بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد
Imaam Sa`eed bin Al-Musayyib* رحمه الله once saw a man praying more than two rak`aat after the beginning of Fajr (i.e. before the Fajr prayer), making many bows and prostrations, and so he forbade him.
The man said: “O Abu Muhammad, is Allaah going to punish me for praying?”
Sa`eed said: “No, but He will punish you for contradicting the Sunnah.”
[Al-Bayhaqee in As-Sunan Al-Kubraa (2:466) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaykh Al-Albaanee. See Irwā Al-Ghalīl 2:236.]
Shaykh Al-Albaanee رحمه الله commented:
“This is one of the superb answers given by Sa`eed bin Al-Musayyib رحمه الله. It is a strong weapon against heretics (mubtadi`ah) who recommend many different types of religious innovation in the name of them being dhikr and prayer. They then criticize the followers of the Sunnah for criticizing them, and accuse them of censuring dhikr and prayers, when in fact (the Ahl Al-Sunnah) are only criticizing the contravention of the Sunnah in matters such as dhikr and prayer.”
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* Sa`eed bin Al-Musayyib رحمه الله was a tabi`ee (the student of the Companions). He had narrated from `Aaishah, `Alee, Sa`d, `Uthmaan, Abu Moosaa, Ibn `Umar, Abu Hurairah, Ibn `Abbaas and others رضوان الله عليهم أجمعين. And his narrations are reported in the Saheehain (al-Bukhaaree and Muslim).
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