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Volume 1
Bk. 1: Revelation
1.1:
Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab: I
heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Deeds (their correctness and rewards) depend upon
intentions, and every person gets but what he has intended. So whoever emigrated
for worldly benefits, or for a woman to marry, his emigration is for what he
emigrated for."
1.2:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the mother of the faithful
believers) Al-Harith
bin Hisham asked Allah's Apostle "O Allah's Apostle!
How is the Divine Inspiration revealed to you?" Allah's Apostle replied,
"Sometimes it is (revealed) like the ringing of a bell, this form of Inspiration
is the hardest of all and then this state passes off after I have grasped what
is inspired. Sometimes the Angel comes in the form of a man and talks to me and
I grasp what he says." `Aisha added: Verily I saw the Prophet being inspired
Divinely on a very cold day and noticed the sweat dropping from his forehead (as
the Inspiration was over).
1.3:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the mother of the
faithful believers) The commencement of the Divine Inspiration to Allah's
Apostle was in the form of good dreams which came true like bright day light,
and then the love of seclusion was bestowed upon him. He used to go in seclusion
in the cave of Hira where he used to worship (Allah alone) continuously for many
days before his desire to see his family. He used to take with him the journey
food for the stay and then come back to (his wife) Khadija to take his food
likewise again till suddenly the Truth descended upon him while he was in the
cave of Hira. The angel came to him and asked him to read. The Prophet replied,
"I do not know how to read. The Prophet added, "The angel caught me (forcefully)
and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it any more. He then released me
and again asked me to read and I replied, 'I do not know how to read.' Thereupon
he caught me again and pressed me a second time till I could not bear it any
more. He then released me and again asked me to read but again I replied, 'I do
not know how to read (or what shall I read)?' Thereupon he caught me for the
third time and pressed me, and then released me and said, 'Read in the name of
your Lord, who has created (all that exists) has created man from a clot. Read!
And your Lord is the Most Generous." (96.1, 96.2, 96.3) Then Allah's Apostle
returned with the Inspiration and with his heart beating severely. Then he went
to Khadija bint Khuwailid and said, "Cover me! Cover me!" They covered him till
his fear was over and after that he told her everything that had happened and
said, "I fear that something may happen to me." Khadija replied, "Never! By
Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You keep good relations with your Kith and
kin, help the poor and the destitute, serve your guests generously and assist
the deserving calamity-afflicted ones." Khadija then accompanied him to her
cousin Waraqa bin Naufal bin Asad [??] bin `Abdul `Uzza, who, during the pre
Islamic Period became a Christian and used to write the writing with Hebrew
letters. He would write from the Gospel in Hebrew as much as Allah wished him to
write. He was an old man and had lost his eyesight. Khadija said to Waraqa,
"Listen to the story of your nephew, O my cousin!" Waraqa asked, "O my nephew!
What have you seen?" Allah's Apostle described whatever he had seen. Waraqa
said, "This is the same one who keeps the secrets (angel Gabriel) whom Allah had
sent to Moses. I wish I were young and could live up to the time when your
people would turn you out." Allah's Apostle asked, "Will they drive me out?"
Waraqa replied in the affirmative and said, "Anyone (man) who came with
something similar to what you have brought was treated with hostility; and if I
should remain Alive till the day when you will be turned out then I would
support you strongly." But after a few days Waraqa died and the Divine
Inspiration was also paused for a while. Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah Al-Ansari
while talking about the period of pause in revelation reporting the speech of
the Prophet "While I was walking, all of a sudden I heard a voice from the sky.
I looked up and saw the same angel who had visited me at the cave of Hira'
sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. I got afraid of him and came
back home and said, 'Wrap me (in blankets).' And then Allah revealed the
following Holy Verses (of Qur'an): 'O you (i.e. Muhammad)! wrapped up in
garments!' Arise and warn (the people against Allah's Punishment),... up to 'and
desert the idols.' (74.1-5) After this the revelation started coming strongly,
frequently and regularly."
1.4:
Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair: Ibn `Abbas in
the explanation of the Statement of Allah 'Move not your tongue concerning (the
Qur'an) to make haste therewith (75.16)' said "Allah's Apostle used to bear the
revelation with great trouble and used to move his lips (quickly) with the
Inspiration." Ibn `Abbas moved his lips saying, "I am moving my lips in front of
you as Allah's Apostle used to move his." Sa`id moved his lips saying: "I am
moving my lips, as I saw Ibn `Abbas moving his." Ibn `Abbas added, "So Allah
revealed 'Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
It is for us to collect it and to give you (O Muhammad) the ability to recite it
(the Qur'an) (75.16-17)' which means that Allah will make him (the Prophet )
remember the portion of the Qur'an which was revealed at that time by heart and
recite it. The Statement of Allah: And 'When we have recited it to you (O
Muhammad through Gabriel) then you follow its (Qur'an) recital' (75.18) means
'listen to it and be silent.' Then it is for Us (Allah) to make It clear to you'
(75.19) means 'Then it is (for Allah) to make you recite it (and its meaning
will be clear by itself through your tongue). Afterwards, Allah's Apostle used
to listen to Gabriel whenever he came and after his departure he used to recite
it as Gabriel had recited it."
1.5:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle
was the most generous of all the people, and he used to reach the peak in
generosity in the month of Ramadan when Gabriel met him. Gabriel used to meet
him every night of Ramadan to teach him the Qur'an. Allah's Apostle was the most
generous person, even more generous than the strong uncontrollable wind (in
readiness and haste to do charitable deeds).
1.6:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Abbas: Abu Sufyan bin Harb informed me that Heraclius had sent a messenger to
him while he had been accompanying a caravan from Quraish. They were merchants
doing business in Sham (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan), at the time when
Allah's Apostle had truce with Abu Sufyan and Quraish infidels. So Abu Sufyan
and his companions went to Heraclius at Ilya (Jerusalem). Heraclius called them
in the court and he had all the senior Roman dignitaries around him. He called
for his translator who, translating Heraclius' question said to them, "Who
amongst you is closely related to that man who claims to be a Prophet?" Abu
Sufyan replied, "I am the nearest relative to him (amongst the group). Heraclius
said, "Bring him (Abu Sufyan) close to me and make his companions stand behind
him." Abu Sufyan added, Heraclius told his translator to tell my companions that
he wanted to put some questions to me regarding that man (The Prophet) and that
if I told a lie they (my companions) should contradict me." Abu Sufyan added,
"By Allah! Had I not been afraid of my companions labeling me a liar, I would
not have spoken the truth about the Prophet. The first question he asked me
about him was: 'What is his family status amongst you?' I replied, 'He belongs
to a good (noble) family amongst us.' Heraclius further asked, 'Has anybody
amongst you ever claimed the same (i.e. to be a Prophet) before him?' I replied,
'No.'
He said, 'Was anybody amongst his ancestors a king?' I replied, 'No.'
Heraclius asked, 'Do the nobles or the poor follow him?' I replied, 'It is
the poor who follow him.' He said, 'Are his followers increasing decreasing (day
by day)?' I replied, 'They are increasing.' He then asked, 'Does anybody amongst
those who embrace his religion become displeased and renounce the religion
afterwards?' I replied, 'No.'
Heraclius said, 'Have you ever accused him of
telling lies before his claim (to be a Prophet)?' I replied, 'No. '
Heraclius said, 'Does he break his promises?' I replied, 'No. We are at
truce with him but we do not know what he will do in it.' I could not find
opportunity to say anything against him except that. Heraclius asked, 'Have you
ever had a war with him?' I replied, 'Yes.'
Then he said, 'What was the
outcome of the battles?' I replied, 'Sometimes he was victorious and sometimes
we.' Heraclius said, 'What does he order you to do?' I said, 'He tells us to
worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship anything along with Him, and to
renounce all that our ancestors had said. He orders us to pray, to speak the
truth, to be chaste and to keep good relations with our Kith and kin.' Heraclius
asked the translator to convey to me the following, I asked you about his family
and your reply was that he belonged to a very noble family. In fact all the
Apostles come from noble families amongst their respective peoples. I questioned
you whether anybody else amongst you claimed such a thing, your reply was in the
negative. If the answer had been in the affirmative, I would have thought that
this man was following the previous man's statement. Then I asked you whether
anyone of his ancestors was a king. Your reply was in the negative, and if it
had been in the affirmative, I would have thought that this man wanted to take
back his ancestral kingdom. I further asked whether he was ever accused of
telling lies before he said what he said, and your reply was in the negative. So
I wondered how a person who does not tell a lie about others could ever tell a
lie about Allah. I, then asked you whether the rich people followed him or the
poor. You replied that it was the poor who followed him. And in fact all the
Apostle have been followed by this very class of people. Then I asked you
whether his followers were increasing or decreasing. You replied that they were
increasing, and in fact this is the way of true faith, till it is complete in
all respects. I further asked you whether there was anybody, who, after
embracing his religion, became displeased and discarded his religion. Your reply
was in the negative, and in fact this is (the sign of) true faith, when its
delight enters the hearts and mixes with them completely. I asked you whether he
had ever betrayed. You replied in the negative and likewise the Apostles never
betray. Then I asked you what he ordered you to do. You replied that he ordered
you to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship any thing along with Him
and forbade you to worship idols and ordered you to pray, to speak the truth and
to be chaste. If what you have said is true, he will very soon occupy this place
underneath my feet and I knew it (from the scriptures) that he was going to
appear but I did not know that he would be from you, and if I could reach him
definitely, I would go immediately to meet him and if I were with him, I would
certainly wash his feet.' Heraclius then asked for the letter addressed by
Allah's Apostle which was delivered by Dihya to the Governor of Busra, who
forwarded it to Heraclius to read. The contents of the letter were as follows:
"In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful (This letter is) from
Muhammad the slave of Allah and His Apostle to Heraclius the ruler of Byzantine.
Peace be upon him, who follows the right path. Furthermore I invite you to
Islam, and if you become a Muslim you will be safe, and Allah will double your
reward, and if you reject this invitation of Islam you will be committing a sin
by misguiding your Arisiyin (peasants). (And I recite to you Allah's Statement:)
'O people of the scripture! Come to a word common to you and us that we worship
none but Allah and that we associate nothing in worship with Him, and that none
of us shall take others as Lords beside Allah. Then, if they turn away, say:
Bear witness that we are Muslims (those who have surrendered to Allah).' (3:64).
Abu Sufyan then added, "When Heraclius had finished his speech and had read the
letter, there was a great hue and cry in the Royal Court. So we were turned out
of the court. I told my companions that the question of Ibn-Abi-Kabsha (the
Prophet Muhammad) has become so prominent that even the King of Bani Al-Asfar
(Byzantine) is afraid of him. Then I started to become sure that he (the
Prophet) would be the conqueror in the near future till I embraced Islam (i.e.
Allah guided me to it). The sub narrator adds, "Ibn An-Natur was the Governor of
Ilya' (Jerusalem) and Heraclius was the head of the Christians of Sham. Ibn
An-Natur narrates that once while Heraclius was visiting Ilya' (Jerusalem), he
got up in the morning with a sad mood. Some of his priests asked him why he was
in that mood? Heraclius was a foreteller and an astrologer. He replied, 'At
night when I looked at the stars, I saw that the leader of those who practice
circumcision had appeared (become the conqueror). Who are they who practice
circumcision?' The people replied, 'Except the Jews nobody practices
circumcision, so you should not be afraid of them (Jews). 'Just Issue orders to
kill every Jew present in the country.' While they were discussing it, a
messenger sent by the king of Ghassan to convey the news of Allah's Apostle to
Heraclius was brought in. Having heard the news, he (Heraclius) ordered the
people to go and see whether the messenger of Ghassan was circumcised. The
people, after seeing him, told Heraclius that he was circumcised. Heraclius then
asked him about the Arabs. The messenger replied, 'Arabs also practice
circumcision.' (After hearing that) Heraclius remarked that sovereignty of the
Arabs had appeared. Heraclius then wrote a letter to his friend in Rome who was
as good as Heraclius in knowledge. Heraclius then left for Homs. (a town in
Syrian and stayed there till he received the reply of his letter from his friend
who agreed with him in his opinion about the emergence of the Prophet and the
fact that he was a Prophet. On that Heraclius invited all the heads of the
Byzantines to assemble in his palace at Homs. When they assembled, he ordered
that all the doors of his palace be closed. Then he came out and said, 'O
Byzantines! If success is your desire and if you seek right guidance and want
your empire to remain then give a pledge of allegiance to this Prophet (i.e.
embrace Islam).' (On hearing the views of Heraclius) the people ran towards the
gates of the palace like onagers [??] but found the doors closed. Heraclius
realized their hatred towards Islam and when he lost the hope of their embracing
Islam, he ordered that they should be brought back in audience. (When they
returned) he said, 'What already said was just to test the strength of your
conviction and I have seen it.' The people prostrated before him and became
pleased with him, and this was the end of Heraclius' story (in connection with
his faith).
Bk. 2: Belief
1.7:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said:
Islam is based on (the following) five (principles): -1. To testify that there
is no deity (owing the right to be worshipped) but Allah and that Muhammad is
Allah's Messenger. -2. To offer the (compulsory congregational) prayers
dutifully and perfectly. -3. To pay Zakat (i.e. obligatory charity) . -4. To
perform Hajj. (i.e. Pilgrimage to Mecca) -5. To observe fast during the month of
Ramadan.
1.8:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Faith (Belief)
consists of more than sixty branches (i.e. parts). And Haya' (This word "Haya'"
covers a large number of concepts which are to be taken together; amongst them
are self respect, modesty, bashfulness, and scruple, etc. Its predominant
meaning is: pious shyness from committing religious indiscretions) is a part of
faith."
1.9:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: The Prophet said, "A Muslim is
the one who avoids harming Muslims with his tongue and hands. And a Muhajir
(emigrant) is the one who gives up (abandons) all what Allah has forbidden."
1.10:
Narrated Abu Musa: Some people asked Allah's Apostle, "Whose Islam
is the best? i.e. (Who is a very good Muslim)?" He replied, "One who avoids
harming the Muslims with his tongue and hands."
1.11:
Narrated `Abdullah
bin `Amr: A man asked the Prophet , "What sort of deeds or (what qualities of)
Islam are good?" The Prophet replied, 'To feed (the poor) and greet those whom
you know and those whom you do not Know (See Hadith No. 27).
1.12:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "None of you will have faith till he
wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself."
1.13:
Narrated Abu Huraira: "Allah's Apostle said, "By Him in Whose Hands my life
is, none of you will have faith till he loves me more than his father and his
children."
1.14:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said "None of you will
have faith till he loves me more than his father, his children and all mankind."
1.15:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Whoever possesses the
following three qualities will have the sweetness (delight) of faith: - 1. The
one to whom Allah and His Apostle becomes dearer than anything else. -2. Who
loves a person and he loves him only for Allah's sake. -3. Who hates to revert
to Atheism (disbelief) as he hates to be thrown into the fire."
1.16:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Love for the Ansar is a sign of faith
and hatred for the Ansar is a sign of hypocrisy."
1.17:
Narrated 'Ubada
bin As-Samit: who took part in the battle of Badr and was a Naqib (a person
heading a group of six persons), on the night of Al-`Aqaba pledge: Allah's
Apostle said while a group of his companions were around him, "Swear allegiance
to me for: - 1. Not to join anything in worship along with Allah. -2. Not to
steal. -3. Not to commit illegal sexual intercourse. -4. Not to kill your
children. -5. Not to accuse an innocent person (to spread such an accusation
among people). -6. Not to be disobedient (when ordered) to do good deed." The
Prophet added: "Whoever among you fulfills his pledge will be rewarded by Allah.
And whoever indulges in any one of them (except the ascription of partners to
Allah) and gets the punishment in this world, that punishment will be an
expiation for that sin. And if one indulges in any of them, and Allah conceals
his sin, it is up to Him to forgive or punish him (in the Hereafter)." 'Ubada
bin As-Samit added: "So we swore allegiance for these." (points to Allah's
Apostle)
1.18:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Allah's Apostle said, "A
time will come that the best property of a Muslim will be sheep which he will
take on the top of mountains and the places of rainfall (valleys) so as to flee
with his religion from afflictions."
1.19:
Narrated `Aisha:
Whenever
Allah's Apostle ordered the Muslims to do something, he used to order them deeds
which were easy for them to do, (according to their strength endurance). They
said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are not like you. Allah has forgiven your past and
future sins." So Allah's Apostle became angry and it was apparent on his face.
He said, "I am the most Allah fearing, and know Allah better than all of you
do."
1.20:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Whoever possesses the
following three qualities will taste the sweetness of faith: -1. The one to whom
Allah and His Apostle become dearer than anything else. -2. Who loves a person
and he loves him only for Allah's sake. -3. Who hates to revert to disbelief
(Atheism) after Allah has brought (saved) him out from it, as he hates to be
thrown in fire."
1.21:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: The Prophet said,
"When the people of Paradise will enter Paradise and the people of Hell will go
to Hell, Allah will order those who have had faith equal to the weight of a
grain of mustard seed to be taken out from Hell. So they will be taken out but
(by then) they will be blackened (charred). Then they will be put in the river
of Haya' (rain) or Hayat (life) (the Narrator is in doubt as to which is the
right term), and they will revive like a grain that grows near the bank of a
flood channel. Don't you see that it comes out yellow and twisted"
1.22:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Allah's Apostle said, "While I was sleeping I
saw (in a dream) some people wearing shirts of which some were reaching up to
the breasts only while others were even shorter than that. `Umar bin Al-Khattab
was shown wearing a shirt that he was dragging." The people asked, "How did you
interpret it? (What is its interpretation) O Allah's Apostle?" He (the Prophet )
replied, "It is the Religion."
1.23:
Narrated `Abdullah (bin `Umar):
Once Allah's Apostle passed by an Ansari (man) who was admonishing to his
brother regarding Haya' (pious shyness from committing religious indiscretions).
On that Allah's Apostle said, "Leave him as Haya' is a part of faith." (See
Hadith No. 8)
1.24:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said: "I have
been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none
has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle,
and offer the prayers perfectly and give the obligatory charity, so if they
perform a that, then they save their lives an property from me except for
Islamic laws and then their reckoning (accounts) will be done by Allah."
1.25:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle was asked, "What is the best
deed?" He replied, "To believe in Allah and His Apostle (Muhammad). The
questioner then asked, "What is the next (in goodness)? He replied, "To
participate in Jihad (religious fighting) in Allah's Cause." The questioner
again asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?" He replied, "To perform Hajj
(Pilgrim age to Mecca) Mabrur" (i.e. accepted by Allah, performed with the
intention of seeking Allah's pleasure only and not to show off, without
committing a sin and in accordance with the traditions of the Prophet).
1.26:
Narrated Sa`d:
Allah's Apostle distributed (Zakat) amongst (a
group of) people while I was sitting there but Allah's Apostle left a man whom I
thought the best of the lot. I asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Why have you left that
person? By Allah I regard him as a faithful believer." The Prophet commented:
"Or merely a Muslim." I remained quiet for a while, but could not help repeating
my question because of what I knew about him. And then asked Allah's Apostle,
"Why have you left so and so? By Allah! He is a faithful believer." The Prophet
again said, "Or merely a Muslim." And I could not help repeating my question
because of what I knew about him. Then the Prophet said, "O Sa`d! I give to a
person while another is dearer to me, for fear that he might be thrown on his
face in the Fire by Allah."
1.27:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: A person
asked Allah's Apostle . "What (sort of) deeds in or (what qualities of) Islam
are good?" He replied, "To feed (the poor) and greet those whom you know and
those whom you don't know."
1.28:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said:
"I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its dwellers were women who
were ungrateful." It was asked, "Do they disbelieve in Allah?" (or are they
ungrateful to Allah?) He replied, "They are ungrateful to their husbands and are
ungrateful for the favors and the good (charitable deeds) done to them. If you
have always been good (benevolent) to one of them and then she sees something in
you (not of her liking), she will say, 'I have never received any good from
you."
1.29:
Narrated Al-Ma`rur: At Ar-Rabadha I met Abu Dhar who was
wearing a cloak, and his slave, too, was wearing a similar one. I asked about
the reason for it. He replied, "I abused a person by calling his mother with bad
names." The Prophet said to me, 'O Abu Dhar! Did you abuse him by calling his
mother with bad names You still have some characteristics of ignorance. Your
slaves are your brothers and Allah has put them under your command. So whoever
has a brother under his command should feed him of what he eats and dress him of
what he wears. Do not ask them (slaves) to do things beyond their capacity
(power) and if you do so, then help them.' "
1.30:
Narrated Al-Ahnaf bin
Qais: While I was going to help this man (`Ali Ibn Abi Talib), Abu Bakra met me
and asked, "Where are you going?" I replied, "I am going to help that person."
He said, "Go back for I have heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'When two Muslims
fight (meet) each other with their swords, both the murderer as well as the
murdered will go to the Hell-fire.' I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! It is all right
for the murderer but what about the murdered one?' Allah's Apostle replied, "He
surely had the intention to kill his companion."
1.31:
Narrated
`Abdullah: When the following Verse was revealed: "It is those who believe and
confuse not their belief with wrong (worshipping others besides Allah.)" (6:83),
the companions of Allah's Apostle asked, "Who is amongst us who had not done
injustice (wrong)?" Allah revealed: "No doubt, joining others in worship with
Allah is a great injustice (wrong) indeed." (31.13)
1.32:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: The Prophet said, "The signs of a hypocrite are three: -1. Whenever he
speaks, he tells a lie. -2. Whenever he promises, he always breaks it (his
promise ). -3. If you trust him, he proves to be dishonest. (If you keep
something as a trust with him, he will not return it.)"
1.33:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin `Amr: The Prophet said, "Whoever has the following four
(characteristics) will be a pure hypocrite and whoever has one of the following
four characteristics will have one characteristic of hypocrisy unless and until
he gives it up. -1. Whenever he is entrusted, he betrays. -2. Whenever he
speaks, he tells a lie. -3. Whenever he makes a covenant, he proves treacherous.
-4. Whenever he quarrels, he behaves in a very imprudent, evil and insulting
manner."
1.34:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever
establishes the prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hoping to
attain Allah's rewards (not to show off) then all his past sins will be
forgiven."
1.35:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The person who
participates in (Holy battles) in Allah's cause and nothing compels him to do so
except belief in Allah and His Apostles, will be recompensed by Allah either
with a reward, or booty (if he survives) or will be admitted to Paradise (if he
is killed in the battle as a martyr). Had I not found it difficult for my
followers, then I would not remain behind any sariya (military unit) going for
Jihad and I would have loved to be martyred in Allah's cause and then made
Alive, and then martyred and then made alive, and then again martyred in His
cause."
1.36:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said: "Whoever
establishes prayers during the nights of Ramadan faithfully out of sincere faith
and hoping to attain Allah's rewards (not for showing off), all his past sins
will be forgiven."
1.37:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said,
"Whoever observes fasts during the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and
hoping to attain Allah's rewards, then all his past sins will be forgiven."
1.38:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Religion is very easy and
whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that
way. So you should not be extremists, but try to be near to perfection and
receive the good tidings that you will be rewarded; and gain strength by
worshipping in the mornings, the nights." (See Fath-ul-Bari, Page 102, Vol. 1).
1.39:
Narrated Al-Bara' (bin `Azib): When the Prophet came to Medina, he
stayed first with his grandfathers or maternal uncles from Ansar. He offered his
prayers facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) for sixteen or seventeen months, but he
wished that he could pray facing the Ka`ba (at Mecca). The first prayer which he
offered facing the Ka`ba was the `Asr prayer in the company of some people. Then
one of those who had offered that prayer with him came out and passed by some
people in a mosque who were bowing during their prayers (facing Jerusalem). He
said addressing them, "By Allah, I testify that I have prayed with Allah's
Apostle facing Mecca (Ka`ba).' Hearing that, those people changed their
direction towards the Ka`ba immediately. Jews and the people of the scriptures
used to be pleased to see the Prophet facing Jerusalem in prayers but when he
changed his direction towards the Ka`ba, during the prayers, they disapproved of
it. Al-Bara' added, "Before we changed our direction towards the Ka`ba (Mecca)
in prayers, some Muslims had died or had been killed and we did not know what to
say about them (regarding their prayers.) Allah then revealed: And Allah would
never make your faith (prayers) to be lost (i.e. the prayers of those Muslims
were valid).' " (2:143).
1.40:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle
said, "If any one of you improve (follows strictly) his Islamic religion then
his good deeds will be rewarded ten times to seven hundred times for each good
deed and a bad deed will be recorded as it is."
1.41:
Narrated `Aisha:
Once the Prophet came while a woman was sitting with me. He said, "Who is
she?" I replied, "She is so and so," and told him about her (excessive) praying.
He said disapprovingly, "Do (good) deeds which is within your capacity (without
overtaxing yourself) as Allah does not get tired (of giving rewards) but
(surely) you will get tired; the best deed (act of Worship) in the sight of
Allah is that which is done regularly."
1.42:
Narrated Anas:
The
Prophet said, "Whoever said "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and
has in his heart good (faith) equal to the weight of a barley grain will be
taken out of Hell. And whoever said: "None has the right to be worshipped but
Allah and has in his heart good (faith) equal to the weight of a wheat grain
will be taken out of Hell. And whoever said, "None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah and has in his heart good (faith) equal to the weight of an
atom will be taken out of Hell."
1.43:
Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab:
Once a Jew said to me, "O the chief of believers! There is a verse in your Holy
Book Which is read by all of you (Muslims), and had it been revealed to us, we
would have taken that day (on which it was revealed as a day of celebration."
`Umar bin Al-Khattab asked, "Which is that verse?" The Jew replied, "This day I
have perfected your religion For you, completed My favor upon you, And have
chosen for you Islam as your religion." (5:3) `Umar replied, "No doubt, we know
when and where this verse was revealed to the Prophet. It was Friday and the
Prophet was standing at `Arafat (i.e. the Day of Hajj)"
1.44:
Narrated
Talha bin 'Ubaidullah: A man from Najd with unkempt hair came to Allah's Apostle
and we heard his loud voice but could not understand what he was saying, till he
came near and then we came to know that he was asking about Islam. Allah's
Apostle said, "You have to offer prayers perfectly five times in a day and night
(24 hours)." The man asked, "Is there any more (praying)?" Allah's Apostle
replied, "No, but if you want to offer the Nawafil prayers (you can)." Allah's
Apostle further said to him: "You have to observe fasts during the month of
Ramadan." The man asked, "Is there any more fasting?" Allah's Apostle replied,
"No, but if you want to observe the Nawafil fasts (you can.)" Then Allah's
Apostle further said to him, "You have to pay the Zakat (obligatory charity)."
The man asked, "Is there any thing other than the Zakat for me to pay?" Allah's
Apostle replied, "No, unless you want to give alms of your own." And then that
man retreated saying, "By Allah! I will neither do less nor more than this."
Allah's Apostle said, "If what he said is true, then he will be successful (i.e.
he will be granted Paradise).
1.45:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's
Apostle said, "(A believer) who accompanies the funeral procession of a Muslim
out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah's reward and remains with it
till the funeral prayer is offered and the burial ceremonies are over, he will
return with a reward of two Qirats. Each Qirat is like the size of the (Mount)
Uhud. He who offers the funeral prayer only and returns before the burial, will
return with the reward of one Qirat only."
1.46:
Narrated `Abdullah: The
Prophet said, "Abusing a Muslim is Fusuq (an evil doing) and killing him is Kufr
(disbelief)." Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit: "Allah's Apostle went out to inform
the people about the (date of the) night of decree (Al-Qadr) but there happened
a quarrel between two Muslim men. The Prophet said, "I came out to inform you
about (the date of) the night of Al-Qadr, but as so and so and so and so
quarreled, its knowledge was taken away (I forgot it) and maybe it was better
for you. Now look for it in the 7th, the 9th and the 5th (of the last 10 nights
of the month of Ramadan).
1.47:
Narrated Abu Huraira: One day while the
Prophet was sitting in the company of some people, (The angel) Gabriel came and
asked, "What is faith?" Allah's Apostle replied, 'Faith is to believe in Allah,
His angels, (the) meeting with Him, His Apostles, and to believe in
Resurrection." Then he further asked, "What is Islam?" Allah's Apostle replied,
"To worship Allah Alone and none else, to offer prayers perfectly to pay the
compulsory charity (Zakat) and to observe fasts during the month of Ramadan."
Then he further asked, "What is Ihsan (perfection)?" Allah's Apostle replied,
"To worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you cannot achieve this state of
devotion then you must consider that He is looking at you." Then he further
asked, "When will the Hour be established?" Allah's Apostle replied, "The
answerer has no better knowledge than the questioner. But I will inform you
about its portents. -1. When a slave (lady) gives birth to her master. -2. When
the shepherds of black camels start boasting and competing with others in the
construction of higher buildings. And the Hour is one of five things which
nobody knows except Allah. The Prophet then recited: "Verily, with Allah (Alone)
is the knowledge of the Hour--." (31. 34) Then that man (Gabriel) left and the
Prophet asked his companions to call him back, but they could not see him. Then
the Prophet said, "That was Gabriel who came to teach the people their
religion." Abu `Abdullah said: He (the Prophet) considered all that as a part of
faith.
1.48:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: I was informed by Abu Sufyan
that Heraclius said to him, "I asked you whether they (followers of Muhammad)
were increasing or decreasing. You replied that they were increasing. And in
fact, this is the way of true Faith till it is complete in all respects. I
further asked you whether there was anybody, who, after embracing his (the
Prophets) religion (Islam) became displeased and discarded it. You replied in
the negative, and in fact, this is (a sign of) true faith. When its delight
enters the heart and mixes with them completely, nobody can be displeased with
it."
1.49:
Narrated An-Nu`man bin Bashir: I heard Allah's Apostle
saying, 'Both legal and illegal things are evident but in between them there are
doubtful (suspicious) things and most of the people have no knowledge about
them. So whoever saves himself from these suspicious things saves his religion
and his honor. And whoever indulges in these suspicious things is like a
shepherd who grazes (his animals) near the Hima (private pasture) of someone
else and at any moment he is liable to get in it. (O people!) Beware! Every king
has a Hima and the Hima of Allah on the earth is His illegal (forbidden) things.
Beware! There is a piece of flesh in the body if it becomes good (reformed) the
whole body becomes good but if it gets spoilt the whole body gets spoilt and
that is the heart.
1.50:
Narrated Abu Jamra: I used to sit with Ibn
`Abbas and he made me sit on his sitting place. He requested me to stay with him
in order that he might give me a share from his property. So I stayed with him
for two months. Once he told (me) that when the delegation of the tribe of
`Abdul Qais came to the Prophet, the Prophet asked them, "Who are the people
(i.e. you)? (Or) who are the delegate?" They replied, "We are from the tribe of
Rabi`a." Then the Prophet said to them, "Welcome! O people (or O delegation of
`Abdul Qais)! Neither will you have disgrace nor will you regret." They said, "O
Allah's Apostle! We cannot come to you except in the sacred month and there is
the infidel tribe of Mudar intervening between you and us. So please order us to
do something good (religious deeds) so that we may inform our people whom we
have left behind (at home), and that we may enter Paradise (by acting on them)."
Then they asked about drinks (what is legal and what is illegal). The Prophet
ordered them to do four things and forbade them from four things. He ordered
them to believe in Allah Alone and asked them, "Do you know what is meant by
believing in Allah Alone?" They replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better."
Thereupon the Prophet said, "It means: -1. To testify that none has the right to
be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah's Apostle. -2. To offer prayers
perfectly -3. To pay the Zakat (obligatory charity) -4. To observe fast during
the month of Ramadan. -5. And to pay Al-Khumus (one fifth of the booty to be
given in Allah's Cause). Then he forbade them four things, namely Hantam, Dubba,
Naqir-Muzaffat or (Naqir) Muqaiyar (names of pots in which Alcoholic drinks were
prepared, the Prophet used the names of the pots to designate the prohibited
drinks usually brewed in them). The Prophet further said (to them): "Memorize
them (these instructions) and convey them to the people whom you have left
behind."
1.51:
Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab: Allah's Apostle said, "The
reward of deeds depends upon the intention and every person will get the reward
according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for Allah and His
Apostle, then his emigration was for Allah and His Apostle. And whoever
emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for
what he emigrated for."
1.52:
Narrated Abu Mas`ud: The Prophet said, "If
a man spends on his family (with the intention of having a reward from Allah)
sincerely for Allah's sake then it is a (kind of) alms-giving in reward for him.
1.53:
Narrated Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas: Allah's Apostle said, "You will be
rewarded for whatever you spend for Allah's sake even if it were a morsel which
you put in your wife's mouth."
1.54:
Narrated Jarir bin `Abdullah: I
gave the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle for the following: -1. offer
prayers perfectly -2. pay the Zakat (obligatory charity) -3. and be sincere and
true to every Muslim.
1.55:
Narrated Ziyad bin `Ilaqa [??] : I heard
Jarir bin `Abdullah (Praising Allah). On the day when Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba
died, he (Jarir) got up (on the pulpit) and thanked and praised Allah and said,
"Be afraid of Allah alone Who has none along with Him to be worshipped. (You
should) be calm and quiet till the (new) chief comes to you and he will come to
you soon. Ask Allah's forgiveness for your (late) chief because he himself loved
to forgive others." Jarir added, "Amma ba`du (now then), I went to the Prophet
and said, 'I give my pledge of allegiance to you for Islam." The Prophet
conditioned (my pledge) for me to be sincere and true to every Muslim so I gave
my pledge to him for this. By the Lord of this mosque! I am sincere and true to
you (Muslims). Then Jarir asked for Allah's forgiveness and came down (from the
pulpit).
Bk. 3: Knowledge
1.56:
Narrated Abu Huraira: While the Prophet
was saying something in a gathering, a Bedouin came and asked him, "When would
the Hour (Doomsday) take place?" Allah's Apostle continued his talk, so some
people said that Allah's Apostle had heard the question, but did not like what
that Bedouin had asked. Some of them said that Allah's Apostle had not heard it.
When the Prophet finished his speech, he said, "Where is the questioner, who
inquired about the Hour (Doomsday)?" The Bedouin said, "I am here, O Allah's
Apostle ." Then the Prophet said, "When honesty is lost, then wait for the Hour
(Doomsday)." The Bedouin said, "How will that be lost?" The Prophet said, "When
the power or authority comes in the hands of unfit persons, then wait for the
Hour (Doomsday.)"
1.57:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: Once the Prophet
remained behind us in a journey. He joined us while we were performing ablution
for the prayer which was over-due. We were just passing wet hands over our feet
(and not washing them properly) so the Prophet addressed us in a loud voice and
said twice or thrice: "Save your heels from the fire."
1.58:
Narrated
Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Amongst the trees, there is a tree, the leaves
of which do not fall and is like a Muslim. Tell me the name of that tree."
Everybody started thinking about the trees of the desert areas. And I thought of
the date-palm tree but felt shy to answer the others then asked, "What is that
tree, O Allah's Apostle ?" He replied, "It is the date-palm true."
1.59:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "Amongst the trees, there is a tree,
the leaves of which do not fall and is like a Muslim. Tell me the name of that
tree." Everybody started thinking about the trees of the desert areas. And I
thought of the date-palm tree. The others then asked, "Please inform us what is
that tree, O Allah's Apostle?" He replied, "It is the date-palm tree."
1.60:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: same as above Hadith 59.
1.61:
Narrated Ibn
`Umar: same as above Hadith 59.
1.62:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: same as above
Hadith 59.
1.63:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: While we were sitting with the
Prophet in the mosque, a man came riding on a camel. He made his camel kneel
down in the mosque, tied its foreleg and then said: "Who amongst you is
Muhammad?" At that time the Prophet was sitting amongst us (his companions)
leaning on his arm. We replied, "This white man reclining on his arm." The an
then addressed him, "O Son of `Abdul Muttalib." The Prophet said, "I am here to
answer your questions." The man said to the Prophet, "I want to ask you
something and will be hard in questioning. So do not get angry." The Prophet
said, "Ask whatever you want." The man said, "I ask you by your Lord, and the
Lord of those who were before you, has Allah sent you as an Apostle to all the
mankind?" The Prophet replied, "By Allah, yes." The man further said, "I ask you
by Allah. Has Allah ordered you to offer five prayers in a day and night (24
hours).? He replied, "By Allah, Yes." The man further said, "I ask you by Allah!
Has Allah ordered you to observe fasts during this month of the year (i.e.
Ramadan)?" He replied, "By Allah, Yes." The man further said, "I ask you by
Allah. Has Allah ordered you to take Zakat (obligatory charity) from our rich
people and distribute it amongst our poor people?" The Prophet replied, "By
Allah, yes." Thereupon that man said, "I have believed in all that with which
you have been sent, and I have been sent by my people as a messenger, and I am
Dimam bin Tha`laba from the brothers of Bani Sa`d bin Bakr."
1.64:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: Once Allah's Apostle gave a letter to a
person and ordered him to go and deliver it to the Governor of Bahrain. (He did
so) and the Governor of Bahrain sent it to Chousroes, who read that letter and
then tore it to pieces. (The sub-narrator (Ibn Shihab) thinks that Ibn
Al-Musaiyab said that Allah's Apostle invoked Allah against them (saying), "May
Allah tear them into pieces, and disperse them all totally.)"
1.65:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Once the Prophet wrote a letter or had an idea of
writing a letter. The Prophet was told that they (rulers) would not read letters
unless they were sealed. So the Prophet got a silver ring made with "Muhammad
Allah's Apostle" engraved on it. As if I were just observing its white glitter
in the hand of the Prophet.
1.66:
Narrated Abu Waqid Al-Laithi: While
Allah's Apostle was sitting in the mosque with some people, three men came. Two
of them came in front of Allah's Apostle and the third one went away. The two
persons kept on standing before Allah's Apostle for a while and then one of them
found a place in the circle and sat there while the other sat behind the
gathering, and the third one went away. When Allah's Apostle finished his
preaching, he said, "Shall I tell you about these three persons? One of them
betook himself to Allah, so Allah took him into His grace and mercy and
accommodated him, the second felt shy from Allah, so Allah sheltered Him in His
mercy (and did not punish him), while the third turned his face from Allah and
went away, so Allah turned His face from him likewise. "
1.67:
Narrated
`Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakra's father: Once the Prophet was riding his camel and
a man was holding its rein. The Prophet asked, "What is the day today?" We kept
quiet, thinking that he might give that day another name. He said, "Isn't it the
day of Nahr (slaughtering of the animals of sacrifice)" We replied, "Yes." He
further asked, "Which month is this?" We again kept quiet, thinking that he
might give it another name. Then he said, "Isn't it the month of Dhul-Hijja?" We
replied, "Yes." He said, "Verily! Your blood, property and honor are sacred to
one another (i.e. Muslims) like the sanctity of this day of yours, in this month
of yours and in this city of yours. It is incumbent upon those who are present
to inform those who are absent because those who are absent might comprehend
(what I have said) better than the present audience."
1.68:
Narrated Ibn
Mas`ud: The Prophet used to take care of us in preaching by selecting a suitable
time, so that we might not get bored. (He abstained from pestering us with
sermons and knowledge all the time).
1.69:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The
Prophet said, "Facilitate things to people (concerning religious matters), and
do not make it hard for them and give them good tidings and do not make them run
away (from Islam).
1.70:
Narrated Abu Wail: `Abdullah used to give a
religious talk to the people on every Thursday. Once a man said, "O Aba
`Abdur-Rahman! (By Allah) I wish if you could preach us daily." He replied, "The
only thing which prevents me from doing so, is that I hate to bore you, and no
doubt I take care of you in preaching by selecting a suitable time just as the
Prophet used to do with us, for fear of making us bored."
1.71:
Narrated
Muawiya:
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "If Allah wants to do good to a
person, He makes him comprehend the religion. I am just a distributor, but the
grant is from Allah. (And remember) that this nation (true Muslims) will keep on
following Allah's teachings strictly and they will not be harmed by any one
going on a different path till Allah's order (Day of Judgment) is established."
1.72:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: We were with the Prophet and fresh dates of a
palm tree were brought to him. On that he said, "Amongst the trees, there is a
tree which resembles a Muslim." I wanted to say that it was the date-palm tree
but as I was the youngest of all (of them) I kept quiet. And then the Prophet
said, "It is the date-palm tree."
1.73:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Mas`ud:
The Prophet said, "Do not wish to be like anyone except in two cases. (The first
is) A person, whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it righteously; (the
second is) the one whom Allah has given wisdom (the Holy Qur'an) and he acts
according to it and teaches it to others." (Fath-al-Bari page 177 Vol. 1)
1.74:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: That he differed with Hur bin Qais bin Hisn
Al-Fazari regarding the companion of (the Prophet) Moses. Ibn `Abbas said that
he was Al Khadir. Meanwhile, Ubai bin Ka`b passed by them and Ibn `Abbas called
him, saying "My friend (Hur) and I have differed regarding Moses' companion,
whom Moses asked the way to meet. Have you heard the Prophet mentioning
something about him? He said, "Yes. I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "While Moses
was sitting in the company of some Israelites, a man came and asked him. "Do you
know anyone who is more learned than you? Moses replied: "No." So Allah sent the
Divine Inspiration to Moses: 'Yes, Our slave Khadir (is more learned than you.)'
Moses asked (Allah) how to meet him (Khadir). So Allah made the fish as a sign
for him and he was told that when the fish was lost, he should return (to the
place where he had lost it) and there he would meet him (Al-Khadir). So Moses
went on looking for the sign of the fish in the sea. The servant-boy of Moses
said to him: Do you remember when we betook ourselves to the rock, I indeed
forgot the fish, none but Satan made me forget to remember it. On that Moses
said: 'That is what we have been seeking? (18.64) So they went back retracing
their footsteps, and found Khadir. (And) what happened further to them is
narrated in the Holy Qur'an by Allah. (18.54 up to 18.82)
1.75:
Narrated
Ibn `Abbas: Once the Prophet embraced me and said, "O Allah! Bestow on him the
knowledge of the Book (Qur'an).
1.76:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once I came
riding a she-ass and had (just) attained the age of puberty. Allah's Apostle was
offering the prayer at Mina. There was no wall in front of him and I passed in
front of some of the row while they were offering their prayers. There I let the
she-ass loose to graze and entered the row, and nobody objected to it.
1.77:
Narrated Mahmud bin Rabi`a: When I was a boy of five, I remember, the
Prophet took water from a bucket (used far getting water out of a well) with his
mouth and threw it on my face.
1.78:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: that he
differed with Hur bin Qais bin Hisn Al-Fazari regarding the companion of the
Prophet Moses. Meanwhile, Ubai bin Ka`b passed by them and Ibn `Abbas called him
saying, "My friend (Hur) and I have differed regarding Moses' companion whom
Moses asked the way to meet. Have you heard Allah's Apostle mentioning something
about him? Ubai bin Ka`b said: "Yes, I heard the Prophet mentioning something
about him (saying) while Moses was sitting in the company of some Israelites, a
man came and asked him: "Do you know anyone who is more learned than you? Moses
replied: "No." So Allah sent the Divine Inspiration to Moses: '--Yes, Our slave
Khadir is more learned than you. Moses asked Allah how to meet him (Al-Khadir).
So Allah made the fish a sign for him and he was told when the fish was lost, he
should return (to the place where he had lost it) and there he would meet him
(Al-Khadir). So Moses went on looking for the sign of the fish in the sea. The
servant-boy of Moses said: 'Do you remember when we betook ourselves to the
rock, I indeed forgot the fish, none but Satan made me forget to remember it. On
that Moses said, 'That is what we have been seeking.' So they went back
retracing their footsteps, and found Khadir. (and) what happened further about
them is narrated in the Holy Qur'an by Allah." (18.54 up to 18.82)
1.79:
Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet said, "The example of guidance and knowledge
with which Allah has sent me is like abundant rain falling on the earth, some of
which was fertile soil that absorbed rain water and brought forth vegetation and
grass in abundance. (And) another portion of it was hard and held the rain water
and Allah benefited the people with it and they utilized it for drinking, making
their animals drink from it and for irrigation of the land for cultivation.
(And) a portion of it was barren which could neither hold the water nor bring
forth vegetation (then that land gave no benefits). The first is the example of
the person who comprehends Allah's religion and gets benefit (from the
knowledge) which Allah has revealed through me (the Prophets and learns and then
teaches others. The last example is that of a person who does not care for it
and does not take Allah's guidance revealed through me (He is like that barren
land.)"
1.80:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle said, "From among the
portents of the Hour are (the following): -1. Religious knowledge will be taken
away (by the death of Religious learned men). -2. (Religious) ignorance will
prevail. -3. Drinking of Alcoholic drinks (will be very common). -4. There will
be prevalence of open illegal sexual intercourse.
1.81:
Narrated Anas:
I will narrate to you a Hadith and none other than I will tell you about
after it. I heard Allah's Apostle saying: From among the portents of the Hour
are (the following): -1. Religious knowledge will decrease (by the death of
religious learned men). -2. Religious ignorance will prevail. -3. There will be
prevalence of open illegal sexual intercourse. -4. Women will increase in number
and men will decrease in number so much so that fifty women will be looked after
by one man.
1.82:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "While I was
sleeping, I saw that a cup full of milk was brought to me and I drank my fill
till I noticed (the milk) its wetness coming out of my nails. Then I gave the
remaining milk to `Umar Ibn Al-Khattab" The companions of the Prophet asked,
"What have you interpreted (about this dream)? "O Allah's Apostle ,!" he
replied, "(It is religious) knowledge."
1.83:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Amr bin Al `Aas: Allah's Apostle stopped (for a while near the Jimar) at Mina
during his last Hajj for the people and they were asking him questions. A man
came and said, "I forgot and got my head shaved before slaughtering the Hadi
(sacrificing animal)." The Prophet said, "There is no harm, go and do the
slaughtering now." Then another person came and said, "I forgot and slaughtered
(the camel) before Rami (throwing of the pebbles) at the Jamra." The Prophet
said, "Do the Rami now and there is no harm." The narrator added: So on that
day, when the Prophet was asked about anything (as regards the ceremonies of
Hajj) performed before or after its due time, his reply was: "Do it (now) and
there is no harm."
1.84:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Somebody said to the
Prophet (during his last Hajj), "I did the slaughtering before doing the Rami.'
The Prophet beckoned with his hand and said, "There is no harm in that." Then
another person said. "I got my head shaved before offering the sacrifice." The
Prophet beckoned with his hand saying, "There is no harm in that."
1.85:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "(Religious) knowledge will be taken
away (by the death of religious scholars) ignorance (in religion) and
afflictions will appear; and Harj will increase." It was asked, "What is Harj, O
Allah's Apostle?" He replied by beckoning with his hand indicating "killing."
(Fath-al-Bari Page 192, Vol. 1)
1.86:
Narrated Asma':
I came to
`Aisha while she was praying, and said to her, "What has happened to the
people?" She pointed out towards the sky. (I looked towards the mosque), and saw
the people offering the prayer. Aisha said, "Subhan Allah." I said to her, "Is
there a sign?" She nodded with her head meaning, "Yes." I, too, then stood (for
the prayer of eclipse) till I became (nearly) unconscious and later on I poured
water on my head. After the prayer, the Prophet praised and glorified Allah and
then said, "Just now at this place I have seen what I have never seen before,
including Paradise and Hell. No doubt it has been inspired to me that you will
be put to trials in your graves and these trials will be like the trials of
Masih-ad-Dajjal or nearly like it (the sub narrator is not sure which expression
Asma' used). You will be asked, 'What do you know about this man (the Prophet
Muhammad)?' Then the faithful believer (or Asma' said a similar word) will
reply, 'He is Muhammad Allah's Apostle who had come to us with clear evidences
and guidance and so we accepted his teachings and followed him. And he is
Muhammad.' And he will repeat it thrice. Then the angels will say to him, 'Sleep
in peace as we have come to know that you were a faithful believer.' On the
other hand, a hypocrite or a doubtful person will reply, 'I do not know, but I
heard the people saying something and so I said it.' (the same). "
1.87:
Narrated Abu Jamra: I was an interpreter between the people and Ibn `Abbas.
Once Ibn `Abbas said that a delegation of the tribe of `Abdul Qais came to the
Prophet who asked them, "Who are the people (i.e. you)? (Or) who are the
delegates?" They replied, "We are from the tribe of Rabi`a." Then the Prophet
said to them, "Welcome, O people (or said, "O delegation (of `Abdul Qais).")
Neither will you have disgrace nor will you regret." They said, "We have come to
you from a distant place and there is the tribe of the infidels of Mudar
intervening between you and us and we cannot come to you except in the sacred
month. So please order us to do something good (religious deeds) and that we may
also inform our people whom we have left behind (at home) and that we may enter
Paradise (by acting on them.)" The Prophet ordered them to do four things, and
forbade them from four things. He ordered them to believe in Allah Alone, the
Honorable the Majestic and said to them, "Do you know what is meant by believing
in Allah Alone?" They replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." Thereupon
the Prophet said, "(That means to testify that none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is His Apostle, to offer prayers
perfectly, to pay Zakat, to observe fasts during the month of Ramadan, (and) to
pay Al-Khumus (one fifth of the booty to be given in Allah's cause)." Then he
forbade them four things, namely Ad-Dubba.' Hantam, Muzaffat (and) An-Naqir or
Muqaiyar (These were the names of pots in which alcoholic drinks used to be
prepared). The Prophet further said, "Memorize them (these instructions) and
tell them to the people whom you have left behind."
1.88:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin Abi Mulaika: `Uqba bin Al-Harith said that he had married the
daughter of Abi Ihab bin `Aziz. Later on a woman came to him and said, "I have
suckled (nursed) `Uqba and the woman whom he married (his wife) at my breast."
`Uqba said to her, "Neither I knew that you have suckled (nursed) me nor did you
tell me." Then he rode over to see Allah's Apostle at Medina, and asked him
about it. Allah's Apostle said, "How can you keep her as a wife when it has been
said (that she is your foster-sister)?" Then `Uqba divorced her, and she married
another man.
1.89:
Narrated `Umar:
My Ansari neighbor from Bani
Umaiya bin Zaid who used to live at `Awali Al-Medina and used to visit the
Prophet by turns. He used to go one day and I another day. When I went I used to
bring the news of that day regarding the Divine Inspiration and other things,
and when he went, he used to do the same for me. Once my Ansari friend, in his
turn (on returning from the Prophet), knocked violently at my door and asked if
I was there." I became horrified and came out to him. He said, "Today a great
thing has happened." I then went to Hafsa and saw her weeping. I asked her, "Did
Allah's Apostle divorce you all?" She replied, "I do not know." Then, I entered
upon the Prophet and said while standing, "Have you divorced your wives?" The
Prophet replied in the negative. On what I said, "Allahu-Akbar (Allah is
Greater)." (See Hadith No. 119, Vol. 3 for details)
1.90:
Narrated Abu
Mas`ud Al-Ansari: Once a man said to Allah's Apostle "O Allah's Apostle! I may
not attend the (compulsory congregational) prayer because so and so (the Imam)
prolongs the prayer when he leads us for it. The narrator added: "I never saw
the Prophet more furious in giving advice than he was on that day. The Prophet
said, "O people! Some of you make others dislike good deeds (the prayers). So
whoever leads the people in prayer should shorten it because among them there
are the sick the weak and the needy (having some jobs to do).
1.91:
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani: A man asked the Prophet about the
picking up of a "Luqata" (fallen lost thing). The Prophet replied, "Recognize
and remember its tying material and its container, and make public announcement
(about it) for one year, then utilize it but give it to its owner if he comes."
Then the person asked about the lost camel. On that, the Prophet got angry and
his cheeks or his Face became red and he said, "You have no concern with it as
it has its water container, and its feet and it will reach water, and eat (the
leaves) of trees till its owner finds it." The man then asked about the lost
sheep. The Prophet replied, "It is either for you, for your brother (another
person) or for the wolf."
1.92:
Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet was asked
about things which he did not like, but when the questioners insisted, the
Prophet got angry. He then said to the people, "Ask me anything you like." A man
asked, "Who is my father?" The Prophet replied, "Your father is Hudhafa." Then
another man got up and said, "Who is my father, O Allah's Apostle ?" He replied,
"Your father is Salim, Maula (the freed slave) of Shaiba." So when `Umar saw
that (the anger) on the face of the Prophet he said, "O Allah's Apostle! We
repent to Allah (Our offending you).
1.93:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: One
day Allah's Apostle came out (before the people) and `Abdullah bin Hudhafa stood
up and asked (him) "Who is my father?" The Prophet replied, "Your father is
Hudhafa." The Prophet told them repeatedly (in anger) to ask him anything they
liked. `Umar knelt down before the Prophet and said thrice, "We accept Allah as
(our) Lord and Islam as (our) religion and Muhammad as (our) Prophet." After
that the Prophet became silent.
1.94:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever the
Prophet asked permission to enter, he knocked the door thrice with greeting and
whenever he spoke a sentence (said a thing) he used to repeat it thrice. (See
Hadith No. 261, Vol. 8).
1.95:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever the Prophet
spoke a sentence (said a thing), he used to repeat it thrice so that the people
could understand it properly from him and whenever he asked permission to enter,
(he knocked the door) thrice with greeting.
1.96:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Amr: Once Allah's Apostle remained behind us in a journey. He joined us while
we were performing ablution for the `Asr prayer which was over-due. We were just
passing wet hands over our feet (not washing them properly) so the Prophet
addressed us in a loud voice and said twice or thrice, "Save your heels from the
fire."
1.97.1:
Narrated Abu Burda's father: Allah's Apostle said "Three
persons will have a double reward: -1. A Person from the people of the
scriptures who believed in his prophet (Jesus or Moses) and then believed in the
Prophet Muhammad (i.e. has embraced Islam). -2. A slave who discharges his
duties to Allah and his master. -3. A master of a woman-slave who teaches her
good manners and educates her in the best possible way (the religion) and
manumits her and then marries her."
1.97.2:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once
Allah's Apostle came out while Bilal was accompanying him. He went towards the
women thinking that they had not heard him (i.e. his sermon). So he preached
them and ordered them to pay alms. (Hearing that) the women started giving alms;
some donated their earrings, some gave their rings and Bilal was collecting them
in the corner of his garment.
1.98:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I said: "O
Allah's Apostle! Who will be the luckiest person, who will gain your
intercession on the Day of Resurrection?" Allah's Apostle said: O Abu Huraira!
"I have thought that none will ask me about it before you as I know your longing
for the (learning of) Hadiths. The luckiest person who will have my intercession
on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who said sincerely from the bottom of
his heart "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah." And `Umar bin `Abdul
`Aziz wrote to Abu Bakr bin Hazm, "Look for the knowledge of Hadith and get it
written, as I am afraid that religious knowledge will vanish and the religious
learned men will pass away (die). Do not accept anything save the Hadiths of the
Prophet. Circulate knowledge and teach the ignorant, for knowledge does not
vanish except when it is kept secretly (to oneself).
1.99:
Narrated
`Abdullah Ibn Dinar: also narrates the same (above mentioned statement) as has
been narrated by `Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz up to "The religious scholar (learned
men) will pass away (die).
1.100:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr bin
Al-`As: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Allah does not take away the knowledge,
by taking it away from (the hearts of) the people, but takes it away by the
death of the religious learned men till when none of the (religious learned men)
remains, people will take as their leaders ignorant persons who when consulted
will give their verdict without knowledge. So they will go astray and will lead
the people astray."
1.101:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Some women
requested the Prophet to fix a day for them as the men were taking all his time.
On that he promised them one day for religious lessons and commandments. Once
during such a lesson the Prophet said, "A woman whose three children die will be
shielded by them from the Hell fire." On that a woman asked, "If only two die?"
He replied, "Even two (will shield her from the Hell-fire).
1.102:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: as above (the sub narrators are different).
Abu Huraira qualified the three children referred to in the above mentioned
Hadith as not having reached the age of committing sins (i.e. age of puberty) .
1.103:
Narrated Ibn Abu Mulaika: Whenever `Aisha (the wife of the
Prophet) heard anything which she did not understand, she used to ask again till
she understood it completely. Aisha said: "Once the Prophet said, "Whoever will
be called to account (about his deeds on the Day of Resurrection) will surely be
punished." I said, "Doesn't Allah say: "He surely will receive an easy
reckoning." (84.8) The Prophet replied, "This means only the presentation of the
accounts but whoever will be argued about his account, will certainly be
ruined."
