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1. He replied I wondered about it in the same way as you wonder about it so I asked the Messenger of Allah about it and he said It is an act of charity which Allah has done to you so accept His charity
2. I said to him about it and he said I saw Umar observing two rakahs at Dh AlHulaifa and I too said to him about it and he said I am doing the same as I saw the Messenger of Allah doing
3. Ibn Umar reported The Apostle of Allah said in Mina the prayer of a traveller short prayer Abu Bakr and Umar did the same and Uthmia did it for eight years or six years
4. Ibn Umar reported that he summoned people to pray on a cold windy and rainy night and then observed at the end of the Adhin Pray in your dwellings pray in your dwellings and then said When it was a cold night or it was raining in a journey the Messenger of Allah may peace he upon him used to command the Muadhdhin to announce Pray in your dwellings
5. Abd AlHamid reported I heard Abdullah Bin AlHarith say Abdullah Bin Abbas addressed us on a rainy day and the rest of the hadith is the same but he made no mention of Jumua prayer and added He who did it who commanded us to say prayer in our houses i
6. Ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah used to say prayer on his camel while coming from Mecca to Medina in whatever direction his face had turned and its was in this context that this verse was revealed So whether you turn thither is Allah face ii
7. Nafi reported that when Ibn Umar was in a state of hurry on a journey he combined the sunset and Isha prayers after the twilight had disappeared and he would say that when the Messenger of Allah was in a state of hurry on a journey he combined the sunset and Isha prayers
8. Anas Bin Malik reported When the Messenger of Allah set out on a journey before the sun declined from the meridian he delayed the noon prayer till the afternoon prayer and then dismounted his ride and combined them noon and afternoon prayers but if the sun had declined before his setting out on a journey he observed the noon prayer and then mounted the ride
9. Bara reported When we prayed behind the Messenger of Allah we cherished to be on his right side so that his face would turn towards us at the end of the prayer and he the narrator said I heard him say O my Lord save me from Thy torment on the Day when Thoil wouldst raise or gather Thy servants
10. Abdullah Bin Harith Bin Naufal reported I had been asking about as I was desirous to find one among people who should inform me whether the Messenger of Allah observed the forenoon prayer but I found none to narrate that to me except Umm Hani daughter of Abu Talib the real sister of Hadrat Ali who told me that on the day of the Conquest the Messenger of Allah came to our house after the dawn had sufficiently arisen
11. Every utterance of praise of Him is an act of charity every utterance of profession of His Oneness is an act of charity every utterance of profession of His Greatness is an act of charity enjoining good is an act of charity forbidding what is distreputable is an act of charity and two rakahs which one prays in the forenoon will suffice
12. My friend the Holy Prophet may peace be upon him has instructed me to do three things three fasts during every month two rakahs of the forenoon prayer and observing Witr prayer before going to bed
13. Ibn Umar reported I prayed along with Allah Messenger two rakahs before and two rakahs after the noon prayer two rakahs after the sunset prayer and two rakahs after the Isha prayer and two rakahs after the Friday prayer and so far as the sunset Isha and Friday prayers are concerned I observed them along with the Messenger of Allah in his house
14. She said The Messenger of Allah would observe prayer Nafl in a standing position as well as in a sitting position and when he commenced the prayer in a standing position he bowed in this very position and when he commenced the prayer in a sitting position he bowed in this very position
15. Aisha did not say that he took a bath but I know what she meant and if he did not have an intercourse he performed ablution just as a man performs ablution for prayer and then observed two rakahs
16. Sad Bin Hisham Bin Amir decided to participate in the expedition for the sake of Allah so he came to Medina and he decided to dispose of his property there and buy arms and horses instead and fight against the Romans to the end of his life
17. They dissuaded him to do such a thing and informed him that a group of six men had decided to do so during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah and the Messenger of Allah forbade them to do it and said Is there not for you a model pattern in me And when they narrated this to him Sad Bin Hisham he returned to his wife though he had divorced her and made people witness to his reconciliation
