Hadith #1601 - Sahih Muslim - Alqama bin Waqqas Ø¹ÙÙÙØ© Ø¨Ù ÙÙØ§Øµ (Sahih Muslim)
I asked âAâisha how the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) did in the two rakâahs as he (observed them) sitting. She said: He would recite (the Qurâan) in them, and when he intended to bow, he would stand up and then bowed.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1602 - Sahih Muslim - Abdullah (Sahih Muslim)
I asked âAâisha whether the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) observed (Nafl) sitting. She said: Yes, when the people had made him old.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1603 - Sahih Muslim - Abdullah (Sahih Muslim)
I said to âAâisha and she made a mention of that (recorded above) about the Messenger of Allah (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1604 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
âAâisha reported that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) died (in this very state) that he observed most of his (Nafl) prayers in a sitting position.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1605 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) grew bulky and heavy he would observe (most of his Nafl) prayers sitting.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1606 - Sahih Muslim - Hafsa bint 'Abdur-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr ØÙØµØ© Ø¨ÙØª Ø¹Ø¨Ø¯ Ø§ÙØ±ØÙÙ Ø¨Ù Ø£Ø¨Ù Ø¨ÙØ± Ø§ÙØµØ¯ÙÙ (Sahih Muslim)
Never did I see the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) observing supererogatory prayer sitting till one year before his death when he would observe Nafl prayer in a sitting position, and he would recite the Surah (of the Qurâan) in such a slow-measured tone (that duration of its recital) became more lengthy than the one longer than this.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1607 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
Zuhri reported this hadith with the same chain of transmitters, except this that he made a mention of one year or two years.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1608 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
Jabir b. Samura reported that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) observed (Nafl) prayer sitting before his death.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1609 - Sahih Muslim - Abdullah (Sahih Muslim)
It was narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) had said: The prayer observed by a person sitting is half of the prayer. I came to him (ï·º) and found him praying in a sitting position. I placed my hand on his head. He said: O âAbdullah b. âAmr, what is the matter with you? I said: Messenger of Allah, it has been narrated to me that you said: The prayer of a man in a sitting position is half of the prayer, whereas you are observing prayer sitting. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes, it
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1610 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
A hadith like this has been narrated by Abu Yahya al-Aâraj with the same chain of transmitters.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1611 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
âAâisha reported that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to pray eleven rakâahs at night, observing the Witr with a single rakâah, and when he had finished them, he lay down on his right side, till the Muâadhdhin came to him and he (the Holy Prophet) then observed two short rakâahs (of Sunan of the dawn prayer).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1612 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
âAâisha, the wife of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), said that between the time when the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) finished the âIshaâ prayer which is called âAtama by the people, he used to pray eleven rakâahs, uttering the salutation at the end of every two rakâahs, and observing the Witr with a single one. And when the Muâadhdhin had finished the call (for the) dawn prayer and he saw the dawn clearly and the Muâadhdhin had come to him, he stood up and prayed two short rakâahs
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1613 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to observe thirteen rakâahs of the night prayer. Five out of them consisted of Witr, and he did not sit, but at the end (for salutation).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1614 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
This hadith has been narrated by Hisham with the same chain of transmitters.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1615 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
âAâisha reported that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to pray thirteen rakâahs during the night including the two rakâahs (Sunan) of the dawn prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1616 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Salama bin 'Abdur Rahman Ø£Ø¨Ù Ø³ÙÙØ© Ø¨Ù Ø¹Ø¨Ø¯ Ø§ÙØ±ØÙÙ Ø¨Ù Ø¹ÙÙ (Sahih Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) did not observe either in Ramadan or in other months more than eleven rakâahs (of the night prayer). He (in the first instance) observed four rakâahs. Ask not about their excellence and their length (i. e. these were matchless in perfection and length). He again observed four rakâahs, and ask not about their excellence and their length. He would then observe three rakâahs (of the Witr prayer). âAâisha again said: I said: Messenger of Allah, do you sleep b
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1617 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Salama bin 'Abdur Rahman Ø£Ø¨Ù Ø³ÙÙØ© Ø¨Ù Ø¹Ø¨Ø¯ Ø§ÙØ±ØÙÙ Ø¨Ù Ø¹ÙÙ (Sahih Muslim)
He observed thirteen rakâahs (in the night prayer). He observed eight rakâahs and would then observe Witr and then observe two rakâahs sitting, and when he wanted to bow he stood up and then bowed down, and then observed two rakâahs in between the Adhan and lqama of the dawn prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1618 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
Abu Salama reported that he asked âAâisha about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) (during the night). The rest of the hadith is the same but with this exception that he (the Holy Prophet) observed nine rakâahs including Witr.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1619 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Salama bin 'Abdur Rahman Ø£Ø¨Ù Ø³ÙÙØ© Ø¨Ù Ø¹Ø¨Ø¯ Ø§ÙØ±ØÙÙ Ø¨Ù Ø¹ÙÙ (Sahih Muslim)
O mother, inform me about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). She said: His (night prayer) in Ramadan and (during other months) was thirteen rakâahs at night including two rakâahs of fajr.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1620 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
