Prayer
at Night (Tahajjud)
Volume 2,
Book 21, Number 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).
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 222:
Narrated Salim's father:
In the life-time 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 life-time 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.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 223:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to offer
eleven Rakat and that was his prayer. He used to prolong the prostration to
such an extent that one could recite fifty verses (of the Quran) before he
would lift his head. He used to pray two Rakat (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.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 224:
Narrated Jundab:
The Prophet became sick and did
not get up (for Tahajjud prayer) for a night or two.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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."
(93.1-3)
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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)
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 234:
Narrated 'Aisha:
In my house he (Prophet (p.b.u.h)
) never passed the last hours of the night but sleeping.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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 Quran."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 236:
Narrated Abu-Wa il:
'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)."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 237:
Narrated Hudhaifa :
Whenever the Prophet got up for
Tahajjud prayer he used to clean his mouth (and teeth) with Siwak.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 238:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar :
A man said, "O Allah's Apostle!
How is the prayer of the night?" He said, "Two Rakat followed by two Rakat
and so on, and when you apprehend the approaching dawn, offer one Raka as
Witr."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 239:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The prayer of the Prophet used
to be of thirteen Rakat, i.e. of the night prayer.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 240:
Narrated Masruq:
I asked Aisha about the night
prayer of Allah's Apostle and she said, "It was seven, nine or eleven Rakat
besides the two Rakat of the Fajr prayer (i.e. Sunna). "
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 241:
Narrated 'Aisha,
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to
offer thirteen Rakat of the night prayer and that included the Witr and two
Rakat (Sunna) of the Fajr prayer.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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 through-out 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.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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 Quran but never acted on it, and slept ignoring the compulsory
prayers."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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?"
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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 Muadh-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)."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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 Rakat in Ramadan or in other months; he used to offer
four Rakat-- do not ask me about their beauty and length, then four Rakat,
do not ask me about their beauty and length, and then three Rakat." 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'!"
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 249:
Narrated 'Aisha:
I did not see the Prophet reciting
(the Quran) 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.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 251r:
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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 251n:
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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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. Alhamdu 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 255:
Narrated Nafi:
Ibn 'Umar said, "In the life-time
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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 256:
Narrated 'Aisha;
Allah's Apostle offered the 'Isha'
prayer (and then got up at the Tahajjud time) and offered eight Rakat and
then offered two Rakat while sitting. He then offered two Rakat in between
the Adhan and Iqama (of the Fajr prayer) and he never missed them.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 257:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used to lie down on
his right side, after offering two Rakat (Sunna) of the Fajr prayer.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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).
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 259:
Narrated 'Aisha:
After offering the two Rakat (Sunna)
the Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to talk to me, if I happen to be awake; otherwise
he would lie down.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 260:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet was never more regular
and particular in offering any Nawafil than the two Rakat (Sunna) of the Fajr
prayer.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 261:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to offer
thirteen Rakat in the night prayer and on hearing the Adhan for the morning
prayer, he used to offer two light Rakat.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 262:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to
make the two Rakat before the Fajr prayer so light that I would wonder whether
he recited Al-Fatiha (or not).
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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 Quran. He said, "If anyone of you thinks
of doing any job he should offer a two Rakat 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.
Volume 2,
Book 21, Number 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-Rakat prayer."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 265:
Narrated Anas bin Malik
Allah's Apostle led us and offered
a two Rakat prayer and then went away.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 266:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar Abu,
I offered with Allah's Apostle
a two Rakat prayer before the Zuhr prayer and two Rakat after the Zuhr prayer,
two Rakat after Jumua, Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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 Rakat prayer."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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 Rakat prayer in front of the Ka'ba.' " Abu 'Abdullah said: Abu Huraira
said, "The Prophet (p.b.u.h) advised me to offer two Rakat 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
Rakat."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 269:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
I offered with the Prophet two
Rakat before the Zuhr and two Rakat after the Zuhr prayer; two Rakat 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 Rakat after dawn and it was the time when I never went to the Prophet."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 270:
Narrated 'Amr:
I heard Abu Ash-sha'tha' Jabir
saying, "I heard Ibn Abbas saying, 'I offered with Allah's Apostle eight Rakat
(of Zuhr and 'Asr prayers) together and seven Rakat (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).
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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 Rakat (of Duha prayers. I had never seen the Prophet offering such a
light prayer but he performed bowing and prostrations perfectly .
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 273:
Narrated 'Aisha:
I never saw the Prophet offering
the Duha prayer but I always offer it.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 275t:
Narrated Anas bin Sirin:
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 Rakat on it." So and so, the son of so and so, the son
of Al-Jarud 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 275:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
I remember ten Rakat of Nawafil
from the Prophet, two Rakat before the Zuhr prayer and two after it; two Rakat
after Maghrib prayer in his house, and two Rakat after 'Isha' prayer in his
house, and two Rakat 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 Rakat after the call maker had
made the Adhan and the day had dawned.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 276:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet never missed four
Rakat before the Zuhr prayer and two Rakat before the Fajr prayer.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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 Rakat before the
Maghrib prayer?" 'Uqba said, "We used to do so in the life-time of Allah's
Apostle." I asked him, "What prevents you from offering it now?" He replied,
"Business."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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 eye-sight 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 Rakat, 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 Ab-u Aiyub, the companion of Allah's Apostle in the battle
in which he (Ab-u Aiyub) died and Yazid bin Mu'aw7ya 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 280:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar,
Allah's Apostle said, "Offer some
of your prayers in your houses and do not make them graves."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 281:
Narrated Quza'a:
I heard Abu Said 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)."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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 Rakat 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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.
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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 Rakat (in the Mosque of Quba)."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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."
Volume 2, Book
21, Number 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)."
Volume 2, Book 21, Number 288:
Narrated Qaza'a Maula:
(freed slave of) Ziyad: I heard
Abu Said 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."
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