Hadith #1001 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âDo not prevent your women from coming to the mosques, but their houses are better for them.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1002 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud reported the Prophet as saying, âIt is more excellent for a woman to pray in her house than in her courtyard, and more excellent for her to pray in her private chamber than in her house.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1003 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira said that he heard his friend Abul Qasim (. i.e. the Prophet) say, âThe prayer of a woman who has perfumed herself to go to the mosque is not accepted till she bathes as she would for sexual defilement.â Abu Dawud transmitted it, and Ahmad and Nasaâi transmitted something similar.
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Hadith #1004 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abuâ Musa reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âEvery eye is adulterous, and when a woman perfumes herself and passes a company, she is such and such meaning adulterous. Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Abu Dawud and Nasaâi have something similar.
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Hadith #1005 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger led us in the dawn prayer one day, and when he gave the salutation he asked, âIs so and so present?â and was told that he was not. He asked, âIs so and so present?â and was told that he was not. He then said, âThese two prayers* are the ones which are most burdensome to hypocrites. If you knew the blessings they contain you would come to them, even though you had to crawl on your knees. The first row is like that of the angels, and if you knew the nature of its excell
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Hadith #1006 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abud Dardaâ reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf there are three men in a village or in the desert among whom prayer is not arranged, the devil has got the mastery over them. So observe prayer in company, for the wolf eats only the straggling animal.â Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1007 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf any one hears him who makes the call to prayer and is not prevented from joining the congregation by any excuse,â (he was asked what an excuse consisted of and replied that it was fear or illness), âthe prayer he says will not be accepted from him.â Abu Dawud and Daraqutni transmitted it.
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Hadith #1008 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Arqam said he heard Godâs Messenger say, âWhen the time for prayer comes and one of you needs to relieve himself, he should do that first.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Malik, Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted something similar.
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Hadith #1009 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Thauban reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThere are three things which are unlawful for anyone to do. A man must not act as imam for others in prayer and make a supplication for himself excluding them, for if he does that he has acted treacherously towards them. No one must look inside a house before asking permission to enter, for if he does so he has acted treacherously towards . And no one should pray while retaining urine, but should first relieve himself.â Abu Dawud transmitted it,
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Hadith #1010 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âDo not postpone prayer because of food or any other reason.â transmitted it in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #1011 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I have seen the time when no one stayed away from prayer except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy was well known, or a sick man, but if a sick man could walk with one on each side of him he would come to prayer. He also said: Godâs Messenger taught us the paths of right guidance, among which is prayer in the mosque in which the adhan is called. In a version he said: If anyone would like to meet God tomorrow as a Muslim he should persevere in observing these five times of prayer where the announcemen
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Hadith #1012 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported the Prophet as saying, âWere it not for the women and children who are in the houses I would make the evening prayer congregational and command my young men to burn what is in the houses with fire.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #1013 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that Godâs Messenger gave them this command, âWhen you are in the mosque and the call to prayer is made, none of you must go out before he prays.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #1014 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abush Shaâthaâ said that a man went out of the mosque after the adhan had been called in it, and Abu Huraira said, âThis man has disobeyed Abul Qasim.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1015 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUthman b. âAffan reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf the adhan is called when anyone is in the mosque and he goes out for any other reason than some necessary purpose, not intending to return, he is a hypocrite.â Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #1016 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
IbnâAbbas reported the Prophet as saying, âIf anyone hears the summons and does not respond to it, he is not credited with having prayed unless he has some excuse.â Daraqutni transmitted it.
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Hadith #1017 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Umm Maktum said, âMessenger of God, there are many venomous creatures and wild beasts in Medina, and I am blind, so are you able to grant me any licence?â He asked whether he could hear the call, âCome to prayer. Come to salvation,â and when he replied that he could, he said, âThen you must come,â and he gave him no indulgence. Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1018 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umm ad-Dardaâ said that on one occasion Abud Dardaâ was angry when he came in, and on her asking what had made him angry, he replied, âI swear by God that the only good thing I know about Muhammadâs people is that they pray in congregation.â* * The suggestion is that they have become so corrupt that this is the only respect in which they obey the Prophetâs commands. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #1019 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Bakr b. Sulaiman b. Abu Hathma said that âUmar b. al-Khattab missed Sulaiman b. Abu Hathma at the Morning Prayer. In the morning âUmar went to the market, and Sulaimanâs house being between the mosque and the market, he met ash-Shifaâ, Sulaimanâs mother, and said to her, âI did not see Sulaiman at the morning prayer.â She replied, âHe spent the night in prayer and was overpowered by sleep.â Thereupon âUmar said, âI would rather be present with a company at the Morning P
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Hadith #1020 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Musa al-Ashâari reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âTwo and over constitute a congregation.â Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #1021 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah confronted him, and reviling him in terms the like of which I have never heard at any other time, he said, âI give you information on the authority of Godâs Messenger, yet you say, âI swear by God I will certainly prevent themâ!â * He is Salim b. âAbdallah b. âUmar b. al-Khattab. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1022 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Mujahid, on the authority of âAbdallah b. âUmar, reported the Prophet as saying, âNo man must prevent his family from coming to the mosques.â A son of âAbdallah b. âUmar said, âI will certainly prevent them,â whereupon âAbdallah said, âI tell you something from Godâs Messenger, and you say this!â He said that âAbdallah did not speak to him during the remainder of his life. Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #1023 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger used to straighten our rows as if he were trying to make them as straight as arrows until he saw that we had learned it from him. One day he came out, stood up, and was just about to say God is most great â when he saw a man whose chest projected from the row, so he said, âServants of God, you must straighten your rows, or God will certainly put your faces in contrary directions.â* * The use of âfacesâ here may mean the people themselves and their inner nature. The tr
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Hadith #1024 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The iqama* had been uttered and Godâs Messenger faced us and said, âMake your rows straight and stand close together, for l can see you behind my back.â * A repetition of the words of the call to prayer after the worshippers have taken their places with the addition of a statement that the time of prayer has come. Bukhari transmitted it. In the version given by Bukhari and Muslim he said, âMake the rows perfect, for I can see you behind my back.â
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Hadith #1025 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âStraighten your rows, for the straightening of the rows is part of the iqama for prayer.â (Bukhari and Muslim, but Muslim has âpart of the perfection of prayer.ââ)