It is reported on the authority of âAâisha that the prayer of Allahâs Messenger (ï·º) in the night consisted of ten rakâahs. He observed a Witr and two rakâahs (of Sunan) of the dawn prayer, and thus the total comes to thirteen rakâahs.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1621 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
He used to sleep in the early part of the night, and woke up in the latter part. If he then wished intercourse with his wife, he satisfied his desire, and then went to sleep; and when the first call to prayer was made he jumped up (by Allah, she, i. e. âAâisha, did not sayâ he stood upâ ), and poured water over him (by Allah she, i. e. âAâisha, 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 perfor
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1622 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
âAâisha observed that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to observe prayer in the night and the last of his (night) prayer was Witr.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1623 - Sahih Muslim - Masruq (Sahih Muslim)
He (the Holy Prophet) loved (that action) which one keeps on doing regularly. I said (to âAâisha): When did he pray (at night)? She replied: When he heard the cock crow, he got up and observed prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1624 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
Never did the earlier part of the dawn find the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) but sleeping in my house or near me.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1625 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) had prayed the two rakâahs (Sunan) of the dawn prayer, he would talk to me if I was awake, otherwise he would lie down.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1626 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
A hadith like this has been narrated by âAâisha by another chain of transmitters.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1627 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to pray in the night and when he observed Witr, he said to me: O âAâisha, get up and observe Witr.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1628 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
âAâisha reported that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to offer prayer at night while she lay in front of him, and when the Witr prayer was yet to be observed, he would awaken her and she observed Witr.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1629 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) observed the Witr prayer every night and he completed Witr at the time of dawn.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1630 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
Masruq reported on the authority of âAâisha that she said that the Messenger Of Allah (ï·º) used to observe the Witr prayer every night, maybe in the early part of night, at midnight and in the latter part, finishing his Witr at dawn.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1631 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
âAâisha reported that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to observe Witr every night, and he would (at times) complete his Witr at the end of the night.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1632 - Sahih Muslim - Sa'd bin Hisham bin 'Amir Ø³Ø¹Ø¯ Ø¨Ù ÙØ´Ø§Ù Ø¨Ù Ø¹Ø§ÙØ± (Sahih Muslim)
Is there not for you a model pattern in me? And when they narrated this to him (Saâd b. Hisham), he returned to his wife, though he had divorced her and made (people) witness to his reconciliation. He then came to Ibn âAbbas and asked him about the Witr of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). Ibn âAbbas said: Should I not lead you to one who knows best amongst the people of the world about the Witr of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º)? He said: Who is it? He (Ibn âAbbas) said: It is âAâisha. So
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1633 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
Zurara b. Aufa said that Saâd b. Hisham divorced his wife, and then proceeded to Medina to sell his property, and the rest of the hadith is the same.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1634 - Sahih Muslim - Sa'd bin Hisham bin 'Amir Ø³Ø¹Ø¯ Ø¨Ù ÙØ´Ø§Ù Ø¨Ù Ø¹Ø§ÙØ± (Sahih Muslim)
I went to âAbdullah b. âAbbas and asked him about the Witr prayer, and the rest of the hadith is the same as recorded in this event. She (Hadrat âAâisha) said: Who is that Hisham? I said: Son of âAmir. She said: What a fine man âAmir was! He died as a martyr in the Battle of Uhud.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1635 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
Who is Hisham? He said: The son of âAmir. She said: What a fine man he was; he participated in the Battle of Uhud along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). Hakim b. Aflah said: If I ever knew that you do not go to âAâisha, I would not have informed you about her hadith (So that you would have gone to her and heard it from her orally).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1636 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
âAâisha reported that when the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) missed the night prayer due to pain or any other reason, he observed twelve rakâahs during the daytime.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1637 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
âAâisha reported that when the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) decided upon doing any act, he continued to do it, and when he slept at night or fell sick he observed twelve rakâahs during the daytime. I am not aware of Allahâs Messenger (ï·º) observing prayer during the whole of the night till morning, or observing fast for a whole month continuously except that of Ramadan.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1638 - Sahih Muslim - Umar (Sahih Muslim)
Should anyone fall asleep and fail to recite his portion of the Qurâan, or a part of it, if he recites it between the dawn prayer and the noon prayer, it will be recorded for him as though he had recited it during the night.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1639 - Sahih Muslim - Zaid bin Asim Mazni (Sahih Muslim)
They well know that prayer at another time than this is more excellent, for Allahâs Messenger (ï·º) said: The prayer of those who are penitent is observed when your weaned camels feel the heat of the sun.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1640 - Sahih Muslim - Zayd bin Arqam (Sahih Muslim)
The prayer of the penitent should be observed when the young weaned camels feel heat of the sun.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1641 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Umar (Sahih Muslim)
