Welcome to our blog! This article explores the practice of Umar and Uthman praying Maghrib first and then breaking their fast.
1) Malik Ibn Anas narrated :
عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، وَعُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ، كَانَا يُصَلِّيَانِ الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ يَنْظُرَانِ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ الأَسْوَدِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُفْطِرَا ثُمَّ يُفْطِرَانِ بَعْدَ الصَّلاَةِ وَذَلِكَ فِي رَمَضَانَ .”
Humayd Ibn Abd al-Rahman Ibn Awf said :
Umar Ibn al-Khattab & Uthman Ibn Affan would pray Maghreb first when they saw the night darkening, and after praying, they would break their fast in the month of Ramadan.
~Muwatta Malik, Riwayah Yahya vol 1:240-241
This narration is Sahih as mentioned by –
2) Allamah al-Nawawi said :
ما رواه مالك والشافعي والبيهقي بأسانيدهم الصحيحة عن حميد بن عبد الرحمن
Malik, al-Shafi’i & al-Bayhaqi narrated it with their Sahih chains from Humayd Ibn Abd al-Rahman Ibn Awf.
~al-Majmu’ Sharh al-Muhadhab vol 6:361
3) Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari said :
هذا حديث صحيح أخرجه مالك
This Hadith is Sahih as reported by Malik.
~al-Shafi fee Sharh Musnad al-Shafi’i vol 3:199
4) Mulla Ali al-Qaari said :
وَأَمَّا مَا صَحَّ أَنَّ عُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ رضي الله عنهما كَانَا بِرَمَضَانَ يُصَلِّيَانِ الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ يَنْظُرَانِ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ الْأَسْوَدِ ثُمَّ يُفْطِرَانِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ
As for what is authentic about Umar & Uthman, that during Ramadan they would pray Maghreb, then would break their fast.
~Mirqat al-Mafatih vol 4:486
•Abd al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri said similarly in Tuhfat al-Awadhi vol 3:311
It is said that the narration of Humayd Ibn Abd al-Rahman Ibn Awf from Umar & Uthman is Mursal, as he did not meet them, but Humayd himself mentions that he saw them doing this –
5) Abu Ja’far al-Tahavi narrated :
عن حميد بن عبد الرحمن قال: رأيت عمر وعثمان يصليان المغرب في رمضان إذا أبصر إلى الليل الأسود، ثم يفطران بعد
Humayd Ibn Abd al-Rahman said : I saw Umar & Uthman during Ramadan, praying Maghreb when the darkness was visible, and then breaking their fast.
~Sharh Ma’ani al-Athar vol 2:74
• Muhaqqiq of the book, Shaykh Lateef al-Rahman al-Qasmi al-Bahraichi said :
The Sanad is Sahih (إسناده صحيح)
6) Shaykh Mansoor Abd al-Hameed, commented in the footnote of Sunan al-Kubra lil-Bayhaqi :
[صحيح]: أخرجه مالك وعنه المؤلف . وسنده صحيح لولا ما قيل من إن حميدا لم يسمع من عمر بن الخطاب كما في جامع التحصيل وفيه نظر. والثابت عندي ثبوت سماعه
The chain is Sahih; it is reported by Malik. This chain is Sahih even if it is said that Humayd didn’t meet Umar. This isn’t right, as from my research, Humayd’s narrations from Umar are proven.
~al-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Bayhaqi vol 2:24
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