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Hadith #1026 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger used to touch our shoulders at the prayer and say, âKeep straight; do not be irregular and so have your hearts irregular. Let those of you who are sedate and prudent be near me, then those who are next to them, then those who are next to them.â Abu Masâud said, âNowadays you are much more irregular.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1027 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Masâud reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âLet those of you who are sedate and prudent be near me, then those who are next to them (saying it three times), and beware of haphazardness* such as is found in markets.â * Or âtumultâ. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1028 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudri told that when Godâs Messenger saw a tendency among his companions to go to the back he said to them, âCome forward and follow my lead, and let those who come after you follow your lead. People will continue to keep to the back till God will put them at the back.â* * This has been explained as referring to their being denied Godâs grace, or their lacking rank or knowledge. But cf. the tradition from âAâisha at the end of Section III. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1029 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger came out to us and when he saw us sitting in circles he said, âHow is it that I see you in separate companies?â On another occasion he came out to us and said, âWhy do you not draw yourselves up in rows as the angels do in the presence of their Lord?â We asked, âMessenger of God, how do the angels draw themselves up in rows in the presence of their Lord?â He replied, âThey make the first rows complete and keep close together in the row.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1030 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe best of the menâs rows is the first and the worst is the last, but the best of the womenâs rows is the last and the worst is the first.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1031 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âStand close together in your rows, bring them near one another, and stand neck to neck, for by Him in whose hand my soul is, I see the devil coming in through openings in the row like a number of small black sheep.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1032 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âComplete the front row, then the one that comes next, and if there is any incompleteness let it be in the last row.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1033 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Baraâ b. âAzib told how Godâs Messenger used to say, âGod and His angels bless those who are near the first rows, and no step is more pleasing to God than one a worshipper takes to reach a row.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1034 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âGod and His angels bless those who are on the right flanks of the rows.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1035 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger used to straighten our rows when we stood up to pray, and when we were straight he said, âGod is most great.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1036 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas told how Godâs Messenger used to say to those on his right, ââKeep straight and straighten your rows,â and say the same to those on his left. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1037 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs Messenger as saying, ââThe best of you are those whose shoulders give least annoyance in prayer.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1038 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas told how the Prophet used to say, ââKeep in alignment, keep in alignment, keep in alignment, for by Him in whose hand my soul is, I can see you behind me just as I see you in front of me.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1039 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Umama reported Godâs Messenger as saying, ââGod and His angels bless the first row.â On being asked whether this applied to the second, he said, ââGod and His angels bless the first row.â He was again asked if it applied to the second and said, ââGod and His angels bless the first row.â When asked once again if it applied to the second he said, ââAnd the second.â And Godâs Messenger said, ââStraighten your rows, stand shoulder to shoulder, be pliant in the han
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Hadith #1040 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs Messenger as saying, ââSet the rows in order, stand shoulder to shoulder, close the gaps, be pliant in the hands of your brethren, and do not leave openings for the devil. If anyone joins up a row God will join him up, but if anyone breaks a row God will cut him off.â Abu Dawud transmitted it and Nasaâi transmitted from âIf anyone joins up â¦â to the end.
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Hadith #1041 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âHave the imam in the centre and close up the gaps.ââ Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1042 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âPeople will continue to withdraw to rows behind the first one till God puts them in a back place in hell.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1043 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Wabisa b. Maâbad said that Godâs Messenger saw a man praying alone behind the row and ordered him to repeat the prayer. Ahmad Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it, and Tirmidhi said this is a hasan tradition.
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Hadith #1044 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
When I was spending a night in the house of my maternal aunt Maimuna Godâs Messenger stood up and prayed. I stood at his left side, and he, taking my hand behind his back, directed me thus* behind his back to his right side. *âAbdallah would use a gesture to indicate how it was done. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1045 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger stood up to pray and I came and stood at his left side, so he took my hand, turned me round, and set me at his right side. Then Jabbar b. Sakhr came and stood at Godâs Messengerâs left, so he took us both by the hand, pushed us back, and made us stand behind him. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1046 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
An orphan and I prayed in our house behind the Prophet, and Umm Sulaim* was behind us. *She was the mother of Anas. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1047 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that the Prophet led him and his mother, or his maternal aunt, in prayer, adding, âHe set me at his right and set the woman behind us.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1048 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Bakra said that he came to the Prophet when he was bowing, so he bowed before joining the row, after which he went to it. He mentioned that to the Prophet, and he said, âGod increase your eagerness! But donât do it again.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #1049 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger commanded that when there were three of us one should stand in front. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1050 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Did you not hear Godâs Messenger say, âWhen a man leads the people in prayer he must not stand in a position higher than theirs,â or words to that effect? âAmmar replied, âThat is why I followed you when you took me by the hand.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1051 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Then when he finished he faced the people and said, âO people, I have done this only that you should be guided by me and know how I conduct prayer.â
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Hadith #1052 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that Godâs messanger prayed in his private apartment and the people followed his lead behind the apartment. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1053 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I must tell you how Godâs Messenger conducted prayer. He said that he had the iqama announced, drew the men up in line and drew up the youths behind them, then led them in prayer (mentioning how he conducted it), then said, âThus is the prayer of. . ,â* âAbd al-Aâla said: I think he must have said âmy people.â * The wording of the tradition is incomplete. âAbd al-Aâla who appears at a later stage in the isnad supplies what he considers the missing word must have been. Abu Dawud
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Hadith #1054 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
While I was in the mosque in the front row a man pulled me from behind, moved me aside and took my place, with the result, I swear by God, that I did not know what prayers I said. When he had finished I saw that he was Ubayy b. Kaâb. He said, âYoung man, God does not wrong you, for this is a charge from the Prophet to us that we should be near him.â He then faced the qibla and said three times, âMay ahl al-âaqd perish, by the Lord of the Kaâba!â Then he said, âI swear by God that
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Hadith #1055 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Masâud reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe one of you who is most versed in Godâs Book should act as imam for the people; but if they are equally versed in reciting it, then the one who has most knowledge regarding the sunna; if they are equal regarding the sunna, then the earliest of them to emigrate; if they emigrated at the same time, then the oldest of them. No man must lead another in prayer where the latter has authority, or sit in his place of honour in his house, without
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Hadith #1056 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen there are three people one of them should lead them. The one among them most worthy to act as imam is the one who is most versed in the Qurâan.â Muslim transmitted it. The tradition of Malik b. al-Huwairith has been mentioned in a chapter following that on the excellence of the adhan (Ch. 7a).