18. Allah held back the concluding portion of this Surah for twelve months in the Heaven till at the end of this period Allah revealed the concluding verses of this Surah which lightened the burden of this prayer and the night prayer became a supererogatory prayer after being an obligatory one
19. He the narrator said I then went to Ibn Abbas and narrated to him the hadith transmitted from her and he said She says the truth If I went to her and got into her presence I would have listened to it orally from her
20. I am not aware of Allah Messenger observing prayer during the whole of the night till morning or observing fast for a whole month continuously except that of Ramadan
21. Zaid Bin Arqam on seeing some people praying in the forenoon said They well know that prayer at another time than this is more excellent for Allah Messenger said The prayer of those who are penitent is observed when your weaned camels feel the heat of the sun
22. Ibn Umar reported A person called the attention of the Messenger of Allah as he was in the mosque and said Messenger of Allah how should I make the rakahs of the night prayer an odd number Upon this the Messenger of Allah may peace he upon him said He who prays night prayer he should observe it in pairs but if he apprehends the rise of morning he should observe one rakah that would make the number odd for the rakahs observed by him
23. He said You are a bulky man will you not show me the patience to narrate to you the hadith completely The Messenger of Allah used to observe the night prayer in pairs and then made the number odd by observing one rakah and then he observed two rakahs before dawn quite close to the call for prayer Khalaf said Did you see yourself the Prophet observing the two rakahs before the dawn and he made no mention of prayer
24. Jabir reported Allah Messenger as saying If anyone is afraid that he may not get up in the latter part of the night he should observe Witr in the first part of it and if anyone is eager to get up in the last part of it he should observe Witr at the end of the night for prayer at the end of the night is witnessed by the angels and that is preferable
25. Abu Huraira reported Allah Messenger as saying Our Lord the Blessed and the Exalted descends every night to the lowest heaven when one third of the latter part of the night is left and says Who supplicates Me so that I may answer him Who asks Me so that I may give to him Who asks Me forgiveness so that I may forgive him The Book of Prayer Travellers
26. Abu Huraira reported Allah Messenger as saying Allah descends every night to the lowest heaven when one third of the first part of the night is over and says I am the Lord I am the Lord who is there to supplicate Me so that I answer him Who is there to beg of Me so that I grant him Who is there to beg forgiveness from Me so that I forgive him He continues like this till the day breaks
27. Allah the Blessed and the Exalted descends to the lowest heaven and says Is there any beggar so that he be given Is there any supplicator so that he be answered Is there any beggar of forgiveness so that he be forgiven And Allah continues it saying till it is daybreak
28. Abu Huraira reported Allah Messenger as saying Allah descends to the lowest heaven at half of the night or at one third of the latter part and says Who is there to supplicate Me so that I answer him Who is there to ask Me so that I grant him And then says Who will lend to One Who is neither indigent nor tyrant This hadith has been narrated by Saad Bin Saeed with the same chain of transmitters with this addition Then the Blessed and the Exalted Lord stretches His Hands and says Who will lend to One Who is neither indigent nor tyrant The Book of Prayer Travellers
29. Abu Saeed and Abu Huraira reported Allah Messenger as saying Allah waits till when one third of the first part of the night is over He descends to the lowest heaven and says It there any supplicator of forgiveness Is there any penitant Is there any petitioner for mercy and favour Is there any solicitor till it is daybreak
30. Abu Huraira reported Allah Messenger as saying He who observed the fasts of Ramadan with faith and seeking reward from Allah all his previous sins would be forgiven and he who observed prayer on Lailat AlQadr with faith and seeking reward from Allah all his previous sins would be forgiven
31. When he had completed the morning prayer he turned his face to the people and recited Tashahhud I bear testi mony that there is no god but Allah and I bear testimony that Muhammad is His Messen ger and then said Your affair was not hidden from me in the night but I was afraid that my observing prayer continuously might make the night prayer obligatory for you and you might be unable to perform it
32. The Messenger of Allah slept till midnight or a little before midnight or a little after midnight and then got up and began to cast off the effects of sleep from his face by rubbing with his hand and then recited the ten concluding verses of Surah AlImran
