Section: It is recommended to perform voluntary prayer (nafl) between Maghrib and Isha, because of what is narrated from Anas bin Malik regarding this verse: "Their sides forsake their beds" (111), the verse. He said: They used to perform voluntary prayers between Maghrib and Isha. Narrated by Abu Dawood (113). And from 'Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), from the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), who said: "Whoever prays twenty rak'ahs after Maghrib, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise" (114). Abu 'Isa said: This is a ghareeb (singular) hadith.
Section: As for what has been narrated from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) regarding shortening or lengthening it, it is best to follow his practice in that, for he, peace be upon him, would not do anything but that which is best. We have already mentioned some of what the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to shorten and lengthen. Regarding what is beyond that, the narration differs. It is narrated that the best [practice] is to increase the frequency of bowing (ruku') and prostration (sujud), due to the saying of Ibn Mas'ud: I know the pairs that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to combine as two surahs in every rak'ah, twenty surahs from the Mufassal. Narrated by Muslim (115). The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: "There is no servant who prostrates (116) a prostration but that Allah writes for him a good deed for it, erases a bad deed from him for it, and raises him a degree for it" (117). The second [view] is that lengthening is best, due to the saying of
= The second [part of the hadith] was extracted in its beginning by Abu Dawood, in: The chapter on what is commanded regarding moderation in prayer, from the Book of Voluntary Prayers. Sunan Abi Dawood 1/315. And al-Nasa'i, in: The chapter on the person praying having a sutrah (barrier) between him and the Imam, from the Book of Qibla, and in: The chapter on night prayer, and the chapter on the disagreement regarding 'Aishah, from the Book of Night Prayer, and in: The chapter on the mention of the disagreement of the narrators of the report of 'Aishah regarding it, and the chapter on the fasting of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)—may my father and mother be sacrificed for him—from the Book of Fasting. Al-Mujtaba 2/53, 3/163, 178, 4/125, 169. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 6/109. (111) Surah al-Sajdah: 16. (112) In Sunan Abi Dawood: "They wake up." (113) In: The chapter on the night prayer of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), from the Book of Voluntary Prayers. Sunan Abi Dawood 1/304. (114) Extracted by al-Tirmidhi, in: The chapter on what has been narrated regarding the virtue of voluntary prayer and six rak'ahs after Maghrib, from the Chapters on Prayer. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/225. (115) Its takhrij (authentication/referencing) was provided previously on page 168, and added to it: It was extracted by al-Tirmidhi, in: The chapter on what has been mentioned regarding reciting two surahs in one rak'ah, from the Chapters on Friday [Prayers]. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 3/82. (116) In [manuscripts] A and M: "prostrated." (117) Extracted by al-Tirmidhi, in: The chapter on what has been narrated regarding the frequency of bowing and prostration, from the Chapters on Prayer. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi =
فصل: ويُسْتَحَبُّ التَّنَفُّلُ بين المَغْرِبِ والعِشَاءِ؛ لما رُوِىَ عن أنَسِ بن مَالِكٍ في هذه الآية: {تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ} (١١١) الآية، قال: كانوا يَتَنَفَّلُونَ (١١٢) ما بين المَغْرِبِ والعِشَاءِ، يُصَلُّونَ. رَوَاه أبو دَاوُدَ (١١٣). وعن عائشةَ رَضِى اللهُ عنها، عن رسولِ اللهِ -صلى اللَّه عليه وسلم-، قال: "مَنْ صَلَّى بَعْدَ المَغْرِبِ عِشْرِينَ رَكْعَة بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِى الجَنَّةِ" (١١٤). قال أبو عيسى: هذا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ.
فصل: وما وَرَدَ عن النَّبِيِّ -صلى اللَّه عليه وسلم- تَخْفِيفُه أو تَطْوِيلُه، فالأفْضَلُ اتبَاعُه فيه، فإنَّه عليه السَّلَامُ لا يَفْعَلُ إلَّا الأفْضَلَ، وقد ذَكَرْنا بعضَ ما كان النَّبِيُّ -صلى اللَّه عليه وسلم- يُخَفِّفُهُ ويُطَوِّلُهُ، وما عَدَا ذلك فاخْتَلَفَتِ الرِّوَايَةُ فيه؛ فَرُوِىَ أنَّ الأفْضَلَ كَثْرَةُ الرُّكُوعِ والسُّجُودِ، لقولِ ابْنِ مسعودٍ: إنّي لأعْلَمُ النَّظَائِرَ التي كان رَسُولُ اللهِ -صلى اللَّه عليه وسلم- يَقْرِنُ بَيْنَهُنَّ سُورَتَيْنِ في كلّ رَكْعَةٍ، عِشْرُونَ سُورَةً من المُفَصَّلِ. رَوَاهُ مُسْلمٌ (١١٥). وقال النبيُّ -صلى اللَّه عليه وسلم-: "مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَسْجُدُ (١١٦) سَجْدَةً إلَّا كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ بِهَا حَسَنَةً، ومَحَا عَنْهُ بِهَا سَيِّئَةً، ورَفَعَ لَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً" (١١٧). والثانية، التَّطْوِيلُ أفْضَلُ؛ لقَوْلِ
= والثاني أخرج صدره أبو داود، في: باب ما يؤمر به من القصد في الصلاة، من كتاب التطوع. سنن أبي داود ١/ ٣١٥. والنسائي، في: باب المصلى يكون بينه وبين الإمام سترة، من كتاب القبلة، وفي: باب قيام الليل، وباب الاختلاف على عائشة، من كتاب قيام الليل، وفي: باب ذكر اختلاف الناقلين لخبر عائشة فيه، وباب صوم النبي -صلى اللَّه عليه وسلم- بأبي هو وأمي، من كتاب الصيام. المجتبى ٢/ ٥٣، ٣/ ١٦٣، ١٧٨، ٤/ ١٢٥، ١٦٩. والإمام أحمد، في: المسند ٦/ ١٠٩.(١١١) سورة السجدة ٢٦.(١١٢) في سنن أبي داود: "يتيقظون".(١١٣) في: باب قيام النبي -صلى اللَّه عليه وسلم- من الليل، من كتاب التطوع. سنن أبي داود ١/ ٣٠٤.(١١٤) أخرجه الترمذي، في: باب ما جاء في فضل التطوع وست ركعات بعد المغرب، من أبواب الصلاة. عارضة الأحوذي ٢/ ٢٢٥.(١١٥) تقدم تخريجه في صفحة ١٦٨، ويضاف إليه: وأخرجه الترمذي، في: باب ما ذكر في قراءة سورتين في ركعة، من أبواب الجمعة. عارضة الأحوذي ٣/ ٨٢.(١١٦) في أ، م: "سجد".(١١٧) أخرجه الترمذي، في: باب ما جاء في كثرة الركوع والسجود، من أبواب الصلاة. عارضة الأحوذي =