Prayer during the night should consist of pairs of rakâahs, but if one of you fears morning is near, he should pray one rakâah which will make his prayer an odd number for him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1642 - Sahih Muslim - Salim (Sahih Muslim)
It consists of pairs of rakâahs, but if one fears morning is near, he should make it an odd number by praying one rakâah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1643 - Sahih Muslim - Abdullah (Sahih Muslim)
A man stood up and said. Messenger of Allah, how is the night prayer? The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: The night prayer consists of pair, but if you apprehend the rise of dawn, make it odd number by observing one rakâah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1644 - Sahih Muslim - Abdullah (Sahih Muslim)
A person asked the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as I stood between him (the Holy Prophet) and the inquirer and he said: Messenger of Allah, how is the night prayer? He (the Holy Prophet) said: It consists of pairs of rakâahs, but if you apprehend morning, you should pray one rakâah and make the end of your prayer as Witr. Then a person asked him (the Holy Prophet) at the end of the year and I was at that place near the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) ; but I do not know whether he was the same person o
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1645 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
â Then a person asked him at the end of the year,â and what follows subsequently.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1646 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Umar (Sahih Muslim)
Hasten to pray Witr before morning.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1647 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Umar (Sahih Muslim)
He who prayed at night should make Witr the end of his prayer, for the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) ordered this.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1648 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Umar (Sahih Muslim)
Make Witr the end of your night prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1649 - Sahih Muslim - Nafiâ (Sahih Muslim)
He who observed the night prayer should make Witr the end of his prayer before dawn. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to order them thus.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1650 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Umar (Sahih Muslim)
Witr is a rakâah at the end of the prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1651 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Umar (Sahih Muslim)
Witr is a rakâah at the end of the night prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1652 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Al-Minhal (Sahih Muslim)
I asked Ibn âAbbas about the Witr prayer. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying: It is a rakâah at the end of the night prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1653 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Umar (Sahih Muslim)
A person called (the attention) of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as he was in the mosque, and said: Messenger of Allah, how should I make the rakâahs 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 rakâah; that would make the number odd (for the rakâahs) observed by him. This was narrated by Abu Kuraib âUbaidullah b. â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1654 - Sahih Muslim - Anas (Sahih Muslim)
I asked Ibn âUmar to tell me about the practice of the Prophet (ï·º) in regard to two rakâahs before the dawn prayer: Should I make lengthy recitation in them? He said: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to observe, the night prayer in pairs and then made the number odd by observing one rakâah. I said: I am not asking you about it. 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 (ï·º) used to observe the night p
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1655 - Sahih Muslim - Anas (Sahih Muslim)
I asked Ibn âUmar like this (as recorded in the previous hadith) and he made this addition:â And he (the Holy Prophet) made the end of the night prayer as odd number by one rakâah.â And there is also (this addition):â Stop, stop, you are bulky.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1656 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Umar (Sahih Muslim)
The night prayer consists of pairs and when you see the approach of dawn, make this number odd by one rakâah. It was said to Ibn âUmar: What does the (word) pair imply? He said: (It means) that salutation is uttered after every two rakâahs.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1657 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Sa'id (Sahih Muslim)
Observe Witr prayer before it is morning. Abu Saâid reported that they (the Prophetâs Companions) asked the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) about Witr (prayer). (In reply to their inquiry) he said: Observe Witr prayer before it is morning.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1658 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Sa'id (Sahih Muslim)
Observe Witr before morning.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1659 - Sahih Muslim - Jabir (Sahih Muslim)
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.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1660 - Sahih Muslim - Jabir (Sahih Muslim)
He who amongst you is afraid that he may not be able to get up at the end of the night should observe Witr (in the first part) and then sleep, and he who is confident of getting up and praying at night (i. e. Tahajjud prayer) should observe it at the end of it, for the recitation at the end of the night is witnessed*, and that is better. *: meaning, âby angelsâ (Sharh an-Nawawi)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1661 - Sahih Muslim - Jabir (Sahih Muslim)
The most excellent prayer is that in which the duration of standing is longer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1662 - Sahih Muslim - Jabir (Sahih Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was asked about the prayer which was most excellent. He said: That in which the standing is longer. (This hadith is narrated by another chain of transmitters too.)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1663 - Sahih Muslim - Jabir (Sahih Muslim)
There is an hour during the night in which no Muslim individual will ask Allah for good in this world and the next without His giving it to him; and that applies to every night.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1664 - Sahih Muslim - Jabir (Sahih Muslim)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying: There is an hour during the night in which no Muslim bondman will ask Allah for good in this world and the next but He will grant it to him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1665 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
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?
