Muwatta 16

الموطأ 16 — ابن عمر: إذا فاتتك الركعة فقد فاتتك السجدة

Ibn Umar: if the rak'a escapes you, the prayer has escaped you (a mawquf opinion).

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«إذا فاتتك الركعة فقد فاتتك السجدة»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

Chain of transmission

  1. Malik ibn Anas
  2. Nafi' al-Madani

Summary

A report that Malik transmits from Nafi', in the chapter on whoever catches one rak'a of the prayer: Abdullah ibn Umar said that whoever misses the rak'a has missed the prostration, meaning the follower is not credited with what he catches of the rak'a after the imam has risen from bowing. The editor notes that Abu Mus'ab, Suwayd, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan and Yahya ibn Bukayr transmitted it. 1

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Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Prayer. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab and Nafi', client of Ibn Umar. Built on in the chapters on prayer.

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Part of
Muwatta, Book of Prayer
Mentions
Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab· Nafi' mawla Ibn Umar
Basis for
Salah (the prescribed prayer)

People and things also explored

Muwatta 6· Muwatta 19· Muwatta 21· Muwatta 24· Muwatta 88· Muwatta 188· Muwatta 189· Muwatta 190

Sources

  1. Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.42
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