noble status of the place. What is better and preferable, however, is to adhere to the Prophet’s Sunnah and example - {And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided.}
5/1117ــ وعَنْ عبدِ الله بنِ السائبِ، رضي الله عنه أَنَّ رسولَ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كانَ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعاً بَعْدَ أَنْ تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ، وقالَ: «إنَّهَا سَاعَةٌ تُفْتَحُ فِيهَا أَبوابُ السَّمَاءِ، فَأُحِبُّ أَن يَصعَدَ لِي فيها عَمَلٌ صَالحٌ». رواه الترمذي وقَالَ: حديثٌ حسنٌ.
1117/5 - ‘Abdullāh ibn al-Sā’ib (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer four Rak‘ahs after Zawāl (i.e. after the sun declines from its zenith) before the Zhuhr prayer, and he said: “This is a time in which the gates of heavens are open, and I like that a good deed of mine ascends during it.” [Narrated by Al-Tirmidhi; and he classified it as Hasan (sound)]
1) الترغيب في النافلة بعد زوال الشمس لأنها ساعة استجابة تُفَتَّح لها أبواب السماء.
1) It encourages us to offer the supererogatory prayer after Zawāl, for it is a time in which the gates of heavens are open.
2) حرص النَّبيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم علىٰ الأوقات الفاضلة واغتنامها في الأعمال الصالحة.
2) The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) was keen to seize virtuous times and perform good deeds in them.
3) الموفَّق من عباد الله مَن اغتنم فرص النفحات، وإجابة الدعوات، فقدّم لنفسه عملاً صالحاً.
3) Fortunate and blissful people would seize the opportunities of divine blessings and the times in which supplications are readily answered and perform acts of piety in them.
6/1118ــ عَنْ عائشةَ رضي الله عنها أنَّ النَّبيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، كان إذَا لم يُصَلِّ أربعاً قبل الظُّهر، صلاَّهُنَّ بَعْدَها.
1118/6 - ‘Ā’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: “Whenever the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) could not offer four Rak‘ahs before the Zhuhr prayer, he would offer them after it.”
رواهُ الترمذي وقال: حديثٌ حسَنٌ.
[Narrated by Al-Tirmidhi; and he classified it as Hasan (sound)]
1) مشروعية قضاء صلاة النافلة لمن فاتته في وقتها، وكان من عادته المحافظة عليها.
1) It is legitimate for a person to make up for supererogatory prayers which he misses at the appointed times, if he usually performs them.
2) التمثيل علىٰ أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كان إذا عمل عملاً داوم عليه.
2) When the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) did an act of worship, he would do it on a regular basis.
سنة الظهر القبلية تُقضىٰ لمن فاتته، بعد سنة الظهر البعدية، لما ورد من حديث عائشة رضي الله عنها: «كان رَسُولُ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذَا فاتته الأربع قبل الظهر صلاّها بعد الركعتَيْن بعد الظهر» رواه ابن ماجه في سننه رقم (1158).
If a person misses the pre-Zhuhr Sunnah prayer, he makes up for it after offering the post-Zhuhr Sunnah prayer, as indicated by a Hadīth in which ‘Ā’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: “Whenever the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) missed the four Rak‘ahs before the Zhuhr prayer, he would offer them after offering the two-Rak‘ah Sunnah after Zhuhr.” [Narrated by Ibn Mājah; no. 1158]