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1666 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
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.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1667 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
When half of the night or two-third of it is over. 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.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1668 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
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 Saâd b. Saâid with the same chain of transmitters with this addition:â Then the Blessed and the Exalted (Lord) stretches His Hands and says: Who will lend to One Who is neither indigent nor
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1669 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Sa'id (Sahih Muslim)
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.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1670 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
This hadith is narrated by Ishaq with the same chain uf transmitters except this that the hadith transmitted by Mansur (the above one) is more comprehensive and lengthy.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1671 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
He who observed prayer at night during Ramadan, because of faith and seeking his reward from Allah, his previous sins would be forgiven.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1672 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to exhort (his Companions) to pray (at night) during Ramadan without commanding them to observe it as an obligatory act, and say: He who observed the night prayer in Ramadan because of faith and seeking his reward (from Allah), all his previous sins would be forgiven. When Allahâs Messenger (ï·º) died, this was the practice, and it continued thus during Abu Bakrâs caliphate and the early part of âUmarâs caliphate.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1673 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
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-ul- Qadr with faith and seeking reward (from Allah), all his previous sins would be forgiven.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1674 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
He who prayed on the Lailat-ul-Qadr (the Majestic Night) knowing that it is (the same night). I (believe) that he (the Prophet also) said: (He who does) it with faith and seeking reward (from Allah), his sins would be forgiven.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1675 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
I saw what you were doing, but I desisted to come to you (and lead the prayer) for I feared that this prayer might become obligatory for you. (He the narrator) said: It was the month of Ramadan.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1676 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came out during the night and observed prayer in the mosque and some of the people prayed along with him. When it was morning the people talked about this and so a large number of people gathered there. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) went out for the second night, and they (the people) prayed along with him. When it was morning the people began to talk about it. So the mosque thronged with people on the third night. He (the Holy Prophet) came out and they prayed along
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1677 - Sahih Muslim - Zirr (Sahih Muslim)
I heard from Ubayy b. Kaâb a statement made by âAbdullah b. Masâud in which he said: He who gets up for prayer (every night) during the year will hit upon Lailat-ul-Qadr. Ubayy said: By Allah I there is no god but He, that (Lailat-ul-Qadr) is in Ramadhan (He swore without reservation: ) By Allah, I know the night; it is the night on which the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) commanded us to pray. It is that which precedes the morning of twenty-seventy and its indication is that the sun rises brigh
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1678 - Sahih Muslim - Ubayy ibn Ka'b (Sahih Muslim)
By Allah, I know about Lailat-ul Qadr and I know it fully well that it is the twenty-seventh night (during Ramadan) on which the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) commanded us to observe prayer. (Shuâba was in doubt about these words:â the night on which the Messenger of Allah commanded us to observe the prayer.â This has been transmitted to me by a friend of mine.)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1679 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
Shuâba reported this hadith with the same chain of transmitters, but he made no mention that Shuâba was in doubt and what follows subsequently.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1680 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
I spent a night with my maternal aunt (sister of my mother) Maimuna. The Apostle of Allah (ï·º) got up during the night and relieved himself, then washed his face and hands and went to sleep. He then got up again, and came to the water skin and loosened its straps, then performed good ablution between the two extremes. He then stood up and observed prayer. I also stood up and stretched my body fearing that he might be under the impression that I was there to find out (what he did at night). So I
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1681 - Sahih Muslim - Kuraib (Sahih Muslim)
I also stood up and did the same, as the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) had done, and then went to him and stood by his side. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) placed his right hand upon my head and took hold of my right ear and twisted it, and then observed a pair of rak`ahs, again a pair of rak`ahs, again a pair of rak`ahs, again a pair of rak`ahs, again a pair of rak`ahs, again a pair of rak`ahs, and then observed Witr and then lay down till the Muâadhdhin came to him. He (the Holy Prophet) then stood
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1682 - Sahih Muslim - Makhrama bin Bukayr bin 'Abd. b. al-Ashj ÙØ®Ø±ÙØ© Ø¨Ù Ø¨ÙÙØ± Ø¨Ù Ø¹Ø¨Ø¯ Ø§ÙÙÙ Ø¨Ù Ø§ÙØ£Ø´Ø¬ (Sahih Muslim)
âHe then went to the water-skin and brushed his teeth and performed ablution well. He did not pour water but a little. He then awakened me and I stood up,â and the rest of the hadith is the same.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1683 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
I slept (one night) in the house of Maimuna, the wife of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), and the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was with her that night. He (after sleeping for half of the night got up and) then performed ablution and then stood up and observed prayer. I too stood on his left side. He took hold of me and made me stand on his right side. He (the Holy Prophet) observed thirteen rak`ahs on that night. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) then slept and snored and it was a habit with him to snore wh
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1684 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
I spent one night in the house of my motherâs sister Maimuna, daughter of Al-Harith, and said to her: Awake me when the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stands to pray (at night). (She woke me up when) the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stood up for prayer. I stood on his left side. 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). He (the narrator) said: He (the Holy Prophet) observed eleven rak`ahs. He then sat with his le
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1685 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
It was short and performed with a little water.) I also got up and did the same as the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) had done. I then came (to him) and stood on his left. He then made me go around to his right side. He then observed prayer and went to sleep till he began to snore. Bilal came to him and informed him about the prayer. He (the Holy Prophet) then went out and observed the dawn prayer without performing ablution. Sufyan said: It was a special (prerogative of the) Apostle of Allah (ï·º) fo
