Hadith 43

Sahih Muslim

Book 5: The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer

Chapter 7

The prohibition of speaking during the prayer, and the abrogation of its former permissibility

باب تَحْرِيمِ الْكَلاَمِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَنَسْخِ مَا كَانَ مِنْ إِبَاحَتِهِ ‏

Sahih Muslim 539a
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ شُبَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ، قَالَ كُنَّا نَتَكَلَّمُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ يُكَلِّمُ الرَّجُلُ صَاحِبَهُ وَهُوَ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ ‏{‏ وَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ قَانِتِينَ‏}‏ فَأُمِرْنَا بِالسُّكُوتِ وَنُهِينَا عَنِ الْكَلاَمِ ‏.‏
Zaid b. Arqam reported:

We used to talk while engaged in prayer and a person talked with a companion on his side in prayer till (this verse) was revealed:" And stand before Allah in devout obedience" (ii, 238) and we were commanded to observe silence (in prayer) and were forbidden to speak.
Quran References:
Surah 2:238

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

Zayd bin Arqam

زيد بن أرقم الأنصاري

57 narrations

follower
2

Sa'd bin Iyas, Abu 'Amr Shaybani

سعد بن إياس أبو عمرو الشيباني

17 narrations

follower
3

al-Harith bin Shabayl

الحارث بن شبيل

6 narrations

follower
4

Isma'il bin Abi Khalid al-Ahmsi

إسماعيل بن أبي خالد الأحمسي

258 narrations

successor
5

Hashaym bin Bashayr bin al-Qasim

هشيم بن بشير بن القاسم

354 narrations

3rd Generation
6

Yahya bin Yahya bin Bukayr

يحيى بن يحيى بن بكير

883 narrations