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Hadith #1057 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âLet the best among you call the adhan for you, and the Qurâan readers act as your imams.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1058 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Malik b. al-Huwairith used to come to our place of prayer and tell us traditions, and one day when the time for prayer came we told him to go forward and lead the prayer, but he said to us: Put one of your own men forward to lead you in prayer, and I shall tell you why I am unwilling to do so. I heard Godâs Messenger say, âIf anyone visits people he must not act as their imam, but one of their men must do so.â Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi and Nasaâi transmitted it, but Nasaâi gave only the Prop
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Hadith #1059 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that Godâs Messenger appointed Ibn Umm Maktum as substitute to lead the people in prayer, and he was blind. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1060 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
a runaway slave till he returns, a woman with whom her husband is displeased throughout the night, and an imam whose people do not like him.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, and said this is a gharib tradition.
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Hadith #1061 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
one who goes in front of people when they do not like him, a man who comes to prayer dibaran, which means that he comes to it too late, and a man who takes into slavery an emancipated female slave.â Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #1062 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Sulama daughter of al-Hurr reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âOne of the signs of the last hour will be that people in a mosque will refuse to act as imam and will not find an imam to lead them in prayer.â Ahmad, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #1063 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âJihad is a necessary duty for you along with any commander, pious or impious, even if he commits heinous sins; prayer is a necessary duty for you behind any Muslim, pious or impious, even if he commits heinous sins; and prayer is a necessary duty for every Muslim, pious or impious, even if he commits heinous sins.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1064 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We lived by water which people passed. Riders would pass by us and we would ask them, âWhat has happened to the people? What has happened to the people? What is this man like?â and they would reply, âHe asserts that God has sent him, has made a revelation to him, has made a revelation to him to this effect.âI was remembering those words with the result that they seemed to be glued in my breast. By their acceptance of Islam the Arabs were expecting victory for they would say âLet him an
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Hadith #1065 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
When the first Emigrants came to Medina, Salim the client of Abu Hudhaifa acted as their imam, and âUmar and Abu Salama b. âAbd al-Asad were among their number. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #1066 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
a man who acts as imam for people when they do not like him, a woman with whom her husband is displeased throughout the night, and two brothers* who are disunited.â * The word here is most probably used in the widest sense, meaning two Muslims. Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #1067 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I never prayed behind an imam, who was more brief or more perfect in his prayer than the Prophet. If he heard a boy crying he would shorten the prayer for fear his mother might be distressed. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1068 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Qatada reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen I begin the prayer. I intend to make it long, but I hear a boy crying and shorten my prayer, being aware of his motherâs emotion because of his crying.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #1069 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen one of you leads the people in prayer he should be brief, for among them are the sick, the weak, and the aged. But when one of you prays by himself he may be as long as he likes.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1070 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Qais b. Abu Hazim said Abu Masâud told him of a man saying, âI swear by God, Messenger of God, that I keep away from the Morning Prayer on account of so and so, because he keeps us so long.â I never saw Godâs Messenger more angry when giving an exhortation than he was that day. He said, âSome of you are scaring people away, so whoever of you leads the people in prayer must be brief, for among them are the weak, the aged, and people who have business to do.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1071 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThey lead you in prayer, and if they do it properly you will reap a reward, but if they make mistakes you will reap a reward and they will be held responsible. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #1072 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUthman b. Abul âAs said that the last command Godâs messenger gave him was, âWhen you act as imam for people, make the prayer short.â Muslim transmitted it. In a version by him it says that Godâs messenger said to him, âAct as imam for your peopleâ to which he said he replied, âMessenger of God, I find a defect in myself.â Telling him to come near and making him sit down in front of him, he placed his hand on his breast between his nipples; then telling him to turn round, he
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Hadith #1073 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger used to command us to be brief, and he would recite as-Saffat (Al-Qurâan; 37) when he was our imam. Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1074 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We used to pray behind the Prophet, and when he said, âGod listens to him who praises Him,â none of us bowed his back till the Prophet placed his forehead on the ground. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1075 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger led us in prayer one day, and when he finished his prayer he faced us and said, âO people, I am your imam, so do not bow, prostrate yourselves, stand, or go away before I do, for I see you both in front of me and behind me.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1076 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âDo not try to go ahead of the imam. When he says âGod is most greatâ say âGod is most greatâ; when he says âNor of those who errâ (i.e. the end of sura 1) say âAmenâ; when he bows bow; and when he says âGod listens to him who praises Himâ say, âO God, our Lord, to Thee be the praiseâ.â (Bukhari and Muslim, but Bukhari did not mention âand when he says, âNor of those who errââ.)
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Hadith #1077 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said Godâs Messenger was thrown off a horse he was riding and his right side was grazed. He then prayed one of the prayers sitting and we prayed behind him sitting, and when he finished he said, âThe imam is appointed only to be followed; so when he prays standing pray standing, when he bows bow, when he raises himself raise yourselves, when he says âGod listens to him who praises Him say, âOur Lord, to Thee be the praiseâ, and when he prays sitting all of you pray sitting.â Al-
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Hadith #1078 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
When Godâs Messenger was seriously ill* and Bilal came to announce the time of prayer for him, he said, âOrder Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer.â So Abu Bakr led the prayer during those days, then when the Prophet experienced some improvement in his condition he got up and came into the mosque swaying between two men with his feet touching the ground. On hearing the sound Abu Bakr began to withdraw, but Godâs Messenger signed to him not to do so. He then came and sat at Abu Bakrâs
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Hadith #1079 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âDoes he who raises his head before the imam not fear that God may change his head into a donkeyâs?â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1080 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli and Muâadh b. Jabal reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen any of you comes to pray and the imam is at a certain point, he must do as the imam does.â Tirmidhi transmitted it and said this is a gharib tradition.