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1686 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
I spent the night in the house of my motherâs sister, Maimuna, and observed how the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) prayed (at night). He got up and relieved himself. He then washed his face and hands and then went to sleep. He again got up and went near the water-skin and loosened its straps and then poured some water in a bowl and inclined it with his hands (towards himself). He then performed a good ablution between the two extremes and then stood up to pray. I also came and stood by his left side
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1687 - Sahih Muslim - Salama b. Kuhail (Sahih Muslim)
I met Kuraib and he reported Ibn `Abbas as saying: I was with my motherâs sister Maimuna and the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came there, and then he narrated the rest of the hadith as was narrated by Ghundar and said these words: âMake me light,â beyond any doubt.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1688 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
I spent a night in the house of my motherâs sister, Maimuna, and then narrated (the rest of the) hadith, but he made no mention of the washing of his face and two hands but he only said: He then came to the water-skin and loosened its straps and performed ablution between the two extremes, and then came to his bed and slept. He then got up for the second time and came to the water-skin and loosened its straps and then performed ablution which was in fact an ablution (it was performed well), an
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1689 - Sahih Muslim - Kuraib (Sahih Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) 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 (ï·º) made supplication before Allah in nineteen words. Kuraib reported: I remember twelve words out of these, but have forgotten the rest. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: âPlace light in my heart,
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1690 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
I slept one night in the house of Maimuna when the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was there, with a view to seeing the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) at night. The Apostle of Allah (ï·º) entered into conversation with his wife for a short while, and then went to sleep, and the rest of the hadith is the same and in it mention is made of: âHe then got up, performed ablution and brushed his teeth.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1691 - Sahih Muslim - Abdullah (Sahih Muslim)
He spent (one night) in the house of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He (the Holy Prophet) got up, brushed his teeth and performed ablution and said: âIn the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, there are indeed signs for people of understandingâ (al-Qurâan, iii. 190), to the end of the Surah. He then stood up and prayed two rak`ahs, standing, bowing and prostrating himself at length in them. Then he finished, went to sleep and snored. He did t
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1692 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
I spent a night in the house of my motherâs sister Maimuna. The Apostle of Allah (ï·º) got up for observing voluntary prayer (Tahajjud) at night. The Apostle of Allah (ï·º) stood by the water-skin and performed ablution and then stood up and prayed. I also got up when I saw him doing that. I also performed ablution from the water-skin and then stood at his left side. He took hold of my hand from behind his back and then turned me from his back to his right side. I (`Ataâ, one of the narrator
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1693 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
(My father) Al-`Abbas sent me to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and he was in the house of my motherâs sister Maimuna and I spent that night along with him. He (the Holy Prophet) got up and prayed at night, and I stood up on his left side. He caught hold of me from behind his back and made me stand on his right side.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1694 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
I spent a night in the house of my motherâs sister Maimuna, and the rest of the hadith is the same as narrated above.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1695 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Jamra Ad-Dabi (Sahih Muslim)
I heard Ibn âAbbas saying that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) observed thirteen rakâahs at night.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1696 - Sahih Muslim - Zaid bin Khalid al-Juhani (Sahih Muslim)
I would definitely watch at night the prayer observed by the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He prayed two short rakâahs, then two long, long, long rakâahs, then he prayed two rakâahs which were shorter than the two preceding rakâahs, then he prayed two rakâahs which were shorter than the two preceding, then he prayed two rakâahs which were shorter than the two preceding, then observed a single one (Witr), making a total of thirteen rakâahs
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1697 - Sahih Muslim - Jabir (Sahih Muslim)
I accompanied the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) in a journey and we reached a watering place. He said: Jabir, are you going to enter it? I said: Yes. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) then got down and I entered it. He (the Holy Prophet) then went away to relieve himself and I placed for him water for ablution. He then came back and performed ablution, and then stood and prayed in one garment, having its ends tied from the opposite sides. I stood behind him and he caught hold of my ear and made me stand o
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1698 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
âAâisha reported that when the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stood up at night to pray, he began his prayer with two short rakâahs.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1699 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
Abu Huraira reported Allahâs Apostle (ï·º) as saying When any one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rakâahs.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1700 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
O Allah, to Thee be the praise Thou art the light of the heavens and the earth. To Thee be the praise; Thou art the Supporter of the heavens and the earth. To Thee be the praise; Thou art the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is therein. Thou art the Truth; Thy promise is True, the meeting with Thee is True. Paradise is true, Hell is true, the Hour is true. 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
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1701 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
â What I did in secret.â And in the hadith narrated by Ibn âUyaina there is some addition.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1702 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
This hadith has been narrated by Ibn âAbbas by another chain of transmitters and the words are nearly the same (as recorded in the above-mentioned hadith).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1703 - Sahih Muslim - 'Abd al-Rahman al-Hubuli (Sahih Muslim)
I asked âAâisha, the mother of the believers, (to tell me) the words with which the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) commenced the prayer when he got up at night. She said: When he got up at night he would commence his prayer with these words: O Allah, Lord of Gabriel, and Michael, and Israfil, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, Who knowest the unseen and the seen; Thou decidest amongst Thy servants concerning their differences. Guide me with Thy permission in the divergent views (which the p