33. He then stood up near a hanging water skin and performed ablution well and then stood up and prayed Ibn Abbas said I also stood up and did the same as the Messenger of Allah had done and then went to him and stood by his side
34. The Messenger of Allah placed his right hand upon my head and took hold of my right ear and twisted it and then observed a pair of rakahs again a pair of rakahs again a pair of rakahs again a pair of rakahs again a pair of rakahs again a pair of rakahs and then observed Witr and then lay down till the Muadhdhin came to him
35. He took hold of my hand and made me stand on his right side and whenever I dozed off he took hold of my earlobe and made me alert
36. Kuraib reported that Ibn Abbas spent a night in the house of the Messenger of Allah and he said The Messenger of Allah stood near the water skin and poured water out of it and performed ablution in which he neither used excess of water nor too little of it and the rest of the hadith is the same and in this mention is also made of the fact that on that night the Messenger of Allah made supplication before Allah in nineteen words
37. The Messenger of Allah said Place light in my heart light in my tongue light in my hearing light in my sight light above me light below me light on my right light on my left light in front of me light behind me place light in my soul and make light abundant for me
38. The Muadhdhin then pronounced the Adhan and he went out for prayer and was saying O Allah place light in my heart light in my tongue place light in my hearing place light in my eyesight place light behind me and light in front of me and place light above me and light below me
39. He prayed two short rakahs then two long long long rakahs then he prayed two rakahs which were shorter than the two preceding rakahs then he prayed two rakahs which were shorter than the two preceding then he prayed two rakahs which were shorter than the two preceding then observed a single one Witr making a total of thirteen rakahs The Book of Prayer Travellers
40. O Allah I submit to Thee affirm my faith in Thee repose my trust in Thee and I return to Thee for repentance by Thy help I have disputed and to Thee I have come for decision so forgive me my earlier and later sins the sins that I committed in secret and openly
41. Instead of the word Qayam Supporter as used in the above hadith here the word Qayim the Custodian has been used and he further said What I did in secret
42. Thou art blessed and Thou art exalted
43. I affirm my faith in Thee and I submit to Thee and submit humbly before Thee my hearing my eyesight my marrow my bone my sinew and when he would raise his head he would say O Allah our Lord praise is due to Thee the praise with which is filled the heavens and the earth and with which is filled that space which exists between them and filled with anything that Thou desireth afterward
44. I thought that he would bow at the end of one hundred verses but he proceeded on I then thought that he would perhaps recite the whole surah in a rakah but he proceeded and I thought he would perhaps bow on completing this surah
45. And when he recited the verses which referred to the Glory of Allah he glorified by saying Subhan Allah Glory to my Lord the Great and when he recited the verses which tell how the Lord is to be begged he the Holy Prophet would then beg from Him and when he recited the verses dealing with protection from the Lord he sought His protection and would then bow and say Glory be to my Mighty Lord his bowing lasted about the same length of time as his standing and then on returning to the standing posture after ruku he would say Allah listened to him who praised Him and he would then stand about the same length of time as he had spent in bowing
46. Husain Bin Ali narrated on the authority of his father Ali Bin Abu Talib that the Messenger of Allah came one night to see him Ali and Fatimah the daughter of the Holy Prophet and said Dont you observe Tahajjud prayer I Ali said Messenger of Allah verily our souls are in the hands of Allah and when He wants to awaken us He awakens us
47. So if one awakes and mentions Allah a knot will be loosened if he performs ablution two knots are loosened and if he prays all knots will be loosened and in the morning he will be active and in good spirits otherwise we will be in bad spirits and sluggish in the morning
48. Abu Huraira reported Allah Messenger as saying When any one of you gets up at night for prayer and his tongue falters in the recitation of the Qaran and he does not know what he is reciting he should go to sleep
49. Upon this he said May Allah show mercy to him he has reminded me of such and such a verse which I had missed in such and such a surah
50. Abdullah is reported to have said Keep refreshing your knowledge of the sacred books or always renew your knowledge of these sacred books and sometimes he would mention the for it is more apt to escape from men minds than animals which are hobbled and the Messenger of Allah said None of you should say I forgot such and such a verse but he has been made to forget