1.104:
Narrated Sa`id:
Abu Shuraih said, "When `Amr bin
Sa`id was sending the troops to Mecca (to fight `Abdullah bin Az-Zubair) I said
to him, 'O chief! Allow me to tell you what the Prophet said on the day
following the conquests of Mecca. My ears heard and my heart comprehended, and I
saw him with my own eyes, when he said it. He glorified and praised Allah and
then said, "Allah and not the people has made Mecca a sanctuary. So anybody who
has belief in Allah and the Last Day (i.e. a Muslim) should neither shed blood
in it nor cut down its trees. If anybody argues that fighting is allowed in
Mecca as Allah's Apostle did fight (in Mecca), tell him that Allah gave
permission to His Apostle, but He did not give it to you. The Prophet added:
Allah allowed me only for a few hours on that day (of the conquest) and today
(now) its sanctity is the same (valid) as it was before. So it is incumbent upon
those who are present to convey it (this information) to those who are absent."
Abu- Shuraih was asked, "What did `Amr reply?" He said `Amr said, "O Abu
Shuraih! I know better than you (in this respect). Mecca does not give
protection to one who disobeys (Allah) or runs after committing murder, or theft
(and takes refuge in Mecca).
1.105:
Narrated Abu Bakra: The Prophet
said. No doubt your blood, property, the sub-narrator Muhammad thought that Abu
Bakra had also mentioned and your honor (chastity), are sacred to one another as
is the sanctity of this day of yours in this month of yours. It is incumbent on
those who are present to inform those who are absent." (Muhammad the
Sub-narrator used to say, "Allah's Apostle told the truth.") The Prophet
repeated twice: "No doubt! Haven't I conveyed Allah's message to you.
1.106:
Narrated `Ali:
The Prophet said, "Do not tell a lie against me for
whoever tells a lie against me (intentionally) then he will surely enter the
Hell-fire."
1.107:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Az-Zubair: I said to my
father, 'I do not hear from you any narration (Hadith) of Allah s Apostle as I
hear (his narration) from so and so?" Az-Zubair replied. l was always with him
(the Prophet) and I heard him saying "Whoever tells a lie against me
(intentionally) then (surely) let him occupy, his seat in Hell-fire.
1.108:
Narrated Anas:
The fact which stops me from narrating a great number of
Hadiths to you is that the Prophet said: "Whoever tells a lie against me
intentionally, then (surely) let him occupy his seat in Hell-fire."
1.109:
Narrated Salama:
I heard the Prophet saying, "Whoever (intentionally)
ascribes to me what I have not said then (surely) let him occupy his seat in
Hell-fire."
1.110:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Name
yourselves with my name (use my name) but do not name yourselves with my Kunya
name (i.e. Abul Qasim). And whoever sees me in a dream then surely he has seen
me for Satan cannot impersonate me. And whoever tells a lie against me
(intentionally), then (surely) let him occupy his seat in Hell-fire."
1.111:
Narrated Ash-Shu`bi: Abu Juhaifa said, "I asked `Ali, 'Have you got any book
(which has been revealed to the Prophet apart from the Qur'an)?' `Ali replied,
'No, except Allah's Book or the power of understanding which has been bestowed
(by Allah) upon a Muslim or what is (written) in this sheet of paper (with me).'
Abu Juhaifa said, "I asked, 'What is (written) in this sheet of paper?' `Ali
replied, it deals with The Diyya (compensation (blood money) paid by the killer
to the relatives of the victim), the ransom for the releasing of the captives
from the hands of the enemies, and the law that no Muslim should be killed in
Qisas (equality in punishment) for the killing of (a disbeliever).
1.112:
Narrated Abu Huraira: In the year of the Conquest of Mecca, the tribe of
Khuza`a killed a man from the tribe of Bani Laith in revenge for a killed
person, belonging to them. They informed the Prophet about it. So he rode his
Rahila (she-camel for riding) and addressed the people saying, "Allah held back
the killing from Mecca. (The sub-narrator is in doubt whether the Prophet said
"elephant or killing," as the Arabic words standing for these words have great
similarity in shape), but He (Allah) let His Apostle and the believers over
power the infidels of Mecca. Beware! (Mecca is a sanctuary) Verily! Fighting in
Mecca was not permitted for anyone before me nor will it be permitted for anyone
after me. It (war) in it was made legal for me for few hours or so on that day.
No doubt it is at this moment a sanctuary, it is not allowed to uproot its
thorny shrubs or to uproot its trees or to pick up its Luqat (fallen things)
except by a person who will look for its owner (announce it publicly). And if
somebody is killed, then his closest relative has the right to choose one of the
two-- the blood money (Diyya) or retaliation having the killer killed. In the
meantime a man from Yemen came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Get that written
for me." The Prophet ordered his companions to write that for him. Then a man
from Quraish said, "Except Al-Idhkhir (a type of grass that has good smell) O
Allah's Apostle, as we use it in our houses and graves." The Prophet said,
"Except Al-Idhkhir i.e. Al-Idhkhir is allowed to be plucked."
1.113:
Narrated Abu Huraira: There is none among the companions of the Prophet who
has narrated more Hadiths than I except `Abdullah bin `Amr (bin Al-`As) who used
to write them and I never did the same.
1.114:
Narrated 'Ubaidullah bin
`Abdullah: Ibn `Abbas said, "When the ailment of the Prophet became worse, he
said, 'Bring for me (writing) paper and I will write for you a statement after
which you will not go astray.' But `Umar said, 'The Prophet is seriously ill,
and we have got Allah's Book with us and that is sufficient for us.' But the
companions of the Prophet differed about this and there was a hue and cry. On
that the Prophet said to them, 'Go away (and leave me alone). It is not right
that you should quarrel in front of me." Ibn `Abbas came out saying, "It was
most unfortunate (a great disaster) that Allah's Apostle was prevented from
writing that statement for them because of their disagreement and noise. (Note:
It is apparent from this Hadith that Ibn `Abbas had witnessed the event and came
out saying this statement. The truth is not so, for Ibn `Abbas used to say this
statement on narrating the Hadith and he had not witnessed the event personally.
See Fath Al-Bari Vol. 1, p.220 footnote.) (See Hadith No. 228, Vol. 4).
1.115:
Narrated Um Salama: One night Allah's Apostle got up and said,
"Subhan Allah! How many afflictions have been descended tonight and how many
treasures have been disclosed! Go and wake the sleeping lady occupants of these
dwellings (his wives) up (for prayers). A well-dressed (soul) in this world may
be naked in the Hereafter. "
1.116:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Once
the Prophet led us in the `Isha' prayer during the last days of his life and
after finishing it (the prayer) (with Taslim) he said: "Do you realize (the
importance of) this night?" Nobody present on the surface of the earth tonight
will be living after the completion of one hundred years from this night."
1.117:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: I stayed overnight in the house of my aunt
Maimuna bint Al-Harith (the wife of the Prophet ) while the Prophet was there
with her during her night turn. The Prophet offered the `Isha' prayer (in the
mosque), returned home and after having prayed four rak`at, he slept. Later on
he got up at night and then asked whether the boy (or he used a similar word)
had slept? Then he got up for the prayer and I stood up by his left side but he
made me stand to his right and offered five rak`at followed by two more rak`at.
Then he slept and I heard him snoring and then (after a while) he left for the
(Fajr) prayer.
1.118:
Narrated Abu Huraira: People say that I have
narrated many Hadiths (The Prophet's narration). Had it not been for two verses
in the Qur'an, I would not have narrated a single Hadith, and the verses are:
"Verily those who conceal the clear sign and the guidance which We have sent
down . . . (up to) Most Merciful." (2:159-160). And no doubt our Muhajir
(emigrant) brothers used to be busy in the market with their business (bargains)
and our Ansari brothers used to be busy with their property (agriculture). But I
(Abu Huraira) used to stick to Allah's Apostle contented with what will fill my
stomach and I used to attend that which they used not to attend and I used to
memorize that which they used not to memorize.
1.119:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: I said to Allah's Apostle "I hear many narrations (Hadiths) from you
but I forget them." Allah's Apostle said, "Spread your Rida' (garment)." I did
accordingly and then he moved his hands as if filling them with something (and
emptied them in my Rida') and then said, "Take and wrap this sheet over your
body." I did it and after that I never forgot any thing.
1.120:
Narrated
Ibrahim bin Al-Mundhir: Ibn Abi Fudaik narrated the same as above (Hadith...119)
but added that the Prophet had moved his hands as if filling them with something
and then he emptied them in the Rida' of Abu Huraira.
1.121:
Narrated
Abu Huraira: I have memorized two kinds of knowledge from Allah's Apostle . I
have propagated one of them to you and if I propagated the second, then my
pharynx (throat) would be cut (i.e. killed).
1.122:
Narrated Jarir:
The Prophet said to me during Hajjat-al-Wida`: Let the people keep quiet and
listen. Then he said (addressing the people), "Do not (become infidels) revert
to disbelief after me by striking the necks (cutting the throats) of one another
(killing each other).
1.123:
Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair: I said to Ibn
`Abbas, "Nauf-Al-Bakali claims that Moses (the companion of Khadir) was not the
Moses of Bani Israel but he was another Moses." Ibn `Abbas remarked that the
enemy of Allah (Nauf) was a liar.
1.124:
Narrated Ubai bin Ka`b: The
Prophet said, "Once the Prophet Moses stood up and addressed Bani Israel. He was
asked, "Who is the most learned man amongst the people. He said, "I am the most
learned." Allah admonished Moses as he did not attribute absolute knowledge to
Him (Allah). So Allah inspired to him "At the junction of the two seas there is
a slave amongst my slaves who is more learned than you." Moses said, "O my Lord!
How can I meet him?" Allah said: Take a fish in a large basket (and proceed) and
you will find him at the place where you will lose the fish. So Moses set out
along with his (servant) boy, Yusha` bin Noon and carried a fish in a large
basket till they reached a rock, where they laid their heads (i.e. lay down) and
slept. The fish came out of the basket and it took its way into the sea as in a
tunnel. So it was an amazing thing for both Moses and his (servant) boy. They
proceeded for the rest of that night and the following day. When the day broke,
Moses said to his (servant) boy: "Bring us our early meal. No doubt, we have
suffered much fatigue in this journey." Moses did not get tired till he passed
the place about which he was told. There the (servant) boy told Moses, "Do you
remember when we betook ourselves to the rock, I indeed forgot the fish." Moses
remarked, "That is what we have been seeking. So they went back retracing their
footsteps, till they reached the rock. There they saw a man covered with a
garment (or covering himself with his own garment). Moses greeted him. Al-Khadir
replied saying, "How do people greet each other in your land?" Moses said, "I am
Moses." He asked, "The Moses of Bani Israel?" Moses replied in the affirmative
and added, "May I follow you so that you teach me of that knowledge which you
have been taught." Al-Khadir replied, "Verily! You will not be able to remain
patient with me, O Moses! I have some of the knowledge of Allah which He has
taught me and which you do not know, while you have some knowledge which Allah
has taught you which I do not know." Moses said, "Allah willing, you will find
me patient and I will disobey no order of yours. So both of them set out walking
along the seashore, as they did not have a boat. In the meantime a boat passed
by them and they requested the crew of the boat to take them on board. The crew
recognized Al-Khadir and took them on board without fare. Then a sparrow came
and stood on the edge of the boat and dipped its beak once or twice in the sea.
Al-Khadir said: "O Moses! My knowledge and your knowledge have not decreased
Allah's knowledge except as much as this sparrow has decreased the water of the
sea with its beak." Al-Khadir went to one of the planks of the boat and plucked
it out. Moses said, "These people gave us a free lift but you have broken their
boat and scuttled it so as to drown its people." Al-Khadir replied, "Didn't I
tell you that you will not be able to remain patient with me." Moses said, "Call
me not to account for what I forgot." The first (excuse) of Moses was that he
had forgotten. Then they proceeded further and found a boy playing with other
boys. Al-Khadir took hold of the boy's head from the top and plucked it out with
his hands (i.e. killed him). Moses said, "Have you killed an innocent soul who
has killed none." Al-Khadir replied, "Did I not tell you that you cannot remain
patient with me?" Then they both proceeded till when they came to the people of
a town, they asked them for food, but they refused to entertain them. Then they
found there a wall on the point of collapsing. Al-Khadir repaired it with his
own hands. Moses said, "If you had wished, surely you could have taken wages for
it." Al-Khadir replied, "This is the parting between you and me." The Prophet
added, "May Allah be Merciful to Moses! Would that he could have been more
patient to learn more about his story with Al-Khadir. "
1.125:
Narrated
Abu Musa: A man came to the Prophet and asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What kind of
fighting is in Allah's cause? (I ask this), for some of us fight because of
being enraged and angry and some for the sake of his pride and haughtiness." The
Prophet raised his head (as the questioner was standing) and said, "He who
fights so that Allah's Word (Islam) should be superior, then he fights in
Allah's cause."
1.126:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Ammar: I saw the Prophet
near the Jamra and the people were asking him questions (about religious
problems). A man asked, "O Allah's Apostle! I have slaughtered the Hadi (animal)
before doing the Rami." The Prophet replied, "Do the Rami (now) and there is no
harm." Another person asked, "O Allah's Apostle! I got my head shaved before
slaughtering the animal." The Prophet replied, "Do the slaughtering (now) and
there is no harm." So on that day, when the Prophet was asked about anything as
regards the ceremonies of Hajj performed before or after its due time his reply
was, "Do it (now) and there is no harm."
1.127:
Narrated `Abdullah:
While I was going with the Prophet through the ruins of Medina and he was
reclining on a date-palm leaf stalk, some Jews passed by. Some of them said to
the others: Ask him (the Prophet) about the spirit. Some of them said that they
should not ask him that question as he might give a reply which would displease
them. But some of them insisted on asking, and so one of them stood up and
asked, "O Abul-Qasim ! What is the spirit?" The Prophet remained quiet. I
thought he was being inspired Divinely. So I stayed till that state of the
Prophet (while being inspired) was over. The Prophet then said, "And they ask
you (O Muhammad) concerning the spirit --Say: The spirit -- its knowledge is
with my Lord. And of knowledge you (mankind) have been given only a little)."
(17.85)
1.128:
Narrated Aswad:
Ibn Az-Zubair said to me, "Aisha used
to tell you secretly a number of things. What did she tell you about the Ka`ba?"
I replied, "She told me that once the Prophet said, 'O `Aisha! Had not your
people been still close to the pre-Islamic period of ignorance (infidelity)! I
would have dismantled the Ka`ba and would have made two doors in it; one for
entrance and the other for exit." Later on Ibn Az-Zubair did the same.
1.129:
Narrated Abu at-Tufail: The above mentioned Statement of `Ali.
1.130:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: "Once Mu`adh was along with Allah's
Apostle as a companion rider. Allah's Apostle said, "O Mu`adh bin Jabal." Mu`adh
replied, "Labbaik and Sa`daik. O Allah's Apostle!" Again the Prophet said, "O
Mu`adh!" Mu`adh said thrice, "Labbaik and Sa`daik, O Allah's Apostle!" Allah's
Apostle said, "There is none who testifies sincerely that none has the right to
be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is his Apostle, except that Allah, will
save him from the Hell-fire." Mu`adh said, "O Allah's Apostle ! Should I not
inform the people about it so that they may have glad tidings?" He replied,
"When the people hear about it, they will solely depend on it." Then Mu`adh
narrated the above-mentioned Hadith just before his death, being afraid of
committing sin (by not telling the knowledge).
1.131:
Narrated Anas:
I was informed that the Prophet had said to Mu`adh, "Whosoever will meet
Allah without associating anything in worship with Him will go to Paradise."
Mu`adh asked the Prophet, "Should I not inform the people of this good news?"
The Prophet replied, "No, I am afraid, lest they should depend upon it
(absolutely).
1.132:
Narrated Um Salama: Um-Sulaim came to Allah's
Apostle and said, "Verily, Allah is not shy of (telling you) the truth. Is it
necessary for a woman to take a bath after she has a wet dream (nocturnal sexual
discharge?) The Prophet replied, "Yes, if she notices a discharge." Um Salama,
then covered her face and asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Does a woman get a
discharge?" He replied, "Yes, let your right hand be in dust (An Arabic
expression you say to a person when you contradict his statement meaning "you
will not achieve goodness"), and that is why the son resembles his mother."
1.133:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Once Allah's Apostle said, "Amongst
the trees there is a tree, the leaves of which do not fall and is like a Muslim,
tell me the name of that tree." Everybody started thinking about the trees of
the desert areas and I thought of the date-palm tree but felt shy (to answer).
The others asked, "O Allah's Apostle! inform us of it." He replied, "it is the
date-palm tree." I told my father what had come to my mind and on that he said,
"Had you said it I would have preferred it to such and such a thing that I might
possess."
1.134:
Narrated `Ali:
I used to get the menstrual urethral
discharge frequently so I requested Al-Miqdad to ask the Prophet about it.
Al-Miqdad asked him and he replied, "One has to perform ablution (after it)."
(See Hadith No. 269).
1.135:
Narrated Nafi`:
`Abdullah bin `Umar
said: "A man got up in the mosque and said: O Allah's Apostle 'At which place
you order us that we should assume the Ihram?' Allah's Apostle replied, 'The
residents of Medina should assure the Ihram from Dhil-Hulaifa, the people of
Syria from Al-Juhfa and the people of Najd from Qarn." Ibn `Umar further said,
"The people consider that Allah's Apostle had also said, 'The residents of Yemen
should assume Ihram from Yalamlam.' " Ibn `Umar used to say, "I do not: remember
whether Allah's Apostle had said the last statement or not?"
1.136:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: A man asked the Prophet : "What (kinds of clothes)
should a Muhrim (a Muslim intending to perform `Umra or Hajj) wear? He replied,
"He should not wear a shirt, a turban, trousers, a head cloak or garment scented
with saffron or Wars (kinds of perfumes). And if he has no slippers, then he can
use Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather) but the socks should be cut
short so as to make the ankles bare." (See Hadith No. 615, Vol. 2).
Bk. 4: Ablutions (Wudu')
1.137:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's
Apostle said, "The prayer of a person who does Hadath (passes urine, stool or
wind) is not accepted till he performs the ablution." A person from Hadaramout
asked Abu Huraira, "What is 'Hadath'?" Abu Huraira replied, " 'Hadath' means the
passing of wind."
1.138:
Narrated Nu`am Al-Mujmir: Once I went up the
roof of the mosque, along with Abu Huraira. He perform ablution and said, "I
heard the Prophet saying, "On the Day of Resurrection, my followers will be
called "Al-Ghurr-ul-Muhajjalun" from the trace of ablution and whoever can
increase the area of his radiance should do so (i.e. by performing ablution
regularly).' "
1.139:
Narrated `Abbas bin Tamim: My uncle asked Allah's
Apostle about a person who imagined to have passed wind during the prayer.
Allah' Apostle replied: "He should not leave his prayers unless he hears sound
or smells something."
1.140:
Narrated Kuraib:
Ibn `Abbas said, "The
Prophet slept till he snored and then prayed (or probably lay till his breath
sounds were heard and then got up and prayed)." Ibn `Abbas added: "I stayed
overnight in the house of my aunt, Maimuna, the Prophet slept for a part of the
night, (See Fath-al-Bari page 249, Vol. 1), and late in the night, he got up and
performed ablution from a hanging water skin, a light (perfect) ablution and
stood up for the prayer. I, too, performed a similar ablution, then I went and
stood on his left. He drew me to his right and prayed as much as Allah wished,
and again lay and slept till his breath sounds were heard. Later on the
Mu'adh-dhin (call maker for the prayer) came to him and informed him that it was
time for Prayer. The Prophet went with him for the prayer without performing a
new ablution." (Sufyan said to `Amr that some people said, "The eyes of Allah's
Apostle sleep but his heart does not sleep." `Amr replied, "I heard `Ubaid bin
`Umar saying that the dreams of Prophets were Divine Inspiration, and then he
recited the verse: 'I (Abraham) see in a dream, (O my son) that I offer you in
sacrifice (to Allah)." (37.102) (See Hadith No. 183)
1.141:
Narrated
Usama bin Zaid: Allah's Apostle proceeded from `Arafat till when he reached the
mountain pass, he dismounted, urinated and then performed ablution but not a
perfect one. I said to him, ("Is it the time for) the prayer, O Allah's
Apostle?" He said, "The (place of) prayer is ahead of you." He rode till when he
reached Al-Muzdalifa, he dismounted and performed ablution and a perfect one,
The (call for) Iqama was pronounced and he led the Maghrib prayer. Then
everybody made his camel kneel down at its place. Then the Iqama was pronounced
for the `Isha' prayer which the Prophet led and no prayer was offered in between
the two . prayers (`Isha' and Maghrib).
1.142:
Narrated `Ata' bin Yasar:
Ibn `Abbas performed ablution and washed his face (in the following way): He
ladled out a handful of water, rinsed his mouth and washed his nose with it by
putting in water and then blowing it out. He then, took another handful (of
water) and did like this (gesturing) joining both hands, and washed his face,
took another handful of water and washed his right forearm. He again took
another handful of water and washed his left forearm, and passed wet hands over
his head and took another handful of water and poured it over his right foot (up
to his ankles) and washed it thoroughly and similarly took another handful of
water and washed thoroughly his left foot (up to the ankles) and said, "I saw
Allah's Apostle performing ablution in this way."
1.143:
Narrated Ibn
`Abbas: The Prophet said, "If anyone of you on having sexual relations with his
wife said (and he must say it before starting) 'In the name of Allah. O Allah!
Protect us from Satan and also protect what you bestow upon us (i.e. the coming
offspring) from Satan, and if it is destined that they should have a child then,
Satan will never be able to harm that offspring."
1.144:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever the Prophet went to answer the call of nature, he used to say,
"Allah-umma inni a`udhu bika minal khubuthi wal khaba'ith i.e. O Allah, I seek
Refuge with You from all offensive and wicked things (evil deeds and evil
spirits).
1.145:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once the Prophet entered a
lavatory and I placed water for his ablution. He asked, "Who placed it?" He was
informed accordingly and so he said, "O Allah! Make him (Ibn `Abbas) a learned
scholar in religion (Islam).
1.146:
Narrated Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari:
Allah's Apostle said, "If anyone of you goes to an open space for answering the
call of nature he should neither face nor turn his back towards the Qibla; he
should either face the east or the west."
1.147:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Umar: People say, "Whenever you sit for answering the call of nature, you
should not face the Qibla or Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem)." I told them. "Once I
went up the roof of our house and I saw Allah's Apostle answering the call of
nature while sitting on two bricks facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) (but there
was a screen covering him. ' (Fath-al-Bari, Page 258, Vol. 1).
1.148:
Narrated `Aisha:
The wives of the Prophet used to go to Al-Manasi, a
vast open place (near Baqi` at Medina) to answer the call of nature at night.
`Umar used to say to the Prophet "Let your wives be veiled," but Allah's Apostle
did not do so. One night Sauda bint Zam`a the wife of the Prophet went out at
`Isha' time and she was a tall lady. `Umar addressed her and said, "I have
recognized you, O Sauda." He said so, as he desired eagerly that the verses of
Al-Hijab (the observing of veils by the Muslim women) may be revealed. So Allah
revealed the verses of "Al-Hijab" (A complete body cover excluding the eyes).
1.149:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet said to his wives, "You are
allowed to go out to answer the call of nature. "
1.150:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin `Umar: I went up to the roof of Hafsa's house for some job and I
saw Allah's Apostle answering the call of nature facing Sham (Syria, Jordan,
Palestine and Lebanon regarded as one country) with his back towards the Qibla.
(See Hadith No. 147).
1.151:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Once I went
up the roof of our house and saw Allah's Apostle answering the call of nature
while sitting over two bricks facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem). (See Hadith No.
147).
1.152:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Whenever Allah's Apostle went to
answer the call of nature, I along with another boy used to accompany him with a
tumbler full of water. (Hisham commented, "So that he might wash his private
parts with it.)"
1.153:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever Allah's Apostle went
to answer the call of nature, I along with another boy from us used to go behind
him with a tumbler full of water.
1.154:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Whenever Allah's Apostle went to answer the call of nature, I along with another
boy used to carry a tumbler full of water (for cleaning the private parts) and a
short spear (or stick).
1.155:
Narrated Abu Qatada: Allah's Apostle
said, "Whenever anyone of you drinks water, he should not breathe in the
drinking utensil, and whenever anyone of you goes to a lavatory, he should
neither touch his penis nor clean his private parts with his right hand."
1.156:
Narrated Abu Qatada: The Prophet said, "Whenever anyone of you
makes water he should not hold his penis or clean his private parts with his
right hand. (And while drinking) one should not breathe in the drinking utensil
."
1.157:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I followed the Prophet while he was
going out to answer the call of nature. He used not to look this way or that.
So, when I approached near him he said to me, "Fetch for me some stones for '
cleaning the privates parts (or said something similar), and do not bring a bone
or a piece of dung." So I brought the stones in the corner of my garment and
placed them by his side and I then went away from him. When he finished (from
answering the call of nature) he used, them .
1.158:
Narrated `Abdullah:
The Prophet went out to answer the call of nature and asked me to bring three
stones. I found two stones and searched for the third but could not find it. So
took a dried piece of dung and brought it to him. He took the two stones and
threw away the dung and said, "This is a filthy thing."
1.159:
Narrated
Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet performed ablution by washing the body parts only once.
1.160:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Zaid: The Prophet performed ablution by
washing the body parts twice.
1.161:
Narrated Humran:
(the slave of
`Uthman) I saw `Uthman bin `Affan asking for a tumbler of water (and when it was
brought) he poured water over his hands and washed them thrice and then put his
right hand in the water container and rinsed his mouth, washed his nose by
putting water in it and then blowing it out. then he washed his face and
forearms up to the elbows thrice, passed his wet hands over his head and washed
his feet up to the ankles thrice. Then he said, "Allah's Apostle said 'If anyone
Performs ablution like that of mine and offers a two-rak`at prayer during which
he does not think of anything else (not related to the present prayer) then his
past sins will be forgiven.' " After performing the ablution `Uthman said, "I am
going to tell you a Hadith which I would not have told you, had I not been
compelled by a certain Holy Verse (the sub narrator `Urwa said: This verse is:
"Verily, those who conceal the clear signs and the guidance which we have sent
down...)" (2:159). I heard the Prophet saying, 'If a man performs ablution
perfectly and then offers the compulsory congregational prayer, Allah will
forgive his sins committed between that (prayer) and the (next) prayer till he
offers it.
1.162:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Whoever
performs ablution should clean his nose with water by putting the water in it
and then blowing it out, and whoever cleans his private parts with stones should
do it with odd number of stones."
1.163:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's
Apostle said, "If anyone of you performs ablution he should put water in his
nose and then blow it out and whoever cleans his private parts with stones
should do so with odd numbers. And whoever wakes up from his sleep should wash
his hands before putting them in the water for ablution, because nobody knows
where his hands were during sleep."
1.164:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr:
The Prophet remained behind us on a journey. He joined us while we were
performing ablution for the `Asr prayer which was overdue and we were just
passing wet hands over our feet (not washing them thoroughly) so he addressed us
in a loud voice saying twice , "Save your heels from the fire."
1.165:
Narrated Humran:
(the freed slave of `Uthman bin `Affan) I saw `Uthman
bin `Affan asking (for a tumbler of water) to perform ablution (and when it was
brought) he poured water from it over his hands and washed them thrice and then
put his right hand in the water container and rinsed his mouth and washed his
nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out. Then he washed his face
thrice and (then) forearms up to the elbows thrice, then passed his wet hands
over his head and then washed each foot thrice. After that `Uthman said, "I saw
the Prophet performing ablution like this of mine, and he said, 'If anyone
performs ablution like that of mine and offers a two-rak`at prayer during which
he does not think of anything else (not related to the present prayer) then his
past sins will be forgiven. '
1.166:
Narrated Muhammad Ibn Ziyad: I
heard Abu Huraira saying as he passed by us while the people were performing
ablution from a utensil containing water, "Perform ablution perfectly and
thoroughly for Abul-Qasim (the Prophet) said, 'Save your heels from the
Hell-fire.' "
1.167:
Narrated `Ubaid Ibn Juraij: I asked `Abdullah bin
`Umar, "O Abu `Abdur-Rahman! I saw you doing four things which I never saw being
done by anyone of you companions?" `Abdullah bin `Umar said, "What are those, O
Ibn Juraij?" I said, "I never saw you touching any corner of the Ka`ba except
these (two) facing south (Yemen) and I saw you wearing shoes made of tanned
leather and dyeing your hair with Hinna (a kind of red dye). I also noticed that
whenever you were in Mecca, the people assume Ihram on seeing the new moon
crescent (1st of Dhul-Hijja) while you did not assume the Ihlal (Ihram) -(Ihram
is also called Ihlal which means 'Loud calling' because a Muhrim has to recite
Talbiya aloud when assuming the state of Ihram) - till the 8th of Dhul-Hijja
(Day of Tarwiya). `Abdullah replied, "Regarding the corners of Ka`ba, I never
saw Allah's Apostle touching except those facing south (Yemen) and regarding the
tanned leather shoes, no doubt I saw Allah's Apostle wearing non-hairy shoes and
he used to perform ablution while wearing the shoes (i.e. wash his feet and then
put on the shoes). So I love to wear similar shoes. And about the dyeing of hair
with Hinna; no doubt I saw Allah's Apostle dyeing his hair with it and that is
why I like to dye (my hair with it). Regarding Ihlal, I did not see Allah's
Apostle assuming Ihlal till he set out for Hajj (on the 8th of Dhul-Hijja).
1.168:
Narrated Um-`Atiya: That the Prophet at the time of washing his
deceased daughter had said to them, "Start from the right side beginning with
those parts which are washed in ablution."
1.169:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet used to like to start from the right side on wearing shoes,
combing his hair and cleaning or washing himself and on doing anything else.
1.170:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: saw Allah's Apostle when the `Asr prayer
was due and the people searched for water to perform ablution but they could not
find it. Later on (a pot full of) water for ablution was brought to Allah's
Apostle . He put his hand in that pot and ordered the people to perform ablution
from it. I saw the water springing out from underneath his fingers till all of
them performed the ablution (it was one of the miracles of the Prophet).
1.171:
Narrated Ibn Seereen: I said to `Abida, "I have some of the hair
of the Prophet which I got from Anas or from his family." `Abida replied. "No
doubt if I had a single hair of that it would have been dearer to me than the
whole world and whatever is in it."
1.172:
Narrated Anas:
When
Allah's Apostle got his head shaved, Abu- Talha was the first to take some of
his hair.
1.173:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If a dog
drinks from the utensil of anyone of you it is essential to wash it seven
times."
1.174:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "A man saw a dog
eating mud from (the severity of) thirst. So, that man took a shoe (and filled
it) with water and kept on pouring the water for the dog till it quenched its
thirst. So Allah approved of his deed and made him to enter Paradise." And
narrated Hamza bin `Abdullah: My father said. "During the lifetime of Allah's
Apostle, the dogs used to urinate, and pass through the mosques (come and go),
nevertheless they never used to sprinkle water on it (urine of the dog.)"
1.175:
Narrated `Adi bin Hatim: I asked the Prophet (about the hunting
dogs) and he replied, "If you let loose (with Allah's name) your tamed dog after
a game and it hunts it, you may eat it, but if the dog eats of (that game) then
do not eat it because the dog has hunted it for itself." I further said,
"Sometimes I send my dog for hunting and find another dog with it. He said, "Do
not eat the game for you have mentioned Allah's name only on sending your dog
and not the other dog."
1.176:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle
said, "A person is considered in prayer as long as he is waiting for the prayer
in the mosque as long as he does not do Hadath." A non-Arab man asked, "O Abu
Huraira! What is Hadath?" I replied, "It is the passing of wind (from the anus)
(that is one of the types of Hadath).
1.177:
Narrated `Abbas bin Tamim:
My uncle said: The Prophet said, "One should not leave his prayer unless he
hears sound or smells something."
1.178:
Narrated `Ali:
I used to
get emotional urethral discharges frequently and felt shy to ask Allah's Apostle
about it. So I requested Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad to ask (the Prophet ) about it.
Al-Miqdad asked him and he replied, "On has to perform ablution (after it).
1.179:
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid: I asked `Uthman bin `Affan about a
person who engaged in intercourse but did no discharge. `Uthman replied, "He
should perform ablution like the one for an ordinary prayer but he must wash his
penis." `Uthman added, "I heard it from Allah's Apostle." I asked `Ali
Az-Zubair, Talha and Ubai bin Ka`b about it and they, too, gave the same reply.
(This order was canceled later on and taking a bath became necessary for such
cases).
1.180:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Allah's Apostle sent for a
Ansari man who came with water dropping from his head. The Prophet said,
"Perhaps we have forced you to hurry up, haven't we?" The Ansari replied, "Yes."
Allah's Apostle further said, "If you are forced to hurry up (during
intercourse) or you do not discharge then ablution is due on you (This order was
canceled later on, i.e. one has to take a bath).
1.181:
Narrated Usama
bin Zaid: "When Allah's Apostle departed from `Arafat, he turned towards a
mountain pass where he answered the call of nature. (After he had finished) I
poured water and he performed ablution and then I said to him, "O Allah's
Apostle! Will you offer the prayer?" He replied, "The Musalla (place of the
prayer) is ahead of you (in Al-Muzdalifa).
1.182:
Narrated Al-Mughira
bin Shu`ba: I was in the company of Allah's Apostle on one of the journeys and
he went out to answer the call of nature (and after he finished) I poured water
and he performed ablution; he washed his face, forearms and passed his wet hand
over his head and over the two Khuff (socks made from thick fabric or leather).
1.183:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: That he stayed overnight in the
house of Maimuna the wife of the Prophet, his aunt. He added : I lay on the bed
(cushion transversally) while Allah's Apostle and his wife lay in the lengthwise
direction of the cushion. Allah's Apostle slept till the middle of the night,
either a bit before or a bit after it and then woke up, rubbing the traces of
sleep off his face with his hands. He then, recited the last ten verses of Sura
Al-`Imran, got up and went to a hanging water-skin. He then Performed the
ablution from it and it was a perfect ablution, and then stood up to offer the
prayer. I, too, got up and did as the Prophet had done. Then I went and stood by
his side. He placed his right hand on my head and caught my right ear and
twisted it. He prayed two rak`at then two rak`at and two rak`at and then two
rak`at and then two rak`at and then two rak`at (separately six times), and
finally one rak`a (the witr). Then he lay down again in the bed till the
Mu'adh-dhin came to him where upon the Prophet got up, offered a two light
rak`at prayer and went out and led the Fajr prayer.
1.184:
Narrated
Asma' bint Abu Bakr: I came to `Aisha the wife of the Prophet during the solar
eclipse. The people were standing and offering the prayer and she was also
praying. I asked her, "What is wrong with the people?" She beckoned with her
hand towards the sky and said, "Subhan Allah." I asked her, "Is there a sign?"
She pointed out, "Yes." So I, too, stood for the prayer till I fell unconscious
and later on I poured water on my head. After the prayer, Allah's Apostle
praised and glorified Allah and said, "Just now I have seen something which I
never saw before at this place of mine, including Paradise and Hell. I have been
inspired (and have understood) that you will be put to trials in your graves and
these trials will be like the trials of Ad-Dajjal, or nearly like it (the sub
narrator is not sure of what Asma' said). Angels will come to every one of you
and ask, 'What do you know about this man?' A believer will reply, 'He is
Muhammad, Allah's Apostle , and he came to us with self-evident truth and
guidance. So we accepted his teaching, believed and followed him.' Then the
angels will say to him to sleep in peace as they have come to know that he was a
believer. On the other hand a hypocrite or a doubtful person will reply, 'I do
not know but heard the people saying something and so I said the same.' "
1.185:
Narrated Yahya Al-Mazini: A person asked `Abdullah bin Zaid who
was the grandfather of `Amr bin Yahya, "Can you show me how Allah's Apostle used
to perform ablution?" `Abdullah bin Zaid replied in the affirmative and asked
for water. He poured it on his hands and washed them twice, then he rinsed his
mouth thrice and washed his nose with water thrice by putting water in it and
blowing it out. He washed his face thrice and after that he washed his forearms
up to the elbows twice and then passed his wet hands over his head from its
front to its back and vice versa (beginning from the front and taking them to
the back of his head up to the nape of the neck and then brought them to the
front again from where he had started) and washed his feet (up to the ankles).
1.186:
Narrated `Amr:
My father saw `Amr bin Abi Hasan asking
`Abdullah bin Zaid about the ablution of the Prophet. `Abdullah bin Zaid asked
for earthenware pot containing water and in front of them performed ablution
like that of the Prophet . He poured water from the pot over his hand and washed
his hands thrice and then he put his hands in the pot and rinsed his mouth and
washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out with three
handfuls of water. Again he put his hand in the water and washed his face thrice
and washed his forearms up to the elbows twice; and then put his hands in the
water and then passed them over his head by bringing them to the front and then
to the rear of the head once, and then he washed his feet up to the ankles.
1.187:
Narrated Abu Juhaifa: Allah's Apostle came to us at noon and
water for ablution was brought to him. After he had performed ablution, the
remaining water was taken by the people and they started smearing their bodies
with it (as a blessed thing). The Prophet offered two rak`at of the Zuhr prayer
and then two rak`at of the `Asr prayer while a short spear (or stick) was there
(as a Sutra) in front of him. Abu Musa said: The Prophet asked for a tumbler
containing water and washed both his hands and face in it and then threw a
mouthful of water in the tumbler and said to both of us (Abu Musa and Bilal),
"Drink from the tumbler and pour some of its water on your faces and chests."
1.188:
Narrated Ibn Shihab: Mahmud bin Ar-Rabi` who was the person on
whose face the Prophet had ejected a mouthful of water from his family's well
while he was a boy, and `Urwa (on the authority of Al-Miswar and others) who
testified each other, said, "Whenever the Prophet , performed ablution, his
companions were nearly fighting for the remains of the water."
1.189:
Narrated As-Sa'ib bin Yazid: My aunt took me to the Prophet and said, "O
Allah's Apostle! This son of my sister has got a disease in his legs." So he
passed his hands on my head and prayed for Allah's blessings for me; then he
performed ablution and I drank from the remaining water. I stood behind him and
saw the seal of Prophethood between his shoulders, and it was like the
"Zir-al-Hijla" (means the button of a small tent, but some said 'egg of a
partridge.' etc.)
1.190:
Narrated `Amr bin Yahya: (on the authority of
his father) `Abdullah bin Zaid poured water on his hands from a utensil
containing water and washed them and then with one handful of water he rinsed
his mouth and cleaned his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out.
He repeated it thrice. He, then, washed his hands and forearms up to the elbows
twice and passed wet hands over his head, both forwards and backwards, and
washed his feet up to the ankles and said, "This is the ablution of Allah's
Apostle."
1.191:
Narrated `Amr bin Yahya: My father said, "I saw `Amr
bin Abi Hasan asking `Abdullah bin Zaid about the ablution of the Prophet.
`Abdullah bin Zaid asked for an earthenware pot containing water and performed
ablution in front of them. He poured water over his hands and washed them
thrice. Then he put his (right) hand in the pot and rinsed his mouth and washed
his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out thrice with three
handfuls of water Again he put his hand in the water and washed his face thrice.
After that he put his hand in the pot and washed his forearms up to the elbows
twice and then again put his hand in the water and passed wet hands over his
head by bringing them to the front and then to the back and once more he put his
hand in the pot and washed his feet (up to the ankles.)"
1.192:
Narrated
Wuhaib:
That he (the Prophet in narration 191 above) had passed his wet
hands on the head once only.
1.193:
Narrated Jabir:
Allah's Apostle
came to visit me while I was sick and unconscious. He performed ablution and
sprinkled the remaining water on me and I became conscious and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! To whom will my inheritance go as I have neither ascendants nor
descendants?" Then the Divine verses regarding Fara'id (inheritance) were
revealed.
1.194:
Narrated Anas:
It was the time for prayer, and
those whose houses were near got up and went to their people (to perform
ablution), and there remained some people (sitting). Then a painted stove pot
(Mikhdab) containing water was brought to Allah's Apostles The pot was small,
not broad enough for one to spread one's hand in; yet all the people performed
ablution. (The sub narrator said, "We asked Anas, 'How many persons were you?'
Anas replied 'We were eighty or more"). (It was one of the miracles of Allah's
Apostle).
1.195:
Narrated Abu Musa: Once the Prophet asked for a tumbler
containing water. He washed his hands and face in it and also threw a mouthful
of water in it.
1.196:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Zaid: Once Allah's Apostle
came to us and we brought out water for him in a brass pot. He performed
ablution thus: He washed his face thrice, and his forearms to the elbows twice,
then passed his wet hands lightly over the head from front to rear and brought
them to front again and washed his feet (up to the ankles).
1.197:
Narrated `Aisha:
When the ailment of the Prophet became aggravated and
his disease became severe, he asked his wives to permit him to be nursed
(treated) in my house. So they gave him the permission. Then the Prophet came
(to my house) with the support of two men, and his legs were dragging on the
ground, between `Abbas, and another man." 'Ubaidullah (the sub narrator) said,
"I informed `Abdullah bin `Abbas of what `Aisha said. Ibn `Abbas said: 'Do you
know who was the other man?' I replied in the negative. Ibn `Abbas said, 'He was
`Ali (bin Abi Talib)." `Aisha further said, "When the Prophet came to my house
and his sickness became aggravated he ordered us to pour seven skins full of
water on him, so that he might give some advice to the people. So he was seated
in a Mikhdab (brass tub) belonging to Hafsa, the wife of the Prophet. Then, all
of us started pouring water on him from the water skins till he beckoned to us
to stop and that we have done (what he wanted us to do). After that he went out
to the people."
1.198:
Narrated `Amr bin Yahya: (on the authority of his
father) My uncle used to perform ablution extravagantly and once he asked
`Abdullah bin Zaid to tell him how he had seen the Prophet performing ablution.
He asked for an earthenware pot containing water, and poured water from it on
his hands and washed them thrice, and then put his hand in the earthenware pot
and rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing
it Out thrice with one handful of water; he again put his hand in the water and
took a handful of water and washed his face thrice, then washed his hands up to
the elbows twice, and took water with his hand, and passed it over his head from
front to back and then from back to front, and then washed his feet (up to the
ankles) and said, "I saw the Prophet performing ablution in that way."
1.199:
Narrated Thabit:
Anas said, "The Prophet asked for water and
a tumbler with a broad base and no so deep, containing a small quantity of
water, was brought to him whereby he put his fingers in it." Anas further said,
' noticed the water springing out from amongst his fingers." Anas added, '
estimated that the people who performed ablution with it numbered between
seventy to eighty."
1.200:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet used to take a
bath with one Sa` up to five Mudds (1 Sa` = [??] Mudds) of water and used to
perform ablution with one Mudd of water.
1.201:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Umar: Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas said, "The Prophet passed wet hands over his Khuffs
(socks made from thick fabric or leather)." `Abdullah bin `Umar asked `Umar
about it. `Umar replied in the affirmative and added, "Whenever Sa`d narrates a
Hadith from the Prophet, there is no need to ask anyone else about it."
1.202:
Narrated Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba: Once Allah's Apostle went out to
answer the call of nature and I followed him with a tumbler containing water,
and when he finished, I poured water and he performed ablution and passed wet
hands over his Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather).
1.203:
Narrated Ja`far bin `Amr bin Umaiya Ad-Damri: My father said, "I saw the
Prophet passing wet hands over his Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or
leather)."
1.204:
Narrated Ja`far bin `Amr: My father said, "I saw the
Prophet passing wet hands over his turban and Khuffs (socks made from thick
fabric or leather).
1.205:
Narrated `Urwa bin Al-Mughira: My father
said, "Once I was in the company of the Prophet on a journey and I dashed to
take off his Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather). He ordered me to
leave them as he had put them after performing ablution. So he passed wet hands
or them.
1.206:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: Allah's Apostle ate a
piece of cooked mutton from the shoulder region and prayed without repeating
ablution.
1.207:
Narrated Ja`far bin `Amr bin Umaiya: My father said, "I
saw Allah's Apostle taking a piece of (cooked) mutton from the shoulder region
and then he was called for prayer. He put his knife down and prayed without
repeating ablution."
1.208:
Narrated Suwaid bin Al-Nu`man: In the year
of the conquest of Khaibar I went with Allah's Apostle till we reached Sahba, a
place near Khaibar, where Allah's Apostle offered the `Asr prayer and asked for
food. Nothing but Sawrq [??] was brought. He ordered it to be moistened with
water. He and all of us ate it and the Prophet got up for the evening prayer
(Maghrib prayer), rinsed his mouth with water and we did the same, and he then
prayed without repeating the ablution.
1.209:
Narrated Maimuna:
The
Prophet ate (a piece of) mutton from the shoulder region and then prayed without
repeating the ablution.
1.210:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle
drank milk, rinsed his mouth and said, "It has fat."
1.211:
Narrated
`Aisha:
Allah's Apostle said, "If anyone of you feels drowsy while praying
he should go to bed (sleep) till his slumber is over because in praying while
drowsy one does not know whether one is asking for forgiveness or for a bad
thing for oneself."
1.212:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "If
anyone of you feels drowsy while praying, he should sleep till he understands
what he is saying (reciting).
1.213:
Narrated `Amr bin `Amir: Anas said,
"The Prophet used to perform ablution for every prayer." I asked Anas, "What you
used to do?' Anas replied, "We used to pray with the same ablution until we
break it with Hadath."
1.214:
Narrated Suwaid bin Nu`man: In the year of
the conquest of Khaibar I went with Allah's Apostle till we reached As-Sahba'
where Allah's Apostle led the `Asr prayer and asked for the food. Nothing but
Sawiq [??] was brought and we ate it and drank (water). The Prophet got up for
the (Maghrib) Prayer, rinsed his mouth with water and then led the prayer
without repeating the ablution.
1.215:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once the
Prophet, while passing through one of the graveyards of Medina or Mecca heard
the voices of two persons who were being tortured in their graves. The Prophet
said, "These two persons are being tortured not for a major sin (to avoid)." The
Prophet then added, "Yes! (they are being tortured for a major sin). Indeed, one
of them never saved himself from being soiled with his urine while the other
used to go about with calumnies (to make enmity between friends). The Prophet
then asked for a green leaf of a date-palm tree, broke it into two pieces and
put one on each grave. On being asked why he had done so, he replied, "I hope
that their torture might be lessened, till these get dried."
1.216:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Whenever the Prophet went to answer the call of
nature, I used to bring water with which he used to clean his private parts.
1.217:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet once passed by two graves and
said, "These two persons are being tortured not for a major sin (to avoid). One
of them never saved himself from being soiled with his urine, while the other
used to go about with calumnies (to make enmity between friends)." The Prophet
then took a green leaf of a date-palm tree, split it into (pieces) and fixed one
on each grave. They said, "O Allah's Apostle! Why have you done so?" He replied,
"I hope that their punishment might be lessened till these (the pieces of the
leaf) become dry." (See the footnote of Hadith 215).
1.218:
Narrated
Anas bin Malik: The Prophet saw a Bedouin making water in the mosque and told
the people not to disturb him. When he finished, the Prophet asked for some
water and poured it over (the urine).
1.219:
Narrated Abu Huraira: A
Bedouin stood up and started making water in the mosque. The people caught him
but the Prophet ordered them to leave him and to pour a bucket or a tumbler of
water over the place where he had passed the urine. The Prophet then said, "You
have been sent to make things easy and not to make them difficult."
1.220:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said as above (219).
1.221:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: A Bedouin came and passed urine in one corner of
the mosque. The people shouted at him but the Prophet stopped them till he
finished urinating. The Prophet ordered them to spill a bucket of water over
that place and they did so.
1.222:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the mother of
faithful believers) A child was brought to Allah's Apostle and it urinated on
the garment of the Prophet. The Prophet asked for water and poured it over the
soiled place.
1.223:
Narrated Um Qais bint Mihsin: I brought my young
son, who had not started eating (ordinary food) to Allah's Apostle who took him
and made him sit in his lap. The child urinated on the garment of the Prophet,
so he asked for water and poured it over the soiled (area) and did not wash it.
1.224:
Narrated Hudhaifa: Once the Prophet went to the dumps of some
people and passed urine while standing. He then asked for water and so I brought
it to him and he performed ablution.
1.225:
Narrated Hudhaifa': The
Prophet and I walked till we reached the dumps of some people. He stood, as any
one of you stands, behind a wall and urinated. I went away, but he beckoned me
to come. So I approached him and stood near his back till he finished.
1.226:
Narrated Abu Wail: Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari used to lay great stress
on the question of urination and he used to say, "If anyone from Bani Israel
happened to soil his clothes with urine, he used to cut that portion away."
Hearing that, Hudhaifa said to Abu Wail, "I wish he (Abu Musa) didn't (lay great
stress on that matter)." Hudhaifa added, "Allah's Apostle went to the dumps of
some people and urinated while standing."
1.227:
Narrated Asma':
A
woman came to the Prophet and said, "If anyone of us gets menses in her clothes
then what should she do?" He replied, "She should (take hold of the soiled
place), rub it and put it in the water and rub it in order to remove the traces
of blood and then pour water over it. Then she can pray in it."
1.228:
Narrated `Aisha:
Fatima bint Abi Hubaish came to the Prophet and said,
"O Allah's Apostle I get persistent bleeding from the uterus and do not become
clean. Shall I give up my prayers?" Allah's Apostle replied, "No, because it is
from a blood vessel and not the menses. So when your real menses begins give up
your prayers and when it has finished wash off the blood (take a bath) and offer
your prayers." Hisham (the sub narrator) narrated that his father had also said,
(the Prophet told her): "Perform ablution for every prayer till the time of the
next period comes."
1.229:
Narrated `Aisha:
I used to wash the
traces of Janaba (semen) from the clothes of the Prophet and he used to go for
prayers while traces of water were still on it (water spots were still visible).
1.230:
Narrated `Aisha:
as above (229).
1.231:
Narrated
Sulaiman bin Yasar: I asked `Aisha about the clothes soiled with semen. She
replied, "I used to wash it off the clothes of Allah's Apostle and he would go
for the prayer while water spots were still visible. "
1.232:
Narrated
`Amr bin Maimun: I heard Sulaiman bin Yasar talking about the clothes soiled
with semen. He said that `Aisha had said, "I used to wash it off the clothes of
Allah's Apostle and he would go for the prayers while water spots were still
visible on them.
1.233:
Narrated `Aisha:
I used to wash the semen
off the clothes of the Prophet and even then I used to notice one or more spots
on them.
1.234:
Narrated Abu Qilaba: Anas said, "Some people of `Ukl or
`Uraina tribe came to Medina and its climate did not suit them. So the Prophet
ordered them to go to the herd of (Milch) camels and to drink their milk and
urine (as a medicine). So they went as directed and after they became healthy,
they killed the shepherd of the Prophet and drove away all the camels. The news
reached the Prophet early in the morning and he sent (men) in their pursuit and
they were captured and brought at noon. He then ordered to cut their hands and
feet (and it was done), and their eyes were branded with heated pieces of iron,
They were put in 'Al-Harra' and when they asked for water, no water was given to
them." Abu Qilaba said, "Those people committed theft and murder, became
infidels after embracing Islam and fought against Allah and His Apostle ."
1.235:
Narrated Anas:
Prior to the construction of the mosque, the
Prophet offered the prayers at sheep-folds.
1.236:
Narrated Maimuna:
Allah's Apostle was asked regarding ghee (cooking butter) in which a mouse
had fallen. He said, "Take out the mouse and throw away the ghee around it and
use the rest."
1.237:
Narrated Maimuna:
The Prophet was asked
regarding ghee in which a mouse had fallen. He said, "Take out the mouse and
throw away the ghee around it (and use the rest.)"
1.238:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: The Prophet said, "A wound which a Muslim receives in Allah's cause
will appear on the Day of Resurrection as it was at the time of infliction;
blood will be flowing from the wound and its color will be that of the blood but
will smell like musk."
1.239:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle
said, "We (Muslims) are the last (people to come in the world) but (will be) the
foremost (on the Day of Resurrection)." The same narrator told that the Prophet
had said, "You should not pass urine in stagnant water which is not flowing then
(you may need to) wash in it."
1.240:
Narrated `Abdullah: While Allah's
Apostle was prostrating (as stated below).
1.241:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
Mas`ud: Once the Prophet was offering prayers at the Ka`ba. Abu Jahl was sitting
with some of his companions. One of them said to the others, "Who amongst you
will bring the Abdominal contents (intestines, etc.) of a camel of Bani so and
so and put it on the back of Muhammad, when he prostrates?" The most unfortunate
of them got up and brought it. He waited till the Prophet prostrated and then
placed it on his back between his shoulders. I was watching but could not do any
thing. I wish I had some people with me to hold out against them. They started
laughing and falling on one another. Allah's Apostle was in prostration and he
did not lift his head up till Fatima (Prophet's daughter) came and threw that
(camel's Abdominal contents) away from his back. He raised his head and said
thrice, "O Allah! Punish Quraish." So it was hard for Abu Jahl and his
companions when the Prophet invoked Allah against them as they had a conviction
that the prayers and invocations were accepted in this city (Mecca). The Prophet
said, "O Allah! Punish Abu Jahl, `Utba bin Rabi`a, Shaiba bin Rabi`a, Al-Walid
bin `Utba, Umaiya bin Khalaf, and `Uqba bin Al Mu'it [??] (and he mentioned the
seventh whose name I cannot recall). By Allah in Whose Hands my life is, I saw
the dead bodies of those persons who were counted by Allah's Apostle in the
Qalib (one of the wells) of Badr.
1.242:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet
once spat in his clothes.
1.243:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet said,
"All drinks that produce intoxication are Haram (forbidden to drink).
1.244:
Narrated Abu Hazim: Sahl bin Sa`d As-Sa`idi, was asked by the people, "With
what was the wound of the Prophet treated? Sahl replied, "None remains among the
people living who knows that better than I. `Ali [??] used to bring water in his
shield and Fatima used to wash the blood off his face. Then straw mat was burnt
and the wound was filled with it."
1.245:
Narrated Abu Burda: My father
said, "I came to the Prophet and saw him carrying a Siwak in his hand and
cleansing his teeth, saying, 'U' U'," as if he was retching while the Siwak was
in his mouth."
1.246:
Narrated Hudhaifa: Whenever the Prophet got up at
night, he used to clean his mouth with Siwak.
1.247:
Narrated Al-Bara
'bin `Azib: The Prophet said to me, "Whenever you go to bed perform ablution
like that for the prayer, lie or your right side and say, "Allahumma aslamtu
wajhi ilaika, wa fauwadtu `Amri ilaika, wa alja'tu Zahri ilaika raghbatan wa
rahbatan ilaika. La Malja'a wa la manja minka illa ilaika. Allahumma amantu
bikitabika-l-ladhi anzalta wa bina-biyika-l ladhi arsalta" (O Allah! I surrender
to You and entrust all my affairs to You and depend upon You for Your Blessings
both with hope and fear of You. There is no fleeing from You, and there is no
place of protection and safety except with You O Allah! I believe in Your Book
(the Qur'an) which You have revealed and in Your Prophet (Muhammad) whom You
have sent). Then if you die on that very night, you will die with faith (i.e. or
the religion of Islam). Let the aforesaid words be your last utterance (before
sleep)." I repeated it before the Prophet and when I reached "Allahumma amantu
bikitabika-l-ladhi anzalta (O Allah I believe in Your Book which You have
revealed)." I said, "Wa-rasulika (and your Apostle)." The Prophet said, "No,
(but say): 'Wanabiyika-l-ladhi arsalta (Your Prophet whom You have sent),
instead."
Bk. 5: Bathing (Ghusl)
1.248:
Narrated `Aisha:
Whenever the
Prophet took a bath after Janaba he started by washing his hands and then
performed ablution like that for the prayer. After that he would put his fingers
in water and move the roots of his hair with them, and then pour three handfuls
of water over his head and then pour water all over his body.
1.249:
Narrated Maimuna:
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle performed
ablution like that for the prayer but did not wash his feet. He washed off the
discharge from his private parts and then poured water over his body. He
withdrew his feet from that place (the place where he took the bath) and then
washed them. And that was his way of taking the bath of Janaba.
1.250:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet and I used to take a bath from a single pot
called 'Faraq'.
1.251:
Narrated Abu Salama: `Aisha's brother and I went
to `Aisha and he asked her about the bath of the Prophet. She brought a pot
containing about a Sa` of water and took a bath and poured it over her head and
at what time there was a screen between her and us.
1.252:
Narrated Abu
Ja`far: While I and my father were with Jabir bin `Abdullah, some People asked
him about taking a bath He replied, "A Sa` of water is sufficient for you." A
man said, "A Sa` is not sufficient for me." Jabir said, "A Sa was sufficient for
one who had more hair than you and was better than you (meaning the Prophet)."