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1704 - Sahih Muslim - Ali (Sahih Muslim)
I turn my face in complete devotion to One Who is the Originator of the heaven and the earth and I am not of the polytheists. Verily my prayer, my sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the worlds; There is no partner with Him and this is what I have been commanded (to profess and believe) and I am of the believers. O Allah, Thou art the King, there is no god but Thee, Thou art my Lord, and I am Thy bondman. I wronged myself and make a confession of my Sin. Forgive all my s
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1705 - Sahih Muslim - Anas (Sahih Muslim)
I turn my face (up to Thee), I am the first of the believers; and when he raised his head from rukuâ he said: Allah listened to him who praised Him; O our Lord, praise be to Thee; and he said: He shaped (man) and how fine is his shape? And he (the narrator) said: When he pronounced salutation he said: O Allah, forgive me my earlier (sins), to the end of the hadith; and he did not say it between the Tashahhud and salutation (as mentioned above).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1706 - Sahih Muslim - Hudhaifa' (Sahih Muslim)
I prayed with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) one night and he started reciting al-Baqara. 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 rakâah, but he proceeded and I thought he would perhaps bow on completing (this surah). He then started al-Nisaâ, and recited it; he then started Al-i-âImran and recited leisurely. And when he recited the verses which referred to the Glory of Allah, he glo
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1707 - Sahih Muslim - Abdullah (Sahih Muslim)
I prayed with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and he lengthened it till I entertained an evil thought. It was said to him what that thought was. He said: I thought that I should sit down and forsake him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1708 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
A hadith like this has been narrated by Aâmash with the same chain of transmitters.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1709 - Sahih Muslim - Abdullah (Sahih Muslim)
That is a man in whose ears (or in whose ear) the devil urinated.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1710 - Sahih Muslim - al-Husain bin 'Ali bin al-Walid al-Ja'fi Ø§ÙØØ³ÙÙ Ø¨Ù Ø¹ÙÙ Ø¨Ù Ø§ÙÙÙÙØ¯ Ø§ÙØ¬Ø¹ÙÙ (Sahih Muslim)
Donât you observe (Tahajjud) prayer? I (âAli) said: Messenger of Allah, verily our souls are in the hands of Allah and when He wants to awaken us, He awakens us. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) went back when I said this to him. He was striking his hand on his thigh while returning, and I heard him say: Verily the man disputes with many things.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1711 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
When any one of you goes to sleep, the devil ties three knots at the back of his neck, sealing every knot with:â You have a long night, so sleep.â 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.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1712 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Umar (Sahih Muslim)
Observe some of your prayers in your houses and do not make them graves.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1713 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Umar (Sahih Muslim)
Pray in your houses, and do not make them graves.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1714 - Sahih Muslim - Jabir (Sahih Muslim)
When any one of you observes prayer in the mosque he should reserve a part of his prayer for his house, for Allah would make the prayer as a means of betterment in his house.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1715 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Musa al-Asha'ari (Sahih Muslim)
The house in which remembrance of Allah is made and the house in which Allah is not remembered are like the living and the dead.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1716 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
Do not make your houses as graveyards. Satan runs away from the house in which Surah Baqara is recited.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1717 - Sahih Muslim - Zaid bin Thabit (Sahih Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) made an apartment with the help of the leaves of date trees or of mats. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) went out to pray in it. People followed him and came to pray with him. Then they again came one night and waited (for him), but the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) delayed in coming out to them. And when he did not come out, they cried aloud and threw pebbles at the door. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came out in anger and said to them: By what you have been constantly doing,
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1718 - Sahih Muslim - Zaid bin Thabit (Sahih Muslim)
â Had this (Nafl) prayer become obligatory for you, you would not be able to observe it.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1719 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
O people, perform such acts as you are capable of doing, for Allah does not grow weary but you will get tired. The acts most pleasing to Allah are those which are done continuously, even if they are small. And it was the habit of the members of Muhammadâs (ï·º) household that whenever they did an act they did it continuously.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1720 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
That which is done continuously, even if it is small.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1721 - Sahih Muslim - `Alqamah bin Waqqas al Laithi said that he heard `Umar bin al-Khattab addressing the people (Sahih Muslim)
I asked âAâisha, the mother of the believers, saying O mother of the believers, how did the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) act? Did he choose a particular act for a particular day? She said: No. He act was continuous, and who amongst you is capable of doing what the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) did?
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1722 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
The acts most pleasing to Allah are those which are done continuously, even if they are small. and when âAâisha did any act she did it continuously.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1723 - Sahih Muslim - Anas (Sahih Muslim)
What is this? They said: It is for Zainab. She prays and when she slackens or feels tired she holds it. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said: Untie it. Let one pray as long as one feels fresh but when one slackens or becomes tired one must stop it. (And in the hadith transmitted by Zuhair it is:â He should sit down.â )
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1724 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
A hadith like this has been narrated from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) on the authority of Anas by another chain of transmitters.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1725 - Sahih Muslim - Urwa ibn al-Zubayr Ø¹Ø±ÙØ© Ø¨Ù Ø§ÙØ²Ø¨ÙØ± (Sahih Muslim)
It Is Haulaâ bint Tuwait and they say that she does not sleep at night. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: (Oh) she does not sleep at night! Choose an act which you are capable of doing (continuously). By Allah, Allah would not grow weary, but you will grow weary.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1726 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came to me when a woman was sitting with me. He said: Who is she? I said: She is a woman who does not sleep but prays. He said: Do such acts which you are capable of doing. By Allah, Allah does not grow weary but you will grow weary. The religious act most pleasing to Him is one the doer of which does it continuously. (And in the hadith transmitted by Abu Usama :â She was a woman from Banu Asad.â )