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Hadith #1081 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen you come to the prayer and we are prostrating ourselves you must prostrate yourselves without reckoning it as part of your prayer; and if anyone is present at a rakâa he has been present at the prayer.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1082 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone prays to God for forty days in congregation being present in time for the first takbira, two immunities will be recorded for him, one from hell and one from hypocrisy,â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1083 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported God s Messenger as saying, âIf anyone performs ablution, doing it well, then goes and finds that the people have finished the prayer, God will give him a reward equivalent to that of those who prayed and were present at it without that diminishing anything from their rewards.â Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1084 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudri told how a man came when Godâs Messenger had already prayed, and he said, âWill no one give alms* to this man and pray along with him?â Thereupon a man got up and prayed along with him. * This is a literal translation. The idea is that by joining with him he increased the reward the man would receive for his prayer, as prayer in company has a much greater reward than prayer alone. Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1085 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The Prophet was seriously ill, and he asked whether the people had prayed. When I told him that they had not, but were waiting for him, he asked me to put some water for him in the tub, and I did so. He bathed, and when he was about to rise with difficulty he fainted. When he came round he asked if the people had prayed, and when I told him that they had not, but were waiting for him, he told me to put some water for him in the tub and sat down and bathed, but when he was about to rise with diff
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Hadith #1086 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
If one is in time for the rakâa he is credited with the sajda, but if one misses the recitation of Umm al- Qurâan (Al-Qurâan; 1) a great amount of good has passed him by. Malik transmitted it.
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Hadith #1087 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
If anyone raises and lowers his head before the imam, his forelock is in the devilâs hand. Malik transmitted it.
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Hadith #1088 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said that Muadh b. Jabal would pray along with the Prophet, then go to his people and lead them in prayer. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1089 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that Muâadh would pray the evening prayer along with the Prophet, then return to his people and lead them in the evening prayer, it being a supererogatory prayer for himâ¦* transmitted it. * The source is not mentioned. In al-Masabih, where the division of the chapters is into traditions which are sahih and traditions which are hasan, the collection of Tradition from which they are taken is not mentioned, but all those in section I are meant to be taken from Bukhari, or Muslim, or bot
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Hadith #1090 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I was present with the Prophet at his pilgrimage and prayed the Morning Prayer along with him in the mosque of al-Khaif. When he finished his prayer and turned away there were two men at the back of the people who had not prayed along with him. He said, âBring them to me,â and they were brought trembling with fear. He asked what had prevented them from praying along with him, and they replied, âMessenger of God, we had already prayed in our lodging.â He said, âDonât do so. When you p
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Hadith #1091 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Busr b. Mihjan reported his father as saying he had been at a meeting along with Godâs Messenger when the adhan for prayer was called. Godâs Messenger got up and prayed, and when he returned he found Mihjan sitting where he had been, so he asked him, âWhat prevented you from praying along with the people? Are you not a Muslim?â He replied, âCertainly, Messenger of God; but I had already prayed at home.â Godâs Messenger then said to him, âWhen you come to the mosque having mready
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Hadith #1092 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I* pray at home and then go to the mosque and the time to begin the prayer comes, so I pray along with the congregation, but I feel some uneasiness about that. Abu Ayyub replied, âWe asked the Prophet about that and he said that such a person gets a portion of the reward for corporate prayer.â * The Arabic has âOne of us prays . . . then goes . . .â After that the first person singular is used. While such a construction is quite usual in âArabic, it makes impossible English, so I have
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Hadith #1093 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I came to Godâs Messenger when he was praying and sat down, but did not join the congregation in prayer. When he finished he saw me sitting and asked, âHave you not become a Muslim, Yazid?â I replied, âI certainly have become a Muslim, Messenger of God.â He asked, âWhat prevented you from joining the people in their prayer?â I replied, âI had already prayed at home, thinking you had prayed.â So he said, âWhen you come to prayer and find the people praying, pray along with the
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Hadith #1094 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said that a man questioned him saying, âWhen I pray in my house and then come to the mosque in time for prayer along with the imam, should I pray along with him?â He replied, âYes.â The man asked which of them he should consider his obligatory prayer, and Ibn âUmar replied, âIs that your affair?* that is only to be left to Godâs decision who will appoint whichever He wishes.â *The Arabic is in the form of a statement, but in view of the phrase immediately following it
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Hadith #1095 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We came to Ibn âUmar at al- Balat* when the people were praying, and I remarked on the fact that he was not praying along with the people. He replied that he had already prayed and that he had heard Godâs Messenger say, âDo not pray a prayer twice on the same day.â * A square paved with stones between the Prophetâs mosque and the market-place in Medina. Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1096 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Nafiâ said that Ibn âUmar used to say, âIf anyone prays the sunset or the morning prayer and then comes when the imam is praying them, he must not say them over again.â Malik transmitted it.