And then Jabir (put on) his garment and led the prayer.
1.253:
Narrated
Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet and Maimuna used to take a bath from a single pot.
1.254:
Narrated Jubair bin Mut`im: Allah's Apostle said, "As for me, I
pour water three times on my head." And he pointed with both his hands.
1.255:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet used to pour water
three times on his head.
1.256:
Narrated Abu Ja`far: Jabir bin `Abdullah
said to me, "Your cousin (Hasan bin Muhammad bin Al-Hanafiya) came to me and
asked about the bath of Janaba. I replied, 'The Prophet uses to take three
handfuls of water, pour them on his head and then pour more water over his
body.' Al-Hasan said to me, 'I am a hairy man.' I replied, 'The Prophet had more
hair than you'. "
1.257:
Narrated Maimuna:
I placed water for the
bath of the Prophet. He washed his hands twice or thrice and then poured water
on his left hand and washed his private parts. He rubbed his hands over the
earth (and cleaned them), rinsed his mouth, washed his nose by putting water in
it and blowing it out, washed his face and both forearms and then poured water
over his body. Then he withdrew from that place and washed his feet.
1.258:
Narrated `Aisha:
Whenever the Prophet took the bath of Janaba (sexual
relation or wet dream) he asked for the Hilab or some other scent. He used to
take it in his hand, rub it first over the right side of his head and then over
the left and then rub the middle of his head with both hands.
1.259:
Narrated Maimuna:
I placed water for the bath of the Prophet and he
poured water with his right hand on his left and washed them. Then he washed his
private parts and rubbed his hands on the ground, washed them with water, rinsed
his mouth and washed his nose by putting water in it and blowing it out, washed
his face and poured water on his head. He withdrew from that place and washed
his feet. A piece of cloth (towel) was given to him but he did not use it.
1.260:
Narrated Maimuna:
The Prophet took the bath of Janaba.
(sexual relation or wet dream). He first cleaned his private parts with his
hand, and then rubbed it (that hand) on the wall (earth) and washed it. Then he
performed ablution like that for the prayer, and after the bath he washed his
feet.
1.261:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet and I used to take a bath
from a single pot of water and our hands used to go in the pot after each other
in turn.
1.262:
Narrated `Aisha:
Whenever Allah's Apostle took a
bath of Janaba, he washed his hands first.
1.263:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet and I used to take a bath from a single pot of water after
Janaba.
1.264:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet and one of his wives
used to take a bath from a single pot of water. (Shu`ba added to Anas' Statement
"After the Janaba").
1.265:
Narrated Maimuna:
I placed water for the
bath of Allah's Apostle and he poured water over his hands and washed them twice
or thrice; then he poured water with his right hand over his left and washed his
private parts (with his left hand). He rubbed his hand over the earth and rinsed
his mouth and washed his nose by putting water in it and blowing it out. After
that he washed his face, both fore arms and head thrice and then poured water
over his body. He withdrew from that place and washed his feet.
1.266:
Narrated Maimuna bint Al-Harith: I placed water for the bath of Allah's
Apostle and put a screen. He poured water over his hands, and washed them once
or twice. (The sub-narrator added that he did not remember if she had said
thrice or not). Then he poured water with his right hand over his left one and
washed his private parts. He rubbed his hand over the earth or the wall and
washed it. He rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by putting water in it and
blowing it out. He washed his face, forearms and head. He poured water over his
body and then withdrew from that place and washed his feet. I presented him a
piece of cloth (towel) and he pointed with his hand (that he does not want it)
and did not take it.
1.267:
Narrated Muhammad bin Al-Muntathir: on the
authority of his father that he had asked `Aisha (about the Hadith of Ibn
`Umar). She said, "May Allah be Merciful to Abu `Abdur-Rahman. I used to put
scent on Allah's Apostle and he used to go round his wives, and in the morning
he assumed the Ihram, and the fragrance of scent was still coming out from his
body."
1.268:
Narrated Qatada:
Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet
used to visit all his wives in a round, during the day and night and they were
eleven in number." I asked Anas, "Had the Prophet the strength for it?" Anas
replied, "We used to say that the Prophet was given the strength of thirty
(men)." And Sa`id said on the authority of Qatada that Anas had told him about
nine wives only (not eleven).
1.269:
Narrated `Ali:
I used to get
emotional urethral discharge frequently. Being the son-in-law of the Prophet I
requested a man to ask him about it. So the man asked the Prophet about it. The
Prophet replied, "Perform ablution after washing your organ (penis).
1.270:
Narrated Muhammad bin Al-Muntathir: on the authority of his father that he
had asked `Aisha about the saying of Ibn `Umar (i.e. he did not like to be a
Muhrim while the smell of scent was still coming from his body). `Aisha said, "I
scented Allah's Apostle and he went round (had sexual intercourse with) all his
wives, and in the morning he was Muhrim (after taking a bath).
1.271:
Narrated `Aisha:
It is as if I am just looking at the glitter of scent
in the parting of the Prophet's head hair while he was a Muhrim.
1.272:
Narrated Hisham bin `Urwa: (on the authority of his father) `Aisha said,
"Whenever Allah's Apostle took the bath of Janaba, he cleaned his hands and
performed ablution like that for prayer and then took a bath and rubbed his
hair, till he felt that the whole skin of the head had become wet, then he would
pour water thrice and wash the rest of the body." `Aisha further said, "I and
Allah's Apostle used to take a bath from a single water container, from which we
took water simultaneously."
1.273:
Narrated Maimuna:
Water was
placed for the ablution of Allah's Apostle after Janaba. He poured water with
his right hand over his left twice or thrice and then washed his private parts
and rubbed his hand on the earth or on a wall twice or thrice and then rinsed
his mouth, washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out arid
then washed his face and forearms and poured water over his head and washed his
body. Then he shifted from that place and washed his feet. I brought a piece of
cloth, but he did not take it and removed the traces of water from his body with
his hand."
1.274:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Once the call (Iqama) for the
prayer was announced and the rows were straightened. Allah's Apostle came out;
and when he stood up at his Musalla, he remembered that he was Junub. Then he
ordered us to stay at our places and went to take a bath and then returned with
water dropping from his head. He said, "Allahu-Akbar", and we all offered the
prayer with him.
1.275:
Narrated Maimuna:
I placed water for the
bath of the Prophet and screened him with a garment. He poured water over his
hands and washed them. After that he poured water with his right hand over his
left and washed his private parts, rubbed his hands with earth and washed them,
rinsed his mouth, washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out
and then washed his face and forearms. He poured water over his head and body.
He then shifted from that place and washed his feet. I gave him a piece of cloth
but he did not take it and came out removing the water (from his body) with both
his hands.
1.276:
Narrated Aisha:
Whenever any one of us was Junub,
she poured water over her head thrice with both her hands and then rubbed the
right side of her head with one hand and rubbed the left side of the head with
the other hand.
1.277:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, 'The
(people of) Bani Israel used to take bath naked (all together) looking at each
other. The Prophet Moses used to take a bath alone. They said, 'By Allah!
Nothing prevents Moses from taking a bath with us except that he has a scrotal
hernia.' So once Moses went out to take a bath and put his clothes over a stone
and then that stone ran away with his clothes. Moses followed that stone saying,
"My clothes, O stone! My clothes, O stone! till the people of Bani Israel saw
him and said, 'By Allah, Moses has got no defect in his body. Moses took his
clothes and began to beat the stone." Abu Huraira added, "By Allah! There are
still six or seven marks present on the stone from that excessive beating."
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "When the Prophet Job (Aiyub) was taking
a bath naked, golden locusts began to fall on him. Job started collecting them
in his clothes. His Lord addressed him, 'O Job! Haven't I given you enough so
that you are not in need of them.' Job replied, 'Yes!' By Your Honor (power)!
But I cannot dispense with Your Blessings.' "
1.278:
Narrated Um Hani
bint Abi Talib: I went to Allah's Apostle in the year of the conquest of Mecca
and found him taking a bath while Fatima was screening him. The Prophet asked,
"Who is it?" I replied, "I am Um-Hani."
1.279:
Narrated Maimuna:
I
screened the Prophet while he was taking a bath of Janaba. He washed his hands,
poured water from his right hand over his left and washed his private parts.
Then he rubbed his hand over a wall or the earth, and performed ablution similar
to that for the prayer but did not wash his feet. Then he poured water over his
body, shifted from that place, and washed his feet.
1.280:
Narrated
Um-Salama: (the mother of the believers) Um Sulaim, the wife of Abu Talha, came
to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Verily Allah is not shy of
(telling you) the truth. Is it necessary for a woman to take a bath after she
has a wet dream (nocturnal sexual discharge)?" Allah's Apostle replied, "Yes, if
she notices a discharge."
1.281:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet came
across me in one of the streets of Medina and at that time I was Junub. So I
slipped away from him and went to take a bath. On my return the Prophet said, "O
Abu Huraira! Where have you been?" I replied, "I was Junub, so I disliked to sit
in your company." The Prophet said, "Subhan Allah! A believer never becomes
impure."
1.282:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet used to visit all
his wives in one night and he had nine wives at that time.
1.283:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle came across me and I was Junub He took
my hand and I went along with him till he sat down I slipped away, went home and
took a bath. When I came back. he was still sitting there. He then said to me,
"O Abu Huraira! Where have you been?' I told him about it The Prophet said,
"Subhan Allah! O Abu Huraira! A believer never becomes impure."
1.284:
Narrated Abu Salama : I asked `Aisha "Did the Prophet use to sleep while he
was Junub?" She replied, "Yes, but he used to perform ablution (before going to
bed).
1.285:
Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab: I asked Allah's Apostle "Can
any one of us sleep while he is Junub?" He replied, "Yes, if he performs
ablution, he can sleep while he is Junub."
1.286:
Narrated `Aisha:
Whenever the Prophet intended to sleep while he was Junub, he used to wash
his private parts and perform ablution like that for the prayer.
1.287:
Narrated `Abdullah: `Umar asked the Prophet "Can anyone of us sleep while he
is Junub?" He replied, "Yes, if he performs ablution."
1.288:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin `Umar: `Umar bin Al-Khattab told Allah's Apostle, "I became Junub
at night." Allah's Apostle replied, "Perform ablution after washing your private
parts and then sleep."
1.289:
Narrated Hisham:
as the following
Hadith 290.
1.290:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "When a man
sits in between the four parts of a woman and did the sexual intercourse with
her, bath becomes compulsory."
1.291:
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid
Al-Juhani: I asked `Uthman bin `Affan about a man who engaged in the sexual
intercourse with his wife but did not discharge. `Uthman replied, "He should
perform ablution like that for the prayer after washing his private parts."
`Uthman added, "I heard that from Allah's Apostle." I asked `Ali bin Abi Talib,
Az-Zubair bin Al-`Awwam, Talha bin 'Ubaidullah and Ubai bin Ka`b and a gave the
same reply. (Abu Aiyub said that he had heard that from Allah's Apostle ) (This
order was canceled later on so one has to take a bath. See, Hadith No. 180).
1.292:
Narrated Ubai bin Ka`b: I asked Allah's Apostle about a man who
engages in sexual intercourse with his wife but does not discharge. He replied,
"He should wash the parts which comes in contact with the private parts of the
woman, perform ablution and then pray." (Abu `Abdullah said, "Taking a bath is
safer and is the last order.")
Bk. 6: Menstrual Periods
1.293:
Narrated Al-Qasim: `Aisha said,
"We set out with the sole intention of performing Hajj and when we reached
Sarif, (a place six miles from Mecca) I got my menses. Allah's Apostle came to
me while I was weeping. He said 'What is the matter with you? Have you got your
menses?' I replied, 'Yes.' He said, 'This is a thing which Allah has ordained
for the daughters of Adam. So do what all the pilgrims do with the exception of
the Tawaf (Circumambulation) round the Ka`ba." `Aisha added, "Allah's Apostle
sacrificed cows on behalf of his wives."
1.294:
Narrated `Aisha:
While in menses, I used to comb the hair of Allah's Apostle .
1.295:
Narrated `Urwa:
A person asked me, "Can a woman in menses serve me? And
can a Junub woman come close to me?" I replied, "All this is easy for me. All of
them can serve me, and there is no harm for any other person to do the same.
`Aisha told me that she used to comb the hair of Allah's Apostle while she was
in her menses, and he was in I`tikaf (in the mosque). He would bring his head
near her in her room and she would comb his hair, while she used to be in her
menses."
1.296:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet used to lean on my lap
and recite Qur'an while I was in menses.
1.297:
Narrated Um Salama:
While I was laying with the Prophet under a single woolen sheet, I got the
menses. I slipped away and put on the clothes for menses. He said, "Have you got
"Nifas" (menses)?" I replied, "Yes." He then called me and made me lie with him
under the same sheet.
1.298:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet and I used
to take a bath from a single pot while we were Junub. During the menses, he used
to order me to put on an Izar (dress worn below the waist) and used to fondle
me. While in I`tikaf, he used to bring his head near me and I would wash it
while I used to be in my periods (menses).
1.299:
Narrated `Abdur-Rahman
bin Al-Aswad: (on the authority of his father) `Aisha said: "Whenever Allah's
Apostle wanted to fondle anyone of us during her periods (menses), he used to
order her to put on an Izar and start fondling her." `Aisha added, "None of you
could control his sexual desires as the Prophet could."
1.300:
Narrated
Maimuna:
When ever Allah's Apostle wanted to fondle any of his wives during
the periods (menses), he used to ask her to wear an Izar.
1.301:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Once Allah's Apostle went out to the Musalla
(to offer the prayer) o `Id-al-Adha or Al-Fitr prayer. Then he passed by the
women and said, "O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the
dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women)." They asked, "Why is it so, O Allah's
Apostle ?" He replied, "You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your
husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion
than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you." The women
asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What is deficient in our intelligence and religion?"
He said, "Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?"
They replied in the affirmative. He said, "This is the deficiency in her
intelligence. Isn't it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her
menses?" The women replied in the affirmative. He said, "This is the deficiency
in her religion."
1.302:
Narrated `Aisha:
We set out with the
Prophet for Hajj and when we reached Sarif I got my menses. When the Prophet
came to me, I was weeping. He asked, "Why are you weeping?" I said, "I wish if I
had not performed Hajj this year." He asked, "May be that you got your menses?"
I replied, "Yes." He then said, "This is the thing which Allah has ordained for
all the daughters of Adam. So do what all the pilgrims do except that you do not
perform the Tawaf round the Ka`ba till you are clean."
1.303:
Narrated
`Aisha:
Fatima bint Abi Hubaish said to Allah's Apostle, "O Allah's Apostle!
I do not become clean (from bleeding). Shall I give up my prayers?" Allah's
Apostle replied: "No, because it is from a blood vessel and not the menses. So
when the real menses begins give up your prayers and when it (the period) has
finished wash the blood off your body (take a bath) and offer your prayers."
1.304:
Narrated Asma' bint Abi Bakr: A woman asked Allah's Apostle, "O
Allah's Apostle! What should we do, if the blood of menses falls on our
clothes?" Allah's Apostle replied, "If the blood of menses falls on the garment
of anyone of you, she must take hold of the blood spot, rub it, and wash it with
water and then pray in (with it).
1.305:
Narrated `Aisha:
Whenever
anyone of us got her menses, she, on becoming clean, used to take hold of the
blood spot and rub the blood off her garment, and pour water over it and wash
that portion thoroughly and sprinkle water over the rest of the garment. After
that she would pray in (with) it.
1.306:
Narrated `Aisha:
Once one
of the wives of the Prophet did I`tikaf along with him and she was getting
bleeding in between her periods. She used to see the blood (from her private
parts) and she would perhaps put a dish under her for the blood. (The
sub-narrator `Ikrima added, `Aisha once saw the liquid of safflower and said,
"It looks like what so and so used to have.")
1.307:
Narrated `Aisha:
"One of the wives of Allah's Apostle joined him in I`tikaf and she noticed
blood and yellowish discharge (from her private parts) and put a dish under her
when she prayed."
1.308:
Narrated `Aisha:
One of the mothers of the
faithful believers (i.e. the wives of the Prophet ) did I`tikaf while she was
having bleeding in between her periods.
1.309:
Narrated `Aisha:
None
of us had more than a single garment and we used to have our menses while
wearing it. Whenever it got soiled with blood of menses we used to apply saliva
to the blood spot and rub off the blood with our nails.
1.310:
Narrated
Um-`Atiya: We were forbidden to mourn for a dead person for more than three days
except in the case of a husband for whom mourning was allowed for four months
and ten days. (During that time) we were not allowed to put kohl (Antimony eye
power) in our eyes or to use perfumes or to put on colored clothes except a
dress made of `Asr (a kind of Yemen cloth, very coarse and rough). We were
allowed very light perfumes at the time of taking a bath after menses and also
we were forbidden to go with the funeral procession .
1.311:
Narrated
`Aisha:
A woman asked the Prophet about the bath which is take after
finishing from the menses. The Prophet told her what to do and said, "Purify
yourself with a piece of cloth scented with musk." The woman asked, "How shall I
purify myself with it" He said, "Subhan Allah! Purify yourself (with it)." I
pulled her to myself and said, "Rub the place soiled with blood with it."
1.312:
Narrated `Aisha:
An Ansari woman asked the Prophet how to
take a bath after finishing from the menses. He replied, "Take a piece a cloth
perfumed with musk and clean the private parts with it thrice." The Prophet felt
shy and turned his face. So pulled her to me and told her what the Prophet
meant.
1.313:
Narrated `Aisha:
In the last Hajj of Allah's Apostle I
assume the Ihram for Hajj along with Allah Apostle. I was one of those who
intended Tamattu` (to perform Hajj an `Umra) and did not take the Hadi (animal
for sacrifice) with me. I got my menses and was not clean till the night of
`Arafa I said, "O Allah's Apostle! It is the night of the day of `Arafat and I
intended to perform the Hajj Tamattu` with `Umra Allah's Apostle told me to undo
my hair and comb it and to postpone the `Umra. I did the same and completed the
Hajj. On the night of Al-Hasba (i.e. place outside Mecca where the pilgrims go
after finishing all the ceremonies Hajj at Mina) he (the Prophet ordered `Abdur
Rahman (`Aisha's brother) to take me to at-Tan`im to assume the lhram for `Umra
in lieu of that of Hajj-at-Tamattu` which I had intended to perform.
1.314:
Narrated `Aisha:
On the 1st of Dhul-Hijja we set out with the intention
of performing Hajj. Allah's Apostle said, "Any one who likes to assume the Ihram
for `Umra he can do so. Had I not brought the Hadi with me, I would have assumed
the Ihram for `Umra. "Some of us assumed the Ihram for `Umra while the others
assumed the Ihram for Hajj. I was one of those who assumed the Ihram for `Umra.
I got menses and kept on menstruating until the day of `Arafat and complained of
that to the Prophet . He told me to postpone my `Umra, undo and comb my hair,
and to assure the Ihram of Hajj and I did so. On the right of Hasba, he sent my
brother `Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr with me to at-Tan`im, where I assumed the
Ihram for `Umra in lieu of the previous one. Hisham said, "For that (`Umra) no
Hadi, fasting or alms were required.
1.315:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The
Prophet said, "At every womb Allah appoints an angel who says, 'O Lord! A drop
of semen, O Lord! A clot. O Lord! A little lump of flesh." Then if Allah wishes
(to complete) its creation, the angel asks, (O Lord!) Will it be a male or
female, a wretched or a blessed, and how much will his provision be? And what
will his age be?' So all that is written while the child is still in the
mother's womb."
1.316:
Narrated `Urwa:
`Aisha said, "We set out with
the Prophet in his last Hajj. Some of us intended to perform `Umra while others
Hajj. When we reached Mecca, Allah's Apostle said, 'Those who had assumed the
lhram for `Umra and had not brought the Hadi should finish his lhram and whoever
had assumed the Ihram for `Umra and brought the Hadi should not finish the Ihram
till he has slaughtered his Hadi and whoever had assumed the lhram for Hajj
should complete his Hajj." `Aisha further said, "I got my periods (menses) and
kept on menstruating till the day of `Arafat, and I had assumed the Ihram for
`Umra only (Tamattu`). The Prophet ordered me to undo and comb my head hair and
assume the lhram for Hajj only and leave the `Umra. I did the same till I
completed the Hajj. Then the Prophet sent `Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakr with me and
ordered me to perform `Umra from at-Tan`im in lieu of the missed `Umra."
1.317:
Narrated `Aisha:
Fatima bint Abi Hubaish used to have
bleeding in between the periods, so she asked the Prophet about it . He replied,
"The bleeding is from a blood vessel and not the menses. So give up the prayers
when the (real) menses begin and when it has finished, take a bath and start
praying."
1.318:
Narrated Mu`adha:
A woman asked `Aisha, "Should I
offer the prayers that which I did not offer because of menses" `Aisha said,
"Are you from the Huraura' (a town in Iraq?) We were with the Prophet and used
to get our periods but he never ordered us to offer them (the Prayers missed
during menses)." `Aisha perhaps said, "We did not offer them."
1.319:
Narrated Zainab bint Abi Salama: Um-Salama said, "I got my menses while I
was lying with the Prophet under a woolen sheet. So I slipped away, took the
clothes for menses and put them on. Allah's Apostle said, 'Have you got your
menses?' I replied, 'Yes.' Then he called me and took me with him under the
woolen sheet." Um Salama further said, "The Prophet used to kiss me while he was
fasting. The Prophet and I used to take the bath of Janaba from a single pot."
1.320:
Narrated Um Salama: While I was lying with the Prophet under a
woolen sheet, I got my menses. I slipped away and put on the clothes for menses.
The Prophet said, "Have you got your menses?" I replied, "Yes." He called me and
I slept with him under the woolen sheet.
1.321:
Narrated Aiyub:
Hafsa said, 'We used to forbid our young women to go out for the two `Id
prayers. A woman came and stayed at the palace of Bani Khalaf and she narrated
about her sister whose husband took part in twelve holy battles along with the
Prophet and her sister was with her husband in six (out of these twelve). She
(the woman's sister) said, "We used to treat the wounded, look after the
patients and once I asked the Prophet, 'Is there any harm for any of us to stay
at home if she doesn't have a veil?' He said, 'She should cover herself with the
veil of her companion and should participate in the good deeds and in the
religious gathering of the Muslims.' When Um `Atiya came I asked her whether she
had heard it from the Prophet. She replied, "Yes. May my father be sacrificed
for him (the Prophet)! (Whenever she mentioned the Prophet she used to say, 'May
my father be sacrificed for him) I have heard the Prophet saying, 'The unmarried
young virgins and the mature girl who stay often screened or the young unmarried
virgins who often stay screened and the menstruating women should come out and
participate in the good deeds as well as the religious gathering of the faithful
believers but the menstruating women should keep away from the Musalla (praying
place).' " Hafsa asked Um `Atiya surprisingly, "Do you say the menstruating
women?" She replied, "Doesn't a menstruating woman attend `Arafat (Hajj) and
such and such (other deeds)?"
1.322:
Narrated `Aisha:
Fatima bint
Abi Hubaish asked the Prophet, "I got persistent bleeding (in between the
periods) and do not become clean. Shall I give up prayers?" He replied, "No,
this is from a blood vessel. Give up the prayers only for the days on which you
usually get the menses and then take a bath and offer your prayers."
1.323:
Narrated Um `Atiya: We never considered yellowish discharge as a thing of
importance (as menses).
1.324:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the
Prophet) Um Habiba got bleeding in between the periods for seven years. She
asked Allah's Apostle about it. He ordered her to take a bath (after the
termination of actual periods) and added that it was (from) a blood vessel. So
she used to take a bath for every prayer.
1.325:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) I told Allah's Apostle that Safiya bint Huyai had
got her menses. He said, "She will probably delay us. Did she perform Tawaf
(Al-Ifada) with you?" We replied, "Yes." On that the Prophet told her to depart.
1.326:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: A woman is al lowed to leave (go back home)
if she gets menses (after Tawaf-Al-Ifada). Ibn `Umar formerly used to say that
she should not leave but later on I heard him saying, "She may leave, since
Allah's Apostle gave them the permission to leave (after Tawaf-Al-Ifada)."
1.327:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet said to me, "Give up the prayer
when your menses begin and when it has finished, wash the blood off your body
(take a bath) and start praying."
1.328:
Narrated Samura bin Jundub: The
Prophet offered the funeral prayer for the dead body of a woman who died of
(during) delivery (i.e. child birth) and he stood by the middle of her body.
1.329:
Narrated Maimuna:
(the wife of the Prophet) During my menses,
I never prayed, but used to sit on the mat beside the mosque of Allah's Apostle.
He used to offer the prayer on his sheet and in prostration some of his clothes
used to touch me."
Bk. 7: Rubbing hands and feet with dust (Tayammum)
1.330:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) We set out with Allah's
Apostle on one of his journeys till we reached Al-Baida' or Dhatul-Jaish, a
necklace of mine was broken (and lost). Allah's Apostle stayed there to search
for it, and so did the people along with him. There was no water at that place,
so the people went to Abu- Bakr As-Siddiq and said, "Don't you see what `Aisha
has done? She has made Allah's Apostle and the people stay where there is no
water and they have no water with them." Abu Bakr came while Allah's Apostle was
sleeping with his head on my thigh, He said, to me: "You have detained Allah's
Apostle and the people where there is no water and they have no water with them.
So he admonished me and said what Allah wished him to say and hit me on my flank
with his hand. Nothing prevented me from moving (because of pain) but the
position of Allah's Apostle on my thigh. Allah's Apostle got up when dawn broke
and there was no water. So Allah revealed the Divine Verses of Tayammum. So they
all performed Tayammum. Usaid bin Hudair said, "O the family of Abu Bakr! This
is not the first blessing of yours." Then the camel on which I was riding was
caused to move from its place and the necklace was found beneath it.
1.331:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet said, "I have been given five
things which were not given to any one else before me. - 1. Allah made me
victorious by awe, (by His frightening my enemies) for a distance of one month's
journey. -2. The earth has been made for me (and for my followers) a place for
praying and a thing to perform Tayammum, therefore anyone of my followers can
pray wherever the time of a prayer is due. -3. The booty has been made Halal
(lawful) for me yet it was not lawful for anyone else before me. -4. I have been
given the right of intercession (on the Day of Resurrection). -5. Every Prophet
used to be sent to his nation only but I have been sent to all mankind.
1.332:
Narrated `Urwa's father: Aisha said, "I borrowed a necklace from
Asma' and it was lost. So Allah's Apostle sent a man to search for it and he
found it. Then the time of the prayer became due and there was no water. They
prayed (without ablution) and informed Allah's Apostle about it, so the verse of
Tayammum was revealed." Usaid bin Hudair said to `Aisha, "May Allah reward you.
By Allah, whenever anything happened which you did not like, Allah brought good
for you and for the Muslims in that." Al-Jurf and the time for the `Asr prayer
became due while he was at Marbad-An-Na`am (sheepfold), so he (performed
Tayammum) and prayed there and then entered Medina when the sun was still high
but he did not repeat that prayer.
1.333:
Narrated Abu Juhaim Al-Ansari:
The Prophet came from the direction of Bir Jamal. A man met him and greeted him.
But he did not return back the greeting till he went to a (mud) wall and smeared
his hands and his face with its dust (performed Tayammum) and then returned back
the greeting.
1.334:
Narrated `Abdur Rahman bin Abza [??] : A man came
to `Umar bin Al-Khattab and said, "I became Junub but no water was available."
`Ammar bin Yasir said to `Umar, "Do you remember that you and I (became Junub
while both of us) were together on a journey and you didn't pray but I rolled
myself on the ground and prayed? I informed the Prophet about it and he said,
'It would have been sufficient for you to do like this.' The Prophet then
stroked lightly the earth with his hands and then blew off the dust and passed
his hands over his face and hands."
1.335:
Narrated Sa`id bin `Abdur
Rahman bin Abza: (on the authority of his father who said) `Ammar said so (the
above Statement). And Shu`ba stroked lightly the earth with his hands and
brought them close to his mouth (blew off the dust) and passed them over his
face and then the backs of his hands. `Ammar said, "Ablution (meaning Tayammum
here) is sufficient for a Muslim if water is not available."
1.336:
Narrated `Abdur Rahman bin Abza: that while he was in the company of `Umar,
`Ammar said to `Umar, "We were in a detachment and became Junub and I blew the
dust off my hands (performed the rolling over the earth and prayed.)"
1.337:
Narrated `Abdur Rahman bin Abza: `Ammar said to `Umar "I rolled myself in
the dust and came to the Prophet who said, 'Passing dusted hands over the face
and the backs of the hands is sufficient for you.' "
1.338:
Narrated
`Ammar:
As above.
1.339:
Narrated `Ammar:
The Prophet stroked
the earth with his hands and then passed them over his face and the backs of his
hands (while demonstrating Tayammum).
1.340:
Narrated `Imran:
Once
we were traveling with the Prophet and we carried on traveling till the last
part of the night and then we (halted at a place) and slept (deeply). There is
nothing sweeter than sleep for a traveler in the last part of the night. So it
was only the heat of the sun that made us to wake up and the first to wake up
was so and so, then so and so and then so and so (the narrator `Auf said that
Abu Raja' had told him their names but he had forgotten them) and the fourth
person to wake up was `Umar bin Al-Khattab. And whenever the Prophet used to
sleep, nobody would wake up him till he himself used to get up as we did not
know what was happening (being revealed) to him in his sleep. So, `Umar got up
and saw the condition of the people, and he was a strict man, so he said,
"Allahu Akbar" and raised his voice with Takbir, and kept on saying loudly till
the Prophet got up because of it. When he got up, the people informed him about
what had happened to them. He said, "There is no harm (or it will not be
harmful). Depart!" So they departed from that place, and after covering some
distance the Prophet stopped and asked for some water to perform the ablution.
So he performed the ablution and the call for the prayer was pronounced and he
led the people in prayer. After he finished from the prayer, he saw a man
sitting aloof who had not prayed with the people. He asked, "O so and so! What
has prevented you from praying with us?" He replied, "I am Junub and there is no
water. " The Prophet said, "Perform Tayammum with (clean) earth and that is
sufficient for you." Then the Prophet proceeded on and the people complained to
him of thirst. Thereupon he got down and called a person (the narrator `Auf
added that Abu Raja' had named him but he had forgotten) and `Ali, and ordered
them to go and bring water. So they went in search of water and met a woman who
was sitting on her camel between two bags of water. They asked, "Where can we
find water?" She replied, "I was there (at the place of water) this hour
yesterday and my people are behind me." They requested her to accompany them.
She asked, "Where?" They said, "To Allah's Apostle ." She said, "Do you mean the
man who is called the Sabi, (with a new religion)?" They replied, "Yes, the same
person. So come along." They brought her to the Prophet and narrated the whole
story. He said, "Help her to dismount." The Prophet asked for a pot, then he
opened the mouths of the bags and poured some water into the pot. Then he closed
the big openings of the bags and opened the small ones and the people were
called upon to drink and water their animals. So they all watered their animals
and they (too) all quenched their thirst and also gave water to others and last
of all the Prophet gave a pot full of water to the person who was Junub and told
him to pour it over his body. The woman was standing and watching all that which
they were doing with her water. By Allah, when her water bags were returned the
looked like as if they were more full (of water) than they had been before
(Miracle of Allah's Apostle) Then the Prophet ordered us to collect something
for her; so dates, flour and Sawiq were collected which amounted to a good meal
that was put in a piece of cloth. She was helped to ride on her camel and that
cloth full of foodstuff was also placed in front of her and then the Prophet
said to her, "We have not taken your water but Allah has given water to us." She
returned home late. Her relatives asked her: "O so and so what has delayed you?"
She said, "A strange thing! Two men met me and took me to the man who is called
the Sabi' and he did such and such a thing. By Allah, he is either the greatest
magician between this and this (gesturing with her index and middle fingers
raising them towards the sky indicating the heaven and the earth) or he is
Allah's true Apostle." Afterwards the Muslims used to attack the pagans around
her abode but never touched her village. One day she said to her people, "I
think that these people leave you purposely. Have you got any inclination to
Islam?" They obeyed her and all of them embraced Islam. Abu `Abdullah said: The
word Saba'a means "The one who has deserted his old religion and embraced a new
religion." Abul 'Ailya [??] said, "The S`Abis are a sect of people of the
Scripture who recite the Book of Psalms."
1.341:
Narrated Abu Wail: Abu
Musa said to `Abdullah bin Mas`ud, "If one does not find water (for ablution)
can he give up the prayer?" `Abdullah replied, "If you give the permission to
perform Tayammum they will perform Tayammum even if water was available if one
of them found it cold." Abu Musa said, "What about the statement of `Ammar to
`Umar?" `Abdullah replied, "`Umar was not satisfied by his statement."
1.342:
Narrated Shaqiq bin Salama: I was with `Abdullah and Abu Musa;
the latter asked the former, "O Abu `Abdur-Rahman! What is your opinion if
somebody becomes Junub and no water is available?" `Abdullah replied, "Do not
pray till water is found." Abu Musa said, "What do you say about the statement
of `Ammar (who was ordered by the Prophet to perform Tayammum). The Prophet said
to him: "Perform Tayammum and that would be sufficient." `Abdullah replied,
"Don't you see that `Umar was not satisfied by `Ammar's statement?" Abu- Musa
said, "All right, leave `Ammar's statement, but what will you say about this
verse (of Tayammum)?" `Abdullah kept quiet and then said, "If we allowed it,
then they would probably perform Tayammum even if water was available, if one of
them found it (water) cold." The narrator added, "I said to Shaqiq, "Then did
`Abdullah dislike to perform Tayammum because of this?" He replied, "Yes."
1.343:
Narrated Al-A`mash: Shaqiq said, "While I was sitting with
`Abdullah and Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari, the latter asked the former, 'If a person
becomes Junub and does not find water for one month, can he perform Tayammum and
offer his prayer?' (He applied in the negative). Abu Musa said, 'What do you say
about this verse from Sura "Al-Ma'ida": When you do not find water then perform
Tayammum with clean earth? `Abdullah replied, 'If we allowed it then they would
probably perform Tayammum with clean earth even if water were available but
cold.' I said to Shaqiq, 'You then disliked to perform Tayammum because of
this?' Shaqiq said, 'Yes.' (Shaqiq added), "Abu Musa said, 'Haven't you heard
the statement of `Ammar to `Umar? He said: I was sent out by Allah's Apostle for
some job and I became Junub and could not find water so I rolled myself over the
dust (clean earth) like an animal does, and when I told the Prophet of that he
said, 'Like this would have been sufficient.' The Prophet (saying so) lightly
stroked the earth with his hand once and blew it off, then passed his (left)
hand over the back of his right hand or his (right) hand over the back of his
left hand and then passed them over his face.' So `Abdullah said to Abu- Musa,
'Don't you know that `Umar was not satisfied with `Ammar's statement?' "
Narrated Shaqiq: While I was with `Abdullah and Abu Musa, the latter said to the
former, "Haven't you heard the statement of `Ammar to `Umar? He said, "Allah's
Apostle sent you and me out and I became Junub and rolled myself in the dust
(clean earth) (for Tayammum). When we came to Allah's Apostle I told him about
it and he said, 'This would have been sufficient,' passing his hands over his
face and the backs of his hands once only.' "
1.344:
Narrated `Imran bin
Husain Al-Khuza`i: Allah's Apostle saw a person sitting aloof and not praying
with the people. He asked him, "O so and so! What prevented you from offering
the prayer with the people?" He replied, "O Allah's Apostle! I am Junub and
there is no water." The Prophet said, "Perform Tayammum with clean earth and
that will be sufficient for you."
Bk. 8: Prayers (Salat)
1.345:
Narrated Abu Dhar: Allah's
Apostle said, "While I was at Mecca the roof of my house was opened and Gabriel
descended, opened my chest, and washed it with Zamzam water. Then he brought a
golden tray full of wisdom and faith and having poured its contents into my
chest, he closed it. Then he took my hand and ascended with me to the nearest
heaven, when I reached the nearest heaven, Gabriel said to the gatekeeper of the
heaven, 'Open (the gate).' The gatekeeper asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered:
'Gabriel.' He asked, 'Is there anyone with you?' Gabriel replied, 'Yes, Muhammad
I is with me.' He asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel said, 'Yes.' So the gate
was opened and we went over the nearest heaven and there we saw a man sitting
with some people on his right and some on his left. When he looked towards his
right, he laughed and when he looked toward his left he wept. Then he said,
'Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious son.' I asked Gabriel, 'Who is he?' He
replied, 'He is Adam and the people on his right and left are the souls of his
offspring. Those on his right are the people of Paradise and those on his left
are the people of Hell and when he looks towards his right he laughs and when he
looks towards his left he weeps.' Then he ascended with me till he reached the
second heaven and he (Gabriel) said to its gatekeeper, 'Open (the gate).' The
gatekeeper said to him the same as the gatekeeper of the first heaven had said
and he opened the gate. Anas said: "Abu Dhar added that the Prophet met Adam,
Idris, Moses, Jesus and Abraham, he (Abu Dhar) did not mention on which heaven
they were but he mentioned that he (the Prophet ) met Adam on the nearest heaven
and Abraham on the sixth heaven. Anas said, "When Gabriel along with the Prophet
passed by Idris, the latter said, 'Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious brother.'
The Prophet asked, 'Who is he?' Gabriel replied, 'He is Idris." The Prophet
added, "I passed by Moses and he said, 'Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious
brother.' I asked Gabriel, 'Who is he?' Gabriel replied, 'He is Moses.' Then I
passed by Jesus and he said, 'Welcome! O pious brother and pious Prophet.' I
asked, 'Who is he?' Gabriel replied, 'He is Jesus. Then I passed by Abraham and
he said, 'Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious son.' I asked Gabriel, 'Who is he?'
Gabriel replied, 'He is Abraham. The Prophet added, 'Then Gabriel ascended with
me to a place where I heard the creaking of the pens." Ibn Hazm and Anas bin
Malik said: The Prophet said, "Then Allah enjoined fifty prayers on my followers
when I returned with this order of Allah, I passed by Moses who asked me, 'What
has Allah enjoined on your followers?' I replied, 'He has enjoined fifty prayers
on them.' Moses said, 'Go back to your Lord (and appeal for reduction) for your
followers will not be able to bear it.' (So I went back to Allah and requested
for reduction) and He reduced it to half. When I passed by Moses again and
informed him about it, he said, 'Go back to your Lord as your followers will not
be able to bear it.' So I returned to Allah and requested for further reduction
and half of it was reduced. I again passed by Moses and he said to me: 'Return
to your Lord, for your followers will not be able to bear it. So I returned to
Allah and He said, 'These are five prayers and they are all (equal to) fifty (in
reward) for My Word does not change.' I returned to Moses and he told me to go
back once again. I replied, 'Now I feel shy of asking my Lord again.' Then
Gabriel took me till we '' reached Sidrat-il-Muntaha (Lote tree of; the utmost
boundary) which was shrouded in colors, indescribable. Then I was admitted into
Paradise where I found small (tents or) walls (made) of pearls and its earth was
of musk."
1.346:
Narrated `Aisha:
the mother of believers: Allah
enjoined the prayer when He enjoined it, it was two rak`at only (in every
prayer) both when in residence or on journey. Then the prayers offered on
journey remained the same, but (the rak`at of) the prayers for non-travelers
were increased.
1.347:
Narrated Um `Atiya: We were ordered to bring out
our menstruating women and veiled women in the religious gatherings and
invocation of Muslims on the two `Id festivals. These menstruating women were to
keep away from their Musalla. A woman asked, "O Allah's Apostle ' What about one
who does not have a veil?" He said, "Let her share the veil of her companion."
1.348:
Narrated Muhammad bin Al-Munkadir: Once Jabir prayed with his
Izar tied to his back while his clothes were Lying beside him on a wooden peg.
Somebody asked him, "Do you offer your prayer in a single Izar?" He replied, "I
did so to show it to a fool like you. Had anyone of us two garments in the
lifetime of the Prophet?"
1.349:
Narrated Muhammad bin Al Munkadir: I
saw Jabir bin `Abdullah praying in a single garment and he said that he had seen
the Prophet praying in a single garment.
1.350:
Narrated `Umar bin Abi
Salama: The Prophet prayed in one garment and crossed its ends.
1.351:
Narrated `Umar bin Abi Salama: I saw the Prophet offering prayers in a
single garment in the house of Um-Salama and he had crossed its ends around his
shoulders.
1.352:
Narrated `Umar bin Abi Salama: In the house of
Um-Salama I saw Allah's Apostle offering prayers, wrapped in a single garment
around his body with its ends crossed round his shoulders.
1.353:
Narrated Abu Murra: (the freed slave of Um Hani) Um Hani, the daughter of
Abi Talib said, "I went to Allah's Apostle in the year of the conquest of Mecca
and found him taking a bath and his daughter Fatima was screening him. I greeted
him. He asked, 'Who is she?' I replied, 'I am Um Hani bint Abi Talib.' He said,
'Welcome! O Um Hani.' When he finished his bath he stood up and prayed eight
rak`at while wearing a single garment wrapped round his body and when he
finished I said, 'O Allah's Apostle ! My brother has told me that he will kill a
person whom I gave shelter and that person is so and so the son of Hubaira.' The
Prophet said, 'We shelter the person whom you have sheltered.' " Um Ham added,
"And that was before noon (Duha).
1.354:
Narrated Abu Huraira: A person
asked Allah's Apostle about the offering of the prayer in a single garment.
Allah's Apostle replied, "Has every one of you got two garments?"
1.355:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "None of you should offer prayer in
a single garment that does not cover the shoulders."
1.356:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever prays in a single garment must cross its
ends (over the shoulders).
1.357:
Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Harith: I asked
Jabir bin `Abdullah about praying in a single garment. He said, "I traveled with
the Prophet during some of his journeys, and I came to him at night for some
purpose and I found him praying. At that time, I was wearing a single garment
with which I covered my shoulders and prayed by his side. When he finished the
prayer, he asked, 'O Jabir! What has brought you here?' I told him what I
wanted. When I finished, he asked, 'O Jabir! What is this garment which I have
seen and with which you covered your shoulders?' I replied, 'It is a (tight)
garment.' He said, 'If the garment is large enough, wrap it round the body
(covering the shoulders) and if it is tight (too short) then use it as an Izar
(tie it around your waist only.)' "
1.358:
Narrated Sahl:
The men
used to pray with the Prophet with their Izars tied around their necks as boys
used to do; therefore the Prophet told the women not to raise their heads till
the men sat down straight (while praying).
1.359:
Narrated Mughira bin
Shu`ba: Once I was traveling with the Prophet and he said, "O Mughira! take this
container of water." I took it and Allah's Apostle went far away till he
disappeared. He answered the call of nature and was wearing a Syrian cloak. He
tried to take out his hands from its sleeve but it was very tight so he took out
his hands from under it. I poured water and he performed ablution like that for
prayers and passed his wet hands over his Khuff (socks made from thick fabric or
leather) and then prayed .
1.360:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: While
Allah's Apostle was carrying stones (along) with the people of Mecca for (the
building of) the Ka`ba wearing an Izar (waist-sheet cover), his uncle Al-`Abbas
said to him, "O my nephew! (It would be better) if you take off your Izar and
put it over your shoulders underneath the stones." So he took off his Izar and
put it over his shoulders, but he fell unconscious and since then he had never
been seen naked.
1.361:
Narrated Abu Huraira: A man stood up and asked
the Prophet about praying in a single garment. The Prophet said, "Has every one
of you two garments?" A man put a similar question to `Umar on which he replied,
"When Allah makes you wealthier then you should clothe yourself properly during
prayers. Otherwise one can pray with an Izar and a Rida' (a sheet covering the
upper part of the body.) Izar and a shirt, Izar and a Qaba', trousers and a
Rida, trousers and a shirt or trousers and a Qaba', Tubban and a Qaba' or Tubban
and a shirt." (The narrator added, "I think that he also said a Tubban and a
Rida. ")
1.362:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: A person asked Allah's Apostle,
"What should a Muhrim wear?" He replied, "He should not wear shirts, trousers, a
burnus (a hooded cloak), or clothes which are stained with saffron or Wars (a
kind of perfume). Whoever does not find a sandal to wear can wear Khuffs (socks
made from thick fabric or leather), but these should be cut short so as not to
cover the ankles.
1.363:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri Allah's Apostle
forbade Ishtimal-As-Samma' (wrapping one's body with a garment so that one
cannot raise its end or take one's hand out of it). He also forbade Al-Ihtiba'
(sitting on buttocks with knees close to `Abdomen and feet apart with the hands
circling the knees) while wrapping oneself with a single garment, without having
a part of it over the private parts.
1.364:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The
Prophet forbade two kinds of sales i.e. Al-Limais and An-Nibadh (the former is a
kind of sale in which the deal is completed if the buyer touches a thing,
without seeing or checking it properly and the latter is a kind of a sale in
which the deal is completed when the seller throws a thing towards the buyer
giving him no opportunity to see, touch or check it) and (the Prophet forbade)
also Ishtimal-As-Samma' and Al-Ihtiba' in a single garment.
1.365:
Narrated Abu Huraira: On the Day of Nahr (10th of Dhul-Hijja, in the year
prior to the last Hajj of the Prophet when Abu Bakr was the leader of the
pilgrims in that Hajj) Abu Bakr sent me along with other announcers to Mina to
make a public announcement: "No pagan is allowed to perform Hajj after this year
and no naked person is allowed to perform the Tawaf around the Ka`ba. Then
Allah's Apostle sent 'All to read out the Surat Bara'a (at-Tauba) to the people;
so he made the announcement along with us on the day of Nahr in Mina: "No pagan
is allowed to perform Hajj after this year and no naked person is allowed to
perform the Tawaf around the Ka`ba."
1.366:
Narrated Muhammad bin
Al-Munkadir: I went to Jabir bin `Abdullah and he was praying wrapped in a
garment and his Rida was Lying beside him. When he finished the prayers, I said
"O `Abdullah! You pray (in a single garment) while your Rida' is lying beside
you." He replied, "Yes, I did it intentionally so that the ignorant ones like
you might see me. I saw the Prophet praying like this. "
1.367:
Narrated
`Abdul `Aziz: Anas said, 'When Allah's Apostle invaded Khaibar, we offered the
Fajr prayer there yearly in the morning) when it was still dark. The Prophet
rode and Abu Talha rode too and I was riding behind Abu Talha. The Prophet
passed through the lane of Khaibar quickly and my knee was touching the thigh of
the Prophet . He uncovered his thigh and I saw the whiteness of the thigh of the
Prophet. When he entered the town, he said, 'Allahu Akbar! Khaibar is ruined.
Whenever we approach near a (hostile) nation (to fight) then evil will be the
morning of those who have been warned.' He repeated this thrice. The people came
out for their jobs and some of them said, 'Muhammad (has come).' (Some of our
companions added, "With his army.") We conquered Khaibar, took the captives, and
the booty was collected. Dihya came and said, 'O Allah's Prophet! Give me a
slave girl from the captives.' The Prophet said, 'Go and take any slave girl.'
He took Safiya bint Huyai. A man came to the Prophet and said, 'O Allah's
Apostles! You gave Safiya bint Huyai to Dihya and she is the chief mistress of
the tribes of Quraidha and An-Nadir and she befits none but you.' So the Prophet
said, 'Bring him along with her.' So Dihya came with her and when the Prophet
saw her, he said to Dihya, 'Take any slave girl other than her from the
captives.' Anas added: The Prophet then manumitted her and married her." Thabit
asked Anas, "O Abu Hamza! What did the Prophet pay her (as Mahr)?" He said, "Her
self was her Mahr for he manumitted her and then married her." Anas added,
"While on the way, Um Sulaim dressed her for marriage (ceremony) and at night
she sent her as a bride to the Prophet . So the Prophet was a bridegroom and he
said, 'Whoever has anything (food) should bring it.' He spread out a leather
sheet (for the food) and some brought dates and others cooking butter. (I think
he (Anas) mentioned As-Sawaq). So they prepared a dish of Hais (a kind of meal).
And that was Walima (the marriage banquet) of Allah's Apostle ."
1.368:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to offer the Fajr prayer and some
believing women covered with their veiling sheets used to attend the Fajr prayer
with him and then they would return to their homes unrecognized .
1.369:
Narrated `Aisha:
the Prophet prayed in a Khamisa (a square garment)
having marks. During the prayer, he looked at its marks. So when he finished the
prayer he said, "Take this Khamisa of mine to Abu Jahm and get me his Inbijaniya
(a woolen garment without marks) as it (the Khamisa) has diverted my attention
from the prayer."
1.370:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet said, 'I was
looking at its (Khamisa's) marks during the prayers and I was afraid that it may
put me in trial (by taking away my attention).
1.371:
Narrated Anas:
`Aisha had a Qiram (a thin marked woolen curtain) with which he had screened
one side of her home. The Prophet said, "Take away this Qiram of yours, as its
pictures are still displayed in front of me during my prayer (i.e. they divert
my attention from the prayer).
1.372:
Narrated `Uqba bin 'Amir: The
Prophet was given a silken Farruj [??] as a present. He wore it while praying.
When he had finished his prayer, he took it off violently as if with a strong
aversion to it and said, "It is not the dress of Allah-fearing pious people."
1.373:
Narrated Abu Juhaifa: I saw Allah's Apostle in a red leather tent
and I saw Bilal taking the remaining water with which the Prophet had performed
ablution. I saw the people taking the utilized water impatiently and whoever got
some of it rubbed it on his body and those who could not get any took the
moisture from the others' hands. Then I saw Bilal carrying a short spear (or
stick) which he planted in the ground. The Prophet came out tucking up his red
cloak, and led the people in prayer and offered two rak`at (facing the Ka`ba)
taking a short spear (or stick) as a Sutra for his prayer. I saw the people and
animals passing in front of him beyond the stick.
1.374:
Narrated Abu
Hazim: Sahl bin Sa`d was asked about the (Prophet's) pulpit as to what thing it
was made of? Sahl replied: "None remains alive amongst the people, who knows
about it better than I. It was made of tamarisk (wood) of the forest. So and so,
the slave of so and so prepared it for Allah's Apostle . When it was constructed
and place (in the Mosque), Allah's Apostle stood on it facing the Qibla and said
'Allahu Akbar', and the people stood behind him (and led the people in prayer).
He recited and bowed and the people bowed behind him. Then he raised his head
and stepped back, got down and prostrated on the ground and then he again
ascended the pulpit, recited, bowed, raised his head and stepped back, got down
and prostrate on the ground. So, this is what I know about the pulpit." Ahmad
bin Hanbal said, "As the Prophet was at a higher level than the people, there is
no harm according to the above-mentioned Hadith if the Imam is at a higher level
than his followers during the prayers."
1.375:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Once Allah's Apostle fell off a horse and his leg or shoulder got injured. He
swore that he would not go to his wives for one month and he stayed in a
Mashruba [??] (attic room) having stairs made of date palm trunks. So his
companions came to visit him, and he led them in prayer sitting, whereas his
companions were standing. When he finished the prayer, he said, "Imam is meant
to be followed, so when he says 'Allahu Akbar,' say 'Allahu Akbar' and when he
bows, bow and when he prostrates, prostrate and if he prays standing pray,
standing. After the 29th day the Prophet came down (from the attic room) and the
people asked him, "O Allah's Apostle! You swore that you will not go to your
wives for one month." He said, "The month is 29 days."
1.376:
Narrates
`Abdullah bin Shaddad: Maimuna said, "Allah's Apostle was praying while I was in
my menses, sitting beside him and sometimes his clothes would touch me during
his prostration." Maimuna added, "He prayed on a Khumra (a small mat sufficient
just for the face and the hands while prostrating during prayers).
1.377:
Narrated 'Is-haq:
Anas bin Malik said, "My grandmother Mulaika invited
Allah's Apostle for a meal which she herself had prepared. He ate from it and
said, 'Get up! I will lead you in the prayer.' " Anas added, "I took my Hasir,
washed it with water as it had become dark because of long use and Allah's
Apostle stood on it. The orphan (Damira or Ruh) and I aligned behind him and the
old lady (Mulaika) stood behind us. Allah's Apostle led us in the prayer and
offered two rak`at and then left."
1.378:
Narrated Maimuna:
Allah's
Apostle used to pray on Khumra.
1.379:
Narrated Abu Salama: `Aisha the
wife of the Prophet said, "I used to sleep in front o Allah's Apostle and my
legs were opposite his Qibla and in prostration he pushed my legs and I withdrew
then and when he stood, I stretched them.' `Aisha added, "In those days the
houses were without lights."
1.380:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah Apostle
prayed while I was lying like a dead body on his family bed between him and his
Qibla.
1.381:
Narrated `Urwa:
The Prophet prayed while `Aisha was
lying between him and his Qibla on the bed on which they used to sleep.
1.382:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: We used to pray with the Prophet and
some of us used to place the ends of their clothes at the place of prostration
because of scorching heat.
1.383:
Narrated Abu Maslama: Sa`id bin Yazid
Al-Azdi: I asked Anas bin Malik whether the Prophet had ever, prayed with his
shoes on. He replied "Yes."
1.384:
Narrated Ibrahim:
Hammam bin
Al-Harith said, "I saw Jarir bin `Abdullah urinating. Then he performed ablution
and passed his (wet) hands over his Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or
leather), stood up and prayed. He was asked about it. He replied that he had
seen the Prophet doing the same." They approved of this narration as Jarir was
one of those who embraced Islam very late.
1.385.1:
Narrated Al-Mughira
bin Shu`ba: I helped the Prophet in performing ablution and he passed his wet
hands over his Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather) and prayed.
1.385.2:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Malik: Ibn Buhaina, "When the Prophet
prayed, he used to separate his arms from his body so widely that the whiteness
of his armpits was visible."
1.386:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's
Apostle said, "Whoever prays like us and faces our Qibla and eats our
slaughtered animals is a Muslim and is under Allah's and His Apostle's
protection. So do not betray Allah by betraying those who are in His
protection."
1.387:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle said, "I
have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah.' And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla
and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to
us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will
be with Allah." Narrated Maimun bin Siyah that he asked Anas bin Malik, "O Abu
Hamza! What makes the life and property of a person sacred?" He replied,
"Whoever says, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah', faces our Qibla
during the prayers, prays like us and eats our slaughtered animal, then he is a
Muslim, and has got the same rights and obligations as other Muslims have."
1.388:
Narrated Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari: The Prophet said, "While
defecating, neither face nor turn your back to the Qibla but face either east or
west." Abu Aiyub added. "When we arrived in Sham we came across some lavatories
facing the Qibla; therefore we turned ourselves while using them and asked for
Allah's forgiveness."
1.389:
Narrated `Amr bin Dinar: I asked Ibn `Umar,
"Can a person who has performed the Tawaf around the Ka`ba for `Umra but has not
performed the (Sa`i) Tawaf of Safa and Marwa, have a sexual relation with his
wife?" Ibn `Umar replied "When the Prophet reached Mecca he performed the Tawaf
around the Ka`ba (circumambulated it seven times) and offered a two-rak`at
prayer (at the place) behind the station (of Abraham) and then performed the
Tawaf (Sa`i) of Safa and Marwa, and verily in Allah's Apostle you have a good
example." Then we put the same question to Jabir bin `Abdullah and he too
replied, "He should not go near his wife (for sexual relation) till he has
finished the Tawaf of Safa and Marwa."
1.390:
Narrated Mujahid:
Someone came to Ibn `Umar and said, "Here is Allah's Apostle entering the
Ka`ba." Ibn `Umar said, "I went there but the Prophet had come out of the Ka`ba
and I found Bilal standing between its two doors. I asked Bilal, 'Did the
Prophet pray in the Ka`ba?' Bilal replied, 'Yes, he prayed two rak`at between
the two pillars which are to your left on entering the Ka`ba. Then Allah's
Apostle came out and offered a two-rak`at prayer facing the Ka`ba.' "
1.391:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When the Prophet entered the Ka`ba, he invoked Allah in
each and every side of it and did not pray till he came out of it, and offered a
two-rak`at prayer facing the Ka`ba and said, "This is the Qibla."
1.392:
Narrated Bara' bin `Azib: Allah's Apostle prayed facing Baitul-Maqdis for
sixteen or seventeen months but he loved to face the Ka`ba (at Mecca) so Allah
revealed: "Verily, We have seen the turning of your face to the heaven!" (2:144)
So the Prophet faced the Ka`ba and the fools amongst the people namely "the
Jews" said, "What has turned them from their Qibla (Baitul-Maqdis) which they
formerly observed"" (Allah revealed): "Say: 'To Allah belongs the East and the
West. He guides whom he will to a straight path'." (2:142) A man prayed with the
Prophet (facing the Ka`ba) and went out. He saw some of the Ansar praying the
`Asr prayer with their faces towards Baitul-Maqdis, he said, "I bear witness
that I prayed with Allah's Apostle facing the Ka`ba." So all the people turned
their faces towards the Ka`ba.
