Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال

Chapter 159.0

What Has Been Related About The Prophet (S) Saying: "I Hear The Crying Of A Small Boy During Salat and Shorten It"

باب مَا جَاءَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنِّي لأَسْمَعُ بُكَاءَ الصَّبِيِّ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَأُخَفِّفُ ‏"‏

1 hadiths

Jami` at-Tirmidhi, 376sahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

4 transmitters

Narrated by Qutayba bin Sa'id bin JamilfromMarwan bin Mua'wiya al-FazarifromHameed bin Abi HameedfromAnas bin Malik

Hadith text · Matn

‏ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَسْمَعُ بُكَاءَ الصَّبِيِّ وَأَنَا فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَأُخَفِّفُ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تُفْتَتَنَ أُمُّهُ ‏

‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

English translation

Anas bin Malik narrated that:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Indeed I hear the crying of a small boy while I am in Salat, so I shorten it in fear that his mother may be tormented."

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْفَزَارِيُّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