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Sunan an-Nasai 1312 (Book 13, Hadith 134) #15920
Praying Properly in a Short Time

SUMMARY: It is possible to pray properly in a short amount of time.

It was narrated from Hudhaifah that: He saw a man praying (And his bowing and prostration) were lacking. Hudhaifah said to him: 'For how long have you been praying like this?' He said: "For forty years'. He said: 'You have not been praying for forty years and if you die praying like this, you will have died following a path other than the path of Muhammad . Then he said: 'It is possible for a man to pray briefly, but still do it properly".
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ مِغْوَلٍ - عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ، أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَجُلاً يُصَلِّي فَطَفَّفَ فَقَالَ لَهُ حُذَيْفَةُ مُنْذُ كَمْ تُصَلِّي هَذِهِ الصَّلاَةَ قَالَ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا ‏.‏ قَالَ مَا صَلَّيْتُ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً وَلَوْ مِتَّ وَأَنْتَ تُصَلِّي هَذِهِ الصَّلاَةَ لَمِتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ فِطْرَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُخَفِّفُ وَيُتِمُّ وَيُحْسِنُ

TOPICS
prayer  *  time  *  properly  *  salat  *  qasir  *  sahih  *  muhammad

QUICK LESSONS:
Take your prayer seriously and make sure you are doing it correctly even when pressed for time or with limited resources available .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of praying properly even if it takes a short amount of time. The narrator, Hudhaifah, saw someone praying but their bowing and prostration were lacking. He asked the man how long he had been praying like this and the man said forty years. Hudhaifah then told him that if he died while still praying like this he would have died following a path other than that of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. He then said it was possible for someone to pray briefly but still do it properly. This hadith teaches us that we should take our prayer seriously and make sure we are doing it correctly even if we are pressed for time or have limited resources available to us. We should strive to follow the example set by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in all aspects of our lives including prayer so that when we die, we will be on his path and not another's path.

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