1.393:
Narrated Jabir:
Allah's
Apostle used to pray (optional, non-obligatory prayer) while riding on his mount
(Rahila) wherever it turned, and whenever he wanted to pray the compulsory
prayer he dismounted and prayed facing the Qibla.
1.394:
Narrated
`Abdullah: The Prophet prayed (and the sub-narrator Ibrahim said, "I do not know
whether he prayed more or less than usual"), and when he had finished the
prayers he was asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Has there been any change in the
prayers?" He said, "What is it?' The people said, "You have prayed so much and
so much." So the Prophet bent his legs, faced the Qibla and performed two
prostration's (of Sahu) and finished his prayers with Taslim (by turning his
face to right and left saying: 'As-Salamu `Alaikum-Warahmat-ullah'). When he
turned his face to us he said, "If there had been anything changed in the
prayer, surely I would have informed you but I am a human being like you and
liable to forget like you. So if I forget remind me and if anyone of you is
doubtful about his prayer, he should follow what he thinks to be correct and
complete his prayer accordingly and finish it and do two prostrations (of Sahu).
1.395:
Narrated `Umar (bin Al-Khattab): My Lord agreed with me in three
things: -1. I said, "O Allah's Apostle, I wish we took the station of Abraham as
our praying place (for some of our prayers). So came the Divine Inspiration: And
take you (people) the station of Abraham as a place of prayer (for some of your
prayers e.g. two rak`at of Tawaf of Ka`ba)". (2.125) -2. And as regards the
(verse of) the veiling of the women, I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! I wish you
ordered your wives to cover themselves from the men because good and bad ones
talk to them.' So the verse of the veiling of the women was revealed. -3. Once
the wives of the Prophet made a united front against the Prophet and I said to
them, 'It may be if he (the Prophet) divorced you, (all) that his Lord (Allah)
will give him instead of you wives better than you.' So this verse (the same as
I had said) was revealed." (66.5).
1.396:
Narrated Anas:
as above
(395).
1.397:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: While the people were
offering the Fajr prayer at Quba' (near Medina), someone came to them and said:
"It has been revealed to Allah's Apostle tonight, and he has been ordered to
pray facing the Ka`ba." So turn your faces to the Ka`ba. Those people were
facing Sham (Jerusalem) so they turned their faces towards Ka`ba (at Mecca).
1.398:
Narrated `Abdullah: "Once the Prophet offered five rak`at in Zuhr
prayer. He was asked, "Is there an increase in the prayer?" The Prophet said,
"And what is it?" They said, "You have prayed five rak`at.' So he bent his legs
and performed two prostrations (of Sahu).
1.399:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik: The Prophet saw some sputum in the direction of the Qibla (on the wall of
the mosque) and he disliked that and the sign of disgust was apparent from his
face. So he got up and scraped it off with his hand and said, "Whenever anyone
of you stands for the prayer, he is speaking in private to his Lord or his Lord
is between him and his Qibla. So, none of you should spit in the direction of
the Qibla but one can spit to the left or under his foot." The Prophet then took
the corner of his sheet and spat in it and folded it and said, "Or you can do
like this. "
1.400:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle saw
sputum on the wall of the mosque in the direction of the Qibla and scraped it
off. He faced the people and said, "Whenever any one of you is praying, he
should not spit in front of him because in the prayer Allah is in front of him."
1.401:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the mother of faithful believers) Allah's
Apostle saw some nasal secretions, expectoration or sputum on the wall of the
mosque in the direction of the Qibla and scraped it off.
1.402:
Narrated
Abu Huraira and Abu Sa`id: Allah's Apostle saw some expectoration on the wall of
the mosque; he took gravel and scraped it off and said, "If anyone of you wanted
to spit he should neither spit in front of him nor on his right but he could
spit either on his left or under his left foot."
1.403:
Narrated Abu
Huraira and Abu Sa`id: Allah's Apostle saw some expectoration on the wall of the
mosque; he took gravel and scraped it off and said, "If anyone of you wanted to
spit, he should neither spit in front of him nor on his right but could spit
either on his left or under his left foot."
1.404:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "None of you should spit in front or on his right but he
could spit either on his left or under his foot."
1.405:
Narrated Anas
bin Malik: The Prophet said, "A faithful believer while in prayer is speaking in
private to his Lord, so he should neither spit in front of him nor to his right
side but he could spit either on his left or under his foot."
1.406:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: The Prophet saw sputum on (the wall of) the mosque in
the direction of the Qibla and scraped it off with gravel. Then he forbade
Spitting in front or on the right, but allowed it on one's left or under one's
left foot.
1.407:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, "Spitting
in the mosque is a sin and its expiation is to bury it."
1.408:
Narrated
Abu Huraira: Prophet said, "If anyone of you stands for prayer, he should not
spit in front of him because in prayer he is speaking in private to Allah and he
should not spit on his right as there is an angel, but he can spit either on his
left or under his left foot and bury it (i.e. expectoration).
1.409:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet saw expectoration (on the wall of the mosque)
in the direction of the Qibla and scraped it off with his hand. It seemed that
he disliked it and the sign of disgust was apparent from his face. He said, "If
anyone of you stands for the prayer, he is speaking in private to his Lord, (or)
his Lord is between him and his Qibla, therefore he should not spit towards his
Qibla, but he could spit either on his left or under his foot." Then he took the
corner of his sheet and spat in it, folded it and said, "Or do like this."
1.410:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Do you consider or
see that my face is towards the Qibla? By Allah, neither your submissiveness nor
your bowing is hidden from me, surely I see you from my back."
1.411:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet led us in a prayer and then got up on
the pulpit and said, "In your prayer and bowing, I certainly see you from my
back as I see you (while looking at you.)"
1.412:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Umar: Allah's Apostle ordered for a horse race; the trained horses were to run
from a place called Al-Hafya' to Thaniyat Al-Wada` and the horses which were not
trained were to run from Al-Thaniya to the Masjid (mosque of) Bani Zuraiq. The
sub narrator added: Ibn `Umar was one of those who took part in the race.
1.413:
Narrated Anas:
Some goods came to Allah's Apostle from
Bahrain. The Prophet ordered the people to spread them in the mosque --it was
the biggest amount of goods Allah's Apostle had ever received. He left for
prayer and did not even look at it. After finishing the prayer, he sat by those
goods and gave from those to everybody he saw. Al-`Abbas came to him and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! give me (something) too, because I gave ransom for myself
and `Aqil". Allah's Apostle told him to take. So he stuffed his garment with it
and tried to carry it away but he failed to do so. He said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Order someone to help me in lifting it." The Prophet refused. He then said to
the Prophet: Will you please help me to lift it?" Allah's Apostle refused. Then
Al-`Abbas threw some of it and tried to lift it (but failed). He again said, "O
Allah's Apostle Order someone to help me to lift it." He refused. Al-`Abbas then
said to the Prophet: "Will you please help me to lift it?" He again refused.
Then Al-`Abbas threw some of it, and lifted it on his shoulders and went away.
Allah's Apostle kept on watching him till he disappeared from his sight and was
astonished at his greediness. Allah's Apostle did not get up till the last coin
was distributed.
1.414:
Narrated Anas:
I found the Prophet in the
mosque along with some people. He said to me, "Did Abu Talha send you?" I said,
"Yes". He said, "For a meal?" I said, "Yes." Then he said to his companions,
"Get up." They set out and I was ahead of them.
1.415:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sa`d: A man said, "O Allah's Apostle! If a man finds another man with his wife,
(committing adultery) should the husband kill him?" Later on I saw them (the man
and his wife) doing Li`an in the mosque (taking oaths, one accusing, and the
other denying adultery).
1.416:
Narrated `Itban bin Malik: The Prophet
came to my house and said, "Where do you like me to pray?" I pointed to a place.
The Prophet then said, "Allahu Akbar", and we aligned behind him and he offered
a two-rak`at prayer.
1.417:
Narrated `Itban bin Malik: who was one of
the companions of Allah's Apostle and one of the Ansar's who took part in the
battle of Badr: I came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle I have
weak eyesight and I lead my people in prayers. When it rains the water flows in
the valley between me and my people so I cannot go to their mosque to lead them
in prayer. O Allah's Apostle! I wish you would come to my house and pray in it
so that I could take that place as a Musalla. Allah's Apostle said. "Allah
willing, I will do so." Next day after the sun rose high, Allah's Apostle and
Abu Bakr came and Allah's Apostle asked for permission to enter. I gave him
permission and he did not sit on entering the house but said to me, "Where do
you like me to pray?" I pointed to a place in my house. So Allah's Apostle stood
there and said, 'Allahu Akbar', and we all got up and aligned behind him and
offered a two-rak`at prayer and ended it with Taslim. We requested him to stay
for a meal called "Khazira" which we had prepared for him. Many members of our
family gathered in the house and one of them said, "Where is Malik bin
Al-Dukhaishin or Ibn Al-Dukhshun?" One of them replied, "He is a hypocrite and
does not love Allah and His Apostle." Hearing that, Allah's Apostle said, "Do
not say so. Haven't you seen that he said, 'None has the right to be worshipped
but Allah' for Allah's sake only?" He said, "Allah and His Apostle know better.
We have seen him helping and advising hypocrites." Allah's Apostle said, "Allah
has forbidden the (Hell) fire for those who say, 'None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah' for Allah's sake only."
1.418:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet used to start every thing from the right (for good things)
whenever it was possible in all his affairs; for example: in washing, combing or
wearing shoes.
1.419:
Narrated `Aisha:
Um Habiba and Um Salama
mentioned about a church they had seen in Ethiopia in which there were pictures.
They told the Prophet about it, on which he said, "If any religious man dies
amongst those people they would build a place of worship at his grave and make
these pictures in it. They will be the worst creature in the sight of Allah on
the Day of Resurrection."
1.420:
Narrated Anas:
When the Prophet
arrived Medina he dismounted at `Awali-i-Medina amongst a tribe called Banu `Amr
bin `Auf. He stayed there For fourteen nights. Then he sent for Bani An-Najjar
and they came armed with their swords. As if I am looking (just now) as the
Prophet was sitting over his Rahila (Mount) with Abu Bakr riding behind him and
all Banu An-Najjar around him till he dismounted at the courtyard of Abu Aiyub's
house. The Prophet loved to pray wherever the time for the prayer was due even
at sheep-folds. Later on he ordered that a mosque should be built and sent for
some people of Banu-An-Najjar and said, "O Banu An-Najjar! Suggest to me the
price of this (walled) piece of land of yours." They replied, "No! By Allah! We
do not demand its price except from Allah." Anas added: There were graves of
pagans in it and some of it was unleveled and there were some date-palm trees in
it. The Prophet ordered that the graves of the pagans be dug out and the
unleveled land be level led and the date-palm trees be cut down . (So all that
was done). They aligned these cut date-palm trees towards the Qibla of the
mosque (as a wall) and they also built two stone side-walls (of the mosque). His
companions brought the stones while reciting some poetic verses. The Prophet was
with them and he kept on saying, "There is no goodness except that of the
Hereafter, O Allah! So please forgive the Ansars and the emigrants. "
1.421:
Narrated Abu Al-Taiyah [??] : Anas said, "The Prophet prayed in the sheep
fold." Later on I heard him saying, "He prayed in the sheep folds before the
construction of the, mosque."
1.422:
Narrated Nafi`:
"I saw Ibn
`Umar praying while taking his camel as a Sutra in front of him and he said, "I
saw the Prophet doing the same."
1.423:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas:
The sun eclipsed and Allah's Apostle offered the eclipse prayer and said, "I
have been shown the Hellfire (now) and I never saw a worse and horrible sight
than the sight I have seen today."
1.424:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The
Prophet had said, "Offer some of your prayers (Nawafil) at home, and do not take
your houses as graves."
1.425:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's
Apostle said, "Do not enter (the places) of these people where Allah's
punishment had fallen unless you do so weeping. If you do not weep, do not enter
(the places of these people) because Allah's curse and punishment which fell
upon them may fall upon you."
1.426:
Narrated `Aisha:
Um Salama told
Allah's Apostle about a church which she had seen in Ethiopia and which was
called Mariya. She told him about the pictures which she had seen in it. Allah's
Apostle said, "If any righteous pious man dies amongst them, they would build a
place of worship at his grave and make these pictures in it; they are the worst
creatures in the sight of Allah."
1.427:
Narrated `Aisha and `Abdullah
bin `Abbas: When the last moment of the life of Allah's Apostle came he started
putting his 'Khamisa' on his face and when he felt hot and short of breath he
took it off his face and said, "May Allah curse the Jews and Christians for they
built the places of worship at the graves of their Prophets." The Prophet was
warning (Muslims) of what those had done.
1.428:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "May Allah's curse be on the Jews for they built the
places of worship at the graves of their Prophets."
1.429:
Narrated
Jabir bin `Abdullah: Allah's Apostle said, "I have been given five things which
were not given to any amongst the Prophets before me. These are: -1. Allah made
me victorious by awe (by His frightening my enemies) for a distance of one
month's journey. -2. The earth has been made for me (and for my followers) a
place for praying and a thing to perform Tayammum. Therefore my followers can
pray wherever the time of a prayer is due. -3. The booty has been made Halal
(lawful) for me (and was not made so for anyone else). -4. Every Prophet used to
be sent to his nation exclusively but I have been sent to all mankind. -5. I
have been given the right of intercession (on the Day of Resurrection.)
1.430:
Narrated `Aisha:
There was a black slave girl belonging to an
'Arab tribe and they manumitted her but she remained with them. The slave girl
said, "Once one of their girls (of that tribe) came out wearing a red leather
scarf decorated with precious stones. It fell from her or she placed it
somewhere. A kite passed by that place, saw it Lying there and mistaking it for
a piece of meat, flew away with it. Those people searched for it but they did
not find it. So they accused me of stealing it and started searching me and even
searched my private parts." The slave girl further said, "By Allah! while I was
standing (in that state) with those people, the same kite passed by them and
dropped the red scarf and it fell amongst them. I told them, 'This is what you
accused me of and I was innocent and now this is it.' " `Aisha added: That slave
girl came to Allah's Apostle and embraced Islam. She had a tent or a small room
with a low roof in the mosque. Whenever she called on me, she had a talk with me
and whenever she sat with me, she would recite the following: "The day of the
scarf (band) was one of the wonders of our Lord, verily He rescued me from the
disbelievers' town. `Aisha added: "Once I asked her, 'What is the matter with
you? Whenever you sit with me, you always recite these poetic verses.' On that
she told me the whole story. "
1.431:
Narrated Naf`a [??] : `Abdullah
bin `Umar said: I used to sleep in the mosque of the Prophet while I was young
and unmarried.
1.432:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: Allah's Apostle went to
Fatima's house but did not find `Ali there. So he asked, "Where is your cousin?"
She replied, "There was something between us and he got angry with me and went
out. He did not sleep (midday nap) in the house." Allah's Apostle asked a person
to look for him. That person came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! He (Ali) is
sleeping in the mosque." Allah's Apostle went there and `Ali was lying. His
upper body cover had fallen down to one side of his body and he was covered with
dust. Allah's Apostle started cleaning the dust from him saying: "Get up! O Aba
Turab. Get up! O Aba Turab (literally means: O father of dust).
1.433:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I saw seventy of As-Suffa men and none of them had a
Rida' (a garment covering the upper part of the body). They had either Izars
(only) or sheets which they tied round their necks. Some of these sheets reached
the middle of their legs and some reached their heels and they used to gather
them with their hands lest their private parts should become naked.
1.434:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: I went to the Prophet in the mosque (the
sub-narrator Mas`ar thought that Jabir had said, "In the forenoon.") He ordered
me to pray two rak`at. He owed me some money and he repaid it to me and gave
more than what was due to me.
1.435:
Narrated Abu Qatada Al-Aslami:
Allah's Apostle said, "If anyone of you enters a mosque, he should pray two
rak`at before sitting."
1.436:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle
said, "The angels keep on asking Allah's forgiveness for anyone of you, as long
as he is at his Musalla (praying place) and he does not pass wind (Hadath). They
say, 'O Allah! Forgive him, O Allah! be Merciful to him."
1.437:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: In the lifetime of Allah's Apostle the mosque
was built of adobes, its roof of the leaves of date-palms and its pillars of the
stems of date-palms. Abu Bakr did not alter it. `Umar expanded it on the same
pattern as it was in the lifetime of Allah's Apostle by using adobes, leaves of
date-palms and changing the pillars into wooden ones. `Uthman changed it by
expanding it to a great extent and built its walls with engraved stones and lime
and made its pillars of engraved stones and its roof of teak wood.
1.438:
Narrated `Ikrima:
Ibn `Abbas said to me and to his son `Ali, "Go to Abu
Sa`id and listen to what he narrates." So we went and found him in a garden
looking after it. He picked up his Rida', wore it and sat down and started
narrating till the topic of the construction of the mosque reached. He said, "We
were carrying one adobe at a time while `Ammar was carrying two. The Prophet saw
him and started removing the dust from his body and said, "May Allah be Merciful
to `Ammar. He will be inviting them (i.e. his murderers, the rebellious group)
to Paradise and they will invite him to Hell-fire." `Ammar said, "I seek refuge
with Allah from affliction."
1.439:
Narrated Sahl:
Allah's Apostle
sent someone to a woman telling her to "Order her slave, carpenter, to prepare a
wooden pulpit for him to sit on."
1.440:
Narrated Jabir:
A woman
said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall I get something constructed for you to sit on as
I have a slave who is a carpenter?" He replied, "Yes, if you like." So she had
that pulpit constructed.
1.441:
Narrated 'Ubaidullah Al-Khaulani: I
heard `Uthman bin `Affan saying, when people argued too much about his intention
to reconstruct the mosque of Allah's Apostle, "You have talked too much. I heard
the Prophet saying, 'Whoever built a mosque, (Bukair thought that `Asim, another
sub-narrator, added, "Intending Allah's Pleasure"), Allah would build for him a
similar place in Paradise.' "
1.442:
Narrated `Amr:
I heard Jabir
bin `Abdullah saying, "A man passed through the mosque carrying arrows. Allah's
Apostle said to him, 'Hold them by their heads.' "
1.443:
Narrated Abu
Burda bin `Abdullah: (on the authority of his father) The Prophet said, "Whoever
passes through our mosques or markets with arrows should hold them by their
heads lest he should injure a Muslim."
1.444:
Narrated Hassan bin Thabit
Al-Ansari: I asked Abu Huraira "By Allah! Tell me the truth whether you heard
the Prophet saying, 'O Hassan! Reply on behalf of Allah's Apostle. O Allah! Help
him with the Holy Spirit." Abu Huraira said, "Yes . "
1.445:
Narrated
`Aisha:
Once I saw Allah's Apostle at the door of my house while some
Ethiopians were playing in the mosque (displaying their skill with spears).
Allah's Apostle was screening me with his Rida' so as to enable me to see their
display. (`Urwa said that `Aisha said, "I saw the Prophet and the Ethiopians
were playing with their spears.")
1.446:
Narrated `Aisha:
Barira
came to seek my help regarding her manumission. I told herself you like I would
pay your price to your masters but your Wala' (allegiance) would be for me." Her
masters said, "If you like, you can pay what remains (of the price of her
manumission), (Sufyan the sub-narrator once said), or if you like you can
manumit her, but her (inheritance) Al-Wala would be for us. "When Allah's
Apostle came, I spoke to him about it. He said, "Buy her and manumit her. No
doubt Al-Wala' is for the manumitted." Then Allah's Apostle stood on the pulpit
(or Allah's Apostle ascended the pulpit as Sufyan once said), and said, "What
about some people who impose conditions which are not present in Allah's Book
(Laws)? Whoever imposes conditions which are not in Allah's Book (Laws), his
conditions will be invalid even if he imposed them a hundred times."
1.447:
Narrated Ka`b:
In the mosque l asked Ibn Abi Hadrad to pay the debts
which he owed to me and our voices grew louder. Allah's Apostle heard that while
he was in his house. So he came to us raising the curtain of his room and said,
"O Ka`b!" I replied, "Labaik, O Allah's Apostle!" He said, "O Ka`b! reduce your
debt to one half," gesturing with his hand. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have
done so." Then Allah's Apostle said (to Ibn Abi Hadrad), "Get up and pay the
debt to him."
1.448:
Narrated Abu Huraira: A black man or a black woman
used to sweep the mosque and he or she died. The Prophet asked about her (or
him). He was told that she (or he) had died. He said, "Why did you not inform
me? Show me his grave (or her grave)." So he went to her (his) grave and offered
her (his) funeral prayer."
1.449:
Narrated `Aisha:
When the verses
of Surat "Al-Baqara"' about the usury Riba were revealed, the Prophet went to
the mosque and recited them in front of the people and then banned the trade of
alcohol.
1.450.1:
Narrated Abu Rafi`: Abu Huraira said, "A man or a
woman used to clean the mosque." (A sub-narrator said, 'Most probably a
woman..') Then he narrated the Hadith of the Prophet where it is mentioned that
he offered her funeral prayer at her grave.
1.450.2:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: "The Prophet said, "Last night a big demon (`ifreet) from the Jinns
came to me and wanted to interrupt (or confuse [??] ) my prayer, but Allah
enabled me to overpower him. I wanted to fasten him to one of the pillars of the
mosque so that all of you could See him in the morning but I remembered the
statement of my brother Solomon (as stated in Qur'an): My Lord! Forgive me and
bestow on me a kingdom such as shall not belong to anybody after me (38.35)."
The sub narrator Rauh said, "He (the demon) was dismissed humiliated."
1.451:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet sent some horsemen to Najd and
they brought a man called Thumama bin Uthal from Bani Hanifa. They fastened him
to one of the pillars of the mosque. The Prophet came and ordered them to
release him. He went to a (garden of) date-palms near the mosque, took a bath
and entered the, mosque again and said, "None has the right to be worshipped but
Allah an Muhammad is His Apostle (i.e. he embraced Islam).
1.452:
Narrated `Aisha:
On the day of Al-Khandaq (battle of the Trench' the
medial arm vein of Sa`d bin Mu`ad [??] was injured and the Prophet pitched a
tent in the mosque to look after him. There was another tent for Banu Ghaffar in
the mosque and the blood started flowing from Sa`d's tent to the tent of Bani
Ghaffar. They shouted, "O occupants of the tent! What is coming from you to us?"
They found that Sa`d' wound was bleeding profusely and Sa`d died in his tent.
1.453:
Narrated Um Salama: I complained to Allah's Apostle that I was
sick. He told me to perform the Tawaf behind the people while riding. So I did
so and Allah's Apostle was praying beside the Ka`ba and reciting the Sura
starting with "Wat-tur wa kitabin mastur."
1.454:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik: Two of the companions of the Prophet departed from him on a dark night
and were led by two lights like lamps (going in front of them from Allah as a
miracle) lighting the way in front of them, and when they parted, each of them
was accompanied by one of these lights till he reached their (respective)
houses.
1.455:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: The Prophet delivered a
sermon and said, "Allah gave a choice to one of (His) slaves either to choose
this world or what is with Him in the Hereafter. He chose the latter." Abu Bakr
wept. I said to myself, "Why is this Sheikh weeping, if Allah gave choice to one
(of His) slaves either to choose this world or what is with Him in the Here
after and he chose the latter?" And that slave was Allah's Apostle himself. Abu
Bakr knew more than us. The Prophet said, "O Abu Bakr! Don't weep. The Prophet
added: Abu- Bakr has favored me much with his property and company. If I were to
take a Khalil from mankind I would certainly have taken Abu Bakr but the Islamic
brotherhood and friendship is sufficient. Close all the gates in the mosque
except that of Abu Bakr.
1.456:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: "Allah's Apostle in
his fatal illness came out with a piece of cloth tied round his head and sat on
the pulpit. After thanking and praising Allah he said, "There is no one who had
done more favor to me with life and property than Abu Bakr bin Abi Quhafa. If I
were to take a Khalil, I would certainly have taken Abu- Bakr but the Islamic
brotherhood is superior. Close all the small doors in this mosque except that of
Abu Bakr."
1.457:
Narrated Nafi`:
Ibn `Umar said, "The Prophet
arrived at Mecca and sent for `Uthman bin Talha. He opened the gate of the Ka`ba
and the Prophet, Bilal, Usama bin Zaid and `Uthman bin Talha entered the Ka`ba
and then they closed its door (from inside). They stayed there for an hour, and
then came out." Ibn `Umar added, "I quickly went to Bilal and asked him (whether
the Prophet had prayed). Bilal replied, 'He prayed in it.' I asked, 'Where?' He
replied, 'Between the two pillars.' "Ibn `Umar added, "I forgot to ask how many
rak`at he (the Prophet) had prayed in the Ka`ba."
1.458:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: Allah's Apostle sent some horse men to Najd and they brought a man
called Thumama bin Uthal from Bani Hanifa. They fastened him to one of the
pillars of the mosque.
1.459:
Narrated Al-Sa'ib bin Yazid: I was
standing in the mosque and somebody threw a gravel at me. I looked and found
that he was `Umar bin Al-Khattab. He said to me, "Fetch those two men to me."
When I did, he said to them, "Who are you? (Or) where do you come from?" They
replied, "We are from Ta'if." `Umar said, "Were you from this city (Medina) I
would have punished you for raising your voices in the mosque of Allah's
Apostle."
1.460:
Narrated Ka`b bin Malik: During the lifetime of Allah's
Apostle I asked Ibn Abi Hadrad in the mosque to pay the debts which he owed to
me and our voices grew so loud that Allah's Apostle heard them while he was in
his house. So he came to us after raising the curtain of his room. The Prophet
said, "O Ka`b bin Malik!" I replied, "Labaik, O Allah's Apostle." He gestured
with his hand to me to reduce the debt to one half. I said, "O Allah's Apostle
have done it." Allah's Apostle said (to Ibn Hadrad), "Get up and pay it."
1.461:
Narrated Nafi`:
Ibn `Umar said, "While the Prophet was on the
pulpit, a man asked him how to offer the night prayers. He replied, 'Pray two
rak`at at a time and then two and then two and so on, and if you are afraid of
the dawn (the approach of the time of the Fajr prayer) pray one rak`a and that
will be the witr for all the rak`at which you have offered." Ibn `Umar said,
"The last rak`at of the night prayer should be odd, for the Prophet ordered it
to be so.
1.462:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: A man came to the Prophet while he
was delivering the sermon and asked him how to offer the night prayers. The
Prophet replied, 'Pray two rak`at at a time and then two and then two and so on
and if you are afraid of dawn (the approach of the time of the Fajr prayer) pray
one rak`a and that will be the with for all the rak`at which you have prayed."
Narrated 'Ubaidullah bin `Abdullah bin `Umar: A man called the Prophet while he
was in the mosque.
1.463:
Narrated Abu Waqid al-Laithi: While Allah's
Apostle was sitting in the mosque (with some people) three men came, two of them
came in front of Allah's Apostle and the third one went away, and then one of
them found a place in the circle and sat there while the second man sat behind
the gathering, and the third one went away. When Allah's Apostle finished his
preaching, he said, "Shall I tell you about these three persons? One of them
betook himself to Allah and so Allah accepted him and accommodated him; the
second felt shy before Allah so Allah did the same for him and sheltered him in
His Mercy (and did not punish him), while the third turned his face from Allah,
and went away, so Allah turned His face from him likewise.
1.464:
Narrated `Abbad bin Tamim: that his uncle said, "I saw Allah's Apostle lying
flat (on his back) in the mosque with one leg on the other." Narrated Sa`id bin
Al-Musaiyab that `Umar and `Uthman used to do the same.
1.465:
Narrated
`Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) I had seen my parents following Islam
since I attained the age of puberty. Not a day passed but the Prophet visited
us, both in the mornings and evenings. My father Abu Bakr thought of building a
mosque in the courtyard of his house and he did so. He used to pray and recite
the Qur'an in it. The pagan women and their children used to stand by him and
look at him with surprise. Abu Bakr was a Softhearted person and could not help
weeping while reciting the Qur'an. The chiefs of the Quraish pagans became
afraid of that (i.e. that their children and women might be affected by the
recitation of Qur'an).
1.466:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said,
"The prayer offered in congregation is twenty five times more superior (in
reward) to the prayer offered alone in one's house or in a business center,
because if one performs ablution and does it perfectly, and then proceeds to the
mosque with the sole intention of praying, then for each step which he takes
towards the mosque, Allah upgrades him a degree in reward and (forgives) crosses
out one sin till he enters the mosque. When he enters the mosque he is
considered in prayer as long as he is waiting for the prayer and the angels keep
on asking for Allah's forgiveness for him and they keep on saying: 'O Allah! Be
Merciful to him, O Allah! Forgive him, as long as he keeps on sitting at his
praying place and does not pass wind. (See Hadith No. 620).
1.467:
Narrated Ibn `Umar or Ibn `Amr: The Prophet clasped his hands, by
interlacing his fingers. Narrated `Abdullah that Allah's Apostle said, "O
`Abdullah bin `Amr! What will be your condition when you will be left with the
sediments of (worst) people?" (They will be in conflict with each other).
1.468:
Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet said, "A faithful believer to a
faithful believer is like the bricks of a wall, enforcing each other." While
(saying that) the Prophet clasped his hands, by interlacing his fingers.
1.469:
Narrates Ibn Seereen: Abu Huraira said, "Allah's Apostle led us
in one of the two `Isha' prayers (Abu Huraira named that prayer but I forgot
it)." Abu Huraira added, "He prayed two rak`at and then finished the prayer with
Taslim. He stood up near a piece of wood Lying across the mosque and leaned on
it in such a way as if he was angry. Then he put his right hand over the left
and clasped his hands by interlacing his fingers and then put his J right cheek
on the back of his left hand. The people who were in haste left the mosque
through its gates. They wondered whether the prayer was reduced. And amongst
them were Abu Bakr and `Umar but they hesitated to ask the Prophet. A
long-handed man called Dhul-Yadain asked the Prophet, 'O Allah's Apostle! Have
you forgotten or has the prayer been reduced?' The Prophet replied, 'I have
neither forgotten nor has the prayer been reduced' The Prophet added, 'Is what
Dhul Yadain has said true?' They (the people) said, 'Yes, it is true.' The
Prophet stood up again and led the prayer, completing the remaining prayer,
forgotten by him, and performed Taslim, and then said, 'Allahu Akbar.' And then
he did a prostration as he used to prostrate or longer than that. He then raised
his head saying, 'Allahu Akbar; he then again said, 'Allahu Akbar', and
prostrated as he used to prostrate or longer than that. Then he raised his head
and said, 'Allahu Akbar.' " (The sub-narrator added, "I think that they asked
(Ibn Seereen) whether the Prophet completed the prayer with Taslim. He replied,
"I heard that `Imran bin Husain had said, 'Then he (the Prophet) did Taslim.")
1.470:
Narrated Fudail bin Sulaiman: Musa bin `Uqba said, "I saw Salim
bin `Abdullah looking for some places on the way and prayed there. He narrated
that his father used to pray there, and had seen the Prophet praying at those
very places." Narrated Nafi` on the authority of Ibn `Umar who said, "I used to
pray at those places." Musa the narrator added, "I asked Salim on which he said,
'I agree with Nafi` concerning those places, except the mosque situated at the
place called Sharaf Ar-Rawha."
1.471:
Narrated Hadith is about the
various places on the way from Medina to Mecca where the Prophet prayed and
their In locations impossible to translate.
Bk. 9: Virtues of the Prayer Hall (Sutra of the Musalla)
1.472:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once I came riding a she-ass when I had just attained
the age of puberty. Allah's Apostle was offering the prayer at Mina with no wall
in front of him and I passed in front of some of the row. There I dismounted and
let my she-ass loose to graze and entered the row and nobody objected to me
about it.
1.473:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Whenever Allah's Apostle came out
on `Id day, he used to order that a Harba [??] (a short spear) to be planted in
front of him (as a Sutra for his prayer) and then he used to pray facing it with
the people behind him and used to do the same while on a journey. After the
Prophet , this practice was adopted by the Muslim rulers (who followed his
traditions).
1.474:
Narrated `Aun bin Abi Juhaifa: I heard my father
saying, "The Prophet led us, and prayed a two-rak`at Zuhr prayer and then a
two-rak`at `Asr prayer at Al-Batha' [??] with a short spear (planted) in front
of him (as a Sutra) while women and donkeys were passing in front of him (beyond
that stick).
1.475:
Narrated Sahl (bin Sa`d): The distance between the
Musalla of Allah's Apostle and the wall was just sufficient for a sheep to pass
through .
1.476:
Narrated Salama:
The distance between the wall of
the mosque and the pulpit was hardly enough for a sheep to pass through.
1.477:
Narrated `Abdullah: The Prophet used to get a Harba planted in
front of him (as a Sutra) and pray behind it.
1.478:
Narrated `Aun bin
Abi Juhaifa: that he had heard his father saying, "Allah's Apostle came to us at
midday and water was brought for his ablution. He performed ablution and led us
in Zuhr and `Asr prayers with a short stpear (or stick) planted in front of him
(as a Sutra), while women and donkeys were passing beyond it."
1.479:
Narrated Anas Ibn Malik: Whenever the Prophet went for answering the call of
nature, I and another boy used to go after him with a staff, a stick or a short
spear (or stick) and a tumbler of water and when he finished from answering the
call of nature we would hand that tumbler of water to him.
1.480:
Narrated Abu Juhaifa: Allah's Apostle came out at midday and offered a
two-rak`at Zuhr and `Asr prayers at Al-Batha and a short spear (or stick) was
planted in front of him (as a Sutra). He performed ablution and the people took
the remaining water left after his ablution and rubbed their bodies with it.
1.481:
Narrated Yazid bin Al `Ubaid: I used to accompany Salama bin
Al-Akwa` and he used to pray behind the pillar which was near the place where
the Qur'ans were kept. I said, "O Abu Muslim! I see you always seeking to pray
behind this pillar." He replied, "I saw Allah's Apostle always seeking to pray
near that pillar."
1.482:
Narrated Anas:
I saw the most famous
people amongst the companions of the Prophet hurrying towards the pillars at the
Maghrib prayer before the Prophet came for the prayer.
1.483:
Narrated
Ibn `Umar: The Prophet entered the Ka`ba along with Usama bin Zaid, `Uthman bin
Talha and Bilal and remained there for a long time. When they came out, I was
the first man to enter the Ka`ba. I asked Bilal "Where did the Prophet pray?"
Bilal replied, "Between the two front Pillars."
1.484:
Narrated Nafi`:
`Abdullah bin `Umar said, "Allah's Apostle entered the Ka`ba along with
Usama bin Zaid, Bilal and `Uthman bin Talha Al-Hajabi and closed the door and
stayed there for some time. I asked Bilal when he came out, 'What did the
Prophet do?' He replied, 'He offered prayer with one pillar to his left and one
to his right and three behind.' In those days the Ka`ba was supported by six
pillars." Malik said: "There were two pillars on his (the Prophet's) right
side."
1.485:
Narrated Nafi`:
"The Prophet used to make his
she-camel sit across and he would pray facing it (as a Sutra)." I asked, "What
would the Prophet do if the she-camel was provoked and moved?" He said, "He
would take its camel-saddle and put it in front of him and pray facing its back
part (as a Sutra). And Ibn `Umar used to do the same." (This indicates that one
should not pray except behind a Sutra).
1.486:
Narrated `Aisha:
Do
you make us (women) equal to dogs and donkeys? While I used to lie in my bed,
the Prophet would come and pray facing the middle of the bed. I used to consider
it not good to stand in front of him in his prayers. So I used to slip away
slowly and quietly from the foot of the bed till I got out of my guilt.
1.487:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: The Prophet said, (what is ascribed to him in
the following Hadith 488):
1.488:
Narrated Abu Salih As-Samman: I saw
Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri praying on a Friday, behind something which acted as a
Sutra. A young man from Bani Abi Mu'ait [??] , wanted to pass in front of him,
but Abu Sa`id repulsed him with a push on his chest. Finding no alternative he
again tried to pass but Abu Sa`id pushed him with a greater force. The young man
abused Abu Sa`id and went to Marwan and lodged a complaint against Abu Sa`id and
Abu Sa`id followed the young man to Marwan who asked him, "O Abu Sa`id! What has
happened between you and the son of your brother?" Abu Sa`id said to him, "I
heard the Prophet saying, 'If anybody amongst you is praying behind something as
a Sutra and somebody tries to pass in front of him, then he should repulse him
and if he refuses, he should use force against him for he is a Shaitan (a
Satan).' "
1.489:
Narrated Busr bin Sa`id: that Zaid bin Khalid sent him
to Abi Juhaim to ask him what he had heard from Allah's Apostle about a person
passing in front of another person who was praying. Abu Juhaim replied, "Allah's
Apostle said, 'If the person who passes in front of another person in prayer
knew the magnitude of his sin he would prefer to wait for 40 (days, months or
years) rather than to pass in front of him." Abu An-Nadr said, "I do not
remember exactly whether he said 40 days, months or years."
1.490:
Narrated `Aisha:
The things which annul the prayers were mentioned
before me. They said, "Prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey and a woman (if
they pass in front of the praying people)." I said, "You have made us (i.e.
women) dogs. I saw the Prophet praying while I used to lie in my bed between him
and the Qibla. Whenever I was in need of something, I would slip away. for I
disliked to face him."
1.491:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet used to
pray while I was sleeping across in his bed in front of him. Whenever he wanted
to pray witr, he would wake me up and I would pray witr.
1.492:
Narrated
`Aisha:
the wife of the Prophet, "I used to sleep in front of Allah's
Apostle with my legs opposite his Qibla (facing him); and whenever he
prostrated, he pushed my feet and I withdrew them and whenever he stood, I
stretched them." `Aisha added, "In those days there were no lamps in the
houses."
1.493:
Narrated `Aisha:
The things which annual prayer were
mentioned before me (and those were): a dog, a donkey and a woman. I said, "You
have compared us (women) to donkeys and dogs. By Allah! I saw the Prophet
praying while I used to lie in (my) bed between him and the Qibla. Whenever I
was in need of something, I disliked to sit and trouble the Prophet. So, I would
slip away by the side of his feet."
1.494:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the
wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle used to get up at night and pray while I
used to lie across between him and the Qibla on his family's bed.
1.495:
Narrated Abu Qatada Al-Ansari: Allah's Apostle was praying and he was
carrying Umama the daughters of Zainab, the daughter of Allah's Apostle and she
was the daughter of 'As bin Rabi`a bin `Abd Shams. When he prostrated, he put
her down and when he stood, he carried her (on his neck).
1.496:
Narrated Maimuna bint Al-Harith: My bed was beside the praying place
(Musalla) of the Prophet and sometimes his garment fell on me while I used to
lie in my bed.
1.497:
Narrated Maimuna:
The Prophet used to pray
while I used to sleep beside him during my periods (menses) and in prostration
his garment used to touch me.
1.498:
Narrated `Aisha:
It is not good
that you people have made us (women) equal to dogs and donkeys. No doubt I saw
Allah's Apostle praying while I used to lie between him and the Qibla and when
he wanted to prostrate, he pushed my legs and I withdrew them.
1.499:
Narrated `Amr bin Maimun [??] : `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said, "While Allah's
Apostle was praying beside the Ka`ba, there were some Quraish people sitting in
a gathering. One of them said, 'Don't you see this (who does deeds just to show
off)? Who amongst you can go and bring the dung, blood and the Abdominal
contents (intestines, etc.) of the slaughtered camels of the family of so and so
and then wait till he prostrates and put that in between his shoulders?' The
most unfortunate amongst them (`Uqba bin Abi Mu'ait) went (and brought them) and
when Allah's Apostle prostrated, he put them between his shoulders. The Prophet
remained in prostration and they laughed so much so that they fell on each
other. A passerby went to Fatima, who was a young girl in those days. She came
running and the Prophet was still in prostration. She removed them and cursed
upon the Quraish on their faces. When Allah's Apostle completed his prayer, he
said, 'O Allah! Take revenge on Quraish.' He said so thrice and added, 'O Allah!
take revenge on `Amr bin Hisham, `Utba bin Rabi`a, Shaiba bin Rabi`a, Al-Walid
bin `Utba, Umaiya bin Khalaf, `Uqba bin Abi Mu'ait and `Umar a bin Al-Walid."
`Abdullah added, "By Allah! I saw all of them dead in the battle field on the
day of Badr and they were dragged and thrown in the Qalib (a well) at Badr:
Allah's Apostle then said, 'Allah's curse has descended upon the people of the
Qalib (well).
Bk. 10: Times of the Prayers
1.500:
Narrated Ibn Shihab: Once
`Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz delayed the prayer and `Urwa bin Az-Zubair went to him
and said, "Once in 'Iraq, Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba delayed his prayers and Abi
Mas`ud Al-Ansari went to him and said, 'O Mughira! What is this? Don't you know
that once Gabriel came and offered the prayer (Fajr prayer) and Allah's Apostle
prayed too, then he prayed again (Zuhr prayer) and so did Allah's Apostle and
again he prayed (`Asr prayers and Allah's Apostle did the same; again he prayed
(Maghrib-prayer) and so did Allah's Apostle and again prayed (`Isha prayer) and
so did Allah's Apostle and (Gabriel) said, 'I was ordered to do so (to
demonstrate the prayers prescribed to you)?'" `Umar (bin `Abdul `Aziz) said to
`Urwa, "Be sure of what you Say. Did Gabriel lead Allah's Apostle at the stated
times of the prayers?" `Urwa replied, "Bashir bin Abi Mas`ud narrated like this
on the authority of his father." `Urwa added, "Aisha told me that Allah's
Apostle used to pray `Asr prayer when the sunshine was still inside her
residence (during the early time of `Asr).
1.501:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
"Once a delegation of `Abdul Qais came to Allah's Apostle and said, "We belong
to such and such branch of the tribe of Rab'a [??] and we can only come to you
in the sacred months. Order us to do something good so that we may (carry out)
take it from you and also invite to it our people whom we have left behind (at
home)." The Prophet said, " I order you to do four things and forbid you from
four things. (The first four are as follows): -1. To believe in Allah. (And then
he: explained it to them i.e.) to testify that none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah and (Muhammad) am Allah's Apostle -2. To offer prayers
perfectly (at the stated times): -3. To pay Zakat (obligatory charity) -4. To
give me Khumus (The other four things which are forbidden are as follows): -1.
Dubba
-2. Hantam
-3. Muqaiyat [BR] -4. Naqir (all these are utensils
used for the preparation of alcoholic drinks).
1.502:
Narrated Jarir bin
`Abdullah: I gave the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle for to offer
prayers perfectly, to pay Zakat regularly, and to give good advice to every
Muslim.
1.503:
Narrated Shaqiq:
that he had heard Hudhaifa saying,
"Once I was sitting with `Umar and he said, 'Who amongst you remembers the
statement of Allah's Apostle about the afflictions?' I said, 'I know it as the
Prophet had said it.' `Umar said, 'No doubt you are bold.' I said, 'The
afflictions caused for a man by his wife, money, children and neighbor are
expiated by his prayers, fasting, charity and by enjoining (what is good) and
forbidding (what is evil).' `Umar said, 'I did not mean that but I asked about
that affliction which will spread like the waves of the sea.' I (Hudhaifa) said,
'O leader of the faithful believers! You need not be afraid of it as there is a
closed door between you and it.' `Umar asked, Will the door be broken or
opened?' I replied, 'It will be broken.' `Umar said, 'Then it will never be
closed again.' I was asked whether `Umar knew that door. I replied that he knew
it as one knows that there will be night before the tomorrow morning. I narrated
a Hadith that was free from any misstatement" The sub-narrator added that they
deputized Masruq to ask Hudhaifa (about the door). Hudhaifa said, "The door was
`Umar himself."
1.504:
Narrated Ibn Mas`ud: A man kissed a woman
(unlawfully) and then went to the Prophet and informed him. Allah revealed: And
offer prayers perfectly At the two ends of the day And in some hours of the
night (i.e. the five compulsory prayers). Verily! good deeds remove (annul) the
evil deeds (small sins) (1
1.114). The man asked Allah's Apostle, "Is it for
me?" He said, "It is for all my followers."
1.505:
Narrated `Abdullah: I
asked the Prophet "Which deed is the dearest to Allah?" He replied, "To offer
the prayers at their early stated fixed times." I asked, "What is the next (in
goodness)?" He replied, "To be good and dutiful to your parents" I again asked,
"What is the next (in goodness)?" He replied, 'To participate in Jihad
(religious fighting) in Allah's cause." `Abdullah added, "I asked only that much
and if I had asked more, the Prophet would have told me more."
1.506:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "If there was a river
at the door of anyone of you and he took a bath in it five times a day would you
notice any dirt on him?" They said, "Not a trace of dirt would be left." The
Prophet added, "That is the example of the five prayers with which Allah blots
out (annuls) evil deeds."
1.507:
Narrated Ghailan:
Anas said, "I do
not find (now-a-days) things as they were (practiced) at the time of the
Prophet." Somebody said "The prayer (is as it was.)" Anas said, "Have you not
done in the prayer what you have done? Narrated Az-Zuhri that he visited Anas
bin Malik at Damascus and found him weeping and asked him why he was weeping. He
replied, "I do not know anything which I used to know during the lifetime of
Allah's Apostle except this prayer which is being lost (not offered as it should
be).
1.508:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Whenever anyone of you
offers his prayer he is speaking in private to his Lord. So he should not spit
to his right but under his left foot." Qatada said, "He should not spit in front
of him but to his left or under his feet." And Shu`ba said, "He should not spit
in front of him, nor to his right but to his left or under his foot." Anas said:
The Prophet said, "He should neither spit in the direction of his Qibla nor to
his right but to his left or under his foot."
1.509:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Do the prostration properly and do not put your forearms
flat with elbows touching the ground like a dog. And if you want to spit, do not
spit in front, nor to the right for the person in prayer is speaking in private
to his Lord."
1.510:
Narrated Abu Huraira and `Abdullah bin `Umar:
Allah's Apostle said, "If it is very hot, then pray the Zuhr prayer when it
becomes (a bit) cooler, as the severity of the heat is from the raging of the
Hell-fire."
1.511:
Narrated Abu Dhar: The Mu'adh-dhin (call-maker) of
the Prophet pronounced the Adhan (call) for the Zuhr prayer but the Prophet
said, "Let it be cooler, let it be cooler." Or said, 'Wait, wait, because the
severity of heat is from the raging of the Hell-fire. In severe hot weather,
pray when it becomes (a bit) cooler and the shadows of hillocks appear."
1.512:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "In very hot weather
delay the Zuhr prayer till it becomes (a bit) cooler because the severity of
heat is from the raging of the Hell-fire. The Hell-fire of Hell complained to
its Lord saying: O Lord! My parts are eating (destroying) one another. So Allah
allowed it to take two breaths, one in the winter and the other in the summer.
The breath in the summer is at the time when you feel the severest heat and the
breath in the winter is at the time when you feel the severest cold."
1.513:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: that Allah's Apostle said, "Pray Zuhr prayer when it
becomes (a bit) cooler as the severity of heat is from the raging of the
Hell-fire."
1.514:
Narrated Abu Dhar Al-Ghifar: We were with the Prophet
on a journey and the Mu'adh-dhin (call maker for the prayer) wanted to pronounce
the Adhan (call) for the Zuhr prayer. The Prophet said, 'Let it become cooler."
He again (after a while) wanted to pronounce the Adhan but the Prophet said to
him, "Let it become cooler till we see the shadows of hillocks." The Prophet
added, "The severity of heat is from the raging of the Hell-fire, and in very
hot weather pray (Zuhr) when it becomes cooler."
1.515:
Narrated Anas
bin Malik: Allah's Apostle came out as the sun declined at midday and offered
the Zuhr prayer. He then stood on the pulpit and spoke about the Hour (Day of
Judgment) and said that in it there would be tremendous things. He then said,
"Whoever likes to ask me about anything he can do so and I shall reply as long
as I am at this place of mine. Most of the people wept and the Prophet said
repeatedly, "Ask me." `Abdullah bin Hudhafa As-Sahmi stood up and said, "Who is
my father?" The Prophet said, "Your father is Hudhafa." The Prophet repeatedly
said, "Ask me." Then `Umar knelt before him and said, "We are pleased with Allah
as our Lord, Islam as our religion, and Muhammad as our Prophet." The Prophet
then became quiet and said, "Paradise and Hell-fire were displayed in front of
me on this wall just now and I have never seen a better thing (than the former)
and a worse thing (than the latter).
1.516:
Narrated Abu Al-Minhal: Abu
Barza said, "The Prophet used to offer the Fajr (prayer) when one could
recognize the person sitting by him (after the prayer) and he used to recite
between 60 to 100 Ayat (verses) of the Qur'an. He used to offer the Zuhr prayer
as soon as the sun declined (at noon) and the `Asr at a time when a man might go
and return from the farthest place in Medina and find the sun still hot. (The
sub-narrator forgot what was said about the Maghrib). He did not mind delaying
the `Isha prayer to one third of the night or the middle of the night."
1.517:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: When we offered the Zuhr prayers behind
Allah's Apostle we used to prostrate on our clothes to protect ourselves from
the heat.
1.518:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: "The Prophet prayed eight rak`at
for the Zuhr and `Asr, and seven for the Maghrib and `Isha prayers in Medina."
Aiyub said, "Perhaps those were rainy nights." Anas said, "May be."
1.519:
Narrated Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to offer the `Asr prayer when the
sunshine had not disappeared from my chamber.
1.520:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to offer the `Asr prayers at a time when the sunshine
was still inside my chamber and no shadow had yet appeared in it.
1.521:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet used to pray the `Asr prayers at a time when
the sunshine was still inside my chamber and no shadow had yet appeared in it.
1.522:
Narrated Saiyar bin Salama: I along with my father went to Abu-
Barza Al-Aslami and my father asked him, "How Allah's Apostle used to offer the
five compulsory congregational prayers?" Abu- Barza said, "The Prophet used to
pray the Zuhr prayer which you (people) call the first one at midday when the
sun had just declined The `Asr prayer at a time when after the prayer, a man
could go to the house at the farthest place in Medina (and arrive) while the sun
was still hot. (I forgot about the Maghrib prayer). The Prophet Loved to delay
the `Isha which you call Al- `Atama [??] and he disliked sleeping before it and
speaking after it. After the Fajr prayer he used to leave when a man could
recognize the one sitting beside him and he used to recite between 60 to 100
Ayat (in the Fajr prayer) .
1.523:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: We used to
pray the `Asr prayer and after that if someone happened to go to the tribe of
Bani `Amr bin `Auf, he would find them still praying the `Asr (prayer).
1.524:
Narrated Abu Bakr bin `Uthman bin Sahl bin Hunaif: that he heard
Abu Umama saying: We prayed the Zuhr prayer with `Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz and then
went to Anas bin Malik and found him offering the `Asr prayer. I asked him, "O
uncle! Which prayer have you offered?" He said 'The `Asr and this is (the time
of) the prayer of Allah s Apostle which we used to pray with him."
1.525:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle used to offer the `Asr prayer at a
time when the sun was still hot and high and if a person went to Al-`Awali (a
place) of Medina, he would reach there when the sun was still high. Some of
Al-`Awali of Medina were about four miles or so from the town.
1.526:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: We used to pray the `Asr and after that if one of
US went to Quba' he would arrive there while the sun was still high.
1.527:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever misses the `Asr prayer
(intentionally) then it is as if he lost his family and property."
1.528:
Narrated Abu Al-Mahh [??] : We were with Buraida in a battle on a cloudy day
and he said, "Offer the `Asr prayer early as the Prophet said, "Whoever leaves
the `Asr prayer, all his (good) deeds will be annulled."
1.529:
Narrated
Qais:
Jarir said, "We were with the Prophet and he looked at the
moon--full-moon--and said, 'Certainly you will see your Lord as you see this
moon and you will have no trouble in seeing Him. So if you can avoid missing
(through sleep or business, etc.) a prayer before the sunrise (Fajr) and a
prayer before sunset (`Asr), you must do so.' He then recited Allah's Statement:
And celebrate the praises Of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before
(its) setting." (50.39) Isma`il said, "Offer those prayers and do not miss
them."
1.530:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Angels come
to you in succession by night and day and all of them get together at the time
of the Fajr and `Asr prayers. Those who have passed the night with you (or
stayed with you) ascend (to the Heaven) and Allah asks them, though He knows
everything about you, well, "In what state did you leave my slaves?" The angels
reply: "When we left them they were praying and when we reached them, they were
praying."
1.531:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If anyone
of you can get one rak`a of the `Asr prayer before sunset, he should complete
his prayer. If any of you can get one rak`a of the Fajr prayer before sunrise,
he should complete his prayer."
1.532:
Narrated Salim bin `Abdullah: My
father said, "I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'The period of your stay as
compared to the previous nations is like the period equal to the time between
the `Asr prayer and sunset. The people of the Torah were given the Torah and
they acted (upon it) till midday then they were exhausted and were given one
Qirat (of gold) each. And then the people of the Gospel were given the Gospel
and they acted (upon it) till the `Asr prayer then they were exhausted and were!
given one Qirat each. And then we were given the Qur'an and we acted (upon it)
till sunset and we were given two Qirats each. On that the people of both the
scriptures said, 'O our Lord! You have given them two Qirats and given us one
Qirat, though we have worked more than they.' Allah said, 'Have I usurped some
of your right?' They said, 'No.' Allah said: "That is my blessing I bestow upon
whomsoever I wish."
1.533:
Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet said, "The
example of Muslims, Jews and Christians is like the example of a man who
employed laborers to work for him from morning till night. They worked till
midday and they said, 'We are not in need of your reward.' SO the man employed
another batch and said to them, 'Complete the rest of the day and yours will be
the wages I had fixed (for the first batch). They worked Up till the time of the
`Asr prayer and said, 'Whatever we have done is for you.' He employed another
batch. They worked for the rest of the day till sunset, and they received the
wages of the two former batches."
1.534:
Narrated Rafi` bin Khadij: We
used to offer the Maghrib prayer with the Prophet and after finishing the prayer
one of us may go away and could still see as Par as the spots where one's arrow
might reach when shot by a bow.
1.535:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The
Prophet used to pray the Zuhr at midday, and the `Asr at a time when the sun was
still bright, the Maghrib after sunset (at its stated time) and the `Isha at a
variable time. Whenever he saw the people assembled (for `Isha' prayer) he would
pray earlier and if the people delayed, he would delay the prayer. And they or
the Prophet used to offer the Fajr Prayers when it still dark.
1.536:
Narrated Salama:
We used to pray the Maghrib prayer with the Prophet
when the sun disappeared from the horizon.
1.537:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
The Prophet prayed seven rak`at together and eight rak`at together.
1.538:
Narrated `Abdullah Al-Muzani: The Prophet said, "Do not be influenced by
bedouins regarding the name of your Maghrib prayer which is called `Isha' by
them."
1.539:
Narrated `Abdullah: "One night Allah's Apostle led us in
the `Isha' prayer and that is the one called Al-`Atma [??] by the people. After
the completion of the prayer, he faced us and said, "Do you know the importance
of this night? Nobody present on the surface of the earth tonight will be living
after one hundred years from this night." (See Hadith No. 575).
1.540:
Narrated Muhammad bin `Amr: We asked Jabir bin `Abdullah about the prayers
of the Prophet . He said, "He used to pray Zuhr prayer at midday, the `Asr when
the sun was still hot, and the Maghrib after sunset (at its stated time). The
`Isha was offered early if the people gathered, and used to be delayed if their
number was less; and the morning prayer was offered when it was still dark. "
1.541:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle once delayed the `Isha'
prayer and that was during the days when Islam still had not spread. The Prophet
did not come out till `Umar informed him that the women and children had slept.
Then he came out and said to the people of the mosque: "None amongst the
dwellers of the earth has been waiting for it (`Isha prayer) except you."
1.542:
Narrated Abu Musa: My companions, who came with me in the boat
and I landed at a place called Baqi [??] Buthan [??] . The Prophet was in Medina
at that time. One of us used to go to the Prophet by turns every night at the
time of the `Isha prayer. Once I along with my companions went to the Prophet
and he was busy in some of his affairs, so the `Isha' prayer was delayed to the
middle of the night He then came out and led the people (in prayer). After
finishing from the prayer, he addressed the people present there saying, "Be
patient! Don't go away. Have the glad tiding. It is from the blessing of Allah
upon you that none amongst mankind has prayed at this time save you." Or said,
"None except you has prayed at this time." Abu Musa added, 'So we returned
happily after what we heard from Allah's Apostle ."
