Muwatta 19

الموطأ 19 — ابن عمر: دلوك الشمس ميلها

Ibn Umar on the meaning of the sun's decline (duluk): its turning away from the middle of the sky.

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«دلوك الشمس ميلها»

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

The first report in the chapter on the decline of the sun and the darkness of night, two phrases from the verse of the Night Journey on establishing prayer. Yahya transmits from Malik from Nafi' that Abdullah ibn Umar interpreted the decline of the sun as its leaning from the middle of the sky, that is, noon. The editor notes that Abu Mus'ab, Suwayd and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan 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 16· 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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