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1727 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
When anyone amongst you dozes in prayer, he should sleep, till sleep is gone, for when one of you prays while dozing he does not know whether he may be asking pardon or vilifying himself.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1728 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
When any one of you gets up at night (for prayer) and his tongue falters in (the recitation) of the Qarâan, and he does not know what he is reciting, he should go to sleep.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1729 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
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.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1730 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
May Allah have mercy upon him; be reminded me of the verse which I had been made to forget.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1731 - Sahih Muslim - Abdullah (Sahih Muslim)
The example of a man who has memorised the Qurâan is like that of a hobbled camel. If he remained vigilant, he would be able to retain it (with him), and if he loosened the hobbled camel it would escape.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1732 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
â When one who had committed the Qurâan to memory (or who is familiar with it) gets up (for night prayer) and recites it night and day, it remains fresh in his mind, but if he does not get up (for prayer and thus does not recite it) he forgets it.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1733 - Sahih Muslim - Abdullah (Sahih Muslim)
What a wretched person is he amongst them who says: I have forgotten such and such a verse. (He should instead of using this expression say): I have been made to forget it. Try to remember the Qurâan for it is more apt to escape from menâs minds than a hobbled camel.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1734 - Sahih Muslim - Abdullah (Sahih Muslim)
Keep refreshing your knowledge of the sacred books (or always renew your knowledge of these sacred books) and sometimes he would mention the Qurâan for it is more apt to escape from menâs minds than animals which are hobbled, and the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: None of you should say: I forgot such and such a verse, but he has been made to forget.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1735 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Mas'ud (Sahih Muslim)
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.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1736 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Musa al-Asha'ari (Sahih Muslim)
Keep refreshing your knowledge of the Qurâan, for I swear by Him in Whose Hand is the life of Mahammad that it is more liable to escape than camels which are hobbled.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1737 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
God has not listened to anything as He listens to a Prophet reciting the Qurâan in a sweet voice.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1738 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
â As He listens to a Prophet reciting the Qurâan in a sweet voice.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1739 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
Allah does not listen to anything, (more approvingly) as He listens to a Prophet reciting loudly the Qurâan in a sweet voice.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1740 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
â He heard it.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1741 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
Allah has not heard anything (more pleasing) than listening to the Prophet reciting the Qurâan in a sweet loud voice.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1742 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
This hadith has been narrated by another chain of transmitters but with a slight modification of words.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1743 - Sahih Muslim - Kuraib (Sahih Muslim)
âAbdullah b. Qais or al-Ashâari has been gifted with a sweet melodious voice out of the voices of the family of David.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1744 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Burda bin Niyar (Sahih Muslim)
If you were to see me, as I was listening to your recitation (of the Qurâan) yester-night (you would have felt delighted). You are in fact endowed with a sweet voice like that of David himself.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1745 - Sahih Muslim - Mua'wiya bin Qurrah bin Iyas ÙØ¹Ø§ÙÙØ© Ø¨Ù ÙØ±Ø© Ø¨Ù Ø¥ÙØ§Ø³ Ø¨Ù ÙÙØ§Ù (Sahih Muslim)
The Apostle of Allah (ï·º) recited on his ride Surat al Fath during a journey in the year of the Conquest (of Mecca), and he repeated (the words) in his recitation. Muâawiya said: If I were not afraid that the people would crowd around me, I would have given a demonstration of (the Prophetâs) recitation before you.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1746 - Sahih Muslim - Mu'awiya bin Hadeej (Sahih Muslim)
I saw the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) reciting Surah Fath on his camel on the day of the Conquest of Mecca. He (the narrator) said: Ibn Mughaffal recited it and repeated it. Muâawiya said: Had there been (no crowed of) people, I would have given a practical demonstration of that which Ibn Mughaffal had mentioned from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1747 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
(The Holy Prophet) was reciting Surat al-Fath as he was travelling on his mount.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1748 - Sahih Muslim - Al-Bara and 'Abdullah bin Abl 'Aufa (Sahih Muslim)
That was tranquillity which came down at the recitation of the Qurâan.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1749 - Sahih Muslim - Ibn Ishaq ÙØÙØ¯ Ø¨Ù Ø¥Ø³ØØ§Ù Ø¨Ù ÙØ³Ø§Ø±â (Sahih Muslim)
I heard al-Baraâ as saying that a man recited al-Kahf when an animal was there in the house and it began to take fright. And as he looked around, he found a cloud overshadowing it. He mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). Upon this he said: O so and so, recite on (the surah) as- Sakina descends at the (recitation of the Qurâan) or on account (of the recitation) of the Qurâan.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1750 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of al-Baraâ with a slight modification of words.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1751 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Sahih Muslim)
I was afraid lest it should trample (his son) Yahya. I stood near it (the horse) and saw something like a canopy over my head with what seemed to be lamps in it, rising up in the sky till it disappeared. I went to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) on the next day and said: Messenger of Allah, I recited the Qurâan during the night in my enclosure and my horse began to jump. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: You should have kept on reciting, Ibn Hudair. He (Ibn Hudair) said: I recited. It
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1752 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Musa al-Asha'ari (Sahih Muslim)
A believer who recites the Qurâan is like an orange whose fragrance is sweet and whose taste is sweet; a believer who does not recite the Qurâan is like a date which has no fragrance but has a sweet taste; and the hypocrite who recites the Qurâan is like a basil whose fragrance is sweet, but whose taste is bitter; and a hypocrite who does not recite the Qurâan is like the colocynth which has no fragrance and has a bitter taste.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1753 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