1.543:
Narrated Abu
Barza: Allah's Apostle disliked to sleep before the `Isha' prayer and to talk
after it.
1.544:
Narrated Ibn Shihab from `Urwa: `Aisha said, "Once
Allah's Apostle delayed the `Isha' prayer till `Umar reminded him by saying,
"The prayer!" The women and children have slept. Then the Prophet came out and
said, 'None amongst the dwellers of the earth has been waiting for it (the
prayer) except you." `Urwa said, "Nowhere except in Medina the prayer used to be
offered (in those days)." He further said, "The Prophet used to offer the `Isha'
prayer in the period between the disappearance of the twilight and the end of
the first third of the night."
1.545:
Narrated Ibn Juraij from Nafi`:
`Abdullah bin `Umar said, "Once Allah's Apostle was busy (at the time of the
`Isha'), so the prayer was delayed so much so that we slept and woke up and
slept and woke up again. The Prophet came out and said, 'None amongst the
dwellers of the earth but you have been waiting for the prayer." Ibn `Umar did
not find any harm in praying it earlier or in delaying it unless he was afraid
that sleep might overwhelm him and he might miss the prayer, and sometimes he
used to sleep before the `Isha' prayer. Ibn Juraij said, "I said to `Ata', 'I
heard Ibn `Abbas saying: Once Allah's Apostle delayed the `Isha' prayer to such
an extent that the people slept and got up and slept again and got up again.
Then `Umar bin Al-Khattab I, stood up and reminded the Prophet I of the prayer.'
`Ata' said, 'Ibn `Abbas said: The Prophet came out as if I was looking at him at
this time, and water was trickling from his head and he was putting his hand on
his head and then said, 'Hadn't I thought it hard for my followers, I would have
ordered them to pray (`Isha' prayer) at this time.' I asked `Ata' for further
information, how the Prophet had kept his hand on his head as he was told by Ibn
`Abbas. `Ata' separated his fingers slightly and put their tips on the side of
the head, brought the fingers downwards approximating them till the thumb
touched the lobe of the ear at the side of the temple and the beard on the face.
He neither slowed nor hurried in this action but he acted like that. The Prophet
said: "Hadn't I thought it hard for my followers I would have ordered them to
pray at this time."
1.546:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet delayed the
`Isha' prayer till midnight and then he offered the prayer and said, "The people
prayed and slept but you have been in prayer as long as you have been waiting
for it (the prayer)." Anas added: As if I am looking now at the glitter of the
ring of the Prophet on that night.
1.547:
Narrated Jarir bin `Abdullah:
We were with the Prophet on a full moon night. He looked at the moon and said,
"You will certainly see your Lord as you see this moon, and there will be no
trouble in seeing Him. So if you can avoid missing (through sleep, business,
etc.) a prayer before the rising of the sun (Fajr) and before its setting (`Asr)
you must do so. He (the Prophet ) then recited the following verse: And
celebrate the praises Of Your Lord before The rising of the sun And before (its)
setting." (50.39)
1.548:
Narrated Abu Bakr bin Abi Musa: My father said,
"Allah's Apostle said, 'Whoever prays the two cool prayers (`Asr and Fajr) will
go to Paradise.' "
1.549:
Narrated Anas:
Zaid bin Thabit said, "We
took the "Suhur" (the meal taken before dawn while fasting is observed) with the
Prophet and then stood up for the (morning) prayer." I asked him how long the
interval between the two (Suhur and prayer) was. He replied, 'The interval
between the two was just sufficient to recite fifty to Sixth 'Ayat."
1.550:
Narrated Qatada:
Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet and Zaid bin Thabit
took the 'Suhur' together and after finishing the meal, the Prophet stood up and
prayed (Fajr prayer)." I asked Anas, "How long was the interval between
finishing their 'Suhur' and starting the prayer?" He replied, "The interval
between the two was just sufficient to recite fifty 'Ayat." (Verses of the
Qur'an).
1.551:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: I used to take the "Suhur" meal
with my family and hasten so as to catch the Fajr (morning prayer) with Allah's
Apostle.
1.552:
Narrated `Aisha:
The believing women covered with
their veiling sheets used to attend the Fajr prayer with Allah's Apostle, and
after finishing the prayer they would return to their home and nobody could
recognize them because of darkness.
1.553:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's
Apostle said, "Whoever could get one rak`a (of the Fajr prayer) before sunrise,
he has got the (morning) prayer and whoever could get one rak`a of the `Asr
prayer before sunset, he has got the (`Asr) prayer."
1.554:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever could get one rak`a of a prayer, (in its
proper time) he has got the prayer."
1.555:
Narrated `Umar:
"The
Prophet forbade praying after the Fajr prayer till the sun rises and after the
`Asr prayer till the sun sets."
1.556:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Some people
told me the same narration (as above).
1.557:
Narrated Hisham's father:
Ibn `Umar said, "Allah's Apostle said, 'Do not pray at the time of sunrise and
at the time of sunset.' " Ibn `Umar said, "Allah's Apostle said, 'If the edge of
the sun appears (above the horizon) delay the prayer till it becomes high, and
if the edge of the sun disappears, delay the prayer till it sets (disappears
completely).' "
1.558:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle forbade two
kinds of sales, two kinds of dresses, and two prayers. He forbade offering
prayers after the Fajr prayer till the rising of the sun and after the `Asr
prayer till its setting. He also forbade "Ishtimal-Assama [??] " and "al-Ihtiba"
in one garment in such a way that one's private parts are exposed towards the
sky. He also forbade the sales called "Munabadha" and "Mulamasa." (See Hadith
No. 354 and 355 Vol. 3).
1.559:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle
said, "None of you should try to pray at sunrise or sunset."
1.560:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "There is no
prayer after the morning prayer till the sun rises, and there is no prayer after
the `Asr prayer till the sun sets."
1.561:
Narrated Muawiya:
You
offer a prayer which I did not see being offered by Allah's Apostle when we were
in his company and he certainly had forbidden it (i.e. two rak`at after the `Asr
prayer).
1.562:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle forbade the
offering of two prayers: -1. after the morning prayer till the sunrises. -2.
after the `Asr prayer till the sun sets.
1.563:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: I
pray as I saw my companions praying. I do not forbid praying at any time during
the day or night except at sunset and sunrise.
1.564:
Narrated `Aisha:
By Allah, Who took away the Prophet. The Prophet never missed them (two
rak`at) after the `Asr prayer till he met Allah and he did not meet Allah till
it became heavy for him to pray while standing so he used to offer most of the
prayers while sitting. (She meant the two rak`at after `Asr) He used to pray
them in the house and never prayed them in the mosque lest it might be hard for
his followers and he loved what was easy for them .
1.565:
Narrated
Hisham's father: `Aisha (addressing me) said, "O son of my sister! The Prophet
never missed two prostrations (i.e. rak`at) after the `Asr prayer in my house."
1.566:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle never missed two rak`at
before the Fajr prayer and after the `Asr prayer openly and secretly.
1.567:
Narrated `Aisha:
Whenever the Prophet come to me after the `Asr prayer,
he always prayed two rak`at.
1.568:
Narrated Ibn Abu Malih [??] : I was
with Buraida on a cloudy day and he said, "Offer the `Asr prayer earlier as the
Prophet said, 'Whoever leaves the `Asr prayer will have all his (good) deeds
annulled." (See Hadith No. 527 and 528)
1.569:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
Abi Qatada: My father said, "One night we were traveling with the Prophet and
some people said, 'We wish that Allah's Apostle would take a rest along with us
during the last hours of the night.' He said, 'I am afraid that you will sleep
and miss the (Fajr) prayer.' Bilal said, 'I will make you get up.' So all slept
and Bilal rested his back against his Rahila and he too was overwhelmed (by
sleep) and slept. The Prophet got up when the edge of the sun had risen and
said, 'O Bilal! What about your statement?' He replied, 'I have never slept such
a sleep.' The Prophet said, 'Allah captured your souls when He wished, and
released them when He wished. O Bilal! Get up and pronounce the Adhan for the
prayer.' The Prophet performed ablution and when the sun came up and became
bright, he stood up and prayed."
1.570:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: On
the day of Al-Khandaq (the battle of trench.) `Umar bin Al-Khattab came cursing
the disbelievers of Quraish after the sun had set and said, "O Allah's Apostle I
could not offer the `Asr prayer till the sun had set." The Prophet said, "By
Allah! I, too, have not prayed." So we turned towards Buthan, and the Prophet
performed ablution and we too performed ablution and offered the `Asr prayer
after the sun had set, and then he offered the Maghrib prayer.
1.571:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "If anyone forgets a prayer he should
pray that prayer when he remembers it. There is no expiation except to pray the
same." Then he recited: "Establish prayer for My (i.e. Allah's) remembrance."
(20.14).
1.572:
Narrated Jabir:
`Umar came cursing the disbelievers
(of Quraish) on the day of Al-Khandaq (the battle of Trench) and said, "I could
not offer the `Asr prayer till the sun had set. Then we went to Buthan and he
offered the (`Asr) prayer after sunset and then he offered the Maghrib prayer.
1.573:
Narrated Abu-l-Minhal: My father and I went to Abi Barza
Al-Aslami and my father said to him, "Tell us how Allah's Apostle used to offer
the compulsory congregational prayers." He said, "He used to pray the Zuhr
prayer, which you call the first prayer, as the sun declined at noon, the `Asr
at a time when one of US could go to his family at the farthest place in Medina
while the sun was still hot. (The narrator forgot what Abu Barza had said about
the Maghrib prayer), and the Prophet preferred to pray the `Isha' late and
disliked to sleep before it or talk after it. And he used to return after
finishing the morning prayer at such a time when it was possible for one to
recognize the person sitting by his side and he (the Prophet) used to recite 60
to 100 'Ayat' (verses) of the Qur'an in it."
1.574:
Narrated Qurra bin
Khalid: Once he waited for Al-Hasan and he did not show up till it was about the
usual time for him to start his speech; then he came and apologized saying, "Our
neighbors invited us." Then he added, "Narrated Anas, 'Once we waited for the
Prophet till it was midnight or about midnight. He came and led the prayer, and
after finishing it, he addressed us and said, 'All the people prayed and then
slept and you had been in prayer as long as you were waiting for it." Al-Hasan
said, "The people are regarded as performing good deeds as long as they are
waiting for doing good deeds." Al-Hasan's statement is a portion of Anas's [??]
Hadith from the Prophet .
1.575:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: The
Prophet prayed one of the `Isha' prayer in his last days and after finishing it
with Taslim, he stood up and said, "Do you realize (the importance of) this
night? Nobody present on the surface of the earth tonight would be living after
the completion of one hundred years from this night." The people made a mistake
in grasping the meaning of this statement of Allah's Apostle and they indulged
in those things which are said about these narrators (i.e. some said that the
Day of Resurrection will be established after 100 years etc.) But the Prophet
said, "Nobody present on the surface of earth tonight would be living after the
completion of 100 years from this night"; he meant "When that century (people of
that century) would pass away."
1.576:
Narrated Abu `Uthman: `Abdur
Rahman bin Abi Bakr said, "The Suffa Companions were poor people and the Prophet
said, 'Whoever has food for two persons should take a third one from them (Suffa
companions). And whosoever has food for four persons he should take one or two
from them' Abu Bakr took three men and the Prophet took ten of them." `Abdur
Rahman added, my father my mother and I were there (in the house). (The
sub-narrator is in doubt whether `Abdur Rahman also said, 'My wife and our
servant who was common for both my house and Abu Bakr's house). Abu Bakr took
his supper with the Prophet and remained there till the `Isha' prayer was
offered. Abu Bakr went back and stayed with the Prophet till the Prophet took
his meal and then Abu Bakr returned to his house after a long portion of the
night had passed. Abu Bakr's wife said, 'What detained you from your guests (or
guest)?' He said, 'Have you not served them yet?' She said, 'They refused to eat
until you come. The food was served for them but they refused." `Abdur Rahman
added, "I went away and hid myself (being afraid of Abu Bakr) and in the
meantime he (Abu Bakr) called me, 'O Ghunthar (a harsh word)!' and also called
me bad names and abused me and then said (to his family), 'Eat. No welcome for
you.' Then (the supper was served). Abu Bakr took an oath that he would not eat
that food. The narrator added: By Allah, whenever any one of us (myself and the
guests of Suffa companions) took anything from the food, it increased from
underneath. We all ate to our fill and the food was more than it was before its
serving. Abu Bakr looked at it (the food) and found it as it was before serving
or even more than that. He addressed his wife (saying) 'O the sister of Bani
Firas! What is this?' She said, 'O the pleasure of my eyes! The food is now
three times more than it was before.' Abu Bakr ate from it, and said, 'That
(oath) was from Satan' meaning his oath (not to eat). Then he again took a
morsel (mouthful) from it and then took the rest of it to the Prophet. So that
meal was with the Prophet. There was a treaty between us and some people, and
when the period of that treaty had elapsed the Prophet divided us into twelve
(groups) (the Prophet's companions) each being headed by a man. Allah knows how
many men were under the command of each (leader). So all of them (12 groups of
men) ate of that meal."
Bk. 11: Call to Prayers (Adhaan)
1.577:
Narrated Anas:
The
people mentioned the fire and the bell (they suggested those as signals to
indicate the starting of prayers), and by that they mentioned the Jews and the
Christians. Then Bilal was ordered to pronounce Adhan for the prayer by saying
its wordings twice, and for the Iqama (the call for the actual standing for the
prayers in rows) by saying its wordings once. (Iqama is pronounced when the
people are ready for the prayer).
1.578:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: When the
Muslims arrived at Medina, they used to assemble for the prayer, and used to
guess the time for it. During those days, the practice of Adhan for the prayers
had not been introduced yet. Once they discussed this problem regarding the call
for prayer. Some people suggested the use of a bell like the Christians, others
proposed a trumpet like the horn used by the Jews, but `Umar was the first to
suggest that a man should call (the people) for the prayer; so Allah's Apostle
ordered Bilal to get up and pronounce the Adhan for prayers.
1.579:
Narrated Anas:
Bilal was ordered to repeat the wording of the Adhan for
prayers twice, and to pronounce the wording of the Iqama once except
"Qad-qamat-is-salat".
1.580:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: When the number of
Muslims increased they discussed the question as to how to know the time for the
prayer by some familiar means. Some suggested that a fire be lit (at the time of
the prayer) and others put forward the proposal to ring the bell. Bilal was
ordered to pronounce the wording of Adhan twice and of the Iqama once only.
1.581:
Narrated Abu Qilaba: Anas said, "Bilal was ordered to pronounce
the wording of Adhan twice and of Iqama once only." The sub narrator Isma`il
said, "I mentioned that to Aiyub and he added (to that), "Except Iqama (i.e.
Qad-qamat-is-salat which should be said twice).
1.582:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "When the Adhan is pronounced Satan takes to his
heels and passes wind with noise during his flight in order not to hear the
Adhan. When the Adhan is completed he comes back and again takes to his heels
when the Iqama is pronounced and after its completion he returns again till he
whispers into the heart of the person (to divert his attention from his prayer)
and makes him remember things which he does not recall to his mind before the
prayer and that causes him to forget how much he has prayed."
1.583:
Narrated `Abdur-Rahman: Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri told my father, "I see you
liking sheep and the wilderness. So whenever you are with your sheep or in the
wilderness and you want to pronounce Adhan for the prayer raise your voice in
doing so, for whoever hears the Adhan, whether a human being, a jinn or any
other creature, will be a witness for you on the Day of Resurrection." Abu Sa`id
added, "I heard it (this narration) from Allah's Apostle."
1.584:
Narrated Humaid:
Anas bin Malik said, "Whenever the Prophet went out
with us to fight (in Allah's cause) against any nation, he never allowed us to
attack till morning and he would wait and see: if he heard Adhan he would
postpone the attack and if he did not hear Adhan he would attack them." Anas
added, "We reached Khaibar at night and in the morning when he did not hear the
Adhan for the prayer, he (the Prophet ) rode and I rode behind Abi Talha and my
foot was touching that of the Prophet. The inhabitants of Khaibar came out with
their baskets and spades and when they saw the Prophet they shouted 'Muhammad!
By Allah, Muhammad and his army.' When Allah's Apostle saw them, he said,
"Allahu-Akbar! Allahu-Akbar! Khaibar is ruined. Whenever we approach a (hostile)
nation (to fight), then evil will be the morning of those who have been warned."
1.585:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Allah's Apostle said, "Whenever you
hear the Adhan, say what the Mu'adh-dhin is saying.
1.586:
Narrated `Isa
bin Talha: that he had heard Muawiya repeating the words of Adhan up to "Wa
ash-hadu anna Muhammadan rasulul-lah (and I testify that Muhammad is Allah's
Apostle.)"
1.587:
Narrated Yahya as above (586) and added: "Some of my
companions told me that Hisham had said, "When the Mu'adh-dhin said, "Haiyi
`alas-sala (come for the prayer)." Muawiya said, "La hawla wala quwata illa
billah (There is neither might nor any power except with Allah)" and added, "We
heard your Prophet saying the same."
1.588:
Narrated Jabir bin
`Abdullah: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever after listening to the Adhan says,
'Allahumma Rabba hadhihi-d-da`watit-tammah, was-salatil qa'imah, ati Muhammadan
al-wasilata wal-fadilah, wa b`ath-hu maqaman mahmudan-il-ladhi wa`adtahu' [O
Allah! Lord of this perfect call (perfect by not ascribing partners to You) and
of the regular prayer which is going to be established, give Muhammad the right
of intercession and illustriousness, and resurrect him to the best and the
highest place in Paradise that You promised him (of)], then my intercession for
him will be allowed on the Day of Resurrection".
1.589:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If the people knew the reward for pronouncing
the Adhan and for standing in the first row (in congregational prayers) and
found no other way to get that except by drawing lots they would draw lots, and
if they knew the reward of the Zuhr prayer (in the early moments of its stated
time) they would race for it (go early) and if they knew the reward of `Isha'
and Fajr (morning) prayers in congregation, they would come to offer them even
if they had to crawl."
1.590:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Al-Harith: Once on
a rainy muddy day, Ibn `Abbas delivered a sermon in our presence and when the
Mu'adh-dhin pronounced the Adhan and said, "Haiyi `ala-s-sala(t) (come for the
prayer)" Ibn `Abbas ordered him to say 'Pray at your homes.' The people began to
look at each other (surprisingly). Ibn `Abbas said. "It was done by one who was
much better than I (i.e. the Prophet or his Mu'adh-dhin), and it is a license.'
1.591:
Narrated Salim bin `Abdullah: My father said that Allah s Apostle
said, "Bilal pronounces 'Adhan at night, so keep on eating and drinking (Suhur)
till Ibn Um Maktum pronounces Adhan." Salim added, "He was a blind man who would
not pronounce the Adhan unless he was told that the day had dawned."
1.592:
Narrated Hafsa:
When the Mu'adh-dhin pronounced the Adhan for Fajr
prayer and the dawn became evident the Prophet ordered a two rak`at light prayer
(Sunna) before the Iqama of the compulsory (congregational) prayer.
1.593:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet used to offer two light rak`at between the
Adhan and the Iqama of the Fajr prayer.
1.594:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Bilal pronounces the Adhan at night, so keep on
eating and drinking (Suhur) till Ibn Um Maktum pronounces the Adhan."
1.595:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Mas`ud: The Prophet said, "The Adhan pronounced by
Bilal should not stop you from taking Suhur, for he pronounces the Adhan at
night, so that the one offering the late night prayer (Tahajjud) from among you
might hurry up and the sleeping from among you might wake up. It does not mean
that dawn or morning has started." Then he (the Prophet) pointed with his
fingers and raised them up (towards the sky) and then lowered them (towards the
earth) like this (Ibn Mas`ud imitated the gesture of the Prophet). Az-Zuhri
gestured with his two index fingers which he put on each other and then
stretched them to the right and left. These gestures illustrate the way real
dawn appears. It spreads left and right horizontally. The dawn that appears in
the high sky and lowers down is not the real dawn) .
1.596:
Narrated
`Aisha:
The Prophet said, "Bilal pronounces the Adhan at night, so eat and
drink (Suhur) till Ibn Um Maktum pronounces the Adhan."
1.597:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin Mughaffal Al-Muzani: Allah's Apostle said thrice, "There is a
prayer between the two Adhans (Adhan and Iqama)," and added, "For the one who
wants to pray."
1.598:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: "When the Mu'adh-dhin
pronounced the Adhan, some of the companions of the Prophet would proceed to the
pillars of the mosque (for the prayer) till the Prophet arrived and in this way
they used to pray two rak`at before the Maghrib prayer. There used to be a
little time between the Adhan and the Iqama." Shu`ba said, "There used to be a
very short interval between the two (Adhan and Iqama).
1.599:
Narrated
`Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to pray two light rak`at before the morning
(compulsory) prayer after the day dawned and the Mu'adh-dhin had finished his
Adhan. He then would lie on his right side till the Mu'adh-dhin came to
pronounce the Iqama.
1.600:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Mughaffal: The
prophet said, "There is a prayer between the two Adhans (Adhan and Iqama), there
is a prayer between the two Adhans." And then while saying it the third time he
added, "For the one who wants to (pray).
1.601:
Narrated Malik bin
Huwairith: I came to the Prophet with some men from my tribe and stayed with him
for twenty nights. He was kind and merciful to us. When he realized our longing
for our families, he said to us, "Go back and stay with your families and teach
them the religion, and offer the prayer and one of you should pronounce the
Adhan for the prayer when its time is due and the oldest one amongst you should
lead the prayer."
1.602:
Narrated Abu Dhar: We were in the company of
the Prophet on a journey and the Mu'adh-dhin wanted to pronounce the Adhan for
the (Zuhr) prayer. The Prophet said to him, "Let it become cooler." Then he
again wanted to pronounce the Adhan but the Prophet; said to him, "Let it become
cooler." The Mu'adh-dhin again wanted to pronounce the Adhan for the prayer but
the Prophet said, "Let it become cooler," till the shadows of the hillocks
become equal to their sizes. The Prophet added, "The severity of the heat is
from the raging of Hell."
1.603:
Narrated Malik bin Huwairith: Two men
came to the Prophet with the intention of a journey. The Prophet said, "When
(both of) you set out, pronounce Adhan and then Iqama and the oldest of you
should lead the prayer."
1.604:
Narrated Malik:
We came to the
Prophet and stayed with him for twenty days and nights. We were all young and of
about the same age. The Prophet was very kind and merciful. When he realized our
longing for our families, he asked about our homes and the people there and we
told him. Then he asked us to go back to our families and stay with them and
teach them (the religion) and to order them to do good things. He also mentioned
some other things which I have (remembered or [??] ) forgotten. The Prophet then
added, "Pray as you have seen me praying and when it is the time for the prayer
one of you should pronounce the Adhan and the oldest of you should lead the
prayer.
1.605:
Narrated Nafi`:
Once in a cold night, Ibn `Umar
pronounced the Adhan for the prayer at Dajnan (the name of a mountain) and then
said, "Pray at your homes", and informed us that Allah's Apostle used to tell
the Mu'adh-dhin to pronounce Adhan and say, "Pray at your homes" at the end of
the Adhan on a rainy or a very cold night during the journey."
1.606:
Narrated `Aun bin Abi Juhaifa: My father said, "I saw Allah's Apostle at a
place called Al-Abtah. Bilal came and informed him about the prayer and then
came out with a short spear (or stick) and planted it in front of Allah's
Apostle at Al-Abtah and pronounced the Iqama."
1.607:
Narrated `Aun bin
Abi Juhaifa: My father said, "I saw Bilal turning his face from side to side
while pronouncing the Adhan for the prayer."
1.608:
Narrated `Abdullah
bin Abi Qatada: My father said, "While we were praying with the Prophet he heard
the noise of some people. After the prayer he said, 'What is the matter?' They
replied 'We were hurrying for the prayer.' He said, 'Do not make haste for the
prayer, and whenever you come for the prayer, you should come with calmness, and
pray whatever you get (with the people) and complete the rest which you have
missed."
1.609:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "When you hear
the Iqama, proceed to offer the prayer with calmness and solemnity and do not
make haste. And pray whatever you are able to pray and complete whatever you
have missed.
1.610:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada: My father said.
"Allah's Apostle said, 'If the Iqama is pronounced then do not stand for the
prayer till you see me (in front of you).' "
1.611:
Narrated `Abdullah
bin Abi: Qatada, My father said, "Allah's Apostle said, 'If the Iqama is
pronounced, then do not stand for the prayer till you see me (in front of you)
and do it calmly.' "
1.612:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle went
out (of the mosque) when the Iqama had been pronounced and the rows
straightened. The Prophet stood at his Musalla (praying place) and we waited for
the Prophet to begin the prayer with Takbir. He left and asked us to remain in
our places. We kept on standing till the Prophet returned and the water was
trickling from his head for he had taken a bath (of Janaba).
1.613:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Once Iqama was pronounced and the people had
straightened the rows, Allah's Apostle went forward (to lead the prayer) but he
was Junub, so he said, "Remain in your places." And he went out, took a bath and
returned with water trickling from his head. Then he led the prayer.
1.614:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: On the day of Al-Khandaq (the trench), `Umar
bin Al-Khattab went to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! By Allah, I
could not pray (the `Asr) till the sun had set." `Umar told this to the Prophet
at the time when a fasting person had done Iftar (taken his meals). The Prophet
then went to Buthan and I was with him. He performed ablution and offered the
`Asr prayer after the sun had set and then the Maghrib prayer.
1.615:
Narrated Anas:
Once the Iqama was pronounced and the Prophet was talking
to a man (in a low voice) in a corner of the mosque and he did not lead the
prayer till (some of) the people had slept (dozed in a sitting posture) .
1.616:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Once Iqama was pronounced a man came to
the Prophet and detained him (from the prayer).
1.617:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is I was about to
order for collecting firewood (fuel) and then order Someone to pronounce the
Adhan for the prayer and then order someone to lead the prayer then I would go
from behind and burn the houses of men who did not present themselves for the
(compulsory congregational) prayer. By Him, in Whose Hands my soul is, if anyone
of them had known that he would get a bone covered with good meat or two (small)
pieces of meat present in between two ribs, he would have turned up for the
`Isha' prayer.'
1.618:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle
said, "The prayer in congregation is twenty seven times superior to the prayer
offered by person alone."
1.619:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: The
Prophet said, "The prayer in congregation is twenty five times superior to the
prayer offered by person alone."
1.620:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's
Apostle said, "The reward of the prayer offered by a person in congregation is
twenty five times greater than that of the prayer offered in one's house or in
the market (alone). And this is because if he performs ablution and does it
perfectly and then proceeds to the mosque with the sole intention of praying,
then for every step he takes towards the mosque, he is upgraded one degree in
reward and his one sin is taken off (crossed out) from his accounts (of deeds).
When he offers his prayer, the angels keep on asking Allah's Blessings and
Allah's forgiveness for him as long as he is (staying) at his Musalla. They say,
'O Allah! Bestow Your blessings upon him, be Merciful and kind to him.' And one
is regarded in prayer as long as one is waiting for the prayer."
1.621:
Narrated Abu Salama bin `Abdur Rahman: Abu Huraira said, "I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, 'The reward of a prayer in congregation is twenty five times
greater than that of a prayer offered by a person alone. The angels of the night
and the angels of the day gather at the time of Fajr prayer.' " Abu Huraira then
added, "Recite the Holy Book if you wish, for "Indeed, the recitation of the
Qur'an in the early dawn (Fajr prayer) is ever witnessed." (17.18). Narrated
`Abdullah bin `Umar: The reward of the congregational prayer is twenty seven
times greater (than that of the prayer offered by a person alone).
1.622:
Narrated Salim:
I heard Um Ad-Darda' saying, "Abu Ad-Darda' entered the
house in an angry mood. I said to him. 'What makes you angry?' He replied, 'By
Allah! I do not find the followers of Muhammad doing those good things (which
they used to do before) except the offering of congregational prayer." (This
happened in the last days of Abu Ad-Darda' during the rule of `Uthman) .
1.623:
Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet said, "The people who get
tremendous reward for the prayer are those who are farthest away (from the
mosque) and then those who are next farthest and so on. Similarly one who waits
to pray with the Imam has greater reward than one who prays and goes to bed. "
1.624:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "While a man was
going on a way, he saw a thorny branch and removed it from the way and Allah
became pleased by his action and forgave him for that." Then the Prophet said,
"Five are martyrs: One who dies of plague, one who dies of an Abdominal disease,
one who dies of drowning, one who is buried alive (and) dies and one who is
killed in Allah's cause." (The Prophet further said, "If the people knew the
reward for pronouncing the Adhan and for standing in the first row (in the
congregational prayer) and found no other way to get it except by drawing lots
they would do so, and if they knew the reward of offering the Zuhr prayer early
(in its stated time), they would race for it and they knew the reward for `Isha'
and Fajr prayers in congregation, they would attend them even if they were to
crawl')
1.625:
Narrated Humaid:
Anas said, "The Prophet said, 'O
Bani Salima! Don't you think that for every step of yours (that you take towards
the mosque) there is a reward (while coming for prayer)?" Mujahid said:
"Regarding Allah's Statement: "We record that which they have sent before
(them), and their traces" (36.12). 'Their traces' means 'their steps.' " And
Anas said that the people of Bani Salima wanted to shift to a place near the
Prophet but Allah's Apostle disliked the idea of leaving their houses
uninhabited and said, "Don't you think that you will get the reward for your
footprints." Mujahid said, "Their foot prints mean their foot steps and their
going on foot."
1.626:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "No
prayer is harder for the hypocrites than the Fajr and the `Isha' prayers and if
they knew the reward for these prayers at their respective times, they would
certainly present themselves (in the mosques) even if they had to c awl." The
Prophet added, "Certainly I decided to order the Mu'adh-dhin (call-maker) to
pronounce Iqama and order a man to lead the prayer and then take a fire flame to
burn all those who had not left their houses so far for the prayer along with
their houses."
1.627:
Narrated Malik bin Huwairith: Prophet said (to two
persons), "Whenever the prayer time becomes due, you should pronounce Adhan and
then Iqama and the older of you should lead the prayer."
1.628:
Narrated
Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The angels keep on asking for Allah's
Blessing and Forgiveness for anyone of you as long as he is at his Musalla
(praying place) and does not do Hadath (passes wind). The angels say, 'O Allah!
Forgive him and be Merciful to him.' Each one of you is in the prayer as long as
he is waiting for the prayer and nothing but the prayer detains him from going
to his family."
1.629:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Allah
will give shade, to seven, on the Day when there will be no shade but His.
(These seven persons are) a just ruler, a youth who has been brought up in the
worship of Allah (i.e. worships Allah sincerely from childhood), a man whose
heart is attached to the mosques (i.e. to pray the compulsory prayers in the
mosque in congregation), two persons who love each other only for Allah's sake
and they meet and part in Allah's cause only, a man who refuses the call of a
charming woman of noble birth for illicit intercourse with her and says: I am
afraid of Allah, a man who gives charitable gifts so secretly that his left hand
does not know what his right hand has given (i.e. nobody knows how much he has
given in charity), and a person who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes
are then flooded with tears."
1.630:
Narrated Humaid:
Anas was
asked, "Did Allah's Apostle wear a ring?" He said, "Yes. Once he delayed the
`Isha' prayer till midnight and after the prayer, he faced us and said, 'The
people prayed and have slept and you remained in prayer as long as you waited
for it.' " Anas added, "As if I were just now observing the glitter of his
ring."
1.631:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Allah will
prepare for him who goes to the mosque (every) morning and in the afternoon (for
the congregational prayer) an honorable place in Paradise with good hospitality
for (what he has done) every morning and afternoon goings.
1.632:
Narrated Malik Ibn Buhaina: Allah's Apostle passed by a man praying two
rak`at after the Iqama (had been pronounced). When Allah's Apostle completed the
prayer, the people gathered around him (the Prophet) or that man and Allah's
Apostle said to him (protesting), Are there four rak`at in Fajr prayer? Are
there four rak`at in Fajr prayer?"
1.633:
Narrated Al-Aswad: "We were
with `Aisha discussing the regularity of offering the prayer and dignifying it.
She said, 'When Allah's Apostle fell sick with the fatal illness and when the
time of prayer became due and Adhan was pronounced, he said, 'Tell Abu Bakr to
lead the people in prayer.' He was told that Abu Bakr was a softhearted man and
would not be able to lead the prayer in his place. The Prophet gave the same
order again but he was given the same reply. He gave the order for the third
time and said, 'You (women) are the companions of Joseph. Tell Abu Bakr to lead
the prayer.' So Abu Bakr came out to lead the prayer. In the meantime the
condition of the Prophet improved a bit and he came out with the help of two men
one on each side. As if I was observing his legs dragging on the ground owing to
the disease. Abu Bakr wanted to retreat but the Prophet beckoned him to remain
at his place and the Prophet was brought till he sat beside Abu Bakr." Al-A`mash
was asked, "Was the Prophet praying and Abu Bakr following him, and were the
people following Abu Bakr in that prayer?" Al-A`mash replied in the affirmative
with a nod of his head. Abu Muawiya said, "The Prophet was sitting on the left
side of Abu Bakr who was praying while standing."
1.634:
Narrated
`Aisha:
"When the Prophet became seriously ill and his disease became
aggravated he asked for permission from his wives to be nursed in my house and
he was allowed. He came out with the help of two men and his legs were dragging
on the ground. He was between Al-`Abbas and another man." 'Ubaidullah said, "I
told Ibn `Abbas what `Aisha had narrated and he said, 'Do you know who was the
(second) man whose name `Aisha did not mention'" I said, 'No.' Ibn `Abbas said,
'He was `Ali Ibn Abi Talib.' "
1.635:
Narrated Nafi`:
Once on a very
cold and stormy night, Ibn `Umar pronounced the Adhan for the prayer and then
said, "Pray in your homes." He (Ibn `Umar) added. "On very cold and rainy nights
Allah's Apostle used to order the Mu'adh-dhin to say, 'Pray in your homes.' "
1.636:
Narrated Mahmud bin Rabi` Al-Ansari: `Itban bin Malik used to
lead his people (tribe) in prayer and was a blind man, he said to Allah's
Apostle , "O Allah's Apostle! At times it is dark and flood water is flowing (in
the valley) and I am blind man, so please pray at a place in my house so that I
can take it as a Musalla (praying place)." So Allah's Apostle went to his house
and said, "Where do you like me to pray?" 'Itban pointed to a place in his house
and Allah's Apostle, offered the prayer there.
1.637:
Narrated `Abdullah
bin Al-Harith: Ibn `Abbas addressed us on a (rainy and) muddy day and when the
Mu'adh-dhin said, "Come for the prayer" Ibn `Abbas ordered him to say, "Pray in
your homes." The people began to look at one another with surprise as if they
did not like it. Ibn `Abbas said, "It seems that you thought ill of it but no
doubt it was done by one who was better than I (i.e. the Prophet). It (the
prayer) is a strict order and I disliked to bring you out." Ibn `Abbas narrated
the same as above but he said, "I did not like you to make you sinful (in
refraining from coming to the mosque) and to come (to the mosque) covered with
mud up to the knees."
1.638:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: A cloud came
and it rained till the roof started leaking and in those days the roof used to
be of the branches of date-palms. Iqama was pronounced and I saw Allah's
Apostles prostrating in water and mud and even I saw the mark of mud on his
forehead.
1.639:
Narrated Anas bin Seereen: I heard Anas saying, "A man
from Ansar said to the Prophet, 'I cannot pray with you (in congregation).' He
was a very fat man and he prepared a meal for the Prophet and invited him to his
house. He spread out a mat for the Prophet, and washed one of its sides with
water, and the Prophet prayed two rak`at on it." A man from the family of
Al-Jaruid [??] asked, "Did the Prophet used to pray the Duha (forenoon) prayer?"
Anas said, "I did not see him praying the Duha prayer except on that day."
1.640:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet said, "If supper is served, and
Iqama is pronounced one should start with the supper."
1.641:
Narrated
Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle said, "If the supper is served start having it
before praying the Maghrib prayer and do not be hasty in finishing it."
1.642:
Narrated Nafi`:
Ibn `Umar said, "Allah's Apostle said, 'If
the supper is served for anyone of you and the Iqama is pronounced, start with
the supper and don't be in haste (and carry on eating) till you finish it." If
food was served for Ibn `Umar and Iqama was pronounced, he never came to the
prayer till he finished it (i.e. food) in spite of the fact that he heard the
recitation (of the Qur'an) by the Imam (in the prayer). Narrated Ibn `Umar: The
Prophet said, "If anyone of you is having his meals, he should not hurry up till
he is; satisfied even if the prayer has been started."
1.643:
Narrated
Ja`far bin `Amr bin Umaiya: My father said, "I saw Allah's Apostle eating a
piece of meat from the shoulder of a sheep and he was called for the prayer. He
stood up, put down the knife and prayed but did not perform ablution.''
1.644:
Narrated Al-Aswad: That he asked `Aisha "What did the Prophet use
to do in his house?" She replied, "He used to keep himself busy serving his
family and when it was the time for prayer he would go for it."
1.645:
Narrated Aiyub:
Abu Qilaba said, "Malik bin Huwairith came to this
Mosque of ours and said, 'I pray in front of you and my aim is not to lead the
prayer but to show you the way in which the Prophet used to pray.' " I asked Abu
Qilaba, "How did he use to pray?' " He replied, "(The Prophet used to pray) like
this Sheikh of ours and the Sheikh used to sit for a while after the
prostration, before getting up after the first rak`a. "
1.646:
Narrated
Abu Musa: "The Prophet became sick and when his disease became aggravated, he
said, "Tell Abu Bakr to lead the prayer." `Aisha said, "He is a softhearted man
and would not be able to lead the prayer in your place." The Prophet said again,
"Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer." She repeated the same reply but he
said, "Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer. You are the companions of
Joseph." So the messenger went to Abu Bakr (with that order) and he led the
people in prayer in the lifetime of the Prophet.
1.647:
Narrated `Aisha:
the mother of the believers: Allah's Apostle in his illness said, "Tell Abu
Bakr to lead the people in prayer." I said to him, "If Abu Bakr stands in your
place, the people would not hear him owing to his (excessive) weeping. So please
order `Umar to lead the prayer." `Aisha added I said to Hafsa, "Say to him: If
Abu Bakr should lead the people in the prayer in your place, the people would
not be able to hear him owing to his weeping; so please, order `Umar to lead the
prayer." Hafsa did so but Allah's Apostle said, "Keep quiet! You are verily the
Companions of Joseph. Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in the prayer. " Hafsa
said to `Aisha, "I never got anything good from you."
1.648:
Narrated
Az-Zuhri [??]: Anas bin Malik Al-Ansari, told me, "Abu Bakr used to lead the
people in prayer during the fatal illness of the Prophet till it was Monday.
When the people aligned (in rows) for the prayer the Prophet lifted the curtain
of his house and started looking at us and was standing at that time. His face
was (glittering) like a page of the Qur'an and he smiled cheerfully. We were
about to be put to trial for the pleasure of seeing the Prophet, Abu Bakr
retreated to join the row as he thought that the Prophet would lead the prayer.
The Prophet beckoned us to complete the prayer and he let the curtain fall. On
the same day he died."
1.649:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet did not
come out for three days. The people stood for the prayer and Abu Bakr went ahead
to lead the prayer. (In the meantime) the Prophet caught hold of the curtain and
lifted it. When the face of the Prophet appeared we had never seen a scene more
pleasing than the face of the Prophet as it appeared then. The Prophet beckoned
to Abu Bakr to lead the people in the prayer and then let the curtain fall. We
did not see him (again) till he died.
1.650:
Narrated Hamza bin
`Abdullah: My father said, "When Allah's Apostle became seriously ill, he was
told about the prayer. He said, 'Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in the
prayer.' `Aisha said, 'Abu Bakr is a softhearted man and he would be overpowered
by his weeping if he recited the Qur'an.' He said to them, 'Tell him (Abu Bakr)
to lead the prayer. The same reply was given to him. He said again, 'Tell him to
lead the prayer. You (women) are the companions of Joseph."
1.651:
Narrated `Urwa's father: `Aisha said, "Allah's Apostle ordered Abu Bakr to
lead the people in the prayer during his illness and so he led them in prayer."
`Urwa, a sub narrator, added, "Allah's Apostle felt a bit relieved and came out
and Abu Bakr was leading the people. When Abu Bakr saw the Prophet he retreated
but the Prophet beckoned him to remain there. Allah's Apostle sat beside Abu
Bakr. Abu Bakr was following the prayer of Allah's Apostle and the people were
following the prayer of Abu Bakr."
1.652:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d
As-Sa`idi: Allah's Apostle went to establish peace among Bani `Amr bin `Auf. In
the meantime the time of prayer was due and the Mu'adh-dhin went to Abu Bakr and
said, "Will you lead the prayer, so that I may pronounce the Iqama?" Abu Bakr
replied in the affirmative and led the prayer. Allah's Apostle came while the
people were still praying and he entered the rows of the praying people till he
stood in the (first row). The people clapped their hands. Abu Bakr never glanced
sideways in his prayer but when the people continued clapping, Abu Bakr looked
and saw Allah's Apostle. Allah's Apostle beckoned him to stay at his place. Abu
Bakr raised his hands and thanked Allah for that order of Allah's Apostle and
then he retreated till he reached the first row. Allah's Apostle went forward
and led the prayer. When Allah's Apostle finished the prayer, he said, "O Abu
Bakr! What prevented you from staying when I ordered you to do so?" Abu Bakr
replied, "How can Ibn Abi Quhafa (Abu Bakr) dare to lead the prayer in the
presence of Allah's Apostle?" Then Allah's Apostle said, "Why did you clap so
much? If something happens to anyone during his prayer he should say Subhan
Allah. If he says so he will be attended to, for clapping is for women."
1.653:
Narrated Malik bin Huwairith: We went to the Prophet and we were
all young men and stayed with him for about twenty nights. The Prophet was very
merciful. He said, "When you return home, impart religious teachings to your
families and tell them to offer perfectly such and such a prayer at such and
such a time and such and such a prayer at such and such a time. And al the time
of the prayer one of you should pronounce the Adhan and the oldest of you should
lead the prayer."
1.654:
Narrated `Itban bin Malik Al-Ansari: The
Prophet (came to my house and) asked permission for entering and I allowed him.
He asked, "Where do you like me to pray in your house?" I pointed to a place
which I liked. He stood up for prayer and we aligned behind him and he finished
the prayer with Taslim and we did the same.
1.655:
Narrated 'Ubaidullah
Ibn `Abdullah bin `Utba: I went to `Aisha and asked her to describe to me the
illness of Allah's Apostle. `Aisha said, "Yes. The Prophet became seriously ill
and asked whether the people had prayed. We replied, 'No. O Allah's Apostle!
They are waiting for you.' He added, 'Put water for me in a trough." `Aisha
added, "We did so. He took a bath and tried to get up but fainted. When he
recovered, he again asked whether the people had prayed. We said, 'No, they are
waiting for you. O Allah's Apostle,' He again said, 'Put water in a trough for
me.' He sat down and took a bath and tried to get up but fainted again. Then he
recovered and said, 'Have the people prayed?' We replied, 'No, they are waiting
for you. O Allah's Apostle.' He said, 'Put water for me in the trough.' Then he
sat down and washed himself and tried to get up but he fainted. When he
recovered, he asked, 'Have the people prayed?' We said, 'No, they are waiting
for you. O Allah's Apostle! The people were in the mosque waiting for the
Prophet for the `Isha prayer. The Prophet sent for Abu Bakr to lead the people
in the prayer. The messenger went to Abu Bakr and said, 'Allah's Apostle orders
you to lead the people in the prayer.' Abu Bakr was a softhearted man, so he
asked `Umar to lead the prayer but `Umar replied, 'You are more rightful.' So
Abu Bakr led the prayer in those days. When the Prophet felt a bit better, he
came out for the Zuhr prayer with the help of two persons one of whom was
Al-`Abbas. while Abu Bakr was leading the people in the prayer. When Abu Bakr
saw him he wanted to retreat but the Prophet beckoned him not to do so and asked
them to make him sit beside Abu Bakr and they did so. Abu Bakr was following the
Prophet (in the prayer) and the people were following Abu Bakr. The Prophet
(prayed) sitting." 'Ubaidullah added "I went to `Abdullah bin `Abbas and asked
him, Shall I tell you what Aisha has told me about the fatal illness of the
Prophet?' Ibn `Abbas said, 'Go ahead. I told him her narration and he did not
deny anything of it but asked whether `Aisha told me the name of the second
person (who helped the Prophet ) along with Al-Abbas. I said. 'No.' He said, 'He
was `Ali (Ibn Abi Talib).
1.656:
Narrated Aisha:
the mother of the
believers: Allah's Apostle during his illness prayed at his house while sitting
whereas some people prayed behind him standing. The Prophet beckoned them to sit
down. On completion of the prayer, he said, 'The Imam is to be followed: bow
when he bows, raise up your heads (stand erect) when he raises his head and when
he says, 'Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah' (Allah heard those who sent praises to
Him) say then 'Rabbana wa laka l-hamd' (O our Lord! All the praises are for
You), and if he prays sitting then pray sitting."
1.657:
Narrated Anas
bin Malik: Once Allah's Apostle rode a horse and fell down and the right side
(of his body) was injured. He offered one of the prayers while sitting and we
also prayed behind him sitting. When he completed the prayer, he said, "The Imam
is to be followed. Pray standing if he prays standing and bow when he bows; rise
when he rises; and if he says, 'Sami`a l-lahu-liman hamidah, say then, 'Rabbana
wa laka l-hamd' and pray standing if he prays standing and pray sitting (all of
you) if he prays sitting." Humaid said: The saying of the Prophet "Pray sitting,
if he (Imam) prays sitting" was said in his former illness (during his early
life) but the Prophet prayed sitting afterwards (in the last illness) and the
people were praying standing behind him and the Prophet did not order them to
sit. We should follow the latest actions of the Prophet.
1.658:
Narrated
Al-Bara:
(and he was not a liar) When Allah's Apostle said, "Sami`a l-lahu
liman hamidah" none of us bent his back (for prostration) till the Prophet
prostrated and then we would prostrate after him.
1.659:
Narrated Abu
'Is-haq: As above.
1.660:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said,
"Isn't he who raises his head before the Imam afraid that Allah may transform
his head into that of a donkey or his figure (face) into that of a donkey?"
1.661:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: When the earliest emigrants came to Al-`Usba
[??] a place in Quba', before the arrival of the Prophet- Salim, the slave of
Abu Hudhaifa, who knew the Qur'an more than the others used to lead them in
prayer.
1.662:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Listen and obey
(your chief) even if an Ethiopian whose head is like a raisin were made your
chief."
1.663:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If the Imam
leads the prayer correctly then he and you will receive the rewards but if he
makes a mistake (in the prayer) then you will receive the reward for the prayer
and the sin will be his."
1.664:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet
said to Abu-Dhar, "Listen and obey (your chief) even if he is an Ethiopian with
a head like a raisin."
1.665:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once I passed the
night in the house of my aunt Maimuna. Allah's Apostle offered the `Isha' prayer
and then came to the house and offered four rak`at an slept. Later on, he woke
up and stood for the prayer and I stood on his left side. He drew me to his
right and prayed five rak`at and then two. He then slept till I heard him
snoring (or heard his breath sounds). Afterwards he went out for the morning
prayer.
1.666:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: One night I slept at the house of
(my aunt) Maimuna and the Prophet was there on that night. He performed ablution
and stood up for the prayer. I joined him and stood on his left side but he drew
me to his right and prayed thirteen rak`at and then slept till I heard his
breath sounds. And whenever he slept, he used to breathe with audible sounds.
The Mu'adh-dhin came to the Prophet and he went out and prayed the morning
prayer) without repeating the ablution.
1.667:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once
I passed the night in the house of my aunt Maimuna. The Prophet stood for the
night prayer and I joined him and stood on his left side but he drew me to his
right by holding me by the head.
1.668:
Narrated Mu`adh bin Jabal: I
used to pray the `Isha prayer with the Prophet and then go to lead my people in
the prayer.
1.669:
Narrated `Amr:
Jabir bin `Abdullah said, "Mu`adh
bin Jabal used to pray with the Prophet and then go to lead his people in prayer
Once he led the `Isha' prayer and recited Surat "Al-Baqara." Somebody left the
prayer and Mu`adh criticized him. The news reached the Prophet and he said to
Mu`adh, 'You are putting the people to trial,' and repeated it thrice (or said
something similar) and ordered him to recite two medium Suras of Mufassal."
(`Amr said that he had forgotten the names of those Suras).
1.670:
Narrated Abu Mas`ud: A man came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! By Allah, I
keep away from the morning prayer only because So and so prolongs the prayer
when he leads us in it." The narrator said, "I never saw Allah's Apostle more
furious in giving advice than he was at that time. He then said, "Some of you
make people dislike good deeds (the prayer). So whoever among you leads the
people in prayer should shorten it because among them are the weak, the old and
the needy."
1.671:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If
anyone of you leads the people in the prayer, he should shorten it for amongst
them are the weak, the sick and the old; and if anyone among your prays alone
then he may prolong (the prayer) as much as he wishes. "
1.672:
Narrated
Abu Mas`ud: A man came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I keep away from the
morning prayer because so-and-so (Imam) prolongs it too much." Allah's Apostle
became furious and I had never seen him more furious than he was on that day.
The Prophet said, "O people! Some of you make others dislike the prayer, so
whoever becomes an Imam he should shorten the prayer, as behind him are the
weak, the old and the needy.''
1.673:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah
Al-Ansari: Once a man was driving two Nadihas (camels used for agricultural
purposes) and night had fallen. He found Mu`adh praying so he made his camel
kneel and joined Mu`adh in the prayer. The latter recited Surat 'Al-Baqara" or
Surat "An-Nisa", (so) the man left the prayer and went away. When he came to
know that Mu`adh had criticized him, he went to the Prophet, and complained
against Mu`adh. The Prophet said thrice, "O Mu`adh ! Are you putting the people
to trial?" It would have been better if you had recited "Sabbih Isma
Rabbika-l-A`la (87)", Wash-shamsi wa duhaha (91)", or "Wal-laili idha yaghsha
(92)", for the old, the weak and the needy pray behind you." Jabir said that
Mu`adh recited Sura Al-Baqara in the `Isha' prayer.
1.674:
Narrated
Anas:
The Prophet used to pray a short prayer (in congregation) but used to
offer it in a perfect manner.
1.675:
Narrated `Abdullah bin 'Abi Qatada:
My father said, "The Prophet said, 'When I stand for prayer, I intend to prolong
it but on hearing the cries of a child, I cut it short, as I dislike to trouble
the child's mother.' "
1.676:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: I never prayed
behind any Imam a prayer lighter and more perfect than that behind the Prophet
and he used to cut short the prayer whenever he heard the cries of a child lest
he should put the child's mother to trial.
1.677:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik: The Prophet said, "When I start the prayer I intend to prolong it, but on
hearing the cries of a child, I cut short the prayer because I know that the
cries of the child will incite its mother's passions."
1.678:
Narrated
Anas bin Malik: The Prophet, said, "Whenever I start the prayer I intend to
prolong it, but on hearing the cries of a child, I cut short the prayer because
I know that the cries of the child will incite its mother's passions."
1.679:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: Mu`adh used to pray with the
Prophet and then go and lead his people (tribe) in the prayer.
1.680:
Narrated `Aisha:
When the Prophet, became ill in his fatal illness,
Someone came to inform him about the prayer, and the Prophet told him to tell
Abu Bakr to lead the people in the prayer. I said, "Abu Bakr is a softhearted
man and if he stands for the prayer in your place, he would weep and would not
be able to recite the Qur'an." The Prophet said, "Tell Abu Bakr to lead the
prayer." I said the same as before. He (repeated the same order and) on the
third or the fourth time he said, "You are the companions of Joseph. Tell Abu
Bakr to lead the prayer." So Abu Bakr led the prayer and meanwhile the Prophet
felt better and came out with the help of two men; as if I see him just now
dragging his feet on the ground. When Abu Bakr saw him, he tried to retreat but
the Prophet beckoned him to carry on. Abu Bakr retreated a bit and the Prophet
sat on his (left) side. Abu Bakr was repeating the Takbir (Allahu Akbar) of
Allah's Apostle for the people to hear.
1.681:
Narrated `Aisha:
When
Allah's Apostle became seriously ill, Bilal came to him for the prayer. He said,
"Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in the prayer." I said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Abu Bakr is a softhearted man and if he stands in your place, he would not be
able to make the people hear him. Will you order `Umar (to lead the prayer)?"
The Prophet said, "Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in the prayer." Then I said
to Hafsa, "Tell him, Abu i Bakr is a softhearted man and if he stands in his
place, he would not be able to make the people hear him. Would you order `Umar
to lead the prayer?' " Hafsa did so. The Prophet said, "Verily you are the
companions of Joseph. Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in the prayer." So Abu-
Bakr stood for the prayer. In the meantime Allah's Apostle felt better and came
out with the help of two persons and both of his legs were dragging on the
ground till he entered the mosque. When Abu Bakr heard him coming, he tried to
retreat but Allah's Apostle beckoned him to carry on. The Prophet sat on his
left side. Abu Bakr was praying while standing and Allah's Apostle was leading
the prayer while sitting. Abu Bakr was following the Prophet and the people were
following Abu Bakr (in the prayer).
1.682:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Once
Allah's Apostle prayed two rak`at (instead of four) and finished his prayer.
Dhul-Yadain asked him whether the prayer had been reduced or whether he had
forgotten. Allah's Apostle asked the people whether Dhul-Yadain was telling the
truth. The people replied in the affirmative. Then Allah's Apostle stood up,
offered the remaining two rak`at and then finished his prayer with Taslim and
then said, "Allahu Akbar." He followed it with two prostrations like ordinary
prostrations or a bit longer.
1.683:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet
prayed two rak`at of Zuhr prayer (instead of four) and he was told that he had
prayed two rak`at only. Then he prayed two more rak`at and finished them with
the Taslim followed by two prostrations.
1.684:
Narrated `Aisha:
the
mother of the faithful believers: Allah's Apostle in his last illness said,
"Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in the prayer." I said, "If Abu Bakr stood in
your place, he would not be able to make the people hear him owing to his
weeping. So please order `Umar to lead the prayer." He said, "Tell Abu Bakr to
lead the people in the prayer." I said to Hafsa, "Say to him, 'Abu Bakr is a
softhearted man and if he stood in your place he would not be able to make the
people hear him owing to his weeping. So order `Umar to lead the people in the
prayer.' " Hafsa did so but Allah's Apostle said, "Keep quiet. Verily you are
the companions of (Prophet) Joseph. Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in the
prayer." Hafsa said to me, "I never got any good from you."
1.685:
Narrated An-Nu`man bin 'Bashir: The Prophet said, "Straighten your rows or
Allah will alter your faces."
1.686:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet
said, "Straighten your rows, for I see you from behind my back.'
1.687:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Once the Iqama was pronounced and Allah's Apostle
faced us and said, "Straighten your rows and stand closer together, for I see
you from behind my back.'
1.688:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said,
"Martyrs are those who die because of drowning, plague, an Abdominal disease, or
of being buried alive by a falling building." And then he added, "If the people
knew the Reward for the Zuhr prayer in its early time, they would race for it.
If they knew the reward for the `Isha' and the Fajr prayers in congregation,
they would join them even if they had to crawl. If they knew the reward for the
first row, they would draw lots for it."
1.689:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "The Imam is (appointed) to be followed. So do not differ from
him, bow when he bows, and say, "Rabbana-lakal hamd" if he says "Sami`a l-lahu
liman hamidah"; and if he prostrates, prostrate (after him), and if he prays
sitting, pray sitting all together, and straighten the rows for the prayer, as
the straightening of the rows is amongst those things which make your prayer a
correct and perfect one. (See Hadith No. 657).
1.690:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik: The Prophet said, "Straighten your rows as the straightening of rows is
essential for a perfect and correct prayer. "
1.691:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik: I arrived at Medina and was asked whether I found any change since the
days of Allah's Apostle. I said, "I have not found any change except that you do
not stand in alignment in your prayers."
1.692:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, "Straighten your rows for I see you from behind my back." Anas
added, "Everyone of us used to put his shoulder with the shoulder of his
companion and his foot with the foot of his companion."
1.693:
Narrated
Ibn `Abbas: I prayed with the Prophet one night and stood on his left side.