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Hadith #1097 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umm Habiba reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA house will be built in paradise for anyone who prays in a day and a night twelve rakâas, four before and two after the noon prayer, two after the sunset prayer, two after the evening prayer, and two before the dawn prayer.â Tirmidhi transmitted it. In a version by Muslim she said she heard Godâs Messenger say, âIf any Muslim prays to God twelve voluntary rakâas daily, over and above the obligatory ones, God will build a house for hi
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Hadith #1098 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said, âI prayed along with Godâs Messenger two rakâas before and two rakâas after the noon prayer, two after the sunset prayer in his house, and two after the evening prayer in his house.â He said Hafsa told him that Godâs Messenger used to pray two short rakâas at daybreak. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1099 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that Godâs Messenger did not pray after the Friday noon prayer till he had departed. He would then pray two rakâas in his house. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1100 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Shaqiq said he asked âAâisha about the Messenger of Godâs voluntary prayers and she replied, âBefore the noon prayer he would pray four rakâas in my house, then go out and lead the people in prayer, then come in and pray two rakâas. He would lead the people in the sunset prayer, then come in and pray two rakâas. Then he would lead the people in the evening prayer, and enter my house and pray two rakâas. He would pray nine rakâas during the night, including the wi
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Hadith #1101 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that the Prophet was more particular about observing the two supererogatory rakâas at dawn than about observing any of the other supererogatory prayers. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1102 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe two rakâas at dawn are better than this world and what it contains.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1103 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Mughaffal reported the Prophet as saying, âPray before the sunset prayer,â adding when saying it a third time, âThis applies to those who wish to do so.â That was because he did not wish the people to treat it as a sunna. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1104 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf any of you prays after the Friday noon prayer, he should pray four rakâas.â Muslim transmitted it. In another version by him he said, âWhen any of you prays the Friday noon prayer, he should pray four rakâas after it.â
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Hadith #1105 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umm Habiba said she heard Godâs Messenger say, âIf anyone keeps on praying four rakâas before and four after the noon prayer, God will forbid that he be sent to hell.â Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasaâi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #1106 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe gates of heaven are opened for four rakâas containing no taslim before the noon prayer.â Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #1107 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. as-Saâib said Godâs Messenger used to pray four rakâas before the noon prayer, after the sun had passed the meridian, saying, âIt is an hour at which the gates of heaven are opened, and I like a good deed of mine to ascend at that time.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1108 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âGod show mercy to a man who prays four rakâas before the afternoon prayer!â Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1109 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli said that Godâs Messenger used to pray four rakâas before the afternoon prayer, separating them with a salutation to the angels who are near Godâs presence and the Muslims and believers who come after them. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1110 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that Godâs Messenger used to pray two rakâas before the afternoon prayer. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1111 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone prays six rakâas after the sunset prayer, not saying anything evil during them, they will be treated for him as equivalent to twelve yearsâ worship.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying, âThis is a gharib tradition which I know only from the traditions of âUmar b. Abu Khathâam; and I heard Muhammad b. Ismaâil (i.e. Bukhari) say that his traditions are rejected. He declared him to be very weak.â
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Hadith #1112 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone prays twenty rakâas after the sunset prayer, God will build for him a house in paradise.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1113 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She said that Godâs Messenger never came into her house after praying the evening prayer without praying four or six rakâas. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1114 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen the stars set two rakâas should be prayed before the dawn prayer, and after the prostration two rakâas should be prayed after the sunset prayer.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1115 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUmar said that he heard Godâs Messenger say, âFour rakâas before the noon prayer after the sun has passed tne meridian are reckoned equivalent to a similar number at the dawn prayer.1 There is nothing which does not glorify God at that hour.â Then he recited, âTheir shadows turn round from the right and the left prostrating themselves to God, and they are abject.â2 1. This is the literal translation, but commentators usually explain it as referring to night prayers at some time b
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Hadith #1116 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that Godâs Messenger never omitted to pray two rakâas after the afternoon prayer in her house. (Bukhari and Muslim.) In a version by Bukhari she said, âBy Him who took him away, he did not omit them till he met God.â
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Hadith #1117 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I asked Anas b. Malik about the voluntary prayers after the afternoon prayer and he replied, âUmar used to forbid prayer after the afternoon prayer, but in the time of Godâs Messenger we used to pray two rakâas after the setting of the sun before the sunset prayer.â I asked him whether Godâs Messenger prayed these two and he replied, âHe used to see us praying them, but neither commanded us nor forbade us to do so.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1118 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said, âWhen we were in Medina, the moment the muâadhdhin made the call to the sunset prayer the people hastened to the pillars of the mosque and prayed two rakâas, with the result that any stranger coming into the mosque would think that the obligatory prayer had been observed owing to the number who were praying them.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1119 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I went to âUqba al-Juhani and said, âI can tell you something about Abu Tamim which will make you wonder. He prays two rakâas before the sunset prayer.â âUqba replied, âWe used to do so in the time of Godâs Messenger.â I asked, âWhat prevents you now?â and he replied, âWork.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #1120 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Kaâb b. âUjra said that the Prophet came to the mosque of the B. âAbd al-Ashhal and prayed the sunset prayer in it. When the people finished their prayer he saw them performing tasbih after it and said, âThis is the prayer to be observed at home.â* * This refers to supererogatory prayers. Tasbih is the utterance of âGlory be to God!â Abu Dawud transmitted it. In the version by Tirmidhi and Nasaâi it says that the people got up and offered supererogatory prayers, whereupon the Pro
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Hadith #1121 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said that Godâs Messenger prolonged the recitation of the Qurâan in the two rakâas after the sunset prayer till the people in the mosque separated. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1122 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Makhul, tracing it back, told how Godâs Messenger said, âIf anyone before engaging in conversation after the sunset prayer prays two rakâas (four rakâas according to another version), his prayer will be taken up to âIlliyun.â It is given in mursal form. Hudhaifa has something similar, adding that he used to say, âHasten the two rakâas after the sunset prayer, for they will be taken up along with the prescribed prayer.â Razin transmitted them both, and Baihaqi transmitted someth
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Hadith #1123 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. âAtaâ said that Nafiâ b. Jubair sent him to as-Saâib to ask him about something Muâawiya had seen him do in prayer. He said, âYes, I prayed the Friday noon prayer along with him in the enclosure,* and when the imam uttered the salutation I stood up in my place and prayed. When he went in he sent me a message saying, âNever again do what you have done. When you pray the Friday noon prayer you must not join another prayer to it till you have engaged in conversation or gone
