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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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