Allah's Apostle caught hold of my head from behind and drew me to his right and
then offered the prayer and slept. Later the Mu'adh-dhin came and the Prophet
stood up for prayer without performing ablution.
1.694:
Narrated Anas
bin Malik: One night an orphan and I offered the prayers behind the Prophet in
my house and my mother (Um Sulaim) was standing behind us (by herself forming a
row).
1.695:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: One night I stood to the left of the
Prophet in the prayer but he caught hold of me by the hand or by the shoulder
(arm) till he made me stand on his right and beckoned with his hand (for me) to
go from behind (him). (Al-Kashmaihani [??] , Fath-ul-Bari).
1.696:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to pray in his room at night. As
the wall of the room was LOW, the people saw him and some of them stood up to
follow him in the prayer. In the morning they spread the news. The following
night the Prophet stood for the prayer and the people followed him. This went on
for two or three nights. Thereupon Allah's Apostle did not stand for the prayer
the following night, and did not come out. In the morning, the people asked him
about it. He replied, that he way afraid that the night prayer might become
compulsory.
1.697:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet had a mat which he
used to spread during the day and use as a curtain at night. So a number of
people gathered at night facing it and prayed behind him.
1.698:
Narrated Zaid bin Thabit: Allah's Apostle made a small room in the month of
Ramadan (Sa`id said, "I think that Zaid bin Thabit said that it was made of a
mat") and he prayed there for a few nights, and so some of his companions prayed
behind him. When he came to know about it, he kept on sitting. In the morning,
he went out to them and said, "I have seen and understood what you did. You
should pray in your houses, for the best prayer of a person is that which he
prays in his house except the compulsory prayers."
Bk. 12: Characteristics of Prayer
1.699:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik Al-Ansari: Allah's Apostle rode a horse and fell down and the right side
of his body was injured. On that day he prayed one of the prayers sitting and we
also prayed behind him sitting. When the Prophet finished the prayer with
Taslim, he said, "The Imam is to be followed and if he prays standing then pray
standing, and bow when he bows, and raise your heads when he raises his head;
prostrate when he prostrates; and if he says "Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah", you
should say, "Rabbana wa laka l-hamd.:
1.700:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle fell from a horse and got injured so he led the prayer sitting
and we also prayed sitting. When he completed the prayer he said, "The Imam is
to be followed; if he says Takbir then say Takbir, bow if he bows; raise your
heads when he raises his head, when he says, 'Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah say,
'Rabbana laka l-hamd', and prostrate when he prostrates."
1.701:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The Imam is to be followed. Say the
Takbir when he says it; bow if he bows; if he says 'Sami`a l-lahu liman
hamidah', say, ' Rabbana wa laka l-hamd', prostrate if he prostrates and pray
sitting altogether if he prays sitting."
1.702:
Narrated Salim bin
`Abdullah: My father said, "Allah's Apostle used to raise both his hands up to
the level of his shoulders when opening the prayer; and on saying the Takbir for
bowing. And on raising his head from bowing he used to do the same and then say
"Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa laka l-hamd." And he did not do that
(i.e. raising his hands) in prostrations.
1.703:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Umar: I saw that whenever Allah's Apostle stood for the prayer, he used to
raise both his hands up to the shoulders, and used to do the same on saying the
Takbir for bowing and on raising his head from it and used to say, "Sami`a
l-lahu liman hamidah". But he did not do that (i.e. raising his hands) in
prostrations.
1.704:
Narrated Abu Qilaba: I saw Malik bin Huwairith
saying Takbir and raising both his hands (on starting the prayers and raising
his hands on bowing and also on raising his head after bowing. Malik bin
Huwairith said, "Allah's Apostle did the same."
1.705:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin `Umar: I saw Allah's Apostle opening the prayer with the Takbir
and raising his hands to the level of his shoulders at the time of saying the
Takbir, and on saying the Takbir for bowing he did the same; and when he said,
"Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah ", he did the same and then said, "Rabbana wa laka
l-hamd." But he did not do the same on prostrating and on lifting the head from
it."
1.706:
Narrated Nafi`:
Whenever Ibn `Umar started the prayer
with Takbir, he used to raise his hands: whenever he bowed, he used to raise his
hands (before bowing) and also used to raise his hands on saying, "Sami`a l-lahu
liman hamidah", and he used to do the same on rising from the second rak`a (for
the 3rd rak`a). Ibn `Umar said: "The Prophet used to do the same."
1.707:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: The people were ordered to place the right hand on
the left forearm in the prayer. Abu Hazim said, "I knew that the order was from
the Prophet ."
1.708:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "You
see me facing the Qibla; but, by Allah, nothing is hidden from me regarding your
bowing and submissiveness and I see you from behind my back."
1.709:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, "Perform the bowing and the
prostrations properly. By Allah, I see you from behind me (or from behind my
back) when you bow or prostrate."
1.710:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The
Prophet, Abu Bakr and `Umar used to start the prayer with "Al hamdu li l-lahi
Rabbi l-`alamin (All praise is but to Allah, Lord of the Worlds).
1.711:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle used to keep silent between the Takbir
and the recitation of Qur'an and that interval of silence used to be a short
one. I said to the Prophet "May my parents be sacrificed for you! What do you
say in the pause between Takbir and recitation?" The Prophet said, "I say,
'Allahumma, baa`id baini wa baina khatayaya kama baa`adta baina l-mashriqi wa
l-maghrib. Allahumma, naqqini min khatayaya kama yunaqqa th-thawbu l-abyadu mina
d-danas. Allahumma, ighsil khatayaya bi l-maa'i wa th-thalji wa l-barad (O
Allah! Set me apart from my sins (faults) as the East and West are set apart
from each other and clean me from sins as a white garment is cleaned of dirt
(after thorough washing). O Allah! Wash off my sins with water, snow and hail.)"
1.712:
Narrated Asma' bint Abi Bakr: The Prophet once offered the
eclipse prayer. He stood for a long time and then did a prolonged bowing. He
stood up straight again and kept on standing for a long time, then bowed a long
bowing and then stood up straight and then prostrated a prolonged prostration
and then lifted his head and prostrated a prolonged prostration. And then he
stood up for a long time and then did a prolonged bowing and then stood up
straight again and kept on standing for a long time. Then he bowed a long bowing
and then stood up straight and then prostrated a prolonged prostration and then
lifted his head and went for a prolonged prostration. On completion o the
prayer, he said, "Paradise became s near to me that if I had dared, I would have
plucked one of its bunches for you and Hell became so near to me that said, 'O
my Lord will I be among those people?' Then suddenly I saw a woman and a cat was
lacerating her with it claws. On inquiring, it was said that the woman had
imprisoned the cat till it died of starvation and she neither fed it no freed it
so that it could feed itself."
1.713:
Narrated Abu Ma`mar: We asked
Khabbab whether Allah's Apostle used to recite (the Qur'an) in the Zuhr and the
`Asr prayers. He replied in the affirmative. We said, "How did you come to know
about it?" He said, "By the movement of his beard."
1.714:
Narrated
Al-Bara:
(And Al-Bara was not a liar) Whenever we offered prayer with the
Prophet and he raised his head from the bowing, we used to remain standing till
we saw him prostrating .
1.715:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: Once
solar eclipse occurred during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle. He offered the
eclipse prayer. His companions asked, "O Allah's Apostle! We saw you trying to
take something while standing at your place and then we saw you retreating." The
Prophet said, "I was shown Paradise and wanted to have a bunch of fruit from it.
Had I taken it, you would have eaten from it as long as the world remains."
1.716:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet led us in prayer and then
went up to the pulpit and beckoned with both hands towards the Qibla of the
mosque and then said, "When I started leading you in prayer, I saw the display
of Paradise and Hell on the wall of the mosque (facing the Qibla). I never saw
good and bad as I have seen today." He repeated the last statement thrice.
1.717:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, "What is wrong with
those people who look towards the sky during the prayer?" His talk grew stern
while delivering this speech and he said, "They should stop (looking towards the
sky during the prayer); otherwise their eyesight would be taken away."
1.718:
Narrated `Aisha:
I asked Allah's Apostle about looking hither
and thither in prayer. He replied, "It is a way of stealing by which Satan takes
away (a portion) from the prayer of a person."
1.719:
Narrated `Aisha:
Once the Prophet prayed on a Khamisa with marks on it and said, "The marks
on it diverted my attention, take this Khamisa to Abu Jahm and bring an
Inbijaniya (from him.)"
1.720:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet saw
expectoration in the direction of the Qibla of the mosque while he was leading
the prayer, and scratched it off. After finishing the prayer, he said, "Whenever
any of you is in prayer he should know that Allah is in front of him. So none
should spit in front of him in the prayer."
1.721:
Narrated Anas:
While the Muslims were offering the Fajr prayer, Allah's Apostle suddenly
appeared before them by living the curtain of the dwelling place of `Aisha,
looked towards the Muslims who were standing in rows. He smiled with pleasure.
Abu Bakr started retreating to join the row on the assumption that the Prophet
wanted to come out for the prayer. The Muslims intended to leave the prayer (and
were on the verge of being put to trial), but the Prophet beckoned them to
complete their prayer and then he let the curtain fall. He died in the last
hours of that day.
1.722:
Narrated Jabir bin Samura: The People of Kufa
complained against Sa`d to `Umar and the latter dismissed him and appointed
`Ammar as their chief . They lodged many complaints against Sa`d and even they
alleged that he did not pray properly. `Umar sent for him and said, "O Aba
'Is-haq! These people claim that you do not pray properly." Abu 'Is-haq said,
"By Allah, I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Allah's Apostle
and I never reduced anything of it. I used to prolong the first two rak`at of
`Isha prayer and shorten the last two rak`at." `Umar said, "O Aba 'Is-haq, this
was what I thought about you." And then he sent one or more persons with him to
Kufa so as to ask the people about him. So they went there and did not leave any
mosque without asking about him. All the people praised him till they came to
the mosque of the tribe of Bani `Abs; one of the men called Usama bin Qatada
with a surname of Aba Sa`da stood up and said, "As you have put us under an
oath; I am bound to tell you that Sa`d never went himself with the army and
never distributed (the war booty) equally and never did justice in legal
verdicts." (On hearing it) Sa`d said, "I pray to Allah for three things: O
Allah! If this slave of yours is a liar and got up for showing off, give him a
long life, increase his poverty and put him to trials." (And so it happened).
Later on when that person was asked how he was, he used to reply that he was an
old man in trial as the result of Sa`d's curse. `Abdul Malik, the sub narrator,
said that he had seen him afterwards and his eyebrows were overhanging his eyes
owing to old age and he used to tease and assault the small girls in the way.
1.723:
Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever does
not recite Al-Fatiha in his prayer, his prayer is invalid."
1.724:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle entered the mosque and a person
followed him. The man prayed and went to the Prophet and greeted him. The
Prophet returned the greeting and said to him, "Go back and pray, for you have
not prayed." The man went back prayed in the same way as before, returned and
greeted the Prophet who said, "Go back and pray, for you have not prayed." This
happened thrice. The man said, "By Him Who sent you with the Truth, I cannot
offer the prayer in a better way than this. Please, teach me how to pray." The
Prophet said, "When you stand for Prayer say Takbir and then recite from the
Holy Qur'an (of what you know by heart) and then bow till you feel at ease. Then
raise your head and stand up straight, then prostrate till you feel at ease
during your prostration, then sit with calmness till you feel at ease (do not
hurry) and do the same in all your prayers.
1.725:
Narrated Jabir bin
Samura: Sa`d said, "I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Allah's
Apostle (the prayer of Zuhr and `Asr) reducing nothing from them. I used to
prolong the first two rak`at and shorten the last two rak`at." `Umar said to
Sa`d "This was what we thought about you."
1.726:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
Abi Qatada: My father said, "The Prophet in Zuhr prayers used to recite
Al-Fatiha along with two other Suras in the first two rak`at: a long one in the
first rak`a and a shorter (Sura) in the second, and at times the verses were
audible. In the `Asr prayer the Prophet used to recite Al-Fatiha and two more
Suras in the first two rak`at and used to prolong the first rak`a. And he used
to prolong the first rak`a of the Fajr prayer and shorten the second.
1.727:
Narrated Abu Ma`mar: I asked Khabbab whether the Prophet used to recite the
Qur'an in the Zuhr and the `Asr prayers. He replied in the affirmative. We said,
"How did you come to know that?" He said, "From the movement of his beard."
1.728:
Narrated Abu Ma`mar: I asked Khabbab bin Al-Art whether the
Prophet used to recite the Qur'an in the Zuhr and the `Asr prayers. He replied
in the affirmative. I said, "How did you come to know that?" He replied, "From
the movement of his beard."
1.729:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada: My
father said, "The Prophet used to recite Al-Fatiha along with another Sura in
the first two rak`at of the Zuhr and the `Asr prayers and at times a t verse or
so was audible to us."
1.730:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: (My mother)
Umu-l-Fadl heard me reciting "Wal Mursalati `Urfan" (77) and said, "O my son! By
Allah, your recitation made me remember that it was the last Sura I heard from
Allah's Apostle. He recited it in the Maghrib prayer. "
1.731:
Narrated
Marwan bin Al-Hakam: Zaid bin Thabit said to me, "Why do you recite very short
Suras in the Maghrib prayer while I heard the Prophet reciting the longer of the
two long Suras?"
1.732:
Narrated Jubair bin Mut`im: My father said, "I
heard Allah's Apostle reciting "at-Tur" (52) in the Maghrib prayer."
1.733:
Narrated Abu Rafi`: I offered the `Isha' prayer behind Abu Huraira and he
recited, "Idha s-samaa'u n-shaqqat" (84) and prostrated. On my inquiring, he
said, "I prostrated behind Abul-Qasim (the Prophet) (when he recited that Sura)
and I will go on doing it till I meet him."
1.734:
Narrated Al-Bara:
The Prophet was on a journey and recited in one of the first two rak`at of
the `Isha' prayer "Wa t-teeni wa z-zaitun." (95)
1.735:
Narrated Abu
Rafi`: Once I prayed the `Isha' prayer with Abu Huraira and he recited, "Idha
s-samaa'u n-shaqqat" (84) and prostrated. I said, "What is that?" He said, "I
prostrated behind Abul-Qasim, (the Prophet) (when he recited that Sura) and I
will go on doing it till I meet him."
1.736:
Narrated Al-Bara:
I
heard the Prophet reciting wa t-teeni wa z-zaitun" (95) in the `Isha' prayer,
and I never heard a sweeter voice or a better way of recitation than that of the
Prophet.
1.737:
Narrated Jabir bin Samura: `Umar said to Sa`d, "The
people complained against you in everything, even in prayer." Sa`d replied,
"Really I used to prolong the first two rak`at and shorten the last two and I
will never shorten the prayer in which I follow Allah's Apostle." `Umar said,
"You are telling the truth and that is what I think a tout you."
1.738:
Narrated Saiyar bin Salama: My father and I went to Abu Barza-al-Aslami to
ask him about the stated times for the prayers. He replied, "The Prophet used to
offer the Zuhr prayer when the sun just declined from its highest position at
noon; the `Asr at a time when if a man went to the farthest place in Medina
(after praying) he would find the sun still hot (bright). (The sub narrator
said: I have forgotten what Abu Barza said about the Maghrib prayer). The
Prophet never found any harm in delaying the `Isha' prayer to the first third of
the night and he never liked to sleep before it and to talk after it. He used to
offer the morning prayer at a time when after finishing it one could recognize
the person sitting beside him and used to recite between 60 to 100 verses in one
or both the rak`at."
1.739:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Qur'an is recited
in every prayer and in those prayers in which Allah's Apostle recited aloud for
us, we recite aloud in the same prayers for you; and the prayers in which the
Prophet recited quietly, we recite quietly. If you recite "Al-Fatiha" only it is
sufficient but if you recite something else in addition, it is better.
1.740:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet set out with the intention of
going to Suq `Ukaz (market of `Ukaz) along with some of his companions. At the
same time, a barrier was put between the devils and the news of heaven. Fire
commenced to be thrown at them. The Devils went to their people, who asked them,
"What is wrong with you?" They said, "A barrier has been placed between us and
the news of heaven. And fire has been thrown at us." They said, "The thing which
has put a barrier between you and the news of heaven must be something which has
happened recently. Go eastward and westward and see what has put a barrier
between you and the news of heaven." Those who went towards Tuhama came across
the Prophet at a place called Nakhla and it was on the way to Suq `Ukaz and the
Prophet was offering the Fajr prayer with his companions. When they heard the
Qur'an they listened to it and said, "By Allah, this is the thing which has put
a barrier between us and the news of heaven." They went to their people and
said, "O our people; verily we have heard a wonderful recital (Qur'an) which
shows the true path; we believed in it and would not ascribe partners to our
Lord." Allah revealed the following verses to his Prophet (Sura 'Jinn') (72):
"Say: It has been revealed to me." And what was revealed to him was the
conversation of the Jinns.
1.741:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet
recited aloud in the prayers in which he was ordered to do so and quietly in the
prayers in which he was ordered to do so. "And your Lord is not forgetful."
"Verily there was a good example for you in the ways of the Prophet."
1.742:
Narrated Abu Wa'il: A man came to Ibn Mas`ud and said, "I recited the
Mufassal (Suras) at night in one rak`a." Ibn Mas`ud said, "This recitation is
(too quick) like the recitation of poetry. I know the identical Suras which the
Prophet used to recite in pairs." Ibn Mas`ud then mentioned 20 Mufassal Suras
including two Suras from the family of (i.e. those verses which begin with) Ha,
Meem [??] (which the Prophet used to recite) in each rak`a.
1.743:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada: My father said, "The Prophet uses to
recite Al-Fatiha followed by another Sura in the first two rak`at of the prayer
and used to recite only Al-Fatiha in the last two rak`at of the Zuhr prayer.
Sometimes a verse or so was audible and he used to prolong the first rak`a more
than the second and used to do the same in the `Asr and Fajr prayers."
1.744:
Narrated Abu Ma`mar: We said to Khabbab "Did Allah's Apostle used
to recite in Zuhr and `Asr prayers?" He replied in the affirmative. We said,
"How did you come to know about it?" He said, "By the movement of his beard."
1.745:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada: My father said, "The Prophet
used to recite Al-Fatiha along with another Sura in the first two rak`at of the
Zuhr and `Asr prayers. A verse or so was audible at times and he used to prolong
the first rak`a."
1.746:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada: My father
said, "The Prophet used to prolong the first rak`a of the Zuhr prayer and
shorten the second one and used to do the same in the Fajr prayer."
1.747:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Say Amin" when the Imam says it and
if the Amin of any one of you coincides with that of the angels then all his
past sins will be forgiven." Ibn Shihab said, "Allah's Apostle used to Say
"Amin."
1.748:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If any one
of you says, "Amin" and the angels in the heavens say "Amin" and the former
coincides with the latter, all his past sins will be forgiven."
1.749:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Say Amen when the Imam says
'Ghairi l-maghdubi `alaihim wala d-daalleen' (not the path of those who earn
Your Anger (such as Jews) nor of those who go astray (such as Christians)); all
the past sins of the person whose saying (of Amin) coincides with that of the
angels, will be forgiven".
1.750:
Narrated Abu Bakra: I reached the
Prophet in the mosque while he was bowing in prayer and I too bowed before
joining the row mentioned it to the Prophet and he said to me, "May Allah
increase your love for the good. But do not repeat it again (bowing in that
way).
1.751:
Narrated `Imran bin Husain: I offered the prayer with `Ali
in Basra and he made us remember the prayer which we used to pray with Allah's
Apostle. `Ali said Takbir on each rising and bowing.
1.752:
Narrated Abu
Salama: When Abu Huraira led us in prayer he used to say Takbir on each bowing
and rising. On the completion of the prayer he used to say, "My prayer is more
similar to the prayer of Allah's Apostle than that of anyone of you."
1.753:
Narrated Mutarrif bin `Abdullah: `Imran bin Husain and I offered the prayer
behind `Ali bin Abi Talib. When `Ali prostrated, he said the Takbir, when he
raised his head, he said the Takbir and when he got up for the third rak`a he
said the Takbir. On completion of the prayer `Imran took my hand and said, "This
(i.e. `Ali) made me remember the prayer of Muhammad" Or he said, "He led us in a
prayer like that of Muhammad."
1.754:
Narrated `Ikrima:
I saw a
person praying at Muqam-Ibrahim (the place of Abraham by the Ka`ba) and he was
saying Takbir on every bowing, rising, standing and sitting. I asked Ibn `Abbas
(about this prayer). He admonished me saying: "Isn't that the prayer of the
Prophet?"
1.755:
Narrated `Ikrima:
I prayed behind a Sheikh at Mecca
and he said twenty two Takbirs (during the prayer). I told Ibn `Abbas that he
(i.e. that Sheikh) was foolish. Ibn `Abbas admonished me and said, "This is the
tradition of Abul-Qasim." And narrated Abu Huraira: Whenever Allah's Apostle
stood for the prayer, he said Takbir on starting the prayer and then on bowing.
On rising from bowing he said, "Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah," and then while
standing straight he used to say, "Rabbana laka-l hamd" (Al-Laith said, "(The
Prophet said), 'Wa laka l-hamd'." He used to say Takbir on prostrating and on
raising his head from prostration; again he would Say Takbir on prostrating and
raising his head. He would then do the same in the whole of the prayer till it
was completed. On rising from the second rak`a (after sitting for at-Tahiyyat),
he used to say Takbir.
1.756:
Narrated Mus`ab bin Sa`d: I offered prayer
beside my father and approximated both my hands and placed them in between the
knees. My father told me not to do so and said, "We used to do the same but we
were forbidden (by the Prophet) to do it and were ordered to place the hands on
the knees."
1.757:
Narrated Zaid bin Wahb: Hudhaifa saw a person who was
not performing the bowing and prostration perfectly. He said to him, "You have
not prayed and if you should die you would die on a religion other than that of
Muhammad."
1.758:
Narrated Al-Bara:
The bowing, the prostration the
sitting in between the two prostrations and the standing after the bowing of the
Prophet but not qiyam (standing in the prayer) and qu`ud (sitting in the prayer)
used to be approximately equal (in duration).
1.759:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: Once the Prophet entered the mosque, a man came in, offered the prayer
and greeted the Prophet. The Prophet returned his greeting and said to him, "Go
back and pray again for you have not prayed." The man offered the prayer again,
came back and greeted the Prophet. He said to him thrice, "Go back and pray
again for you have not prayed." The man said, "By Him Who has sent you with the
truth! I do not know a better way of praying. Kindly teach Me how to pray." He
said, "When you stand for the prayer, say Takbir and then recite from the Qur'an
what you know and then bow with calmness till you feel at ease, then rise from
bowing till you stand straight. Afterwards prostrate calmly till you feel at
ease and then raise (your head) and sit with Calmness till you feel at ease and
then prostrate with calmness till you feel at ease in prostration and do the
same in the whole of your prayer."
1.760:
Narrated `Aisha:
The
Prophet used to say in his bowing and prostrations, "Subhanaka l-lahumma Rabbana
wa bihamdika; Allahumma ghfir li.' (Exalted [from unbecoming attributes] Are you
O Allah our Lord, and by Your praise [do I exalt you]. O Allah! Forgive me).
1.761:
Narrated Abu Huraira: When the Prophet said, "Sami`a l-lahu liman
hamidah," (Allah heard those who sent praises to Him), he would say, "Rabbana wa
laka l-hamd." On bowing and raising his head from it the Prophet used to say
Takbir. He also used to say Takbir on rising after the two prostrations. (See
Hadith No. 656).
1.762:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said,
"When the Imam says, "Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah," you should say, "Allahumma
Rabbana laka l-hamd." And if the saying of any one of you coincides with that of
the angels, all his past sins will be forgiven."
1.763:
Narrated Anas:
The qunut [supplication before going down for prostration] used to be
recited in the Maghrib and the Fajr prayers.
1.764:
Narrated Rifa`a bin
Rafi` Az-Zuraqi: One day we were praying behind the Prophet. When he raised his
head from bowing, he said, "Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah." A man behind him said,
"Rabbana wa laka l-hamdu, hamdan kathiran taiyiban mubarakan fihi" (O our Lord!
All the praises are for You, many good and blessed praises). When the Prophet
completed the prayer, he asked, "Who has said these words?" The man replied,
"I." The Prophet said, "I saw over thirty angels competing to write it first."
Prophet rose (from bowing) and stood straight till all the vertebrae of his
spinal column came to a natural position.
1.765:
Narrated Thabit:
Anas used to demonstrate to us the prayer of the Prophet and while
demonstrating, he used to raise his head from bowing and stand so long that we
would say that he had forgotten (the prostration).
1.766:
Narrated
Al-Bara': The bowing, the prostrations, the period of standing after bowing and
the interval between the two prostrations of the Prophet used to be equal in
duration .
1.767:
Narrated Aiyub:
Abu Qilaba said, "Malik bin
Huwairith used to demonstrate to us the prayer of the Prophet at times other
than that of the compulsory prayers. So (once) he stood up for prayer and
performed a perfect Qiyam (standing and reciting from the Holy Qur'an) and then
bowed and performed bowing perfectly; then he raised his head and stood straight
for a while." Abu Qilaba added, "Malik bin Huwairith in that demonstration
prayed like this Sheikh of ours, Abu Yazid." Abu, Yazid used to sit (for a
while) on raising his head from the second prostration before getting up.
1.768:
Narrated Abu Bakr bin `Abdur Rahman Ibn Harith bin Hisham and Abu
Salama bin `Abdur Rahman: Abu Huraira used to say Takbir in all the prayers,
compulsory and optional -- in the month of Ramadan or other months. He used to
say Takbir on standing for prayer and on bowing; then he would say, "Sami`a
l-lahu liman hamidah," and before prostrating he would say "Rabbana wa laka
l-hamd." Then he would say Takbir on prostrating and on raising his head from
the prostration, then another Takbir on prostrating (for the second time), and
on raising his head from the prostration. He also would say the Takbir on
standing from the second rak`a. He used to do the same in every rak`a till he
completed the prayer. On completion of the prayer, he would say, "By Him in
Whose Hands my soul is! No doubt my prayer is closer to that of Allah's Apostle
than yours, and this was His prayer till he left this world." And Abu Huraira
said, "When Allah's Apostle raised his head from (bowing) he used to say "Sami`a
l-lahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa laka l-hamd." He Would invoke Allah for some
people by naming them: "O Allah! Save Al-Walid bin Al-Walid and Salama bin
Hisham and `Aiyash bin Abi Rabi`a and the weak and the helpless people among the
faithful believers O Allah! Be hard on the tribe of Mudar and let them suffer
from famine years like that of the time of Joseph." In those days the Eastern
section of the tribe of Mudar was against the Prophet.
1.769:
Narrated
Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle fell from a horse and the right side of his body
was injured. We went to inquire about his health meanwhile it was time for the
prayer and he led the prayer sitting and we also prayed while sitting. On
completion of the prayer he said, "The Imam is to be followed; say Takbir when
he says it; bow when he bows; rise when he rises and when he says "Sami`a l-lahu
liman hamidah," say, "Rabbana wa laka l-hamd", and prostrate if he prostrates."
Sufyan narrated the same from Ma`mar. Ibn Juraij said that his (the Prophet's)
right leg had been injured.
1.770:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The people
said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?" He
replied, "Do you have any doubt in seeing the full moon on a clear (not cloudy)
night?" They replied, "No, O Allah's Apostle!" He said, "Do you have any doubt
in seeing the sun when there are no clouds?" They replied in the negative. He
said, "You will see Allah (your Lord) in the same way. On the Day of
Resurrection, people will be gathered and He will order the people to follow
what they used to worship. So some of them will follow the sun, some will follow
the moon, and some will follow other deities; and only this nation (Muslims)
will be left with its hypocrites. Allah will come to them and say, 'I am Your
Lord.' They will say, 'We shall stay in this place till our Lord comes to us and
when our Lord will come, we will recognize Him. Then Allah will come to them
again and say, 'I am your Lord.' They will say, 'You are our Lord.' Allah will
call them, and As-Sirat (a bridge) will be laid across Hell and I (Muhammad)
shall be the first amongst the Apostles to cross it with my followers. Nobody
except the Apostles will then be able to speak and they will be saying then, 'O
Allah! Save us. O Allah Save us.' There will be hooks like the thorns of Sa'dan
[??] in Hell. Have you seen the thorns of Sa'dan [??]?" The people said, "Yes."
He said, "These hooks will be like the thorns of Sa'dan [??] but nobody except
Allah knows their greatness in size and these will entangle the people according
to their deeds; some of them will fall and stay in Hell forever; others will
receive punishment (torn into small pieces) and will get out of Hell, till when
Allah intends mercy on whomever He likes amongst the people of Hell, He will
order the angels to take out of Hell those who worshipped none but Him alone.
The angels will take them out by recognizing them from the traces of
prostrations, for Allah has forbidden the (Hell) fire to eat away those traces.
So they will come out of the Fire, it will eat away from the whole of the human
body except the marks of the prostrations. At that time they will come out of
the Fire as mere skeletons. The Water of Life will be poured on them and as a
result they will grow like the seeds growing on the bank of flowing water. Then
when Allah had finished from the Judgments amongst his creations, one man will
be left between Hell and Paradise and he will be the last man from the people of
Hell to enter paradise. He will be facing Hell, and will say, 'O Allah! Turn my
face from the fire as its wind has dried me and its steam has burnt me.' Allah
will ask him, "Will you ask for anything more in case this favor is granted to
you?' He will say, "No by Your (Honor) Power!" And he will give to his Lord
(Allah) what he will of the pledges and the covenants. Allah will then turn his
face from the Fire. When he will face Paradise and will see its charm, he will
remain quiet as long as Allah will. He then will say, 'O my Lord! Let me go to
the gate of Paradise.' Allah will ask him, 'Didn't you give pledges and make
covenants (to the effect) that you would not ask for anything more than what you
requested at first?' He will say, 'O my Lord! Do not make me the most wretched,
amongst Your creatures.' Allah will say, 'If this request is granted, will you
then ask for anything else?' He will say, 'No! By Your Power! I shall not ask
for anything else.' Then he will give to his Lord what He will of the pledges
and the covenants. Allah will then let him go to the gate of Paradise. On
reaching then and seeing its life, charm, and pleasure, he will remain quiet as
long as Allah wills and then will say, 'O my Lord ! Let me enter Paradise.'
Allah will say, May Allah be merciful unto you, O son of Adam! How treacherous
you are! Haven't you made covenants and given pledges that you will not ask for
anything more that what you have been given?' He will say, 'O my Lord! Do not
make me the most wretched amongst Your creatures.' So Allah will laugh and allow
him to enter Paradise and will ask him to request as much as he likes. He will
do so till all his desires have been fulfilled . Then Allah will say, 'Request
more of such and such things.' Allah will remind him and when all his desires
and wishes; have been fulfilled, Allah will say "All this is granted to you and
a similar amount besides." Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri, said to Abu Huraira, 'Allah's
Apostle said, "Allah said, 'That is for you and ten times more like it.' "Abu
Huraira said, "I do not remember from Allah's Apostle except (his saying), 'All
this is granted to you and a similar amount besides." Abu Sa`id said, "I heard
him saying, 'That is for you and ten times more the like of it."
1.771:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Malik bin Buhaina: Whenever the Prophet used to offer
prayer he used to keep arms away (from the body) so that the whiteness of his
armpits was visible.
1.772:
Narrated Abu Wail: Hudhaifa said, "I saw a
person not performing his bowing and prostrations perfectly. When he completed
the prayer, I told him that he had not prayed." I think that Hudhaifa added
(i.e. said to the man), "Had you died, you would have died on a tradition other
than that of the Prophet Muhammad."
1.773:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The
Prophet was ordered (by Allah) to prostrate on seven parts and not to tuck up
the clothes or hair (while praying). Those parts are: the forehead (along with
the tip of nose), both hands, both knees, and (toes of) both feet.
1.774:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "We have been ordered to prostrates
on seven bones and not to tuck up the clothes or hair."
1.775:
Narrated
Al-Bara' bin `Azib: (He was not a liar) We used to pray behind the Prophet and
when he said, "Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah", none of us would bend his back (to
go for prostration) till the Prophet had placed his, forehead on the ground.
1.776:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "I have been ordered to
prostrate on seven bones i.e. on the forehead along with the tip of the nose and
the Prophet pointed towards his nose, both hands, both knees and the toes of
both feet and not to gather the clothes or the hair."
1.777:
Narrated
Abu Salama: Once I went to Abu- Sa`id Al-Khudri and asked him, "Won't you come
with us to the date-palm trees to have a talk?" So Abu Sa`id went out and I
asked him, "Tell me what you heard from the Prophet about the Night of Qadr."
Abu Sa`id replied, "Once Allah's Apostle performed I`tikaf (seclusion) on the
first ten days of the month of Ramadan and we did the same with him. Gabriel
came to him and said, 'The night you are looking for is ahead of you.' So the
Prophet performed the I`tikaf in the middle (second) ten days of the month of
Ramadan and we too performed I`tikaf with him. Gabriel came to him and said,
'The night which you are looking for is ahead of you.' In the morning of the
20th of Ramadan the Prophet delivered a sermon saying, 'Whoever has performed
I`tikaf with me should continue it. I have been shown the Night of "Qadr", but
have forgotten its date, but it is in the odd nights of the last ten nights. I
saw in my dream that I was prostrating in mud and water.' In those days the roof
of the mosque was made of branches of date-palm trees. At that time the sky was
clear and no cloud was visible, but suddenly a cloud came and it rained. The
Prophet led us in the prayer and I saw the traces of mud on the forehead and on
the nose of Allah's Apostle. So it was the confirmation of that dream."
1.778:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: The people used to pray with the Prophet
tying their Izars around their necks because of their small sizes and the women
were directed that they should not raise their heads from the prostrations till
the men had sat straight.
1.779:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet was
ordered to prostrate on seven bony parts and not to tuck up his clothes or hair.
1.780:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "I have been ordered to
prostrate on seven (bones) and not to tuck up the hair or garment."
1.781:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet used to say frequently in his bowing and
prostrations "Subhanaka l-lahumma Rabbana wa bihamdika, Allahumma ghfir li"
(Exalted [from unbecoming attributes] Are you O Allah our Lord, and by Your
praise [do I exalt you]. O Allah! Forgive me). In this way [??] he was acting on
what was explained to him in the Holy Qur'an.
1.782:
Narrated Abu
Qilaba: Once Malik bin Huwairith said to his friends, "Shall I show you how
Allah's Apostle used to offer his prayers?" And it was not the time for any of
the compulsory congregational prayers. So he stood up (for the prayer) bowed and
said the Takbir, then he raised his head and remained standing for a while and
then prostrated and raised his head for a while (sat up for a while). He prayed
like our Sheikh `Amr Ibn Salama. (Aiyub said, "The latter used to do a thing
which I did not see the people doing i.e. he used to sit between the third and
the fourth rak`a). Malik bin Huwairith said, "We came to the Prophet (after
embracing Islam) and stayed with him. He said to us, 'When you go back to your
families, pray such and such a prayer at such and such a time, pray such and
such a prayer at such and such a time, and when there is the time for the prayer
then only of you should pronounce the Adhan for the prayer and the oldest of you
should lead the prayer."
1.783:
Narrated Al-Bara': The time taken by the
Prophet in prostrations, bowing, and the sitting interval between the two
prostrations was about the same.
1.784:
Narrated Thabit:
Anas said,
"I will leave no stone unturned in making you offer the prayer as I have seen
the Prophet making us offer it." Anas used to do a thing which I have not seen
you doing. He used to stand after the bowing for such a long time that one would
think that he had forgotten (the prostrations) and he used to sit in-between the
prostrations so long that one would think that he had forgotten the second
prostration.
1.785:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, "Be
straight in the prostrations and none of you should put his forearms on the
ground (in the prostration) like a dog."
1.786:
Narrated Malik bin
Huwairith Al-Laithi: I saw the Prophet praying and in the odd rak`at, he used to
sit for a moment before getting up.
1.787:
Narrated Aiyub:
Abu
Qilaba said, "Malik bin Huwairith came to us and led us in the prayer in this
mosque of ours and said, 'I lead you in prayer but I do not want to offer the
prayer but just to show you how Allah's Apostle performed his prayers." I asked
Abu Qilaba, "How was the prayer of Malik bin Huwairith?" He replied, "Like the
prayer of this Sheikh of ours-- i.e. `Amr bin Salima." That Sheikh used to
pronounce the Takbir perfectly and when he raised his head from the second
prostration he would sit for a while and then support himself on the ground and
get up.
1.788:
Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Harith: Abu Sa`id led us in the
prayer and said the Takbir aloud on arising from the prostration, and on
prostrating, on rising again, and on getting up from the second rak`a. Abu Sa`id
said, "I saw the Prophet doing the same."
1.789:
Narrated Mutarrif:
`Imran and I prayed behind `Ali bin Abi Talib and he said Takbir on prostrating,
on rising and on getting up after the two rak`at (i.e. after the second rak`a).
When the prayer was finished, `Imran took me by the hand and said, "He (`Ali)
has prayed the prayer of Muhammad" (or said, "He made us remember the prayer of
Muhammad).
1.790:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abdullah: I saw `Abdullah bin
`Umar crossing his legs while sitting in the prayer and I, a mere youngster in
those days, did the same. Ibn `Umar forbade me to do so, and said, "The proper
way is to keep the right foot propped up and bend the left in the prayer." I
said questioningly, "But you are doing so (crossing the legs)." He said, "My
feet cannot bear my weight."
1.791:
Narrated Muhammad bin `Amr bin
`Ata': I was sitting with some of the companions of Allah's Apostle and we were
discussing about the way of praying of the Prophet. Abu Humaid As-Sa`idi said,
"I remember the prayer of Allah's Apostle better than any one of you. I saw him
raising both his hands up to the level of the shoulders on saying the Takbir;
and on bowing he placed his hands on both knees and bent his back straight, then
he stood up straight from bowing till all the vertebrate took their normal
positions. In prostrations, he placed both his hands on the ground with the
forearms away from the ground and away from his body, and his toes were facing
the Qibla. On sitting In the second rak`a he sat on his left foot and propped up
the right one; and in the last rak`a he pushed his left foot forward and kept
the other foot propped up and sat over the buttocks."
1.792:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin Buhaina: (he was from the tribe of Uzd Shanu'a [??] and was the
ally of the tribe of `Abdul-Manaf and was one of the companions of the Prophet):
Once the Prophet led us in the Zuhr prayer and stood up after the second rak`a
and did not sit down. The people stood up with him. When the prayer was about to
end and the people were waiting for him to say the Taslim, he said Takbir while
sitting and prostrated twice before saying the Taslim and then he said the
Taslim."
1.793:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Malik bin Buhaina: Once Allah's
Apostle led us in the Zuhr prayer and got up (after the prostrations of the
second rak`a) although he should have sat (for the Tashahhud). So at the end of
the prayer, he prostrated twice while sitting (prostrations of Sahu).
1.794:
Narrated Shaqiq bin Salama: `Abdullah said, "Whenever we prayed behind the
Prophet we used to recite (in sitting) 'Peace be on Gabriel, Michael, peace be
on so and so. Once Allah's Apostle looked back at us and said, 'Allah Himself is
As-Salam (Peace), and if anyone of you prays then he should say, at-Tahiyatu li
l-lahi wa s-salawatu wa t-taiyibat. As-salamu `alalika aiyuha n-Nabiyu wa
rahmatu l-lahi wa barakatuh. As-salamu `alaina wa `ala `ibadi l-lahi s-salihin.
(All the compliments, prayers and good things are due to Allah; peace be on you,
O Prophet, and Allah's mercy and blessings [be on you]. Peace be on us an on the
pious subjects of Allah). (If you say that, it will reach all the subjects in
the heaven and the earth). Ash-hadu al-la ilaha illa l-lah, wa ash-hadu anna
Muhammadan `Abduhu wa Rasuluh. (I testify that there is no Deity [worthy of
worship] but Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is His slave and His Apostle).
1.795:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle
used to invoke Allah in the prayer saying "Allahumma inni a`udhu bika min
`adhabi l-qabr, wa a`udhu bika min fitnati l-masihi d-dajjal, wa a`udhu bika min
fitnati l-mahya wa fitnati l-mamat. Allahumma inni a`udhu bika mina l-ma'thami
wa l-maghram. (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave,
from the afflictions of the imposter-Messiah, and from the afflictions of life
and death. O Allah, I seek refuge with You from sins and from debt)." Somebody
said to him, "Why do you so frequently seek refuge with Allah from being in
debt?" The Prophet replied, "A person in debt tells lies whenever he speaks, and
breaks promises whenever he makes (them)." `Aisha also narrated: I heard Allah's
Apostle in his prayer seeking refuge with Allah from the afflictions of
Ad-Dajjal.
1.796:
Narrated Abu Bakr As-Siddiq: I asked Allah's Apostle
to teach me an invocation so that I may invoke Allah with it in my prayer. He
told me to say, "Allahumma inni zalumtu nafsi zulman kathiran, Wala yaghfiru
dh-dhunuba illa anta, fa ghfir li maghfiratan min `indika, wa r-hamni, innaka
anta l-ghafuru r-rahim (O Allah! I have done great injustice to myself and none
except You forgives sins, so bestow on me a forgiveness from You, and Have Mercy
on me, You are the Forgiver, the Merciful).
1.797:
Narrated `Abdullah:
When we prayed with the Prophet we used to say, "Peace be on Allah from His
slaves and peace be on so and so." The Prophet said, "Don't say As-Salam be on
Allah, for He Himself is As-Salam, but say, at-tahiyatu li l-lahi wa s-salawatu
wa t-taiyibat. As-salamu `alaika aiyuha n-Nabiyu wa rahmatu l-lahi wa barakatuh.
As-salamu `alaina wa `ala `ibadi l-lahi s-salihin. (If you say this then it will
reach all the slaves in heaven or between heaven and earth). Ash-hadu al
la-ilaha illa l-lah, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan `Abduhu wa Rasuluh.' Then
select the invocation you like best and recite it." (See Hadith No. 794, 795
& 796).
1.798:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: I saw Allah's Apostle
prostrating in mud and water and saw the mark of mud on his forehead.
1.799:
Narrated Um Salama: Whenever Allah's Apostle finished his prayers with
Taslim, the women would get up and he would stay on for a while in his place
before getting up. Ibn Shihab said, "I think (and Allah knows better), that the
purpose of his stay was that the women might leave before the men who had
finished their prayer. "
1.800:
Narrated `Itban bin Malik: We prayed
with the Prophet and used to finish our prayer with the Taslim along with him.
1.801:
Narrated Mahmud bin Ar-Rabi`: I remember Allah's Apostle and also
the mouthful of water which he took from a bucket in our house and ejected (on
me). I heard from `Itban bin Malik Al-Ansari, who was one from Bani Salim,
saying, "I used to lead my tribe of Bani Salim in prayer. Once I went to the
Prophet and said to him, 'I have weak eyesight and at times the rainwater flood
intervenes between me and the mosque of my tribe and I wish that you would come
to my house and pray at some place so that I could take that place as a place
for praying (mosque). He said, "Allah willing, I shall do that." Next day
Allah's Apostle along with Abu Bakr, came to my house after the sun had risen
high and he asked permission to enter. I gave him permission, but he didn't sit
till he said to me, "Where do you want me to pray in your house?" I pointed to a
place in the house where I wanted him to pray. So he stood up for the prayer and
we aligned behind him. He completed the prayer with Taslim and we did the same
simultaneously."
1.802:
Narrated Abu Ma`bad: (the freed slave of Ibn
`Abbas) Ibn `Abbas told me, "In the lifetime of the Prophet it was the custom to
celebrate Allah's praises aloud after the compulsory congregational prayers."
Ibn `Abbas further said, "When I heard the Dhikr, I would learn that the
compulsory congregational prayer had ended."
1.803:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
I used to recognize the completion of the prayer of the Prophet by hearing
Takbir.
1.804:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Some poor people came to the
Prophet and said, "The wealthy people will get higher grades and will have
permanent enjoyment and they pray like us and fast as we do. They have more
money by which they perform the Hajj, and `Umra; fight and struggle in Allah's
Cause and give in charity." The Prophet said, "Shall I not tell you a thing upon
which if you acted you would catch up with those who have surpassed you? Nobody
would overtake you and you would be better than the people amongst whom you live
except those who would do the same. Say "Subhana l-lah", "Al hamdu li l-lah" and
"Allahu Akbar" thirty three times each after every (compulsory) prayer." We
differed and some of us said that we should say, "Subhan-al-lah" thirty three
times and "Al hamdu li l-lah" thirty three times and "Allahu Akbar" thirty four
times. I went to the Prophet who said, "Say, "Subhan-al-lah" and "Al hamdu li
l-lah" and "Allahu Akbar" all together [??], thirty three times."
1.805:
Narrated Warrad:
(the clerk of Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba) Once Al-Mughira
dictated to me in a letter addressed to Muawiya that the Prophet used to say
after every compulsory prayer, "La ilaha illa l-lahu wahdahu la sharika lahu,
lahu l-mulku wa lahu l-hamdu, wa huwa `ala kulli shay'in qadir. Allahumma la
mani`a lima a`taita, wa la mu`tiya lima mana`ta, wa la yanfa`u dhal-jaddi minka
l-jadd. [There is no Deity but Allah, Alone, no Partner to Him. His is the
Kingdom and all praise, and Omnipotent is he. O Allah! Nobody can hold back what
you gave, nobody can give what You held back, and no struggler's effort can
benefit against You]." And Al-Hasan said, "Al-jadd' means prosperity [??]."
1.806:
Narrated Samura bin Jundub: The Prophet used to face us on
completion of the prayer.
1.807:
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani: The
Prophet led us in the Fajr prayer at Hudaibiya after a rainy night. On
completion of the prayer, he faced the people and said, "Do you know what your
Lord has said (revealed)?" The people replied, "Allah and His Apostle know
better." He said, "Allah has said, 'In this morning some of my slaves remained
as true believers and some became non-believers; whoever said that the rain was
due to the Blessings and the Mercy of Allah had belief in Me and he disbelieves
in the stars, and whoever said that it rained because of a particular star had
no belief in Me but believes in that star.' "
1.808:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik: Once the Prophet delayed the `Isha' prayer until midnight and then came
to us. Having prayed he faced us and said, "The people had prayed and slept but
you were in the prayer as long as you were waiting for it."
1.809:
Narrated Um Salama: "The Prophet after finishing the prayer with Taslim used
to stay at his place for a while." Ibn Shihab said, "I think (and Allah knows
better), that he used to wait for the departure of the women who had prayed."
Ibn Shihab wrote that he had heard it from Hind bint Al-Harith Al-Firasiya from
Um Salama, the wife of the Prophet (Hind was from the companions of Um Salama)
who said, "When the Prophet finished the prayer with Taslim, the women would
depart and enter their houses before Allah's Apostle departed."
1.810:
Narrated `Uqba:
I offered the `Asr prayer behind the Prophet at Medina.
When he had finished the prayer with Taslim, he got up hurriedly and went out by
crossing the rows of the people to one of the dwellings of his wives. The people
got scared at his speed . The Prophet came back and found the people surprised
at his haste and said to them, "I remembered a piece of gold Lying in my house
and I did not like it to divert my attention from Allah's worship, so I have
ordered it to be distributed (in charity).
1.811:
Narrated `Abdullah:
You should not give away a part of your prayer to Satan by thinking that it is
necessary to depart (after finishing the prayer) from one's right side only; I
have seen the Prophet often leave from the left side.
1.812:
Narrated
Ibn `Umar: During the holy battle of Khaibar the Prophet said, "Whoever ate from
this plant (i.e. garlic) should not enter our mosque."
1.813:
Narrated
`Ata':
I heard Jabir bin `Abdullah saying, "The Prophet said, 'Whoever eats
(from) this plant (he meant garlic) should keep away from our mosque." I said,
"What does he mean by that?" He replied, "I think he means only raw garlic."
1.814:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet said, "Whoever eats
garlic or onion should keep away from our mosque or should remain in his house."
(Jabir bin `Abdullah, in another narration said, "Once a big pot containing
cooked vegetables was brought. On finding unpleasant smell coming from it, the
Prophet asked, 'What is in it?' He was told all the names of the vegetables that
were in it. The Prophet ordered that it should be brought near to some of his
companions who were with him. When the Prophet saw it he disliked to eat it and
said, 'Eat. (I don't eat) for I converse with those whom you don't converse with
(i.e. the angels).
1.815:
Narrated `Abdul `Aziz: A man asked Anas, "What
did you hear from the Prophet about garlic?" He said, "The Prophet said,
'Whoever has eaten this plant should neither come near us nor pray with us."
1.816:
Narrated Sulaiman Ash-Shaibam [Shaibani??]: I heard Ash-Shu`bi
saying, "A person who was accompanying the Prophet passed by a grave that was
separated from the other graves told me that the Prophet once led the people in
the (funeral) prayer and the people had aligned behind him. I said, "O Aba `Amr!
Who told you about it?" He said, "Ibn `Abbas."
1.817:
Narrated Abu Sa`id
Al-Khudri: The Prophet said, "Ghusl (taking a bath) on Friday is compulsory for
every Muslim reaching the age of puberty."
1.818:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
One night I slept at the house of my aunt Maimuna and the Prophet slept (too).
He got up (for prayer) in the last hours of the night and performed a light
ablution from a hanging leather skin. (`Amr, the sub-narrator described that the
ablution was very light). Then he stood up for prayer and I got up too and
performed the ablution in the same way and joined him on his left side. He
pulled me to the right and prayed as much as Allah will. Then he lay down and
slept and I heard his breath sounds till the Mu'adh-dhin came to him to inform
him about the (Fajr) prayer. He left with him for the prayer and prayed without
repeating the ablution. (Sufyan the sub-narrator said: We said to `Amr, "Some
people say, 'The eyes of the Prophet sleep but his heart never sleeps.' " `Amr
said, "'Ubai bin `Umar said, 'The dreams of the Prophets are Divine
Inspirations. Then he recited, '(O my son), I have seen in dream that I was
slaughtering you (offering you in sacrifice).") (37.102)
1.819:
Narrated
Anas bin Malik: My grandmother Mulaika invited Allah's Apostle for a meal which
she had prepared specially for him. He ate some of it and said, "Get up. I shall
lead you in the prayer." I brought a mat that had become black owing to
excessive use and I sprinkled water on it. Allah's Apostle stood on it and
prayed two rak`at; and the orphan was with me (in the first row), and the old
lady stood behind us.
1.820:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once I came riding a
she-ass and I, then, had just attained the age of puberty. Allah's Apostle was
leading the people in prayer at Mina facing no wall. I passed in front of the
row and let loose the she-ass for grazing and joined the row and no one objected
to my deed.
1.821:
Narrated `Aisha:
Once Allah's Apostle delayed the
`Isha' prayer till `Umar informed him that the women and children had slept.
Then Allah's Apostle came out and said: "None from amongst the dwellers of earth
have prayed this prayer except you." In those days none but the people of Medina
prayed.
1.822:
Narrated `Abdur Rahman bin `Abis: A person asked Ibn
`Abbas, "Have you ever presented yourself at the (`Id) prayer with Allah's
Apostle?" He replied, "Yes." And had it not been for my kinship (position) with
the Prophet it would not have been possible for me to do so (for he was too
young). The Prophet went to the mark near the house of Kathir bin As-Salt and
delivered a sermon. He then went towards the women. He advised and reminded them
and asked them to give alms. So the woman would bring her hand near her neck and
take off her necklace and put it in the garment of Bilal. Then the Prophet and
Bilal came to the house."
1.823:
Narrated `Aisha:
Once Allah's
Apostle delayed the `Isha' prayer till `Umar informed him that the women and
children had slept. The Prophet came out and said, "None except you from amongst
the dwellers of earth is waiting for this prayer." In those days, there was no
prayer except in Medina and they used to pray the `Isha' prayer between the
disappearance of the twilight and the first third of the night.
1.824:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "If your women ask permission to go to
the mosque at night, allow them."
1.825:
Narrated Um Salama: (the wife
of the Prophet) In the lifetime of Allah's Apostle the women used to get up when
they finished their compulsory prayers with Taslim. The Prophet and the men
would stay on at their places as long as Allah will. When the Prophet got up,
the men would then get up.
1.826:
Narrated `Aisha:
When Allah's
Apostle finished the Fajr prayer, the women would leave covered in their sheets
and were not recognized owing to the darkness.
1.827:
Narrated `Abdullah
bin Abi Qatada Al-Ansari: My father said, "Allah's Apostle said, "Whenever I
stand for prayer, I want to prolong it but on hearing the cries of a child, I
would shorten it as I dislike to put its mother in trouble."
1.828:
Narrated `Aisha:
Had Allah's Apostle known what the women were doing, he
would have forbidden them from going to the mosque as the women of Bani Israel
had been forbidden. Yahya bin Sa`id (a sub-narrator) asked `Amra (another
sub-narrator), "Were the women of Bani Israel forbidden?" She replied "Yes."
1.829:
Narrated Um Salama: Whenever Allah's Apostle completed the prayer
with Taslim, the women used to get up immediately and Allah's Apostle would
remain at his place for someone before getting up. (The sub-narrator (Az-Zuhri)
said, "We think, and Allah knows better, that he did so, so that the women might
leave before men could get in touch with them).
1.830:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet prayed in the house of Um Sulaim; and I, along with an orphan
stood behind him while Um Sulaim (stood) behind us.
1.831:
Narrated
`Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to offer the Fajr prayer when it was still dark
and the believing women used to return (after finishing their prayer) and nobody
could recognize them owing to darkness, or they could not recognize one another.
1.832:
Narrated Salim bin `Abdullah: My father said, "The Prophet said,
'If the wife of any one of you asks permission (to go to the mosque) do not
forbid her."
Volume 2
Bk. 13: Friday Prayer
2.1:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) saying, "We (Muslims) are the last (to come) but (will
be) the foremost on the Day of Resurrection though the former nations were given
the Holy Scriptures before us. And this was their day (Friday) the celebration
of which was made compulsory for them but they differed about it. So Allah gave
us the guidance for it (Friday) and all the other people are behind us in this
respect: the Jews' (holy day is) tomorrow (i.e. Saturday) and the Christians'
(is) the day after tomorrow (i.e. Sunday)."
2.2:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Umar: Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "Anyone of you attending the Friday
(prayers) should take a bath."
2.3:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: While `Umar bin
Al-Khattab was standing and delivering the sermon on a Friday, one of the
companions of the Prophet, who was one of the foremost Muhajirs (emigrants)
came. `Umar said to him, "What is the time now?" He replied, "I was busy and
could not go back to my house till I heard the Adhan. I did not perform more
than the ablution." Thereupon `Umar said to him, "Did you perform only the
ablution although you know that Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) used to order us to
take a bath (on Fridays)?"
2.4:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "The taking of a bath on Friday is compulsory for every
male (Muslim) who has attained the age of puberty."
2.5:
Narrated Abu
Sa`id: I testify that Allah's Apostle said, "The taking of a bath on Friday is
compulsory for every male Muslim who has attained the age of puberty and (also)
the cleaning of his teeth with Siwak, and the using of perfume if it is
available." `Amr (a sub-narrator) said, "I confirm that the taking of a bath is
compulsory, but as for the Siwak and the using of perfume, Allah knows better
whether it is obligatory or not, but according to the Hadith it is as above.")
2.6:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "Any person
who takes a bath on Friday like the bath of Janaba and then goes for the prayer
(in the first hour i.e. early), it is as if he had sacrificed a camel (in
Allah's cause); and whoever goes in the second hour it is as if he had
sacrificed a cow; and whoever goes in the third hour, then it is as if he had
sacrificed a horned ram; and if one goes in the fourth hour, then it is as if he
had sacrificed a hen; and whoever goes in the fifth hour then it is as if he had
offered an egg. When the Imam comes out (i.e. starts delivering the Khutba), the
angels present themselves to listen to the Khutba."
2.7:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: While `Umar (bin Al-Khattab) was delivering the Khutba on a Friday, a
man entered (the mosque). `Umar asked him, "What has detained you from the
prayer?" The man said, "It was only that when I heard the Adhan I performed
ablution (for the prayer)." On that `Umar said, "Did you not hear the Prophet
saying: 'Anyone of you going out for the Jumua prayer should take a bath'?".
2.8:
Narrated Salman-Al-Farsi: The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Whoever
takes a bath on Friday, purifies himself as much as he can, then uses his (hair)
oil or perfumes himself with the scent of his house, then proceeds (for the
Jumua prayer) and does not separate two persons sitting together (in the
mosque), then prays as much as (Allah has) written for him and then remains
silent while the Imam is delivering the Khutba, his sins in-between the present
and the last Friday would be forgiven."