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Hadith #1124 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAtaâ said that when Ibn âUmar prayed the Friday noon prayer in Mecca he would go forward and pray two rakâas, then go forward and pray four; but when he was in Medina he prayed the Friday noon prayer, then returned to his house and prayed two rakâas, not praying them in the mosque. Someone mentioned this to him and he replied that Godâs Messenger used to do it. Abu Dawud transmitted it. In Tirmidhiâs version he said, âI saw Ibn âUmar pray two rakâas after the Friday noon pra
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Hadith #1125 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that between the time when he finished the evening prayer and the dawn prayer the Prophet used to pray eleven rakâas, uttering the salutation at the end of every two and observing the witr,* with a single one, and during that he would make a prostration about as long as one of you would take to recite fifty verses before raising his head. When the muâadhdhin finished making the call for the dawn prayer and he saw the dawn clearly, he stood up and prayed two short rakâas, t
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Hadith #1126 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She said, âWhen the Prophet prayed the two rakâas of the dawn prayer, he would talk to me if I was awake, otherwise he would lie down.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1127 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She said that when the Prophet prayed the two rakâas of the dawn prayer he lay down on his right side. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1128 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She said the Prophet used to pray thirteen rakâas during the night, including the witr and two rakâas of the dawn prayer. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1129 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Masruq said he asked âAâisha what prayers Godâs Messenger said during the night and she replied, âSeven, nine, and eleven rakâas apart from the two rakâas of the dawn prayer.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #1130 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that when the Prophet stood up at night to pray he began his prayer with two short rakâas. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1131 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen one of you gets up at night; he should begin the prayer with two short rakâas.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1132 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I spent a night with my maternal aunt Maimuna when the Prophet was with her. After talking to his family for a time he had a sleep, then when the last third of the night came, or a little later, he sat up, looked at the sky, and recited, âIn the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of night and day there are indeed signs for people of understanding,â(Al-Qurâan; 3:190) to the end of the sura. Then getting up and going to the bucket, he loosened its cord and poured some
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Hadith #1133 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that once when he slept in the house of Godâs Messenger, he awoke, cleaned his teeth and performed ablution, saying meanwhile, âIn the creation of the heavens and the earth,â to the end of the sura. He then stood up and prayed two rakâas, standing, bowing and prostrating himself at length in them. Then he finished, went to sleep and snored. He did that three times, six rakâas altogether, each time cleaning his teeth, performing ablution and reciting these verses. Then he perfor
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Hadith #1134 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Zaid b. Khalid al-Juhani decided to watch one night what prayers Godâs Messenger said. He prayed two short rakâas, then two long, long, long rakâas, then he prayed two rakâas which were less than the two preceding, then he prayed two rakâas which were less then the two preceding, then he prayed two rakâas which were less than the two preceding, then he prayed two rakâas which were less than the two preceding, then he prayed a single one, making a total of thirteen. Muslim transmitt
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Hadith #1135 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said, âWhen Godâs Messenger grew old and was ill, he mostly prayed sitting.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1136 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
37, 45, 47, 48, 50, 61, 67, 87, and 93. The name is most appropriately explained ay meaning that this is the section of the Qurâan which contains many shorter suras. 2. Al-Qurâan; 94. As this is included as one of the suras in al Mufassal, it suggests that this section begins earlier than the first number mentioned in the note referred to above. 3. Al-Qurâan; 78. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1137 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Hudhaifa said he saw the Prophet praying at night, and he was saying, âGod is most great (three times), Possessor of the kingdom, might, pomp and greatness.â Thereafter he began and recited al-Baqara (Al-Qurâan; 2) then bowed, his bowing lasting about the same length of time as his standing, and he was saying while bowing, âGlory be to my mighty Lord.â He then raised his head after bowing and stood about the same length of time as he bad spent in bowing, saying, âTo my Lord be the pr
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Hadith #1138 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
and if anyone makes proper use of a thousand verses he will be recorded among those who receive huge rewards.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1139 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira said that the Prophetâs recitation at night was partly in a loud voice and partly in a low voice. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1140 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said the Prophetâs recitation was loud enough for one who was in the inner chamber to hear it when he was in the house. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1141 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Qatada said Godâs Messenger went out one night and found Abu Bakr praying in a low voice, and he passed âUmar who was raising his voice while praying. When they both were with the Prophet he said, âI passed you, Abu Bakr, when you were praying in a low voice.â He replied, âI made Him hear with whom I was holding intimate converse, Messenger of God.â He said to âUmar, âI passed you when you were raising your voice while praying.â He replied, âMessenger of God, I was wakeni
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Hadith #1142 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Dharr said that Godâs Messenger kept awake during the night till morning reciting one verse, which was, âIf Thou punishest them they are Thy servants; and if Thou forgivest them Thou art the Mighty, the Wiseâ(Al-Qurâan; 5:118). Nasaâi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #1143 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen one of you prays the two rakâas of the dawn prayer, he should lie down on his right side.â* * Cf. the third tradition in section 1 of this chapter. Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1144 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Masruq said he asked âAâisha what action was most pleasing to Godâs Messenger and she replied that it was what one keeps on doing. He asked at what time he got up at night and she said it was at cockcrow. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1145 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said, âWe never wanted to see Godâs Messenger praying at night without doing so, and we never wanted to see him sleeping without doing so.â* *The tradition most probably means that he Prophet did not go to extremes in religious observances. Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1146 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Humaid b. âAbd ar-Rahman b. âAuf said that one of the companions of the Prophet told how he decided when he was on a journey along with Godâs Messenger that he must watch his prayer to see how he conducted it. When he had prayed the evening prayer, which is the âatama, he lay down for a long period during the night, then awoke, looked at the horizon and said, âOur Lord, Thou hast not created this in vainâ¦verily Thou dost not break Thy promiseâ (Al-Qurâan; 3:191,194). Then Godâs
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Hadith #1147 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Yaâla b. Mamlak said he asked Umm Salama, the Prophetâs wife, about his recitation and prayer. She Said, âWhat have you to do with his prayer? He would pray, then sleep as long as he had prayed, then pray as long as he had slept, then sleep as long as he had prayed, till morning.â She then described his recitation and did so with an exposition word by word. Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1148 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas told how the Prophet said when he got up during the night to pray, âO God, to Thee be the praise; Thou art supreme over the heavens and the earth and their inhabitants. To Thee be the praise; Thou art the Light of the heavens and the earth and their inhabitants. To Thee be the praise; Thou art the King of the heavens and the earth and their inhabitants. To Thee be the praise; Thou art the Truth, Thy promise is truth, the meeting with Thee is true, Thy word is true, paradise is tru
