Volume 1b

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).