Four Rak’ah equivalent to Lailatul Qadr!
Bismillahi
wal Hamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaamu ‘Alaa Rasoolillah:
Amma Ba’d:
The
prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa
Salam said “Whoever
prays Ishaa congregation and (then) prays four (rak’ah) before
he leaves the masjid then it is equivalent to lailatul qadr”
(Collected
by At Tabaraani in ‘Al Awsat’ 1/2/1)
Shaikh Al
Albaani mentions the hadeeth in ‘Silsilatul
Ahaadeeth ad Da’eefah and highlights the fact that this version of the hadeeth
is weak due to the presence of Imaam Abu Haneefah in its chain.
He
mentions (Da’eefah 11/102):
“..similarly the rest
of its narrators are trustworthy except Abu Haneefah –Rahimahullah- for indeed
the Imaams (of Hadeeth) have declared him weak (in hadeeth), just as the detailed clarification of this) has preceded under
hadeeth 458, the like
of which you will find in
no other place.”
He then
goes to mention:
“Although the hadeeth has
occurred authentically attributed to a group from among the companions, without
the mention of the wording:
“..before he leaves
the masjid..”
He then
goes on to mention the version attributed to Abdullah Ibn Amr collected by Ibn
Abi Shaiba in his ‘Musanaf’ 1/72/2 with the wording:
“Whoever prays four
rak’ah after Ishaa Prayer then they will be like their equivalent performed on
Lailatul Qadr”
Shaikh
Albaani then mentions: “Its chain of narration is authentic” then Ibn abi Shaiba
narrates the same narration
from Aaisha, Ibn
Masood, Ka’b ibn Maati’, Mujaahid, Abdur Rahmaan ibnil Aswad
and mentions chains of narration going back to them all being authentic with the
exception of the narration of Ka’b then Shaikh Albaani
mentions:
“even though these
narrations are attributed to companions they carry the ruling of ‘Ar Raf’ (i.e attribution to the messenger) since
the subject of the narrations is not the type of thing they may have said from
their opinion, as Is
apparent”
(Ad Da’eefah 11/103)
Note: The
established version then, does not make it a condition that one must perform them before
leaving the masjid to obtain the reward.
Imaamul
Iraaqi has mentioned:
“This hadeeth is more
profound in meaning than the hadeeth that was mentioned before since in it is the
establishment of a person obtaining the virtue of Lailatul Qadr even if that is
not on Lailatul Qadr, so what do you think about the one who does so on Lailatul Qadr
itself!
(Tarhut
tathreeb 5/150)
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Source:
https://ah-sp.com/2011/12/06/four-rakah-equivalent-to-lailatul-qadr/
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A sister pose a question to the Noble Ustaadh
(hafidhahullaah) (on which I added as its so beneficial)
Salaama alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa
barakaatu, BaarakAllah feekum for this beneficial post. I just wanted to make
sure I haven’t misunderstood inshaAllah. The version attributed to Abdullah ibn
‘Amr doesn’t mention that the prayer is in congregation (unless I
misread/misunderstood, Allahu ‘allam). So if a woman prays ‘isha at home and
prays four raka’a afterwards, are those four rak’ah still equivalent to
laylatul qadr?
ahspubs December 7, 2011 at 8:41 am
Reply
That is correct since the condition of
being in the masjid is not mentioned in that which is Saheeh. Wallahu A’lam
Baarakallahu Feekum