51. Ibn Massuod reported Allah Messenger as saying Wretched is the man who says I forgot such and such a sura or I forget such and such a verse but he has been made to forget
52. A AlBara reported that a person was reciting Surat AlKahf and there was a horse tied with two ropes at his side a cloud overshadowed him and as it began to come nearer and nearer his horse began to take fright from it
53. Abu Musa AlAshari reported Allah Messenger as saying A believer who recites the is like an orange whose fragrance is sweet and whose taste is sweet a believer who does not recite the is like a date which has no fragrance but has a sweet taste and the hypocrite who recites the is like a basil whose fragrance is sweet but whose taste is bitter and a hypocrite who does not recite the is like the colocynth which has no fragrance and has a bitter taste
54. So he Abdullah Bin Massuod recited to him from the beginning of Surat AlNisa up to the verse How shall then it be when We bring from every people a witness and bring you as a witness against them He the Holy Prophet wept on listening to it
55. It is narrated on the authority of Ibn Massuod through another chain of transmitters that the Messenger of Allah also said that he had been a witness to his people as long as said he I lived among them or I had been among them
56. and four verses are better for him than four she camels and to on their number in camels
57. Recite the two bright ones AlBaqara and Surah AlImran for on the Day of Resurrection they will come as two clouds or two shades or two flocks of birds in ranks pleading for those who recite them
58. Salim son of Abdullah Bin Umar is reported to have said on the authority of his father that the Messenger of Allah observed Envy is not justified but in case of two persons only one who having been given knowledge of the by Allah recites it during the night and during the day and acts upon it and the person who having been given wealth by God gives it in charity during the night and the day
59. Massuod and said Abu Abdulrahman how do you recite this word alif or ya Would you read It as min main ghaira asin or au min main ghaira ghaira yasin
60. He again said How did you hear Abdullah reciting this verse wa Allai Ali idha yaghsha when the night covers He Alqama said I heard him reciting it like this wa Allai Ali idha yaghsha wa dhakar wal untha when the night covers and the males and the females
61. Uqba Bin Amir said There were three times at which Allah Messenger forbade us to pray or bury our dead When the sun begins to rise till it is fully up when the sun is at its height at midday till it passes over the meridian and when the sun draws near to setting till it sets
62. Amr Bin Abasa Sulami reported In the state of the Ignorance before embracing Islam I used to think that the people were in error and they were not on anything which may be called the right path and worshipped the idols
63. And if he stands to pray and praises Allah lauds Him and glorifies Him with what becomes Him and shows wholehearted devotion to Allah his sins would depart leaving him as innocent as he was on the day his mother bore him
64. Upon this Amr said Abu Umama I have grown old and my bones have become weak and I am at the door of death what impetus is there for me to attribute a lie to Allah and the Messenger of Allah Had I heard it from the Messenger of Allah once twice or three times even seven times I would have never narrated it but I have heard it from him on occasions more than these
65. Kuraib the freed slave of Ibn Abbas reported that Abdullah Bin Abbas Abdulrahman Bin Azhar AlMiswar Bin Makhrama sent him to Aisha the wife of the Messenger of Allah telling him to give her their greetings and ask her about the two rakahs after the afternoon prayer for we have heard that you observe them whereas it has been conveyed to us that the Messenger of Allah prohibited their observance
66. She said He the Holy Prophet observed them before the Asr prayer but then he was hindered to do so or he forgot them and then he observed them after the Asr and then he continued observing them
67. He then went down in prostration along with the row close to him and the rear row faced the enemy then when the Messenger of Allah completed the prostration and then stood up the row near to him also did it then went down the rear row in prostration then they stood up then the rear row went to the front and the front row went to the rear
68. Yazid Bin Ruman told on the authority of Salih Bin Khawat on the authority of one who prayed in time of danger with Allah Messenger may peace he upon him at the Battle of Dhat ar Riqa that a group formed a row and prayed along with him and a group faced the enemy
69. Jabir reported We went forward with the Messenger of Allah and when we reached Dhat ar Riqa we came to a shady tree which we left for him One of the polytheists came there and seeing the sword of the Messenger hanging by a free

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