2.9:
Narrated Tawus:
I said
to Ibn `Abbas, "The people are narrating that the Prophet said, 'Take a bath on
Friday and wash your heads (i.e. take a thorough bath) even though you were not
Junub and use perfume'." On that Ibn `Abbas replied, "I know about the bath,
(i.e. it is essential) but I do not know about the perfume (i.e. whether it is
essential or not.)
2.10:
Narrated Tawus:
Ibn `Abbas mentioned the
statement of the Prophet regarding the taking of a bath on Friday and then I
asked him whether the Prophet (p.b.u.h) had ordered perfume or (hair) oil to be
used if they could be found in one's house. He (Ibn `Abbas) replied that he did
not know about it.
2.11:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: `Umar bin
Al-Khattab saw a silken cloak (being sold) at the gate of the Mosque and said to
Allah's Apostle, "I wish you would buy this to wear on Fridays and also on
occasions of the arrivals of the delegations." Allah's Apostle replied, "This
will be worn by a person who will have no share (reward) in the Hereafter."
Later on similar cloaks were given to Allah's Apostle and he gave one of them to
`Umar bin Al-Khattab. On that `Umar said, "O Allah's Apostle! You have given me
this cloak although on the cloak of Atarid (a cloak merchant who was selling
that silken cloak at the gate of the mosque) you passed such and such a remark."
Allah's Apostle replied, "I have not given you this to wear". And so `Umar bin
Al-Khattab gave it to his pagan brother in Mecca to wear.
2.12:
Narrated
Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If I had not found it hard for my followers
or the people, I would have ordered them to clean their teeth with Siwak for
every prayer."
2.13:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle I said, "I have
told you repeatedly to (use) the Siwak. (The Prophet put emphasis on the use of
the Siwak.)
2.14:
Narrated Hudhaifa: When the Prophet (p.b.u.h) got up
at night (for the night prayer), he used to clean his mouth .
2.15:
Narrated `Aisha:
`Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr came holding a Siwak with
which he was cleaning his teeth. Allah's Apostle looked at him. I requested
`Abdur-Rahman to give the Siwak to me and after he gave it to me I divided it,
chewed it and gave it to Allah's Apostle. Then he cleaned his teeth with it and
(at that time) he was resting against my chest.
2.16:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: The Prophet used to recite the following in the Fajr prayer of Friday,
"Alif, Lam, Mim, Tanzil" (Surat-as-Sajda #32) and "Hal-ata-ala-l-Insani" (i.e.
Surah-Ad-Dahr #76).
2.17:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The first Jumua prayer
which was offered after a Jumua prayer offered at the mosque of Allah's Apostle
took place in the mosque of the tribe of `Abdul Qais at Jawathi in Bahrain.
2.18:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "All of you
are Guardians." Yunis said: Ruzaiq bin Hukaim wrote to Ibn Shihab while I was
with him at Wadi-al-Qura saying, "Shall I lead the Jumua prayer?" Ruzaiq was
working on the land (i.e. farming) and there was a group of Sudanese people and
some others with him; Ruzaiq was then the Governor of Aila. Ibn Shihab wrote (to
Ruzaiq) ordering him to lead the Jumua prayer and telling him that Salim told
him that `Abdullah bin `Umar had said, "I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'All of
you are guardians and responsible for your wards and the things under your care.
The Imam (i.e. ruler) is the guardian of his subjects and is responsible for
them and a man is the guardian of his family and is responsible for them. A
woman is the guardian of her husband's house and is responsible for it. A
servant is the guardian of his master's belongings and is responsible for them.'
I thought that he also said, 'A man is the guardian of his father's property and
is responsible for it. All of you are guardians and responsible for your wards
and the things under your care."
2.19:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: I
heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Anyone of you coming for the Jumua prayer should
take a bath."
2.20:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Allah's Apostle said,
"The taking of a bath on Friday is compulsory for every Muslim who has attained
the age of puberty."
2.21:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said
"We are the last (to come amongst the nations) but (will be) the foremost on the
Day of Resurrection. They were given the Holy Scripture before us and we were
given the Qur'an after them. And this was the day (Friday) about which they
differed and Allah gave us the guidance (for that). So tomorrow (i.e. Saturday)
is the Jews' (day), and the day after tomorrow (i.e. Sunday) is the
Christians'." The Prophet (p.b.u.h) remained silent (for a while) and then said,
"It is obligatory for every Muslim that he should take a bath once in seven
days, when he should wash his head and body." Narrated Abu Huraira through
different narrators that the Prophet said, "It is Allah's right on every Muslim
that he should take a bath (at least) once in seven days."
2.22:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Allow women to go to the
Mosques at night."
2.23:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: One of the wives of `Umar
(bin Al-Khattab) used to offer the Fajr and the `Isha' prayer in congregation in
the Mosque. She was asked why she had come out for the prayer as she knew that
`Umar disliked it, and he has great ghaira (self-respect). She replied, "What
prevents him from stopping me from this act?" The other replied, "The statement
of Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) : 'Do not stop Allah's women-slave from going to
Allah s Mosques' prevents him."
2.24:
Narrated Muhammad bin Seereen: On
a rainy day Ibn `Abbas said to his Mu'adh-dhin, "After saying, 'Ash-hadu anna
Muhammadan Rasulullah' (I testify that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle), do not say
'Haiya 'Alas-Salat' (come for the prayer) but say 'Pray in your houses'." (The
man did so). But the people disliked it. Ibn `Abbas said, "It was done by one
who was much better than I (i.e. the Prophet (p.b.u.h) ). No doubt, the Jumua
prayer is compulsory but I dislike to put you to task by bringing you out
walking in mud and slush."
2.25:
Narrated Aisha:
(the wife of the
Prophet) The people used to come from their abodes and from Al-`Awali (i.e.
outskirts of Medina up to a distance of four miles or more from Medina). They
used to pass through dust and used to be drenched with sweat and covered with
dust; so sweat used to trickle from them. One of them came to Allah's Apostle
who was in my house. The Prophet said to him, "I wish that you keep yourself
clean on this day of yours (i.e. take a bath)."
2.26:
Narrated Yahya bin
Sa`id: I asked `Amra about taking a bath on Fridays. She replied, " Aisha said,
'The people used to work (for their livelihood) and whenever they went for the
Jumua prayer, they used to go to the mosque in the same shape as they had been
in work. So they were asked to take a bath on Friday.' "
2.27:
Narrated
Anas bin Malik: The Prophet used to offer the Jumua prayer immediately after
midday.
2.28:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: We used to offer the Jumua prayer
early and then have an afternoon nap.
2.29:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The
Prophet used to offer the prayer earlier if it was very cold; and if it was very
hot he used to delay the prayer, i.e. the Jumua prayer.
2.30:
Narrated
Abu `Abs: I heard the Prophet saying, "Anyone whose feet are covered with dust
in Allah's cause, shall be saved by Allah from the Hell-Fire."
2.31:
Narrated Abu Huraira: heard Allah's Apostles (p.b.u.h) saying, "If the
prayer is started do not run for it but just walk for it calmly and pray
whatever you get, and complete whatever is missed. "
2.32:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin Abi Qatada on the authority of his father: The Prophet (p.b.u.h)
said, "Do not stand up (for prayer) unless you see me, and observe calmness and
solemnity".
2.33:
Narrated Salman Al-Farsi: Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)
said, "Anyone who takes a bath on Friday and cleans himself as much as he can
and puts oil (on his hair) or scents himself; and then proceeds for the prayer
and does not force his way between two persons (assembled in the mosque for the
Friday prayer), and prays as much as is written for him and remains quiet when
the Imam delivers the Khutba, all his sins in between the present and the last
Friday will be forgiven."
2.34:
Narrated Ibn Juraij: I heard Nazi'
saying, "Ibn `Umar, said, 'The Prophet forbade that a man should make another
man to get up to sit in his place' ". I said to Nafi`, 'Is it for Jumua prayer
only?' He replied, "For Jumua prayer and any other (prayer)."
2.35:
Narrated As-Saib bin Yazid: In the lifetime of the Prophet, Abu Bakr and
`Umar, the Adhan for the Jumua prayer used to be pronounced when the Imam sat on
the pulpit. But during the Caliphate of `Uthman when the Muslims increased in
number, a third Adhan at Az-Zaura' was added. Abu `Abdullah said, "Az-Zaura' is
a place in the market of Medina."
2.36:
Narrated As-Saib bin Yazid: The
person who increased the number of Adhans for the Jumua prayers to three was
`Uthman bin `Affan and it was when the number of the (Muslim) people of Medina
had increased. In the lifetime of the Prophet I there was only one Mu'adh-dhin
and the Adhan used to be pronounced only after the Imam had taken his seat (i.e.
on the pulpit).
2.37:
Narrated Abu Umama bin Sahl bin Hunaif: I heard
Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan (repeating the statements of the Adhan) while he was
sitting on the pulpit. When the Mu'adh-dhin pronounced the Adhan saying,
"Allahu-Akbar, Allahu Akbar", Muawiya said: "Allah Akbar, Allahu Akbar." And
when the Mu'adh-dhin said, "Ash-hadu an la ilaha illal-lah (I testify that none
has the right to be worshipped but Allah)", Muawiya said, "And (so do) I". When
he said, "Ash-hadu anna Muhammadan Rasulullah" (I testify that Muhammad is
Allah's Apostle), Muawiya said, "And (so do) I". When the Adhan was finished,
Muawiya said, "O people, when the Mu'adh-dhin pronounced the Adhan I heard
Allah's Apostle on this very pulpit saying what you have just heard me saying".
2.38:
Narrated As-Sa'ib bin Yazid I : `Uthman bin `Affan introduced the
second Adhan on Fridays when the number of the people in the mosque increased.
Previously the Adhan on Fridays used to be pronounced only after the Imam had
taken his seat (on the pulpit).
2.39:
Narrated Az-Zuhri: I heard As-Saib
bin Yazid, saying, "In the lifetime of Allah's Apostle, and Abu Bakr and `Umar,
the Adhan for the Jumua prayer used to be pronounced after the Imam had taken
his seat on the pulpit. But when the people increased in number during the
caliphate of `Uthman, he introduced a third Adhan (on Friday for the Jumua
prayer) and it was pronounced at Az-Zaura' and that new state of affairs
remained so in the succeeding years.
2.40:
Narrated Abu Hazim bin Dinar:
Some people went to Sahl bin Sa`d As-Sa`idi and told him that they had different
opinions regarding the wood of the pulpit. They asked him about it and he said,
"By Allah, I know of what wood the pulpit was made, and no doubt I saw it on the
very first day when Allah's Apostle I took his seat on it. Allah's Apostle sent
for such and such an Ansari woman (and Sahl mentioned her name) and said to her,
'Order your slave-carpenter to prepare for me some pieces of wood (i.e. pulpit)
on which I may sit at the time of addressing the people.' So she ordered her
slave-carpenter and he made it from the tamarisk of the forest and brought it
(to the woman). The woman sent that (pulpit) to Allah's Apostle who ordered it
to be placed here. Then I saw Allah's Apostle praying on it and then bowed on
it. Then he stepped back, got down and prostrated on the ground near the foot of
the pulpit and again ascended the pulpit. After finishing the prayer he faced
the people and said, 'I have done this so that you may follow me and learn the
way I pray.' "
2.41:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet used to
stand by a stem of a date-palm tree (while delivering a sermon). When the pulpit
was placed for him we heard that stem crying like a pregnant she-camel till the
Prophet got down from the pulpit and placed his hand over it.
2.42:
Narrated Salim:
My father said , "I heard the Prophet delivering the
Khutba on the pulpit and he said, 'Whoever comes for the Jumua prayer should
take a bath (before coming).' "
2.43:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet
(p.b.u.h) used to deliver the Khutba while standing and then he would sit, then
stand again as you do now-a-days.
2.44:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
One day the Prophet sat on the pulpit and we sat around him.
2.45:
Narrated `Amr bin Taghlib: Some property or something was brought to Allah's
Apostle and he distributed it. He gave to some men and ignored the others. Later
he got the news of his being admonished by those whom he had ignored. So he
glorified and praised Allah and said, "Amma ba'du. By Allah, I may give to a man
and ignore another, although the one whom I ignore is more beloved to me than
the one whom I give. But I give to some people as I feel that they have no
patience and no contentment in their hearts and I leave those who are patient
and self-content with the goodness and wealth which Allah has put into their
hearts and `Amr bin Taghlib is one of them." `Amr added, By Allah! Those words
of Allah's Apostle are more beloved to me than the best red camels.
2.46:
Narrated Aisha:
Once in the middle of the night Allah's Apostle
(p.b.u.h) went out and prayed in the mosque and some men prayed with him. The
next morning the people spoke about it and so more people gathered and prayed
with him (in the second night). They circulated the news in the morning, and so,
on the third night the number of people increased greatly. Allah's Apostle
(p.b.u.h) came out and they prayed behind him. On the fourth night the mosque
was overwhelmed by the people till it could not accommodate them. Allah's
Apostle came out only for the Fajr prayer and when he finished the prayer, he
faced the people and recited "Tashah-hud" (I testify that none has the right to
be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is His Apostle), and then said, "Amma
ba'du. Verily your presence (in the mosque at night) was not hidden from me, but
I was afraid that this prayer (Prayer of Tahajjud) might be made compulsory and
you might not be able to carry it out."
2.47:
Narrated Abu Hummaid
As-Sa`idi One night Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) stood up after the prayer and
recited "Tashah-hud" and then praised Allah as He deserved and said, "Amma
ba'du."
2.48:
Narrated Al-Miswar bin Makhrama: Once Allah's Apostle got
up for delivering the Khutba and I heard him after "Tashah-hud" saying "Amma
ba'du."
2.49:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once the Prophet ascended the pulpit
and it was the last gathering in which he took part. He was covering his
shoulder with a big cloak and binding his head with an oily bandage. He
glorified and praised Allah and said, "O people! Come to me." So the people came
and gathered around him and he then said, "Amma ba'du." "From now onward the
Ansar will decrease and other people will increase. So anybody who becomes a
ruler of the followers of Muhammad and has the power to harm or benefit people
then he should accept the good from the benevolent amongst them (Ansar) and
overlook the faults of their wrong-doers."
2.50:
Narrated `Abdullah Ibn
`Umar: The Prophet used to deliver two Khutbas and sit in between them.
2.51:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "When it is a Friday, the
angels stand at the gate of the mosque and keep on writing the names of the
persons coming to the mosque in succession according to their arrivals. The
example of the one who enters the mosque in the earliest hour is that of one
offering a camel (in sacrifice). The one coming next is like one offering a cow
and then a ram and then a chicken and then an egg respectively. When the Imam
comes out (for Jumua prayer) they (i.e. angels) fold their papers and listen to
the Khutba."
2.52:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: A person entered the
mosque while the Prophet was delivering the Khutba on a Friday. The Prophet said
to him, "Have you prayed?" The man replied in the negative. The Prophet said,
"Get up and pray two rak`at."
2.53:
Narrated Jabir:
A man entered
the Mosque while the Prophet was delivering the Khutba. The Prophet said to him,
"Have you prayed?" The man replied in the negative. The Prophet said, "Pray two
rak`at."
2.54:
Narrated Anas:
While the Prophet was delivering the
Khutba on a Friday, a man stood up and said, "O, Allah's Apostle! The livestock
and the sheep are dying, so pray to Allah for rain." So he (the Prophet) raised
both his hands and invoked Allah (for it).
2.55:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik: Once in the lifetime of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) the people were afflicted
with drought (famine). While the Prophet was delivering the Khutba on a Friday,
a Bedouin stood up and said, "O, Allah's Apostle! Our possessions are being
destroyed and the children are hungry; Please invoke Allah (for rain)". So the
Prophet raised his hands. At that time there was not a trace of cloud in the
sky. By Him in Whose Hands my soul is as soon as he lowered his hands, clouds
gathered like mountains, and before he got down from the pulpit, I saw the rain
falling on the beard of the Prophet. It rained that day, the next day, the third
day, the fourth day till the next Friday. The same Bedouin or another man stood
up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! The houses have collapsed, our possessions and
livestock have been drowned; Please invoke Allah (to protect us)". So the
Prophet I raised both his hands and said, "O Allah! Round about us and not on
us". So, in whatever direction he pointed with his hands, the clouds dispersed
and cleared away, and Medina's (sky) became clear as a hole in between the
clouds. The valley of Qanat remained flooded, for one month, none came from
outside but talked about the abundant rain.
2.56:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "When the Imam is delivering the Khutba, and you
ask your companion to keep quiet and listen, then no doubt you have done an evil
act."
2.57:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) talked about
Friday and said, "There is an hour (opportune time) on Friday and if a Muslim
gets it while praying and asks something from Allah, then Allah will definitely
meet his demand." And he (the Prophet) pointed out the shortness of that time
with his hands.
2.58:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: While we were
praying (Jumua Khutba & prayer) with the Prophet (p.b.u.h), some camels
loaded with food, arrived (from Sham). The people diverted their attention
towards the camels (and left the mosque), and only twelve persons remained with
the Prophet. So this verse was revealed: "But when they see Some bargain or some
amusement, They disperse headlong to it, And leave you standing." (6
2.11)
2.59:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle used to pray two
rak`at before the Zuhr prayer and two rak`at after it. He also used to pray two
rak`at after the Maghrib prayer in his house, and two rak`at after the `Isha'
prayer. He never prayed after Jumua prayer till he departed (from the Mosque),
and then he would pray two rak`at at home.
2.60:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:
There was a woman amongst us who had a farm and she used to sow Silq (a kind of
vegetable) on the edges of streams in her farm. On Fridays she used to pull out
the Silq from its roots and put the roots in a utensil. Then she would put a
handful of powdered barley over it and cook it. The roots of the Silq were a
substitute for meat. After finishing the Jumua prayer we used to greet her and
she would give us that food which we would eat with our hands, and because of
that meal, we used to look forward to Friday.
2.61:
Narrated Sahl:
As above with the addition: We never had an afternoon nap nor meals except
after offering the Jumua prayer.
2.62:
Narrated Anas:
We used to
offer the Jumua prayer early and then have the afternoon nap.
2.63:
Narrated Sahl:
We used to offer the Jumua prayer with the Prophet and
then take the afternoon nap.
Bk. 14: Fear Prayer
2.64:
Narrated Shu'aib:
I asked
Az-Zuhri, "Did the Prophet ever offer the Fear Prayer?" Az-Zuhri said, "I was
told by Salim that `Abdullah bin `Umar I had said, 'I took part in a holy battle
with Allah's Apostle I in Najd. We faced the enemy and arranged ourselves in
rows. Then Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) stood up to lead the prayer and one party
stood to pray with him while the other faced the enemy. Allah's Apostle
(p.b.u.h) and the former party bowed and performed two prostrations. Then that
party left and took the place of those who had not prayed. Allah's Apostle
prayed one rak`a (with the latter) and performed two prostrations and finished
his prayer with Taslim. Then everyone of them bowed once and performed two
prostrations individually.' "
2.65:
Narrated Nafi`:
Ibn `Umar said
something similar to Mujahid's saying: Whenever (Muslims and non-Muslims) stand
face to face in battle, the Muslims can pray while standing. Ibn `Umar added,
"The Prophet said, 'If the number of the enemy is greater than the Muslims, they
can pray while standing or riding (individually).' "
2.66:
Narrated Ibn
`Abbas: Once the Prophet (p.b.u.h) led the fear prayer and the people stood
behind him. He said Takbir (Allahu-Akbar) and the people said the same. He bowed
and some of them bowed. Then he prostrated and they also prostrated. Then he
stood for the second rak`a and those who had prayed the first rak`a left and
guarded their brothers. The second party joined him and performed bowing and
prostration with him. All the people were in prayer but they were guarding one
another during the prayer.
2.67:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: On the
day of the Khandaq `Umar came, cursing the disbelievers of Quraish and said, "O
Allah's Apostle! I have not offered the `Asr prayer and the sun has set." The
Prophet replied, "By Allah! I too, have not offered the prayer yet. "The Prophet
then went to Buthan, performed ablution and performed the `Asr prayer after the
sun had set and then offered the Maghrib prayer after it."
2.68:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) offered the Fajr prayer
when it was still dark, then he rode and said, 'Allah Akbar! Khaibar is ruined.
When we approach near to a nation, the most unfortunate is the morning of those
who have been warned." The people came out into the streets saying, "Muhammad
and his army." Allah's Apostle vanquished them by force and their warriors were
killed; the children and women were taken as captives. Safiya was taken by Dihya
Al-Kalbi and later she belonged to Allah's Apostle go who married her and her
Mahr was her manumission.
Bk. 15: The Two Festivals (Eids)
2.69:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Umar: `Umar bought a silk cloak from the market, took it to Allah's Apostle and
said, "O Allah's Apostle! Take it and adorn yourself with it during the `Id and
when the delegations visit you." Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) replied, "This dress
is for those who have no share (in the Hereafter)." After a long period Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) sent to `Umar a cloak of silk brocade. `Umar came to Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) with the cloak and said, "O Allah's Apostle! You said that
this dress was for those who had no share (in the Hereafter); yet you have sent
me this cloak." Allah's Apostle said to him, "Sell it and fulfill your needs by
it."
2.70:
Narrated Aisha:
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) came to my
house while two girls were singing beside me the songs of Buath (a story about
the war between the two tribes of the Ansar, the Khazraj and the Aus, before
Islam). The Prophet (p.b.u.h) lay down and turned his face to the other side.
Then Abu Bakr came and spoke to me harshly saying, "Musical instruments of Satan
near the Prophet (p.b.u.h) ?" Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) turned his face towards
him and said, "Leave them." When Abu Bakr became inattentive, I signaled to
those girls to go out and they left. It was the day of `Id, and the Black people
were playing with shields and spears; so either I requested the Prophet
(p.b.u.h) or he asked me whether I would like to see the display. I replied in
the affirmative. Then the Prophet (p.b.u.h) made me stand behind him and my
cheek was touching his cheek and he was saying, "Carry on! O Bani Arfida," till
I got tired. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) asked me, "Are you satisfied (Is that
sufficient for you)?" I replied in the affirmative and he told me to leave.
2.71:
Narrated Al-Bara': I heard the Prophet (p.b.u.h) delivering a
Khutba saying, "The first thing to be done on this day (first day of `Id ul
Adha) is to pray; and after returning from the prayer we slaughter our
sacrifices (in the name of Allah) and whoever does so, he acted according to our
Sunna (traditions)."
2.72:
Narrated Aisha:
Abu Bakr came to my house
while two small Ansari girls were singing beside me the stories of the Ansar
concerning the Day of Buath. And they were not singers. Abu Bakr said
protestingly, "Musical instruments of Satan in the house of Allah's Apostle !"
It happened on the `Id day and Allah's Apostle said, "O Abu Bakr! There is an
`Id for every nation and this is our `Id."
2.73:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik,: Allah's Apostle never proceeded (for the prayer) on the Day of
`Id-ul-Fitr unless he had eaten some dates. Anas also narrated: The Prophet used
to eat odd number of dates.
2.74:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever slaughtered (his sacrifice) before the `Id prayer, should slaughter
again." A man stood up and said, "This is the day on which one has desire for
meat," and he mentioned something about his neighbors. It seemed that the
Prophet I believed him. Then the same man added, "I have a young she-goat which
is dearer to me than the meat of two sheep." The Prophet permitted him to
slaughter it as a sacrifice. I do not know whether that permission was valid
only for him or for others as well.
2.75:
Narrated Al-Bara' bin `Azib:
The Prophet delivered the Khutba after offering the prayer on the Day of Nahr
and said, "Whoever offers the prayer like us and slaughters like us then his
Nusuk (sacrifice) will be accepted by Allah. And whoever slaughters his
sacrifice before the `Id prayer then he has not done the sacrifice." Abi Burda
bin Niyar, the uncle of Al-Bara' said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have slaughtered my
sheep before the `Id prayer and I thought today as a day of eating and drinking
(not alcoholic drinks), and I liked that my sheep should be the first to be
slaughtered in my house. So slaughtered my sheep and took my food before coming
for the prayer." The Prophet said, "The sheep which you have slaughtered is just
mutton (not a Nusuk)." He (Abu Burda) said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have a young
she-goat which is dearer to me than two sheep. Will that be sufficient as a
Nusuk on my behalf? "The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Yes, it will be sufficient for
you but it will not be sufficient (as a Nusuk) for anyone else after you."
2.76:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: The Prophet used to proceed to the
Musalla on the days of Id-ul-Fitr and Id-ul-Adha; the first thing to begin with
was the prayer and after that he would stand in front of the people and the
people would keep sitting in their rows. Then he would preach to them, advise
them and give them orders, (i.e. Khutba). And after that if he wished to send an
army for an expedition, he would do so; or if he wanted to give and order, he
would do so, and then depart. The people followed this tradition till I went out
with Marwan, the Governor of Medina, for the prayer of Id-ul-Adha or Id-ul-Fitr.
When we reached the Musalla, there was a pulpit made by Kathir bin As-Salt.
Marwan wanted to get up on that pulpit before the prayer. I got hold of his
clothes but he pulled them and ascended the pulpit and delivered the Khutba
before the prayer. I said to him, "By Allah, you have changed (the Prophet's
tradition)." He replied, "O Abu Sa`id! Gone is that which you know." I said, "By
Allah! What I know is better than what I do not know." Marwan said, "People do
not sit to listen to our Khutba after the prayer, so I delivered the Khutba
before the prayer."
2.77:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle
used to offer the prayer of `Id-ul-Adha and `Id-ul-Fitr and then deliver the
Khutba after the prayer.
2.78:
Narrated Ibn Juraij: `Ata' said, "Jabir
bin `Abdullah said, 'The Prophet went out on the Day of `Id-ul-Fitr and offered
the prayer before delivering the Khutba, Ata told me that during the early days
of Ibn Az-Zubair, Ibn `Abbas had sent a message to him telling him that the
Adhan for the `Id Prayer was never pronounced (in the life time of Allah's
Apostle) and the Khutba used to be delivered after the prayer. Ata told me that
Ibn `Abbas and Jabir bin `Abdullah, had said, "There was no Adhan for the prayer
of `Id-ul-Fitr and `Id-ul-Aqha." `Ata' said, "I heard Jabir bin `Abdullah
saying, 'The Prophet stood up and started with the prayer, and after it he
delivered the Khutba. When the Prophet of Allah (p.b.u.h) finished (the Khutba),
he went to the women and preached to them, while he was leaning on Bilal's hand.
Bilal was spreading his garment and the ladies were putting alms in it.' " I
said to Ata, "Do you think it incumbent upon an Imam to go to the women and
preach to them after finishing the prayer and Khutba?" `Ata' said, "No doubt it
is incumbent on Imams to do so, and why should they not do so?"
2.79:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: I offered the `Id prayer with Allah's Apostle, Abu
Bakr, `Umar and `Uthman and all of them offered the prayer before delivering the
Khutba.
2.80:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle, Abu Bakr and `Umar!
used to offer the two `Id prayers before delivering the Khutba.
2.81:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet offered a two rak`at prayer on the Day of
Id ul Fitr and he did not pray before or after it. Then he went towards women
along with Bilal and ordered them to pay alms and so they started giving their
earrings and necklaces (in charity).
2.82:
Narrated Al-Bara' bin `Azib:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "The first thing that we should do on this day of
ours is to pray and then return to slaughter the sacrifice. So anyone who does
so, he acted according to our Sunna (tradition), and whoever slaughtered the
sacrifice before the prayer, it was just meat which he presented to his family
and would not be considered as Nusuk." A person from the Ansar named Abu Burda
bin Niyyar said, "O Allah's Apostle! I slaughtered the Nusuk (before the prayer)
but I have a young she-goat which is better than an older sheep." The Prophet I
said, "Sacrifice it in lieu of the first, but it will be not sufficient (as a
sacrifice) for anybody else after you."
2.83:
Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair:
I was with Ibn `Umar when a spear head pierced the sole of his foot and his foot
stuck to the paddle of the saddle and I got down and pulled his foot out, and
that happened in Mina. Al-Hajjaj got the news and came to inquire about his
health and said, "Alas! If we could only know the man who wounded you!" Ibn
`Umar said, "You are the one who wounded me." Al-Hajjaj said, "How is that?" Ibn
`Umar said, "You have allowed the arms to be carried on a day on which nobody
used to carry them and you allowed arms to be carried in the Haram even though
it was not allowed before."
2.84:
Narrated Sa`id bin `Amr bin Sa`id bin
Al-`Aas: Al-Hajjaj went to Ibn `Umar while I was present there. Al-Hajjaj asked
Ibn `Umar, "How are you?" Ibn `Umar replied, "I am all right," Al-Hajjaj asked,
"Who wounded you?" Ibn `Umar replied, "The person who allowed arms to be carried
on the day on which it was forbidden to carry them (he meant Al-Hajjaj)."
2.85:
Narrated Al-Bara': The Prophet delivered the Khutba on the day of
Nahr (`Id-ul-Adha) and said, "The first thing we should do on this day of ours
is to pray and then return and slaughter (our sacrifices). So anyone who does so
he acted according to our Sunna; and whoever slaughtered before the prayer then
it was just meat that he offered to his family and would not be considered as a
sacrifice in any way. My uncle Abu Burda bin Niyyar got up and said, "O, Allah's
Apostle! I slaughtered the sacrifice before the prayer but I have a young
she-goat which is better than an older sheep." The Prophet said, "Slaughter it
in lieu of the first and such a goat will not be considered as a sacrifice for
anybody else after you."
2.86:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said,
"No good deeds done on other days are superior to those done on these (first ten
days of Dhul Hijja)." Then some companions of the Prophet said, "Not even
Jihad?" He replied, "Not even Jihad, except that of a man who does it by putting
himself and his property in danger (for Allah's sake) and does not return with
any of those things."
2.87:
Narrated Muhammad bin Abi Bakr Al-Thaqafi:
While we were going from Mina to `Arafat, I asked Anas bin Malik, about Talbiya,
"How did you use to say Talbiya in the company of the Prophet?" Anas said:
"People used to say Talbiya and their saying was not objected to and they used
to say Takbir and that was not objected to either. "
2.88:
Narrated Um
`Atiya: We used to be ordered to come out on the Day of `Id and even bring out
the virgin girls from their houses and menstruating women so that they might
stand behind the men and say Takbir along with them and invoke Allah along with
them and hope for the blessings of that day and for purification from sins.
2.89:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: On the day of `Id-ul-Fitr and `Id-ul-Adha a
spear used to be planted in front of the Prophet I (as a Sutra for the prayer)
and then he would pray.
2.90:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet used to
proceed to the Musalla and an 'Anaza used to be carried before him and planted
in the Musalla in front of him and he would pray facing it (as a Sutra).
2.91:
Narrated Muhammad: Um 'Atiyya said: "Our Prophet ordered us to
come out (on `Id day) with the mature girls and the virgins staying in
seclusion." Hafsa narrated the above mentioned Hadith and added, "The mature
girls or virgins staying in seclusion but the menstruating women had to keep
away from the Musalla."
2.92:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: I (in my boyhood)
went out with the Prophet on the day of `Id ul Fitr or Id-ul-Adha. The Prophet
prayed and then delivered the Khutba and then went towards the women, preached
and advised them and ordered them to give alms.
2.93:
Narrated Al-Bara':
The Prophet went towards Al-Baqi (the graveyard at Medina) on the day of
Id-ul-Adha and offered a two-rak`at prayer (of `Id-ul-Adha) and then faced us
and said, "On this day of ours, our first act of worship is the offering of
prayer and then we will return and slaughter the sacrifice, and whoever does
this concords with our Sunna; and whoever slaughtered his sacrifice before that
(i.e. before the prayer) then that was a thing which he prepared earlier for his
family and it would not be considered as a Nusuk (sacrifice.)" A man stood up
and said, "O, Allah's Apostle! I slaughtered (the animal before the prayer) but
I have a young she-goat which is better than an older sheep." The Prophet
(p.b.u.h) said to him, "Slaughter it. But a similar sacrifice will not be
sufficient for anybody else after you."
2.94:
Narrated `Abdur Rahman bin
`Abis: Ibn `Abbas was asked whether he had joined the Prophet in the `Id prayer.
He said, "Yes. And I could not have joined him had I not been young. (The
Prophet came out) till he reached the mark which was near the house of Kathir
bin As-Salt, offered the prayer, delivered the Khutba and then went towards the
women. Bilal was accompanying him. He preached to them and advised them and
ordered them to give alms. I saw the women putting their ornaments with their
outstretched hands into Bilal's garment. Then the Prophet along with Bilal
returned home.
2.95:
Narrated Ibn Juraij: `Ata' told me that he had
heard Jabir bin `Abdullah saying, "The Prophet stood up to offer the prayer of
the `Id ul Fitr. He first offered the prayer and then delivered the Khutba.
After finishing it he got down (from the pulpit) and went towards the women and
advised them while he was leaning on Bilal's hand. Bilal was spreading out his
garment where the women were putting their alms." I asked `Ata' whether it was
the Zakat of `Id ul Fitr. He said, "No, it was just alms given at that time.
Some lady put her finger ring and the others would do the same." I said, (to
`Ata'), "Do you think that it is incumbent upon the Imam to give advice to the
women (on `Id day)?" He said, "No doubt, it is incumbent upon the Imams to do so
and why should they not do so?" Al-Hasan bin Muslim told me that Ibn `Abbas had
said, "I join the Prophet, Abu Bakr, `Umar and `Uthman in the `Id ul Fitr
prayers. They used to offer the prayer before the Khutba and then they used to
deliver the Khutba afterwards. Once the Prophet I came out (for the `Id prayer)
as if I were just observing him waving to the people to sit down. He, then
accompanied by Bilal, came crossing the rows till he reached the women. He
recited the following verse: 'O Prophet! When the believing women come to you to
take the oath of fealty to you . . . (to the end of the verse) (60.12).' After
finishing the recitation he said, "O ladies! Are you fulfilling your covenant?"
None except one woman said, "Yes." Hasan did not know who was that woman. The
Prophet said, "Then give alms." Bilal spread his garment and said, "Keep on
giving alms. Let my father and mother sacrifice their lives for you (ladies)."
So the ladies kept on putting their Fatkhs (big rings) and other kinds of rings
in Bilal's garment." `Abdur-Razaq said, " 'Fatkhs' is a big ring which used to
be worn in the (Pre-Islamic) period of ignorance.
2.96:
Narrated Aiyub:
Hafsa bint Seereen said, "On Id we used to forbid our girls to go out for
`Id prayer. A lady came and stayed at the palace of Bani Khalaf and I went to
her. She said, 'The husband of my sister took part in twelve holy battles along
with the Prophet and my sister was with her husband in six of them. My sister
said that they used to nurse the sick and treat the wounded. Once she asked, 'O
Allah's Apostle! If a woman has no veil, is there any harm if she does not come
out (on `Id day)?' The Prophet said, 'Her companion should let her share her
veil with her, and the women should participate in the good deeds and in the
religious gatherings of the believers.' " Hafsa added, "When Um-`Atiya came, I
went to her and asked her, 'Did you hear anything about so-and-so?' Um-`Atiya
said, 'Yes, let my father be sacrificed for the Prophet (p.b.u.h). (And whenever
she mentioned the name of the Prophet she always used to say, 'Let my father be'
sacrificed for him). He said, 'Virgin mature girls staying often screened (or
said, 'Mature girls and virgins staying often screened--Aiyub is not sure as
which was right) and menstruating women should come out (on the `Id day). But
the menstruating women should keep away from the Musalla. And all the women
should participate in the good deeds and in the religious gatherings of the
believers'." Hafsa said, "On that I said to Um-`Atiya, 'Also those who are
menstruating?' " Um-`Atiya replied, "Yes. Do they not present themselves at
`Arafat and elsewhere?".
2.97:
Narrated Um-`Atiya: We were ordered to go
out (for `Id) and also to take along with us the menstruating women, mature
girls and virgins staying in seclusion. (Ibn `Aun said, "Or mature virgins
staying in seclusion)." The menstruating women could present themselves at the
religious gathering and invocation of Muslims but should keep away from their
Musalla.
2.98:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to Nahr or
slaughter sacrifices at the Musalla (on `Id-ul-Adha).
2.99:
Narrated
Al-Bara' bin `Azib: On the day of Nahr Allah's Apostle delivered the Khutba
after the `Id prayer and said, "Anyone who prayed like us and slaughtered the
sacrifice like we did then he acted according to our (Nusuk) tradition of
sacrificing, and whoever slaughtered the sacrifice before the prayer, then that
was just mutton (i.e. not sacrifice)." Abu Burda bin Naiyar stood up and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! By Allah, I slaughtered my sacrifice before I offered the
(Id) prayer and thought that today was the day of eating and drinking
(nonalcoholic drinks) and so I made haste (in slaughtering) and ate and also fed
my family and neighbors." Allah's Apostle said, "That was just mutton (not a
sacrifice)." Then Abu Burda said, "I have a young she-goat and no doubt, it is
better than two sheep. Will that be sufficient as a sacrifice for me?" The
Prophet replied, "Yes. But it will not be sufficient for anyone else (as a
sacrifice), after you."
2.100:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle
offered the prayer on the day of Nahr and then delivered the Khutba and ordered
that whoever had slaughtered his sacrifice before the prayer should repeat it,
that is, should slaughter another sacrifice. Then a person from the Ansar stood
up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! because of my neighbors (he described them as
being very needy or poor) I slaughtered before the prayer. I have a young
she-goat which, in my opinion, is better than two sheep." The Prophet gave him
the permission for slaughtering it as a sacrifice.
2.101:
Narrated
Jundab:
On the day of Nahr the Prophet offered the prayer and delivered the
Khutba and then slaughtered the sacrifice and said, "Anybody who slaughtered
(his sacrifice) before the prayer should slaughter another animal in lieu of it,
and the one who has not yet slaughtered should slaughter the sacrifice
mentioning Allah's name on it."
2.102:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: On
the Day of `Id the Prophet used to return (after offering the `Id prayer)
through a way different from that by which he went.
2.103:
Narrated
`Urwa on the authority of `Aisha: On the days of Mina, (11th, 12th, and 13th of
Dhul-Hijjah) Abu Bakr came to her while two young girls were beating the
tambourine and the Prophet was lying covered with his clothes. Abu Bakr scolded
them and the Prophet uncovered his face and said to Abu Bakr, "Leave them, for
these days are the days of `Id and the days of Mina." `Aisha further said, "Once
the Prophet was screening me and I was watching the display of black slaves in
the Mosque and (`Umar) scolded them. The Prophet said, 'Leave them. O Bani
Arfida! (carry on), you are safe (protected)'."
2.104:
Narrated Ibn
`Abbas: The Prophet went out and offered a two rak`at prayer on the Day of `Id
ul Fitr and did not offer any other prayer before or after it and at that time
Bilal was accompanying him.
Bk. 16: Witr Prayer
2.105:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Once a person
asked Allah's Apostle about the night prayer. Allah's Apostle replied, "The
night prayer is offered as two rak`at followed by two rak`at and so on and if
anyone is afraid of the approaching dawn (Fajr prayer) he should pray one rak`a
and this will be a witr for all the rak`at which he has prayed before." Nafi`
told that `Abdullah bin `Umar used to say Taslim between (the first) two rak`at
and (the third) odd one in the witr prayer, when he wanted to attend to a
certain matter (during that interval between the rak`at).
2.106:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once I passed the night in the house of Maimuna (his
aunt). I slept across the bed while Allah's Apostle and his wife slept
length-wise. The Prophet slept till midnight or nearly so and woke up rubbing
his face and recited ten verses from Surat "Al-`Imran." Allah's Apostle went
towards a leather skin and performed ablution in the most perfect way and then
stood for the prayer. I did the same and stood beside him. The Prophet put his
right hand on my head, twisted my ear and then prayed two rak`at five times and
then ended his prayer with witr. He laid down till the Mu'adh-dhin came then he
stood up and offered two rak`at (Sunna of Fajr prayer) and then went out and
offered the Fajr prayer. (See Hadith No. 183, Vol. 1)
2.107:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin `Umar : The Prophet said, "Night prayer is offered as two rak`at
followed by two rak`at and so on, and if you want to finish it, pray only one
rak`a which will be witr for all the previous rak`at." Al-Qasim said, "Since we
attained the age of puberty we have seen some people offering a three-rak`at
prayer as witr and all that is permissible. I hope there will be no harm in it."
2.108:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to pray eleven rak`at
at night and that was his night prayer and each of his prostrations lasted for a
period enough for one of you to recite fifty verses before Allah's Apostle
raised his head. He also used to pray two rak`at (Sunna) before the (compulsory)
Fajr prayer and then lie down on his right side till the Mu'adh-dhin came to him
for the prayer.
2.109:
Narrated Anas bin Seereen: I asked Ibn `Umar,
"What is your opinion about the two rak`at before the Fajr (compulsory) prayer,
as to prolonging the recitation in them?" He said, "The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used
to pray at night two rak`at followed by two and so on, and end the prayer by one
rak`a witr. He used to offer two rak`at before the Fajr prayer immediately after
the Adhan." (Hammad, the sub-narrator said, "That meant (that he prayed)
quickly.)"
2.110:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle offered witr
prayer at different nights at various hours extending (from the `Isha' prayer)
up to the last hour of the night.
2.111:
Narrated `Aisha :
The
Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to offer his night prayer while I was sleeping across in
his bed. Whenever he intended to offer the witr prayer, he used to wake me up
and I would offer the witr prayer too.
2.112:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Umar: The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Make witr as your last prayer at night."
2.113:
Narrated Sa`id bin Yasar: I was going to Mecca in the company of
`Abdullah bin `Umar and when I apprehended the approaching dawn, I dismounted
and offered the witr prayer and then joined him. `Abdullah bin `Umar said,
"Where have you been?" I replied, "I apprehended the approaching dawn so I
dismounted and prayed the witr prayer." `Abdullah said, "Isn't it sufficient for
you to follow the good example of Allah's Apostle?" I replied, "Yes, by Allah."
He said, "Allah's Apostle used to pray witr on the back of the camel (while on a
journey)."
2.114:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet used to offer
(Nawafil) prayers on his Rahila (mount) facing its direction by signals, but not
the compulsory prayer. He also used to pray witr on his (mount) Rahila.
2.115:
Narrated Muhammad bin Seereen: Anas was asked, "Did the Prophet
recite Qunut in the Fajr prayer?" Anas replied in the affirmative. He was
further asked, "Did he recite Qunut before bowing?" Anas replied, "He recited
Qunut after bowing for some time (for one month)."
2.116:
Narrated
`Asim:
I asked Anas bin Malik about the Qunut. Anas replied, "Definitely it
was (recited)". I asked, "Before bowing or after it?" Anas replied, "Before
bowing." I added, "So and so has told me that you had informed him that it had
been after bowing." Anas said, "He told an untruth (i.e. "was mistaken,"
according to the Hijazi dialect). Allah's Apostle recited Qunut after bowing for
a period of one month." Anas added, "The Prophet sent about seventy men (who
knew the Qur'an by heart) towards the pagans (of Najd) who were less than they
in number and there was a peace treaty between them and Allah's Apostles (but
the Pagans broke the treaty and killed the seventy men). So Allah's Apostle
recited Qunut for a period of one month asking Allah to punish them."
2.117:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet recited Qunut for one month (in the
Fajr prayer) asking Allah to punish the tribes of Ral and Dhakwan.
2.118:
Narrated Anas:
The Qunut used to be recited in the Maghrib and the Fajr
prayers.
Bk. 17: Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa)
2.119:
Narrated
`Abbas bin Tamim's uncle: The Prophet (p.b.u.h) went out to offer the Istisqa'
prayer and turned (and put on) his cloak inside out.
2.120:
Narrated Abu
Huraira; Whenever the Prophet (p.b.u.h) lifted his head from the bowing in the
last rak`a he used to say: "O Allah! Save `Aiyash bin Abi Rabi`a. O Allah! Save
Salama bin Hisham. O Allah! Save Walid bin Walid. O Allah! Save the weak
faithful believers. O Allah! Be hard on the tribes of Mudar and send (famine)
years on them like the famine years of (Prophet) Joseph ." The Prophet further
said, "Allah forgive the tribes of Ghifar and save the tribes of Aslam." Abu
Az-Zinad (a sub-narrator) said, "The Qunut used to be recited by the Prophet in
the Fajr prayer."
2.121:
Narrated Masruq:
We were with `Abdullah and
he said, "When the Prophet saw the refusal of the people to accept Islam he
said, "O Allah! Send (famine) years on them for (seven years) like the seven
years (of famine during the time) of (Prophet) Joseph." So famine overtook them
for one year and destroyed every kind of life to such an extent that the people
started eating hides, carcasses and rotten dead animals. Whenever one of them
looked towards the sky, he would (imagine himself to) see smoke because of
hunger. So Abu Sufyan went to the Prophet and said, "O Muhammad! You order
people to obey Allah and to keep good relations with kith and kin. No doubt the
people of your tribe are dying, so please pray to Allah for them." So Allah
revealed: "Then watch you For the day that The sky will bring forth a kind Of
smoke Plainly visible ... Verily! You will return (to disbelief) On the day when
We shall seize You with a mighty grasp. (44.10-16) Ibn Mas`ud added, "Al-Batsha
(i.e. grasp) happened in the battle of Badr and no doubt smoke, Al-Batsha,
Al-Lizam, and the verse of Surat Ar-Rum have all passed .
2.122:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Dinar: My father said, "I heard Ibn `Umar reciting
the poetic verses of Abu Talib: And a white (person) (i.e. the Prophet) who is
requested to pray for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian
of widows." Salim's father (Ibn `Umar) said, "The following poetic verse
occurred to my mind while I was looking at the face of the Prophet (p.b.u.h)
while he was praying for rain. He did not get down till the rain water flowed
profusely from every roof-gutter: And a white (person) who is requested to pray
for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows . . .
And these were the words of Abu Talib."
2.123:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever drought threatened them, `Umar bin Al-Khattab, used to ask Al-Abbas
bin `Abdul Muttalib to invoke Allah for rain. He used to say, "O Allah! We used
to ask our Prophet to invoke You for rain, and You would bless us with rain, and
now we ask his uncle to invoke You for rain. O Allah ! Bless us with rain."(1)
And so it would rain.
2.124:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Zaid: The Prophet
turned his cloak inside out on Istisqa.
2.125:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
Zaid The Prophet went towards the Musalla and invoked Allah for rain. He faced
the Qibla and wore his cloak inside out, and offered two rak`at.
2.126:
Narrated Sharik bin `Abdullah bin Abi Namir: I heard Anas bin Malik saying,
"On a Friday a person entered the main Mosque through the gate facing the pulpit
while Allah's Apostle was delivering the Khutba. The man stood in front of
Allah's Apostle and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! The livestock are dying and the
roads are cut off; so please pray to Allah for rain.' " Anas added, "Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) raised both his hands and said, 'O Allah! Bless us with rain!
O Allah! Bless us with rain! O Allah! Bless us with rain!' " Anas added, "By
Allah, we could not see any trace of cloud in the sky and there was no building
or a house between us and (the mountains of) Sila." Anas added, "A heavy cloud
like a shield appeared from behind it (i.e. Sila' Mountain). When it came in the
middle of the sky, it spread and then rained." Anas further said, "By Allah! We
could not see the sun for a week. Next Friday a person entered through the same
gate and at that time Allah's Apostle was delivering the Friday's Khutba. The
man stood in front of him and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! The livestock are dying
and the roads are cut off, please pray to Allah to withhold rain.' " Anas added,
"Allah's Apostle I raised both his hands and said, 'O Allah! Round about us and
not on us. O Allah! On the plateaus, on the mountains, on the hills, in the
valleys and on the places where trees grow.' So the rain stopped and we came out
walking in the sun." Sharik asked Anas whether it was the same person who had
asked for the rain (the last Friday). Anas replied that he did not know.
2.127:
Narrated Sharik:
Anas bin Malik said, "A person entered the
Mosque on a Friday through the gate facing the Daril-Qada' and Allah's Apostle
was standing delivering the Khutba (sermon). The man stood in front of Allah's
Apostle and said, 'O Allah's Apostle, livestock are dying and the roads are cut
off; please pray to Allah for rain.' So Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) raised both
his hands and said, 'O Allah! Bless us with rain. O Allah! Bless us with rain. O
Allah! Bless us with rain!" Anas added, "By Allah, there were no clouds in the
sky and there was no house or building between us and the mountain of Sila'.
Then a big cloud like a shield appeared from behind it (i.e. Silas Mountain) and
when it came in the middle of the sky, it spread and then rained. By Allah! We
could not see the sun for a week. The next Friday, a person entered through the
same gate and Allah's Apostle was delivering the Friday Khutba and the man stood
in front of him and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! The livestock are dying and the
roads are cut off; Please pray to Allah to withhold rain.' " Anas added,
"Allah's Apostle raised both his hands and said, 'O Allah! Round about us and
not on us. O Allah!' On the plateaus, on the mountains, on the hills, in the
valleys and on the places where trees grow.' " Anas added, "The rain stopped and
we came out, walking in the sun." Sharik asked Anas whether it was the same
person who had asked for rain the previous Friday. Anas replied that he did not
know.
2.128:
Narrated Qatada:
Anas I said, "While Allah's Apostle
(p.b.u.h) was delivering the Friday Khutba (sermon) a man came and said, 'O
Allah's Apostle! Rain is scarce; please ask Allah to bless us with rain.' So he
invoked Allah for it, and it rained so much that we could hardly reach our homes
and it continued raining till the next Friday." Anas further said, "Then the
same or some other person stood up and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Invoke Allah to
withhold the rain.' On that, Allah's Apostle I said, 'O Allah! Round about us
and not on us.' " Anas added, "I saw the clouds dispersing right and left and it
continued to rain but not over Medina."
2.129:
Narrated Anas:
A man
came to the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and said, "Livestock are destroyed and the roads
are cut off." So Allah's Apostle invoked Allah for rain and it rained from that
Friday till the next Friday. The same person came again and said, "Houses have
collapsed, roads are cut off, and the livestock are destroyed. Please pray to
Allah to withhold the rain." Allah's Apostle (stood up and) said, "O Allah! (Let
it rain) on the plateaus, on the hills, in the valleys and over the places where
trees grow." So the clouds cleared away from Medina as clothes are taken off .
2.130:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: A man came to Allah's Apostle and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Livestock are destroyed and the roads are cut off. So please
invoke Allah." So Allah's Apostle prayed and it rained from that Friday to the
next Friday. Then he came to Allah's Apostle I and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Houses have collapsed, roads are cut off and the livestock are destroyed." So
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) prayed, "O Allah! (Let it rain) on the tops of
mountains, on the plateaus, in the valleys and over the places where trees
grow." So the clouds cleared away from Medina as clothes are taken off.
2.131:
Narrated Anas bin Malik I p man complained to the Prophet about
the destruction of livestock and property and the hunger of the offspring. So he
invoked (Allah for rain. The narrator (Anas) did not mention that the Prophet
had worn his cloak inside out or faced the Qibla.
2.132:
Narrated Anas
bin Malik A man came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Livestock
are destroyed and the roads are cut off; so please invoke Allah." So Allah's
Apostle prayed for rain and it rained from that Friday till the next Friday.
Then a man came to the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and said, "O Allah's Apostle! The
houses have collapsed, roads are cut off and the livestock are destroyed." So
Allah's Apostle said, "O Allah ! (Let it rain) on the tops of the mountains, on
the plateaus, in the valleys and over the places where trees grow." So the
clouds cleared away from Medina as clothes are taken off.
2.133:
Narrated Masruq:
One day I went to Ibn Mas`ud who said, "When Quraish
delayed in embracing Islam, the Prophet I invoked Allah to curse them, so they
were afflicted with a (famine) year because of which many of them died and they
ate the carcasses and Abu Sufyan came to the Prophet and said, 'O Muhammad! You
came to order people to keep good relation with kith and kin and your nation is
being destroyed, so invoke Allah I ? So the Prophet I recited the Holy verses of
Sirat-Ad-Dukhan: 'Then watch you For the day that The sky will Bring forth a
kind Of smoke Plainly visible.' (44.10) When the famine was taken off, the
people renegade once again as nonbelievers. The statement of Allah, (in Sura
"Ad-Dukhan"-44) refers to that: 'On the day when We shall seize You with a
mighty grasp.' (44.16) And that was what happened on the day of the battle of
Badr." Asbath added on the authority of Mansur, "Allah's Apostle prayed for them
and it rained heavily for seven days. So the people complained of the excessive
rain. The Prophet said, 'O Allah! (Let it rain) around us and not on us.' So the
clouds dispersed over his head and it rained over the surroundings."
2.134:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle I was delivering the Khutba (sermon) on a
Friday when the people stood up, shouted and said, "O Allah's Apostle! There is
no rain (drought), the trees have dried and the livestock are destroyed; Please
pray to Allah for rain." So Allah's Apostle said twice, "O Allah! Bless us with
rain." By Allah, there was no trace of cloud in the sky and suddenly the sky
became overcast with clouds and it started raining. The Prophet came down the
pulpit and offered the prayer. When he came back from the prayer (to his house)
it was raining and it rained continuously till the next Friday. When the Prophet
started delivering the Friday Khutba (sermon), the people started shouting and
said to him, "The houses have collapsed and the roads are cut off; so please
pray to Allah to withhold the rain." So the Prophet smiled and said, "O Allah!
Round about us and not on us." So the sky became clear over Medina but it kept
on raining over the outskirts (of Medina) and not a single drop of rain fell
over Median. I looked towards the sky which was as bright and clear as a crown.
2.135:
Narrated `Abbas bin Tamim that his uncle (who was one of the
companions of the Prophet) had told him, "The Prophet went out with the people
to invoke Allah for rain for them. He stood up and invoked Allah for rain, then
faced the Qibla and turned his cloak (inside out) and it rained."
2.136:
Narrated `Abbas bin Tamim from his uncle who said, "The Prophet went out to
invoke Allah for rain. He faced the Qibla invoking Allah. He turned over his
cloak (inside out) and then offered two rak`at and recited the Qur'an aloud in
them."
2.137:
Narrated `Abbas bin Tamim from his uncle, "I saw the
Prophet on the day when he went out to offer the Istisqa' prayer. He turned his
back towards the people and faced the Qibla and asked Allah for rain. Then he
turned his cloak inside out and led us in a two rak`at prayer and recited the
Qur'an aloud in them."
2.138:
Narrated `Abbas bin Tamim from his uncle
who said, "The Prophet invoked Allah for rain and offered a two rak`at prayer
and he put his cloak inside out."
2.139:
Narrated `Abbas bin Tamim from
his uncle who said, "The Prophet went out to the Musalla to offer the Istisqa'
prayer, faced the Qibla and offered a two-rak`at prayer and turned his cloak
inside out." Narrated Abu Bakr, "The Prophet put the right side of his cloak on
his left side."
2.140:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Zaid Al-Ansari: The
Prophet went out towards the Musalla in order to offer the Istisqa' prayer and
when he intended to invoke (Allah) or started invoking, he faced the Qibla and
turned his cloak inside out.
2.141:
Narrated Anas bin Malik The Prophet
never raised his hands for any invocation except for that of Istisqa' and he
used to raise them so much that the whiteness of his armpits became visible.
(Note: It may be that Anas did not see the Prophet raising his hands, but it is
narrated that the Prophet used to raise his hands for invocations other than
Istisqa. See Hadith No. 807 & 808 and also see Hadith No. 612, Vol. 5).
2.142:
Narrated Aisha:
Whenever Allah's Apostle saw the rain, he
used to say, "O Allah! Let it be a strong fruitful rain."
2.143:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: In the lifetime of Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) the
people were afflicted with a (famine) year. While the Prophet was delivering the
Khutba (sermon) on the pulpit on a Friday, a Bedouin stood up and said, "O
Allah's Apostle! The livestock are dying and the families (offspring) are
hungry: please pray to Allah to bless us with rain." Allah's Apostle raised both
his hands towards the sky and at that time there was not a trace of cloud in
they sky. Then the clouds started gathering like mountains. Before he got down
from the pulpit I saw rainwater trickling down his beard. It rained that day,
the next day, the third day, the fourth day and till the next Friday, when the
same Bedouin or some other person stood up (during the Friday Khutba) and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! The houses have collapsed and the livestock are drowned.
Please invoke Allah for us." So Allah's Apostle raised both his hands and said,
"O Allah! Around us and not on us." Whichever side the Prophet directed his
hand, the clouds dispersed from there till a hole (in the clouds) was formed
over Medina. The valley of Qanat remained flowing (with water) for one month and
none, came from outside who didn't talk about the abundant rain.