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Hadith #1149 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that when the Prophet got up at night he began his prayer by saying, âO God, the Lord of Gabriel, Michael and Israfil, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, who knowest the unseen and the seen, Thou decidest among Thy servants concerning their differences. Guide me on account of different opinions regarding the truth by Thy permission; verily Thou guidest whom Thou wilt to a straight path.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1150 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
God is most great; there is no might and no power but in God,â then says, âMy Lord, forgive meâ (or he said, Then makes supplication), he will receive an answer; and if he performs ablution and prays, his prayer will be accepted.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #1151 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told how Godâs Messenger said when he awoke during the night, âThere is no god but Thee. Glory be to Thee, O God, and praise be to Thee. I ask for Thy forgiveness of my sin, and I ask for Thy mercy. O God, increase me in knowledge, and do not let my heart swerve after Thou hast guided me. Grant me mercy from Thyself. Thou art indeed the munificent One.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1152 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muâadh b. Jabal reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf any Muslim goes to bed in a state of purity making mention of God, then is disturbed during the night and asks God for good, God will give it to him.â Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1153 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Shariq al-Hauzani told that he visited âAâisha and asked her what Godâs Messenger said first when he rose during the night. Replying that he had asked her a question she had never been asked by anyone before, she said that when he rose during the night he said âGod is most greatâ ten times, âPraise be to Godâ ten times, âGlory be to God, and praise be to himâ ten times, âGlory be to the King most holyâ ten times, he asked pardon from God ten times, said âThere is no god b
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Hadith #1154 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudri told that when Godâs Messenger got up during the night he said, âGod is most great,â then he would say, âGlory be to Thee, O God, and praise be to Thee; blessed be Thy name; exalted be Thine honour; there is no other god but Thee.â Then he would say, âGod is most exceeding great;â then say, âI seek refuge in God, the Hearer and Knower, from the accursed devil, from his pricking, his blowing, and his sputtering.â Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted
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Hadith #1155 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Rabiâa b. Kaâb al-Aslami said he used to spend the night near the Prophetâs inner chamber and hear him say when he got up during the night, âGlory be to the Lord of the universeâ for a long time. Then he would say, âGlory be to God and praise be to Himâ for a longtime. Nasaâi transmitted it, and Tirmidhi who has something similar says that this is a hasan sahih tradition.
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Hadith #1156 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen one of you goes to sleep the devil ties three knots at the back of his neck, sealing every knot with, âYou have a long night, so sleepâ. So if one awakes and mentions God a knot will be loosened, if he performs ablution a knot will be loosened, and if he prays a knot will be loosened, and in the morning he will be active and in good spirits; otherwise he will be in bad spirits and sluggish in the morning.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1157 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Mughira said that the Prophet got up at night to such an extent that his feet became swollen. On being asked why he did this when his former and latter sins had been forgiven him, he replied, âShould I not be a grateful servant?â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1158 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud said that a man was mentioned in the Prophetâs presence, and he was told that he continued sleeping till morning, never having got up to pray. He said, âThat is a man in whose ear (or, in whose ears) the devil has urinated.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1159 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umm Salama said that Godâs Messenger awoke one night with a start and said, âGlory be to God. What treasures have been sent down tonight, and what trials have been sent down! Who will waken those who are in the inner chambers (meaning his wives) in order that they may pray? Many a woman who is clothed in this world will be naked in the next.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #1160 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Our Lord who is blessed and exalted descends every night to the lowest heaven when two-thirds of the night have passed and says, âWho supplicates me so that I may answer him? Who asks of me so that I may give to him? Who asks my forgiveness so that I may forgive him?â (Bukhari and Muslim.) In a version by Muslim it is said that He then spreads out His hands and says, âWho will lend to One who is neither indigent nor unjust?â* till the dawn breaks. *The lending mentioned here is presumabl
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Hadith #1161 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said he heard the Prophet say, âThere is an hour during the night at which no Muslim man will ask God for good in this world and the next without His giving it to him; and that applies to every night.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1162 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe prayer dearest to God is Davidâs and the fasting dearest to God is Davidâs. He would sleep half the night, get up to pray for a third of it, then sleep the remaining sixth; and he would fast on alternate days.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1163 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that he, meaning Godâs Messenger, would sleep in the early part of the night and keep awake in the latter part. If he then wished intercourse with his wife he satisfied his desire, and then went to sleep. If he was sexually defiled when the first call to prayer was made, he would get up and pour water on it, but if not, he performed the ablution for the prayer and then prayed two rakâas. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1164 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Umama reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âMake a practice of getting up at night, for it was the custom of the pious before you, is a means of bringing you near to your Lord, an atonement for evil deeds and a preventative of sin.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1165 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
a man when he gets up at night and prays, a company when they draw up in rows in prayer, and a company when they draw up in ranks to fight the enemy.â transmitted it in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #1166 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. âAbasa reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe nearest the Lord comes to a servant is in the course of the last part of the night, so if you are able to be among those who make mention of God at that hour, do so.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying that this is a hasan sahih tradition whose isnad is gharib.
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Hadith #1167 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Hurairaâ reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âGod show mercy to a man who gets up during the night and prays, who wakens his wife and she prays, but if she refuses sprinkles the water on her face! God show mercy to a woman who gets up during the night and prays, who wakens her husband and he prays, but if he refuses sprinkles the water on his face!â Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1168 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Umama said that Godâs Messenger was asked which supplication was most readily listened to, and replied, âOne made in the course of the latter part of the night, and after the prescribed prayers.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #1169 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Malik al-Ashâari reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIn paradise there are rooms the outside of which can be seen from within and the inside from without which God has prepared for those who speak gently, provide food, observe frequent fasting, and pray during the night when people are asleep.â Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuâab al-iman and Tirmidhi transmitted something similar from âAli. In his version it says âfor those who speak pleasantly.â
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Hadith #1170 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr b. al-âAs reported Godâs Messenger as saying to him, âDonât be like so and so, âAbdallah. He used to get up during the night, then abandoned the practice.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1171 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
David had an hour during the night in which he would waken his family and say, âFamily of David, get up and pray, for this is an hour in which God who is great and glorious answers petitions, except to a magician or a tax-gatherer.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #1172 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira said he heard Godâs Messenger say, âThe most excellent prayer after that which is obligatory is one in the depth of the night.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #1173 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He told of a man who came to the Prophet and said, âSo and so prays at night, and when morning comes he steals.â He replied, âWhat you say will restrain him.â Ahmad and Baihaqi, in Shuâab al-iman, transmitted it.
