Question

Is this statement authentically attributed to ‘Umar.

“Hold on to salah, for if you lose it, you will lose everything”?

 

Answer

Yes. Imam Malik (rahimahullah) has recorded this statement of Sayyiduna ‘Umar ibn Al Khattab (radiyallahu ‘anhu).

(Muwatta Imam Malik, Hadith: 6. See here for more information regarding this chain.)

The part in question is as follows:

Sayyiduna ‘Umar ibn Al Khattab (radiyallahu ‘anhu) wrote to his his governors saying, “In my view, the most important of your affairs is Salah. Whoever protects it and performs it [habitually and timeously], is protecting his Din. Whoever is negligent about it will be even more negligent about other matters…”

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar

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التخريج المصادر العربية

موطأ مالك:
(٦) – مالك، عن نافع، مولى عبد الله بن عمر، أن عمر بن الخطاب كتب إلى عماله: «إن أهم أمركم عندي الصلاة، من حفظها وحافظ عليها، حفظ دينه، ومن ضيعها، فهو لما سواها أضيع».
ثم كتب: أن صلوا الظهر، إذا كان الفيء ذراعا، إلى أن يكون ظل أحدكم مثله، والعصر، والشمس مرتفعة، بيضاء نقية، قدر ما يسير الراكب فرسخين أو ثلاثة، قبل غروب الشمس. والمغرب، إذا غربت الشمس.
والعشاء، إذا غاب الشفق، إلى ثلث الليل، فمن نام فلا نامت عينه، فمن نام فلا نامت عينه، فمن نام فلا نامت عينه. والصبح، والنجوم بادية مشتبكة.


Moulana Suhail Motala


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