2.144:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever a strong wind blew, anxiety appeared on the face
of the Prophet (fearing that wind might be a sign of Allah's wrath).
2.145:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "I was granted victory with As-Saba
and the nation of 'Ad was destroyed by Ad-Dabur (westerly wind) .
2.146:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The Hour (Last Day) will not be
established until (religious) knowledge will be taken away (by the death of
religious learned men), earthquakes will be very frequent, time will pass
quickly, afflictions will appear, murders will increase and money will overflow
amongst you." (See Hadith No. 85 Vol 1).
2.147:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: (The
Prophet) said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and our Yemen." People said, "Our Najd
as well." The Prophet again said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and Yemen." They said
again, "Our Najd as well." On that the Prophet said, "There will appear
earthquakes and afflictions, and from there will come out the side of the head
of Satan."
2.148:
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani: Allah's Apostle
led the morning prayer in Al-Hudaibiya and it had rained the previous night.
When the Prophet (p.b.u.h) had finished the prayer he faced the people and said,
"Do you know what your Lord has said?" They replied, "Allah and His Apostle know
better." (The Prophet said), "Allah says, 'In this morning some of My worshipers
remained as true believers and some became non-believers; he who said that it
had rained with the blessing and mercy of Allah is the one who believes in Me
and does not believe in star, but he who said it had rained because of such and
such (star) is a disbeliever in Me and is a believer in star.' "
2.149:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "Keys of the unseen
knowledge are five which nobody knows but Allah . . . nobody knows what will
happen tomorrow; nobody knows what is in the womb; nobody knows what he will
gain tomorrow; nobody knows at what place he will die; and nobody knows when it
will rain."
Bk. 18: Eclipses
2.150:
Narrated Abu Bakra: We were with
Allah's Apostle when the sun eclipsed. Allah's Apostle stood up dragging his
cloak till he entered the Mosque. He led us in a two-rak`at prayer till the sun
(eclipse) had cleared. Then the Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "The sun and the moon do
not eclipse because of someone's death. So whenever you see these eclipses pray
and invoke (Allah) till the eclipse is over."
2.151:
Narrated Abu
Mas`ud: The Prophet said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of the
death of someone from the people but they are two signs amongst the signs of
Allah. When you see them stand up and pray."
2.152:
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
The Prophet said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of the death or
life (i.e. birth) of someone but they are two signs amongst the signs of Allah.
When you see them offer the prayer."
2.153:
Narrated Al-Mughira bin
Shu`ba: "The sun eclipsed in the lifetime of Allah's Apostle on the day when
(his son) Ibrahim died. So the people said that the sun had eclipsed because of
the death of Ibrahim. Allah's Apostle said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse
because of the death or life (i.e. birth) of someone. When you see the eclipse
pray and invoke Allah."
2.154:
Narrated `Aisha :
In the lifetime of
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) the sun eclipsed, so he led the people in prayer, and
stood up and performed a long Qiyam, then bowed for a long while. He stood up
again and performed a long Qiyam but this time the period of standing was
shorter than the first. He bowed again for a long time but shorter than the
first one, then he prostrated and prolonged the prostration. He did the same in
the second rak`a as he did in the first and then finished the prayer; by then
the sun (eclipse) had cleared. He delivered the Khutba (sermon) and after
praising and glorifying Allah he said, "The sun and the moon are two signs
against the signs of Allah; they do not eclipse on the death or life of anyone.
So when you see the eclipse, remember Allah and say Takbir, pray and give
Sadaqa." The Prophet then said, "O followers of Muhammad! By Allah! There is
none who has more ghaira (self-respect) than Allah as He has forbidden that His
slaves, male or female commit adultery (illegal sexual intercourse). O followers
of Muhammad! By Allah! If you knew that which I know you would laugh little and
weep much.
2.155:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr : "When the sun eclipsed
in the lifetime of Allah's Apostle an announcement was made that a prayer was to
be offered in congregation."
2.156:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of
the Prophet (p.b.u.h) In the lifetime of the Prophet the sun eclipsed and he
went to the Mosque and the people aligned behind him. He said the Takbir
(starting the prayer) and prolonged the recitation (from the Qur'an) and then
said Takbir and performed a prolonged bowing; then he (lifted his head and)
said, "Sami allahu liman hamidah" (Allah heard him who sent his praises to Him).
He then did not prostrate but stood up and recited a prolonged recitation which
was shorter than the first recitation. He again said Takbir and then bowed a
prolonged bowing but shorter than the first one and then said, "Sami`a l-lahu
Lyman hamidah Rabbana walak-lhamd, (Allah heard him who sent his praises to Him.
O our Sustainer! All the praises are for You)" and then prostrated and did the
same in the second rak`a; thus he completed four bowing and four prostrations.
The sun (eclipse) had cleared before he finished the prayer. (After the prayer)
he stood up, glorified and praised Allah as He deserved and then said, "The sun
and the moon are two of the signs of Allah. They do not eclipse because of the
death or the life (i.e. birth) of someone. When you see them make haste for the
prayer." Narrated Az-Zuhri: I said to 'Ursa, "When the sun eclipsed at Medina
your brother (`Abdullah bin Az-Zubair) offered only a two-rak`at prayer like
that of the morning (Fajr) prayer." 'Ursa replied, "Yes, for he missed the
Prophet's tradition (concerning this matter)."
2.157:
Narrated Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) On the day when the sun Khasafat (eclipsed)
Allah's Apostle prayed; he stood up and said Takbir and recited a prolonged
recitation, then he performed a prolonged bowing, then he raised his head and
said, "Sami`a l-lahu Lyman Hamidah," and then remained standing and recited a
prolonged recitation which was shorter than the first. Then he performed a
prolonged bowing which was shorter than the first. Then he prostrated and
prolonged the prostration and he did the same in the second rak`a as in the
first and then finished the prayer with Taslim. By that time the sun (eclipse)
had cleared He addressed the people and said, "The sun and the moon are two of
the signs of Allah; they do not eclipse (Yakhsifan) because of the death or the
life (i.e. birth) of someone. So when you see them make haste for the prayer."
2.158:
Narrated Abu Bakra: Allah's Apostle said: "The sun and the moon
are two signs amongst the signs of Allah and they do not eclipse because of the
death of someone but Allah frightens His devotees with them."
2.159:
Narrated `Amra bint `Abdur-Rahman: A Jewess came to ask `Aisha (the wife of
the Prophet) about something. She said to her, "May Allah give you refuge from
the punishment of the grave." So `Aisha ' asked Allah's Apostle "Would the
people be punished in their graves?" Allah's Apostle after seeking refuge with
Allah from the punishment of the grave (and thus replied in the affirmative).
Then one day, Allah's Apostle rode to go to some place but the sun eclipsed. He
returned in the forenoon and passed through the rear of the dwellings (of his
wives) and stood for the (eclipse) prayer, and the people stood behind him. He
stood up for a long period and then performed a prolonged bowing which was
shorter than the first bowing. Then he raised his head and prostrated. Then he
stood up (for the second rak`a) for a long while but the standing was shorter
than that of the first rak`a. Then he performed a prolonged bowing which was
shorter than the first one. Then he raised his head and prostrated. Then he
stood up for a long time but shorter than the first. Then he performed a
prolonged bowing but shorter than the first. Then he raised his head and
prostrated and finished the prayer and (then delivered the sermon and) said as
much as Allah wished. And then he ordered the people to seek refuge with Allah
from the punishment of the grave.
2.160:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr
When the sun eclipsed in the lifetime of Allah's Apostle and an announcement was
made that the prayer was to be held in congregation. The Prophet performed two
bowing in one rak`a. Then he stood up and performed two bowing in one rak`a.
Then he sat down and finished the prayer; and by then the (eclipse) had cleared
`Aisha said, "I had never performed such a long prostration."
2.161:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: The sun eclipsed in the lifetime of the
Prophet (p.b.u.h) . Allah's Apostle offered the eclipse prayer and stood for a
long period equal to the period in which one could recite Surat-al-Baqara. Then
he bowed for a long time and then stood up for a long period which was shorter
than that of the first standing, then bowed again for a long time but for a
shorter period than the first; then he prostrated twice and then stood up for a
long period which was shorter than that of the first standing; then he bowed for
a long time which was shorter than the previous one, and then he raised his head
and stood up for a long period which was shorter than the first standing, then
he bowed for a long time which was shorter than the first bowing, and then
prostrated (twice) and finished the prayer. By then, the sun (eclipse) had
cleared. The Prophet then said, "The sun and the moon are two of the signs of
Allah. They eclipse neither because of the death of somebody nor because of his
life (i.e. birth). So when you see them, remember Allah." The people say, "O
Allah's Apostle! We saw you taking something from your place and then we saw you
retreating." The Prophet replied, "I saw Paradise and stretched my hands towards
a bunch (of its fruits) and had I taken it, you would have eaten from it as long
as the world remains. I also saw the Hell-fire and I had never seen such a
horrible sight. I saw that most of the inhabitants were women." The people
asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Why is it so?" The Prophet replied, "Because of their
ungratefulness." It was asked whether they are ungrateful to Allah. The Prophet
said, "They are ungrateful to their companions of life (husbands) and ungrateful
to good deeds. If you are benevolent to one of them throughout the life and if
she sees anything (undesirable) in you, she will say, 'I have never had any good
from you.' "
2.162:
Narrated Fatima bint Al-Mundhir: Asma' bint Al Bakr
said, "I came to `Aisha the wife of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) during the solar
eclipse. The people were standing and offering the prayer and she was also
praying too. I asked her, 'What has happened to the people?' She pointed out
with her hand towards the sky and said, 'Subhan-Allah'. I said, 'Is there a
sign?' She pointed out in the affirmative." Asma' further said, "I too then
stood up for the prayer till I fainted and then poured water on my head. When
Allah's Apostle had finished his prayer, he thanked and praised Allah and said,
'I have seen at this place of mine what I have never seen even Paradise and
Hell. No doubt, it has been inspired to me that you will be put to trial in the
graves like or nearly like the trial of (Masih) Ad-Dajjal. (I do not know which
one of the two Asma' said.) (The angels) will come to everyone of you and will
ask what do you know about this man (i.e. Muhammad). The believer or a firm
believer (I do not know which word Asma' said) will reply, 'He is Muhammad,
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) who came to us with clear evidences and guidance, so
we accepted his teachings, believed and followed him.' The angels will then say
to him, 'Sleep peacefully as we knew surely that you were a firm believer.' The
hypocrite or doubtful person (I do not know which word Asma' said) will say, 'I
do not know. I heard the people saying something so I said it (the same).' "
2.163:
Narrated Asma:
No doubt the Prophet ordered people to manumit
slaves during the solar eclipse.
2.164:
Narrated `Amra bint
`Abdur-Rahman: A Jewess came to `Aisha to ask her about something and then she
said, "May Allah give you refuge from the punishment of the grave." So `Aisha
asked Allah's Apostle, "Would the people be punished in their graves?" Allah's
Apostle asked Allah's refuge from the punishment of the grave (indicating an
affirmative reply). Then one day Allah's Apostle rode (to leave for some place)
but the sun eclipsed. He returned on the forenoon and passed through the rear of
the dwellings (of his wives) and stood up and started offering the (eclipse)
prayer and the people stood behind him. He stood for a long period and then
performed a long bowing and then stood straight for a long period which was
shorter than that of the first standing, then he performed a prolonged bowing
which was shorter than the first bowing, then he raised his head and prostrated
for a long time and then stood up (for the second rak`a) for a long while, but
the standing was shorter than the standing of the first rak`a. Then he performed
a prolonged bowing which was shorter than that of the first one. He then stood
up for a long time but shorter than the first, then again performed a long
bowing which was shorter than the first and then prostrated for a shorter while
than that of the first prostration. Then he finished the prayer and delivered
the sermon and) said what Allah wished; and ordered the people to seek refuge
with Allah from the punishment of the grave.
2.165:
Narrated Abu Mas`ud:
Allah's Apostle said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of someone's
death or life but they are two signs amongst the signs of Allah, so pray
whenever you see them."
2.166:
Narrated `Aisha:
In the lifetime of
the Prophet the sun eclipsed and the Prophet (p.b.u.h) stood up to offer the
prayer with the people and recited a long recitation, then he performed a
prolonged bowing, and then lifted his head and recited a prolonged recitation
which was shorter than the first. Then he performed a prolonged bowing which was
shorter than the first and then lifted his head and performed two prostrations.
He then stood up for the second rak`a and offered it like the first. Then he
stood up and said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of someone's
life or death but they are two signs amongst the signs of Allah which He shows
to His worshipers. So whenever you see them, make haste for the prayer."
2.167:
Narrated Abu Musa: The sun eclipsed and the Prophet got up, being
afraid that it might be the Hour (i.e. Day of Judgment). He went to the Mosque
and offered the prayer with the longest Qiyam, bowing and prostration that I had
ever seen him doing. Then he said, "These signs which Allah sends do not occur
because of the life or death of somebody, but Allah makes His worshipers afraid
by them. So when you see anything thereof, proceed to remember Allah, invoke Him
and ask for His forgiveness."
2.168:
Narrated Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba : On
the day of Ibrahim's death, the sun eclipsed and the people said that the
eclipse was due to the death of Ibrahim (the son of the Prophet). Allah's
Apostle said, "The sun and the moon are two signs amongst the signs of Allah.
They do not eclipse because of someone's death or life. So when you see them,
invoke Allah and pray till the eclipse is clear."
2.169:
Narrated Abu
Bakra: In the lifetime of the Prophet the sun eclipsed and then he offered a two
rak`at prayer.
2.170:
Narrated Abu Bakra: In the lifetime of the Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) the sun eclipsed and he went out dragging his clothes till he
reached the Mosque. The people gathered around him and he led them and offered
two rak`at. When the sun (eclipse) cleared, he said, "The sun and the moon are
two signs amongst the signs of Allah; they do not eclipse because of the death
of someone, and so when an eclipse occurs, pray and invoke Allah till the
eclipse is over." It happened that a son of the Prophet called Ibrahim died on
that day and the people were talking about that (saying that the eclipse was
caused by his death).
2.171:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet led us and
performed four bowing in two rak`at during the solar eclipse and the first rak`a
was longer.
2.172:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) recited
(the Qur'an) aloud during the eclipse prayer and when he had finished the
eclipse prayer he said the Takbir and bowed. When he stood straight from bowing
he would say "Sami 'al-l-ahu Lyman hamidah Rabbana wa laka l-hamd." And he would
again start reciting. In the eclipse prayer there are four bowing and four
prostrations in two rak`at. Al-Auza'i and others said that they had heard
Az-Zuhi from 'Ursa from `Aisha saying, "In the lifetime of Allah's Apostle the
sun eclipsed, and he made a person to announce: 'Prayer in congregation.' He led
the prayer and performed four bowing and four prostrations in two rak`at."
Narrated Al-Walid that `Abdur-Rahman bin Namir had informed him that he had
heard the same. Ibn Shihab heard the same. Az-Zuhri said, "I asked ('Ursa),
'What did your brother `Abdullah bin Az-Zubair do? He prayed two rak`at (of the
eclipse prayer) like the morning prayer, when he offered the (eclipse) prayer in
Median.' 'Ursa replied that he had missed (i.e. did not pray according to) the
Prophet's tradition." Sulaiman bin Kathir and Sufyan bin Husain narrated from
Az-Zuhri that the prayer for the eclipse used to be offered with loud
recitation.
Bk. 19: Prostration During Recital of Qur'an
2.173:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin Mas`ud : The Prophet recited Suratan-Najm (103) at Mecca and
prostrated while reciting it and those who were with him did the same except an
old man who took a handful of small stones or earth and lifted it to his
forehead and said, "This is sufficient for me." Later on, I saw him killed as a
non-believer.
2.174:
Narrated Abu Huraira: On Fridays the Prophet used
to recite Alf Lam Mim Tanzil-As-Sajda (in the first rak`a) and Hal
ata'alal-lnsani i.e. Suratad-Dahr (LXXVI) (in the second rak`a), in the Fajr
prayer.
2.175:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The prostration of Sa`d is not a
compulsory one but I saw the Prophet prostrating while reciting it.
2.176:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Mas`ud: The Prophet recited Surat-an-Najm (53) and
prostrated while reciting it and all the people prostrated and a man amongst the
people took a handful of stones or earth and raised it to his face and said,
"This is sufficient for me. Later on I saw him killed as a Non-believer. "
2.177:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet I prostrated while reciting
An-Najm and with him prostrated the Muslims, the pagans, the jinns, and all
human beings.
2.178:
Narrated `Ata' bin Yasar: I asked Zaid bin Thabit
about prostration on which he said that he had recited An-Najm before the
Prophet, yet he (the Prophet) had not performed a prostration.
2.179:
Narrated Zaid bin Thabit: I recited An-Najm before the Prophet, yet he did
not perform a prostration.
2.180:
Narrated Abu Salma: I saw Abu Huraira
reciting Idha-Sama' un-Shaqqat and he prostrated during its recitation. I asked
Abu Huraira, "Didn't I see you prostrating?" Abu Huraira said, "Had I not seen
the Prophet prostrating, I would not have prostrated."
2.181:
Narrated
Ibn `Umar: When the Prophet recited a Sura that contained the prostration he
would prostrate and we would do the same and some of us (because of the heavy
rush) could not find a place for prostration.
2.182:
Narrated Ibn `Umar,
When the Prophet recited Surat As-Sajda and we were with him, he would prostrate
and we also would prostrate with him and some of us (because of the heavy rush)
would not find a place (for our foreheads) to prostrate on.
2.183:
Narrated Rabi`a:
`Umar bin Al-Khattab recited Surat-an-Nahl on a Friday
on the pulpit and when he reached the verse of Sajda he got down from the pulpit
and prostrated and the people also prostrated. The next Friday `Umar bin
Al-Khattab recited the same Sura and when he reached the verse of Sajda he said,
"O people! When we recite the verses of Sajda (during the sermon) whoever
prostrates does the right thing, yet it is no sin for the one who does not
prostrate." And `Umar did not prostrate (that day). Added Ibn `Umar "Allah has
not made the prostration of recitation compulsory but if we wish we can do it."
2.184:
Narrated Abu Rafi`: I offered the `Isha' prayer behind Abu
Huraira and he recited Idhas-Sama' Un-Shaqqat, and prostrated. I said, "What is
this?" Abu Huraira said, "I prostrated behind Abul-Qasim and I will do the same
till I meet him."
2.185:
Narrated Ibn `Umar. Whenever the Prophet
recited the Sura which contained the prostration of recitation he used to
prostrate and then, we, too, would prostrate and some of us did not find a place
for prostration.
Bk. 20: Shortening the Prayers (At-Taqseer)
2.186:
Narrated Ibn
`Abbas : The Prophet once stayed for nineteen days and prayed shortened prayers.
So when we travel led (and stayed) for nineteen days, we used to shorten the
prayer but if we traveled (and stayed) for a longer period we used to offer the
full prayer.
2.187:
Narrated Yahya bin 'Is-haq: I heard Anas saying, "We
traveled with the Prophet from Medina to Mecca and offered two rak`at (for every
prayer) till we returned to Medina." I said, "Did you stay for a while in
Mecca?" He replied, "We stayed in Mecca for ten days."
2.188:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin `Umar: I offered the prayer with the Prophet, Abu Bakr and `Umar
at Mina and it was of two rak`at. `Uthman in the early days of his caliphate did
the same, but later on he started praying the full prayer.
2.189:
Narrated Haritha bin Wahab: The Prophet I led us in the prayer at Mina
during the peace period by offering two rak`at.
2.190:
Narrated `Abdur
Rahman bin Yazid: We offered a four rak`at prayer at Mina behind Ibn `Affan .
`Abdullah bin Mas`ud was informed about it. He said sadly, "Truly to Allah we
belong and truly to Him we shall return." And added, "I prayed two rak`at with
Allah's Apostle at Mina and similarly with Abu Bakr and with `Umar (during their
caliphates)." He further said, "May I be lucky enough to have two of the four
rak`at accepted (by Allah)."
2.191:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet and
his companions reached Mecca in the morning of the 4th Dhul-Hijja reciting
Talbiya (O Allah! We are obedient to your orders, we respond 4 to your call) . .
. intending to perform Hajj. The Prophet ordered his companions to assume the
lhram for Umra instead of Hajj, excepting those who had Hadi (sacrifice) with
them.
2.192:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "A woman should not
travel for more than three days except with a Dhi-Mahram (i.e. a male with whom
she cannot marry at all, e.g. her brother, father, grandfather, etc.) or her own
husband.)"
2.193:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "A woman should
not travel for more than three days except with a Dhi-Mahram."
2.194:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "It is not permissible for
a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel for one day and night
except with a Mahram."
2.195:
Narrated Anas bin Malik : offered four
rak`at of Zuhr prayer with the Prophet (p.b.u.h) at Medina and two rak`at at
Dhul-Hulaifa. (i.e. shortened the `Asr prayer).
2.196:
Narrated `Aisha:
"When the prayers were first enjoined they were of two rak`at each. Later
the prayer in a journey was kept as it was but the prayers for non-travelers
were completed." Az-Zuhri said, "I asked `Urwa what made Aisha pray the full
prayers (in journey)." He replied, "She did the same as `Uthman did."
2.197:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: "I saw Allah's Apostle delaying the Maghrib
prayer till he offered it along with the `Isha' prayer whenever he was in a
hurry during the journey." Salim narrated, "Ibn `Umar used to do the same
whenever he was in a hurry during the journey." And Salim added, "Ibn `Umar used
to pray the Maghrib and `Isha' prayers together in Al-Muzdalifa." Salim said,
"Ibn `Umar delayed the Maghrib prayer because at that time he heard the news of
the death of his wife Safiya bint Abi `Ubaid. I said to him, 'The prayer (is
due).' He said, 'Go on.' Again I said, 'The prayer (is due).' He said, 'Go on,'
till we covered two or three miles. Then he got down, prayed and said, 'I saw
the Prophet praying in this way, whenever he was in a hurry during the journey.'
`Abdullah (bin `Umar) added, "Whenever the Prophet was in a hurry, he used to
delay the Maghrib prayer and then offer three rak`at (of the Maghrib) and
perform Taslim, and after waiting for a short while, Iqama used to be pronounced
for the `Isha' prayer when he would offer two rak`at and perform Taslim. He
would never offer any optional prayer till the middle of the night (when he used
to pray the Tahajjud)."
2.198:
Narrated `Abdullah bin 'Amir from his
father who said: I saw the Prophet (p.b.u.h) offering the prayer on his mount
(Rahila) whatever direction it took.
2.199:
Narrated Jabir bin
`Abdullah, The Prophet used to offer the Nawafil, while riding, facing a
direction other than that of the Qibla.
2.200:
Narrated Nafi`:
Ibn
`Umar (while on a journey) used to offer the prayer and the witr on his mount
(Rahila). He said that the Prophet used to do so.
2.201:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin Dinar: On traveling, `Abdullah bin `Umar used to offer the prayer
on his Mount by signs whatever direction it took. `Abdullah said that the
Prophet used to do so.
2.202:
Narrated 'Amir bin Rabi`a, I saw the
Prophet on his Mount praying Nawafil by nodding his head, whatever direction he
faced, but Allah's Apostle never did the same in offering the compulsory
prayers. Narrated Salim: At night `Abdullah bin `Umar used to offer the prayer
on the back of his animal during the journey and never cared about the direction
he faced. Ibn `Umar said, "Allah's Apostle used to offer the optional prayer on
the back of his Mount facing any direction and also used to pray the witr on it
but never offered the compulsory prayer on it."
2.203:
Narrated Jabir
bin `Abdullah The Prophet used to pray (the Nawafil) on his Mount facing east
and whenever he wanted to offer the compulsory prayer, he used to dismount and
face the Qibla.
2.204:
Narrated Anas bin Seereen: We went to receive
Anas bin Malik when he returned from Sham and met him at a place called
'Ain-at-Tamr. I saw him praying riding the donkey, with his face to this
direction, i.e. to the left of the Qibla. I said to him, "I have seen you
offering the prayer in a direction other than that of the Qibla." He replied,
"If I had not seen Allah's Apostle doing it, I would not have done it."
2.205:
Narrated Hafs bin `Asim: Ibn `Umar went on a journey and said, "I
accompanied the Prophet and he did not offer optional prayers during the
journey, and Allah says: 'Verily! In Allah's Apostle you have a good example to
follow.' " (3
3.21)
2.206:
Narrated Ibn `Umar : I accompanied Allah's
Apostle and he never offered more than two rak`at during the journey. Abu Bakr,
`Umar and `Uthman used to do the same.
2.207:
Narrated Ibn Abu Laila:
Only Um Hani told us that she had seen the Prophet (p.b.u.h) offering the Duha
(forenoon prayer). She said, "On the day of the conquest of Mecca, the Prophet
took a bath in my house and offered eight rak`at. I never saw him praying such a
light prayer but he performed perfect prostration and bowing. Narrated `Abdullah
bin Amir that his father had told him that he had seen the Prophet (p.b.u.h)
praying Nawafil at night on the back of his Mount on a journey, facing whatever
direction it took.
2.208:
Narrated Salim bin `Abdullah: Ibn `Umar said,
"Allah's Apostle used to pray the Nawafil on the back of his Mount (carriage) by
signs facing any direction." Ibn `Umar used to do the same.
2.209:
Narrated Salim's father: The Prophet used to offer the Maghrib and `Isha'
prayers together whenever he was in a hurry on a journey. Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
Allah's Apostle used to offer the Zuhr and `Asr prayers together on journeys,
and also used to offer the Maghrib and `Isha' prayers together. Narrated Anas
bin Malik: The Prophet used to offer the Maghrib and the `Isha' prayers together
on journeys.
2.210:
Narrated Az-Zuhri: Salim told me, "`Abdullah bin
`Umar said, 'I saw Allah's Apostle delaying the Maghrib prayer till he offered
it along with the `Isha prayer whenever he was in a hurry during the journey.' "
Salim said, "Abdullah bin `Umar used to do the same whenever he was in a hurry
during the journey. After making the call for Iqama, for the Maghrib prayer he
used to offer three rak`at and then perform Taslim. After waiting for a short
while, he would pronounce the Iqama for the `Isha' prayer and offer two rak`at
and perform Taslim. He never prayed any Nawafil in between the two prayers or
after the `Isha' prayers till he got up in the middle of the night (for Tahajjud
prayer)."
2.211:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle used to offer these
two prayers together on journeys i.e. the Maghrib and the `Isha'.
2.212:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Whenever the Prophet started a journey before noon,
he used to delay the Zuhr prayer till the time of `Asr and then offer them
together; and if the sun declined (at noon) he used to offer the Zuhr prayer and
then ride (for the journey).
2.213:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Whenever
the Prophet started the journey before noon, he used to delay the Zuhr prayer
till the time for the `Asr prayer and then he would dismount and pray them
together; and whenever the sun declined before he started the journey he used to
offer the Zuhr prayer and then ride (for the journey).
2.214:
Narrated
`Aisha:
Allah's Apostle prayed in his house while sitting during his illness
and the people prayed behind him standing and he pointed to them to sit down.
When he had finished the prayer, he said, "The Imam is to be followed and so
when he bows you should bow; and when he lifts his head you should also do the
same."
2.215:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) fell
down from a horse and his right side was either injured or scratched, so we went
to inquire about his health. The time for the prayer became due and he offered
the prayer while sitting and we prayed while standing. He said, "The Imam is to
be followed; so if he says Takbir, you should also say Takbir, and if he bows
you should also bow; and when he lifts his head you should also do the same and
if he says: Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah (Allah hears whoever sends his praises
to Him) you should say: Rabbana walakal-Hamd (O our Lord! All the praises are
for You.") (See Hadith No. 656 Vol. 1).
2.216:
Narrated `Imran bin
Husain: (who had piles) I asked Allah's Apostle about the praying of a man while
sitting. He said, "If he prays while standing it is better and he who prays
while sitting gets half the reward of that who prays standing; and whoever prays
while Lying gets half the reward of that who prays while sitting."
2.217:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Buraida: `Imran bin Husain had piles. Once Abu Ma mar
narrated from `Imran bin Husain had said, "I asked the Prophet (p.b.u.h) about
the prayer of a person while sitting. He said, 'It is better for one to pray
standing; and whoever prays sitting gets half the reward of that who prays while
standing; and whoever prays while Lying gets half the reward of that who prays
while sitting.' "
2.218:
Narrated `Imran bin Husain: had piles, so I
asked the Prophet about the prayer. He said, "Pray while standing and if you
can't, pray while sitting and if you cannot do even that, then pray Lying on
your side."
2.219:
Narrated Aisha:
(the mother of the faithful
believers) I never saw Allah's Apostle offering the night prayer while sitting
except in his old age and then he used to recite while sitting and whenever he
wanted to bow he would get up and recite thirty or forty verses (while standing)
and then bow.
2.220:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the mother of the faithful
believers) Allah's Apostle (in his last days) used to pray sitting. He would
recite while sitting, and when thirty or forty verses remained from the
recitation he would get up and recite them while standing and then he would bow
and prostrate. He used to do the same in the second rak`a. After finishing the
Prayer he used to look at me and if I was awake he would talk to me and if I was
asleep, he would lie down.
Bk. 21: Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)
2.221:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
When the Prophet got up at night to offer the Tahajjud prayer, he used to say:
Allahumma lakal-hamd. Anta qaiyimus-samawati wal-ard wa man fihinna.
Walakal-hamd, Laka mulkus-samawati wal-ard wa man fihinna. Walakal-hamd, anta
nurus-samawati wal-ard. Walakalhamd, anta-l-haq wa wa'duka-l-haq, wa liqa'uka
Haq, wa qualuka Haq, wal-jannatu Han wan-naru Haq wannabiyuna Haq. Wa
Muhammadun, sallal-lahu'alaihi wasallam, Haq, was-sa'atu Haq. Allahumma aslamtu
Laka wabika amantu, wa 'Alaika tawakkaltu, wa ilaika anabtu wa bika khasamtu, wa
ilaika hakamtu faghfir li ma qaddamtu wama akh-khartu wama as-rartu wama'a
lantu, anta-l-muqaddim wa anta-l-mu akh-khir, la ilaha illa anta (or la ilaha
ghairuka). (O Allah! All the praises are for you, You are the Holder of the
Heavens and the Earth, And whatever is in them. All the praises are for You; You
have the possession of the Heavens and the Earth And whatever is in them. All
the praises are for You; You are the Light of the Heavens and the Earth And all
the praises are for You; You are the King of the Heavens and the Earth; And all
the praises are for You; You are the Truth and Your Promise is the truth, And to
meet You is true, Your Word is the truth And Paradise is true And Hell is true
And all the Prophets (Peace be upon them) are true; And Muhammad is true, And
the Day of Resurrection is true. O Allah ! I surrender (my will) to You; I
believe in You and depend on You. And repent to You, And with Your help I argue
(with my opponents, the non-believers) And I take You as a judge (to judge
between us). Please forgive me my previous And future sins; And whatever I
concealed or revealed And You are the One who make (some people) forward And
(some) backward. There is none to be worshipped but you . Sufyan said that
`Abdul Karim Abu Umaiya added to the above, 'Wala haula Wala quwata illa billah'
(There is neither might nor power except with Allah).
2.222:
Narrated
Salim's father: In the lifetime of the Prophet whosoever saw a dream would
narrate it to Allah's Apostle. I had a wish of seeing a dream to narrate it to
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) I was a grown up boy and used to sleep in the Mosque
in the lifetime of the Prophet. I saw in the dream that two angels caught hold
of me and took me to the Fire which was built all round like a built well and
had two poles in it and the people in it were known to me. I started saying, "I
seek refuge with Allah from the Fire." Then I met another angel who told me not
to be afraid. I narrated the dream to Hafsa who told it to Allah's Apostle. The
Prophet said, "Abdullah is a good man. I wish he prayed Tahajjud." After that
`Abdullah (i.e. Salim's father) used to sleep but a little at night.
2.223:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to offer eleven rak`at and that
was his prayer. He used to prolong the prostration to such an extent that one
could recite fifty verses (of the Qur'an) before he would lift his head. He used
to pray two rak`at (Sunna) before the Fajr prayer and then used to lie down on
his right side till the call-maker came and informed him about the prayer.
2.224:
Narrated Jundab:
The Prophet became sick and did not get up
(for Tahajjud prayer) for a night or two.
2.225:
Narrated Jundab bin
`Abdullah : Gabriel did not come to the Prophet (for some time) and so one of
the Quraish women said, "His Satan has deserted him." So came the Divine
Revelation: "By the forenoon And by the night When it is still! Your Lord (O
Muhammad) has neither Forsaken you Nor hated you." (9
3.1-3)
2.226:
Narrated Um Salama: One night the Prophet got up and said, "Subhan Allah!
How many afflictions Allah has revealed tonight and how many treasures have been
sent down (disclosed). Go and wake the sleeping lady occupants of these
dwellings up (for prayers), perhaps a well dressed in this world may be naked in
the Hereafter."
2.227:
Narrated `Ali bin Abi Talib One night Allah's
Apostle came to me and Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet and asked, "Won't you
pray (at night)?" I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Our souls are in the hands of
Allah and if He wants us to get up He will make us get up." When I said that, he
left us without saying anything and I heard that he was hitting his thigh and
saying, "But man is more quarrelsome than anything." (18.54)
2.228:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to give up a good deed, although
he loved to do it, for fear that people might act on it and it might be made
compulsory for them. The Prophet never prayed the Duha prayer, but I offer it.
2.229:
Narrated `Aisha, the mother of the faithful believers: One night
Allah's Apostle offered the prayer in the Mosque and the people followed him.
The next night he also offered the prayer and too many people gathered. On the
third and the fourth nights more people gathered, but Allah's Apostle did not
come out to them. In the morning he said, "I saw what you were doing and nothing
but the fear that it (i.e. the prayer) might be enjoined on you, stopped me from
coming to you." And that happened in the month of Ramadan.
2.230:
Narrated Al-Mughira: The Prophet used to stand (in the prayer) or pray till
both his feet or legs swelled. He was asked why (he offered such an unbearable
prayer) and he said, "should I not be a thankful slave."
2.231:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`As: Allah's Apostle told me, "The most beloved prayer
to Allah is that of David and the most beloved fasts to Allah are those of
David. He used to sleep for half of the night and then pray for one third of the
night and again sleep for its sixth part and used to fast on alternate days."
2.232:
Narrated Masruq:
I asked `Aisha which deed was most loved by
the Prophet. She said, "A deed done continuously." I further asked, "When did he
used to get up (in the night for the prayer)." She said, "He used to get up on
hearing the crowing of a cock."
2.233:
Narrated Al-Ashath: He (the
Prophet (p.b.u.h) ) used to get up for the prayer on hearing the crowing of a
cock.
2.234:
Narrated `Aisha:
In my house he (Prophet (p.b.u.h) )
never passed the last hours of the night but sleeping.
2.235:
Narrated
Qatada:
Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet (p.b.u.h) and Zaid bin Thabit took
their Suhur together. When they finished it, the Prophet stood for the (Fajr)
prayer and offered it." We asked Anas, "What was the interval between their
finishing the Suhur and the starting of the morning prayer?" Anas replied, "It
was equal to the time taken by a person in reciting fifty verses of the Qur'an."
2.236:
Narrated Abu-Wail: `Abdullah said, "One night I offered the
Tahajjud prayer with the Prophet and he kept on standing till an ill-thought
came to me." We said, "What was the ill-thought?" He said, "It was to sit down
and leave the Prophet (standing)."
2.237:
Narrated Hudhaifa : Whenever
the Prophet got up for Tahajjud prayer he used to clean his mouth (and teeth)
with Siwak.
2.238:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar : A man said, "O Allah's
Apostle! How is the prayer of the night?" He said, "Two rak`at followed by two
rak`at and so on, and when you apprehend the approaching dawn, offer one rak`a
as witr."
2.239:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The prayer of the Prophet used to
be of thirteen rak`at, i.e. of the night prayer.
2.240:
Narrated Masruq:
I asked Aisha about the night prayer of Allah's Apostle and she said, "It
was seven, nine or eleven rak`at besides the two rak`at of the Fajr prayer (i.e.
Sunna). "
2.241:
Narrated `Aisha,
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to
offer thirteen rak`at of the night prayer and that included the witr and two
rak`at (Sunna) of the Fajr prayer.
2.242:
Narrated Anas bin Malik
Sometimes Allah's Apostle would not fast (for so many days) that we thought that
he would not fast that month and he sometimes used to fast (for so many days)
that we thought he would not leave fasting throughout that month and (as regards
his prayer and sleep at night), if you wanted to see him praying at night, you
could see him praying and if you wanted to see him sleeping, you could see him
sleeping.
2.243:
Narrated Abu Huraira Allah's Apostle said, "Satan puts
three knots at the back of the head of any of you if he is asleep. On every knot
he reads and exhales the following words, 'The night is long, so stay asleep.'
When one wakes up and remembers Allah, one knot is undone; and when one performs
ablution, the second knot is undone, and when one prays the third knot is undone
and one gets up energetic with a good heart in the morning; otherwise one gets
up lazy and with a mischievous heart."
2.244:
Narrated Samura bin
Jundab: The Prophet said in his narration of a dream that he saw, "He whose head
was being crushed with a stone was one who learnt the Qur'an but never acted on
it, and slept ignoring the compulsory prayers."
2.245:
Narrated
`Abdullah : A person was mentioned before the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and he was told
that he had kept on sleeping till morning and had not got up for the prayer. The
Prophet said, "Satan urinated in his ears."
2.246:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "Our Lord, the Blessed, the Superior, comes
every night down on the nearest Heaven to us when the last third of the night
remains, saying: "Is there anyone to invoke Me, so that I may respond to
invocation? Is there anyone to ask Me, so that I may grant him his request? Is
there anyone seeking My forgiveness, so that I may forgive him?"
2.247:
Narrated Al-Aswad: I asked `Aisha "How is the night prayer of the Prophet?"
She replied, "He used to sleep early at night, and get up in its last part to
pray, and then return to his bed. When the Mu'adh-dhin pronounced the Adhan, he
would get up. If he was in need of a bath he would take it; otherwise he would
perform ablution and then go out (for the prayer)."
2.248:
Narrated Abu
Salma bin `Abdur Rahman: I asked `Aisha, "How is the prayer of Allah's Apostle
during the month of Ramadan." She said, "Allah's Apostle never exceeded eleven
rak`at in Ramadan or in other months; he used to offer four rak`at-- do not ask
me about their beauty and length, then four rak`at, do not ask me about their
beauty and length, and then three rak`at." Aisha further said, "I said, 'O
Allah's Apostle! Do you sleep before offering the witr prayer?' He replied, 'O
`Aisha! My eyes sleep but my heart remains awake'!"
2.249:
Narrated
`Aisha:
I did not see the Prophet reciting (the Qur'an) in the night prayer
while sitting except when he became old; when he used to recite while sitting,
and when thirty or forty verses remained from the Sura, he would get up and
recite them and then bow.
2.250:
Narrated Abu Huraira: At the time of
the Fajr prayer the Prophet asked Bilal, "Tell me of the best deed you did after
embracing Islam, for I heard your footsteps in front of me in Paradise." Bilal
replied, "I did not do anything worth mentioning except that whenever I
performed ablution during the day or night, I prayed after that ablution as much
as was written for me."
2.25
1.1:
Narrated Anas bin Malik Once the
Prophet (p.b.u.h) entered the Mosque and saw a rope hanging in between its two
pillars. He said, "What is this rope?" The people said, "This rope is for Zainab
who, when she feels tired, holds it (to keep standing for the prayer.)" The
Prophet said, "Don't use it. Remove the rope. You should pray as long as you
feel active, and when you get tired, sit down."
2.25
1.1:
Narrated
`Aisha:
A woman from the tribe of Bani Asad was sitting with me and Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) came to my house and said, "Who is this?" I said, "(She is) So
and so. She does not sleep at night because she is engaged in prayer." The
Prophet said disapprovingly: Do (good) deeds which is within your capacity as
Allah never gets tired of giving rewards till you get tired of doing good
deeds."
2.252:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`As: Allah's Apostle
said to me, "O `Abdullah! Do not be like so and so who used to pray at night and
then stopped the night prayer."
2.253:
Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit: The
Prophet "Whoever gets up at night and says: -- 'La ilaha il-lallah Wahdahu la
Sharika lahu Lahu-l-mulk, waLahu-l-hamd wahuwa 'ala kullishai'in Qadir. Al hamdu
lil-lahi wa subhanal-lahi wa la-ilaha il-lal-lah wa-l-lahu akbar wa la hawla
Wala Quwata il-la-bil-lah.' (None has the right to be worshipped but Allah. He
is the Only One and has no partners . For Him is the Kingdom and all the praises
are due for Him. He is Omnipotent. All the praises are for Allah. All the
glories are for Allah. And none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, And
Allah is Great And there is neither Might nor Power Except with Allah). And then
says: -- Allahumma, Ighfir li (O Allah! Forgive me). Or invokes (Allah), he will
be responded to and if he performs ablution (and prays), his prayer will be
accepted."
2.254:
Narrated Abu Huraira That once Allah's Apostle
(p.b.u.h) said, "Your brother, i.e. `Abdullah bin Rawaha does not say obscene
(referring to his verses): Amongst us is Allah's Apostle, who recites His Book
when it dawns. He showed us the guidance, after we were blind. We believe that
whatever he says will come true. And he spends his nights in such a way as his
sides do not touch his bed. While the pagans were deeply asleep."
2.255:
Narrated Nafi`:
Ibn `Umar said, "In the lifetime of the Prophet I dreamt
that a piece of silk cloth was in my hand and it flew with me to whichever part
of Paradise I wanted. I also saw as if two persons (i.e. angels) came to me and
wanted to take me to Hell. Then an angel met us and told me not to be afraid. He
then told them to leave me. Hafsa narrated one of my dreams to the Prophet and
the Prophet said, "Abdullah is a good man. Would that he offer the night prayer
(Tahajjud)!" So after that day `Abdullah (bin `Umar) started offering Tahajjud.
The companions of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to tell him their dreams that
(Laila-tul-Qadr) was on the 27th of the month of Ramadan. The Prophet said, "I
see that your dreams agree on the last ten nights of Ramadan and so whoever is
in search of it should seek it in the last ten nights of Ramadan."
2.256:
Narrated `Aisha;
Allah's Apostle offered the `Isha' prayer (and then got
up at the Tahajjud time) and offered eight rak`at and then offered two rak`at
while sitting. He then offered two rak`at in between the Adhan and Iqama (of the
Fajr prayer) and he never missed them.
2.257:
Narrated `Aisha:
The
Prophet used to lie down on his right side, after offering two rak`at (Sunna) of
the Fajr prayer.
2.258:
Narrated `Aisha :
After offering the Sunna
of the Fajr prayer, the Prophet used to talk to me, if I happen to be awake;
otherwise he would lie down till the Iqama call was proclaimed (for the Fajr
prayer).
2.259:
Narrated `Aisha:
After offering the two rak`at
(Sunna) the Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to talk to me, if I happen to be awake;
otherwise he would lie down.
2.260:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet was
never more regular and particular in offering any Nawafil than the two rak`at
(Sunna) of the Fajr prayer.
2.261:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle
used to offer thirteen rak`at in the night prayer and on hearing the Adhan for
the morning prayer, he used to offer two light rak`at.
2.262:
Narrated
`Aisha:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to make the two rak`at before the Fajr
prayer so light that I would wonder whether he recited Al-Fatiha (or not).
2.263:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah : The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to
teach us the way of doing Istikhara (Istikhara means to ask Allah to guide one
to the right sort of action concerning any job or a deed), in all matters as he
taught us the Suras of the Qur'an. He said, "If anyone of you thinks of doing
any job he should offer a two rak`at prayer other than the compulsory ones and
say (after the prayer): -- 'Allahumma inni astakhiruka bi'ilmika, Wa astaqdiruka
bi-qudratika, Wa as'alaka min fadlika Al-`azlm Fa-innaka taqdiru Wala aqdiru, Wa
ta'lamu Wala a'lamu, Wa anta 'allamu l-ghuyub. Allahumma, in kunta ta'lam anna
hadha-l-amra Khairun li fi dini wa ma'ashi wa'aqibati `Amri (or 'ajili `Amri
wa'ajilihi) Faqdirhu wa yas-sirhu li thumma barik li Fihi, Wa in kunta ta'lamu
anna hadha-lamra shar-run li fi dini wa ma'ashi wa'aqibati `Amri (or fi'ajili
`Amri wa ajilihi) Fasrifhu anni was-rifni anhu. Waqdir li al-khaira haithu kana
Thumma ardini bihi.' (O Allah! I ask guidance from Your knowledge, And Power
from Your Might and I ask for Your great blessings. You are capable and I am
not. You know and I do not and You know the unseen. O Allah! If You know that
this job is good for my religion and my subsistence and in my Hereafter--(or
said: If it is better for my present and later needs)--Then You ordain it for me
and make it easy for me to get, And then bless me in it, and if You know that
this job is harmful to me In my religion and subsistence and in the
Hereafter--(or said: If it is worse for my present and later needs)--Then keep
it away from me and let me be away from it. And ordain for me whatever is good
for me, And make me satisfied with it). The Prophet added that then the person
should name (mention) his need.
2.264:
Narrated Abu Qatada bin Rabi
Al-Ansari; The Prophet said, "If anyone of you enters a Mosque, he should not
sit until he has offered a two-rak`at prayer."
2.265:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik Allah's Apostle led us and offered a two rak`at prayer and then went away.
2.266:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar Abu, I offered with Allah's Apostle
a two rak`at prayer before the Zuhr prayer and two rak`at after the Zuhr prayer,
two rak`at after Jumua, Maghrib and `Isha' prayers.
2.267:
Narrated
Jabir bin `Abdullah : While delivering a sermon, Allah's Apostle said, "If
anyone of you comes while the Imam is delivering the sermon or has come out for
it, he should offer a two rak`at prayer."
2.268:
Narrated Mujahid:
Somebody came to the house of Ibn `Umar and told him that Allah's Apostles
had entered the Ka`ba. Ibn `Umar said, "I went in front of the Ka`ba and found
that Allah's Apostle had come out of the Ka`ba and I saw Bilal standing by the
side of the gate of the Ka`ba. I said, 'O Bilal! Has Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)
prayed inside the Ka`ba?' Bilal replied in the affirmative. I said, 'Where (did
he pray)?' He replied, '(He prayed) Between these two pillars and then he came
out and offered a two rak`at prayer in front of the Ka`ba.' " Abu `Abdullah
said: Abu Huraira said, "The Prophet (p.b.u.h) advised me to offer two rak`at of
Duha prayer (prayer to be offered after sunrise and before midday). " Itban (bin
Malik) said, "Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) and Abu Bakr, came to me after sunrise
and we aligned behind the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and offered two rak`at."
2.269:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: I offered with the Prophet two rak`at before the Zuhr
and two rak`at after the Zuhr prayer; two rak`at after Maghrib, `Isha' and the
Jumua prayers. Those of the Maghrib and `Isha' were offered in his house. My
sister Hafsa told me that the Prophet used to offer two light rak`at after dawn
and it was the time when I never went to the Prophet."
2.270:
Narrated
`Amr:
I heard Abu Ash-sha'tha' Jabir saying, "I heard Ibn `Abbas saying, 'I
offered with Allah's Apostle eight rak`at (of Zuhr and `Asr prayers) together
and seven rak`at (the Maghrib and the `Isha' prayers) together.' " I said, "O
Abu Ash-shatha! I think he must have prayed the Zuhr late and the `Asr early;
the `Isha early and the Maghrib late." Abu Ash-sha'tha' said, "I also think so."
(See Hadith No. 518 Vol. 1).
2.271:
Narrated Muwarriq: I asked Ibn `Umar
"Do you offer the Duha prayer?" He replied in the negative. I further asked,
"Did `Umar use to pray it?" He (Ibn `Umar) replied in the negative. I again
asked, "Did Abu Bakr use to pray it?" He replied in the negative. I again asked,
"Did the Prophet use to pray it?" Ibn `Umar replied, "I don't think he did."
2.272:
Narrated `Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila: Only Um Hani narrated to me
that she had seen the Prophet offering the Duha prayer. She said, "On the day of
the conquest of Mecca, the Prophet entered my house, took a bath and offered
eight rak`at (of Duha prayers. I had never seen the Prophet offering such a
light prayer but he performed bowing and prostrations perfectly .
2.273:
Narrated `Aisha:
I never saw the Prophet offering the Duha prayer but I
always offer it.
2.274:
Narrated Abu Huraira: My friend (the Prophet)
advised me to do three things and I shall not leave them till I die, these are:
To fast three days every month, to offer the Duha prayer, and to offer witr
before sleeping.
2.275.1:
Narrated Anas bin Seereen: I heard Anas bin
Malik al-Ansari saying, "An Ansari man, who was very fat, said to the Prophet,
'I am unable to present myself for the prayer with you.' He prepared a meal for
the Prophet and invited him to his house. He washed one side of a mat with water
and the Prophet offered two rak`at on it." So and so, the son of so and so, the
son of Al-Jaruid asked Anas, "Did the Prophet use to offer the Duha prayer?"
Anas replied, "I never saw him praying (the Duha prayer) except on that day."
2.275.2:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: I remember ten rak`at of Nawafil from the
Prophet, two rak`at before the Zuhr prayer and two after it; two rak`at after
Maghrib prayer in his house, and two rak`at after `Isha' prayer in his house,
and two rak`at before the Fajr prayer and at that time nobody would enter the
house of the Prophet Hafsa told me that the Prophet used to offer two rak`at
after the call maker had made the Adhan and the day had dawned.
2.276:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet never missed four rak`at before the Zuhr
prayer and two rak`at before the Fajr prayer.
2.277:
Narrated `Abdullah
Al-Muzni: The Prophet said, "Pray before the Maghrib (compulsory) prayer." He
(said it thrice) and in the third time, he said, "Whoever wants to offer it can
do so." He said so because he did not like the people to take it as a tradition.
2.278:
Narrated Marthad bin `Abdullah Al-Yazani: I went to `Uqba bin
'Amir Al-Juhani and said, "Is it not surprising that Abi Tamim offers two rak`at
before the Maghrib prayer?" `Uqba said, "We used to do so in the lifetime of
Allah's Apostle." I asked him, "What prevents you from offering it now?" He
replied, "Business."
2.279:
Narrated Mahmud bin Ar-rabi' Al-Ansari, that
he remembered Allah's Apostle and he also remembered a mouthful of water which
he had thrown on his face, after taking it from a well that was in their house.
Mahmud said that he had heard `Itban bin Malik, who was present with Allah's
Apostle in the battle of Badr saying, "I used to lead my people at Bani Salim in
the prayer and there was a valley between me and those people. Whenever it
rained it used to be difficult for me to cross it to go to their mosque. So I
went to Allah's Apostle and said, 'I have weak eyesight and the valley between
me and my people flows during the rainy season and it becomes difficult for me
to cross it; I wish you would come to my house and pray at a place so that I
could take that place as a praying place.' Allah's Apostle said, 'I will do so.'
So Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr came to my house in the (next) morning after the
sun had risen high. Allah's Apostle asked my permission to let him in and I
admitted him. He did not sit before saying, 'Where do you want us to offer the
prayer in your house?' I pointed to the place where I wanted him to pray. So
Allah's Apostle stood up for the prayer and started the prayer with Takbir and
we aligned in rows behind him; and he offered two rak`at, and finished them with
Taslim, and we also performed Taslim with him. I detained him for a meal called
"Khazir" which I had prepared for him.--("Khazir" is a special type of dish
prepared from barley flour and meat soup)-- When the neighbors got the news that
Allah's Apostle was in my house, they poured it till there were a great number
of men in the house. One of them said, 'What is wrong with Malik, for I do not
see him?' One of them replied, 'He is a hypocrite and does not love Allah and
His Apostle.' On that Allah's Apostle said, 'Don't say this. Haven't you seen
that he said, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah for Allah's sake
only.' The man replied, 'Allah and His Apostle know better; but by Allah, we
never saw him but helping and talking with the hypocrites.' Allah's Apostle
replied, 'No doubt, whoever says. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,
and by that he wants the pleasures of Allah, then Allah will save him from
Hell." Mahmud added, "I told the above narration to some people, one of whom was
Abu Aiyub, the companion of Allah's Apostle in the battle in which he (Abu
Aiyub) died and Yazid bin Mu'awiya was their leader in Roman Territory. Abu
Aiyub denounced the narration and said, 'I doubt that Allah's Apostle ever said
what you have said.' I felt that too much, and I vowed to Allah that if I
remained alive in that holy battle, I would (go to Medina and) ask `Itban bin
Malik if he was still living in the mosque of his people. So when he returned, I
assumed Ihram for Hajj or `Umra and then I proceeded on till I reached Medina. I
went to Bani Salim and `Itban bin Malik, who was by then an old blind man, was
leading his people in the prayer. When he finished the prayer, I greeted him and
introduced myself to him and then asked him about that narration. He told that
narration again in the same manner as he had narrated it the first time."
2.280:
Narrated Ibn `Umar, Allah's Apostle said, "Offer some of your
prayers in your houses and do not make them graves."
2.281:
Narrated
Quza'a:
I heard Abu Sa`id saying four words. He said, "I heard the Prophet
(saying the following narrative)." He had participated in twelve holy battles
with the Prophet. Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Do not set out on a
journey except for three Mosques i.e. Al-Masjid-AI-Haram, the Mosque of Allah's
Apostle , and the Mosque of Al-Aqsa, (Mosque of Jerusalem)."
2.282:
Narrated Abu Huraira Allah's Apostle said, "One prayer in my Mosque is
better than one thousand prayers in any other mosque excepting
Al-Masjid-AI-Haram."
2.283:
Narrated Nafi`:
Ibn `Umar never offered
the Duha prayer except on two occasions: (1) Whenever he reached Mecca; and he
always used to reach Mecca in the forenoon. He would perform Tawaf round the
Ka`ba and then offer two rak`at at the rear of Maqam Ibrahim. (2) Whenever he
visited Quba, for he used to visit it every Saturday. When he entered the
Mosque, he disliked to leave it without offering a prayer. Ibn `Umar narrated
that Allah's Apostle used to visit the Mosque of Quba (sometime) walking and
(sometime) riding. And he (i.e. Ibn `Umar) used to say, "I do only what my
companions used to do and I don't forbid anybody to pray at any time during the
day or night except that one should not intend to pray at sunrise or sunset."
2.284:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Dinar: Ibn `Umar said, "The Prophet used
to go to the Mosque of Quba every Saturday (sometimes) walking and (sometimes)
riding." `Abdullah (Ibn `Umar) used to do the same.
2.285:
Narrated Ibn
`Umar: The Prophet used to go to the Mosque of Quba (sometimes) walking and
sometimes riding. Added Nafi` (in another narration), "He then would offer two
rak`at (in the Mosque of Quba)."
2.286:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Zaid
Al-Mazini: Allah's Apostle said, "Between my house and the pulpit there is a
garden of the gardens of Paradise."
2.287:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The
Prophet said, "Between my house and my pulpit there is a garden of the gardens
of Paradise, and my pulpit is on my fountain tank (i.e. Al-Kauthar)."
2.288:
Narrated Qaza'a Maula: (freed slave of) Ziyad: I heard Abu Sa`id Al-khudri
narrating four things from the Prophet and I appreciated them very much. He
said, conveying the words of the Prophet. (1) "A woman should not go on a two
day journey except with her husband or a Dhi-Mahram. (2) No fasting is
permissible on two days: `Id-ul-Fitr and `Id-ul-Adha. (3) No prayer after two
prayers, i.e. after the Fajr prayer till the sunrises and after the `Asr prayer
till the sun sets. (4) Do not prepare yourself for a journey except to three
Mosques, i.e. Al-Masjid-AI-Haram, the Mosque of Aqsa (Jerusalem) and my Mosque."
Bk. 22: Actions while Praying
2.289:
Narrated Kuraib Maula Ibn
`Abbas: `Abdullah bin `Abbas said that he had passed a night in the house of
Maimuna the mother of the faithful believers , who was his aunt. He said, "I
slept across the bed, and Allah's Apostle along with his wife slept lengthwise.
Allah's Apostle slept till midnight or slightly before or after it. Then Allah's
Apostle woke up, sat, and removed the traces of sleep by rubbing his hands over
his face. Then he recited the last ten verses of Surat-Al `Imran (2). Then he
went towards a hanging leather water-