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Hadith #1174 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid and Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen a man wakens his wife* during the night and they pray (or he prays) two rakâas together, they are recorded among the men and women who make mention of God.â * The Arabic word is ahl which means âpeopleâ or âfamilyâ, and sometimes âwife. As the dual is used about them praying together, it obviously means âwifeâ here; but in Ibn âUmarâs tradition below the plural is used, and so the word is there transl
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Hadith #1175 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe nobles among my people are those, who know the Qurâan by heart and those who pray during the night.â Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuâab al-iman.
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Hadith #1176 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said that his father âUmar b. al-Khattab used to pray during the night what God wished, then during the latter part of the night he woke his family for prayer saying to them, âCome to prayer.â Then he would recite this verse, âAnd command your family to observe the prayer, and be constant in it. We do not ask you for provision; We provide you, and the issue pertains to pietyâ (Al-Qurâan; 20:132). Malik transmitted it.
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Hadith #1177 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said, âGodâs Messenger used to break his fast during a month so that we imagined he had not fasted during it at all, and he fasted so that we imagined he had not broken it. You did not wish to see him praying during the night without doing so, or sleeping without doing so.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #1178 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe acts most pleasing to God are those which are done most continuously, even if they amount to little.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1179 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She reported Godâs Messenger as saying; âChoose such actions as you are capable of performing, for God does not grow weary till you do.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1180 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âOne should pray as long as he is lively, but when he slackens he should stop.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1181 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen one of you dozes while praying he should fall over till he has slept enough, for when one of you prays while dozing he does not know whether he may be asking pardon and vilifying himself. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1182 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe religion is ease, but if anyone overdoes it it gets the better of him; so keep to the right course, approximate to perfection, rejoice, and ask help in the morning, the evening, and some of the latter part of the night.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #1183 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUmar reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âShould anyone fall asleep and fail to recite his portion of the Qurâan or a part of it, if he recites it between the dawn and the noon prayer it will be recorded for him as though he had recited it during the night.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1184 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âImran b. Husain reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âPray standing, but if you are unable, do it sitting; and if you are unable to do that, do it lying on your side.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #1185 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said he asked the Prophet about a man who prays sitting, and he replied, âIf he prays standing that is more excellent; but one who prays sitting has half the reward of one who stands, and one who prays lying down has half the reward of one who sits.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #1186 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Umama told of his hearing Godâs Messenger say, âIf anyone goes to bed in a state of purity and makes mention of God till drowsiness overtakes him, he will not turn round at any time during the night and ask God at that time for some of the good of this world and the next without His giving it to him.â Nawawi mentioned it in Kitab al-adhkar by the transmission of Ibn as-Sunni.
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Hadith #1187 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Our Lord is pleased with two men. One is a man who gets up from his blanket and his covering from among his beloved and his family to engage in prayer. God says to His angels, âLook at my servant who has got up from his bedding and his blanket from among his beloved and his family to engage in his prayer out of desire for what is with me and fear of what is with me.â The other is a man who goes out on an expedition in Godâs path and is routed along with his companions, but who, knowing wha
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Hadith #1188 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I was told that Godâs Messenger had said, âPrayer engaged in by a man while sitting counts as half the prayer,â so I went to him and I found him praying while sitting, and I put my hand on his head. He said, âWhat is the matter with you, âAbdallah b. âAmr? ââ I replied, âI have been told, Messenger of God, that you said that prayer engaged in by a man while sitting counts as half the prayer, yet you yourself are praying while sitting.â He said, âYes, but I am not like one o
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Hadith #1189 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Salim b. Abul Jaâd told of a man of Khuzaâa saying, âI wish I had prayed and been at rest.â When the people seemed to disapprove of his saying that, he replied that he had heard Godâs Messenger say, âDeclare that the time for prayer has come, Bilal, and give us rest by it.â* * This probably means that prayer brings peace of mind. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #1190 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âPrayer during the night should consist of pairs of rakâas, but if one of you fears the morning is near he should pray one rakâa which will make his prayer an odd number for him.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1191 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe witr* is a rakâa at the end of the night.â * Literally âsingleâ, or âoddâ, used of an odd number of rakâas prayed at some time during the night. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1192 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that Godâs Messenger used to pray thirteen rakâas during the night, observing a witr out of that with five, and sitting only during the last of them. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1193 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I went to âAâisha and said, âMother of the faithful, tell me about the nature of Godâs Messenger.â She asked, âDo you not recite the Qurâan?â On my replying that I certainly did, she said, âThe Prophetâs nature was the Qurâan.â* I said, âMother of the faithful, tell me about the witr of Godâs Messenger.â She replied, âI used to prepare his toothstick and his water for ablution, and God would rouse him to the extent He wished during the night. He would use the toot
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Hadith #1194 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported the Prophet as saying, âMake the last of your prayer at night a witr.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1195 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported the Prophet as saying, âHasten to pray a witr before morning.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1196 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone is afraid that he may not get up in the latter part of the night, he should observe a witr in the first part of it; and if anyone is eager to get up in the last part of it he should observe a witr at the end of the night, for prayer at the end of the night is attended by the angels, and that is most excellent.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #1197 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that during the whole night Godâs Messenger observed, a witr at the beginning, middle and end, his witr finishing at dawn. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1198 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
to fast three days every month, to pray two rakâas in the forenoon, and to observe a witr before going to sleep.â *i.e. the Prophet. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #1199 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I asked âAâisha whether she had seen Godâs Messenger bathing because of sexual defilement in the early or the latter part of the night, and she replied, ââHe often bathed in the early part of the night and often in the latter part.â Thereupon I said, âGod is most great. Praise be to God who has given latitude in the matter! â I then asked whether he observed a witr in the early or the latter part of the night, and she replied, âHe often observed it in the early part and often i
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Hadith #1200 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Abu Qais said he asked âAâisha how many rakâas Godâs Messenger prayed when observing a witr and she replied, âHe used to observe a witr with four and three, six and three, eight and three, and ten and three, never observing one with less than seven or more than thirteen.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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