Monday 5 September 2016

The Status of Praying Two Rak’ah Before Travelling

It was narrated from the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) that he said: “A slave does not leave behind anything for his family better than two rak’ah prayer he performs in their presence when he intends to travel.” Classified weak by al-Albaanee in ad-Da’eefah (no. 372)

Benefit: Shaykh al-Albaanee (may Allaah have mercy on him) wrote:

An-Nawawee (may Allaah have mercy on him) used the above hadeeth as a proof that it is recommended for a traveller to perform two rak’ah before leaving; but this calls for careful study because saying something is recommended is a legal ruling. It is not permissible to derive such a ruling from a weak narration because a weak hadeeth does not import anything except a rejected opinion; and it cannot be used to establish any of the Sharee’ah rulings as it is well known. Therefore, this prayer has not been [authentically] reported from him (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam). So it is not legislated, unlike praying [two rak’ah] when one returns from a journey. which is Sunnah.

Source: Nudhum al-Faraa’id mimma fee Silsilati al-Albaanee min Fawaa’id, vol. 2, p. 265-266 by Abdul-Lateef bin Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Abee Rabee’




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