Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 21:
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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