â hypocriteâ (Munafiq), there it isâ wickedâ (fajir).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1754 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
One who is proficient in the Qurâan is associated with the noble, upright, recording angels; and he who falters in it, and finds it difficult for him, will have two rewards.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1755 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
â He who finds it hard (to recite the Qurâan) will have a double reward.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1756 - Sahih Muslim - Anas (Sahih Muslim)
Allah has commanded me to recite the Qurâan to you. He said: Did Allah mention me to you by name? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Allah made a mention of your name to me. (On hearing this) Ubayy b. Kaâb wept.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1757 - Sahih Muslim - Anas (Sahih Muslim)
Allah has commanded me to recite to you:â Those who disbelieve were notâ¦â (al-Qurâan, xcviii. 1). He said: Did He mention me by name? He (the Prophet said): Yes. Upon this he shed tears (of gratitude).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1758 - Sahih Muslim - Qatada ÙØªØ§Ø¯Ø© (Sahih Muslim)
I heard Anas saying that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said to Ubayy the same thing.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1759 - Sahih Muslim - Abdullah (Sahih Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon (him) asked me to recite the Qurâan. He said: Messenger of Allah, (how) should I recite to you whereas it has been sent down to you? He (the Holy Prophet) said: I desire to hear it from someone else. So I recited Surat al-Nisaâ till I reached the verse: How then shall it be when We shall bring from every people a witness and bring you against them as a witness?â (verse 41). I lifted my head or a person touched me in my side, and so I lifted my head
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1760 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
â The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was on the pulpit when he asked me to recite to him.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1761 - Sahih Muslim - Ibrahim Abu Isma`il As-Saksaki (Sahih Muslim)
Should I recite it to you while it has been sent down or revealed to you? He (the Holy Prophet) said: I love to hear it from someone else. So he (âAbdullah b. Masâud) recited to him (from the beginning of Surat al Nisaâ up to the verse:â How shall then it be when We bring from every people a witness and bring you as a witness against them?â He (the Holy Prophet) wept (on listening to it). It is narrated on the authority of Ibn Masâud through another chain of transmitters that the Mes
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1762 - Sahih Muslim - Abdullah (Sahih Muslim)
I was in Hims when some of the people asked me to recite the Qurâan to them. So I recited Surah Yusuf to them. One of the persons among the people said: By Allah, this is not how it has been sent down. I said: Woe upon you! By Allah, I recited it to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and he said to me: You have (recited) it well. I was talking with him (the man who objected to my recitation) that I sensed the smell of wine from him. So I said to him. Do you drink wine and belie the Book (of Allah)?
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1763 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
â He said to me: You recited (the Qurâan) well.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1764 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
Would any one of you like, when he returns to his family, to find there three large, fat, pregnant she-camels? We said: Yes. Upon this he said: Three verses that one of you recites in his prayer are better for him than three large, fat, pregnant she-camels.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1765 - Sahih Muslim - Uqbah ibn Amir (Sahih Muslim)
When we were in Suffa, the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came out and said: Which of you would like to go out every morning to Buthan or al-âAqiq and bring two large she-camels without being guilty of sin or without severing the ties of kinship? We said: Messenger of Allah, we would like to do it. Upon this he said: Does not one of you go out in the morning to the mosque and teach or recite two verses from the Book of Allah. the Majestic and Glorious? That is better for him than two she-camels, and
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1766 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Umama al-Bahili (Sahih Muslim)
Recite the Qurâan, for on the Day of Resurrection it will come as an intercessor for those who recite It. Recite the two bright ones, al-Baqara and Surah Al âImran, 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. Recite Surah al-Baqara, for to take recourse to it is a blessing and to give it up is a cause of grief, and the magicians cannot confront it. (Muâawiya said: It has been conveyed to me
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1767 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
â It has been conveyed to meâ¦â have not been mentioned.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1768 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
On the Day of Resurrection the Qurâan and those who acted according to it will be brought with Surah al-Baqara and AI âImran preceding them. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) likened them to three things, which I did not forget afterwards. He (the Holy Prophet) likened them to two clouds, or two black canopies with light between them, or like two flocks of birds in ranks pleading for one who recited them.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1769 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
This is a gate opened in heaven today which had never been opened before. Then when an angel descended through it, he said: This is an angel who came down to the earth who had never come down before. He greeted and said: Rejoice in two lights given to you which have not been given to any prophet before you: Fatihat al-Kitab and the concluding verses of Surah al-Baqara. You will never recite a letter from them for which you will not be given (a reward).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1770 - Sahih Muslim - 'Abd al-Rahman al-Hubuli (Sahih Muslim)
I met Abu Masâud near the House (Kaâba) and said to him: A hadith has been conveyed to me on your authority about the two (concluding verses of Surah al-Baqara. He said: Yes. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) (in fact) said: Anyone who recites the two verses at the end of Surah al-Baqara at night, they would suffice for him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1771 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
This hadith has been narrated by Mansur with the same chain of transmitters.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1772 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (Sahih Muslim)
If anyone recites the two verses at the end of Surah al-Baqara at night, they would suffice for him âAbd al-Rahman said: I met Abu Masâud and he was circumambulating the House (of Allah) and asked him about this (tradition) and he narrated it to me from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1773 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
A hadith like this has been narrated by Abu Masâud from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) through another chain of transmitters.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1774 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
It is through another chain of transmitters that this hadith has been reported by Abu Masâud from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1775 - Sahih Muslim - Abu al-Darda (Sahih Muslim)
If anyone learns by heart the first ten verses of the Surah al-Kahf, he will be protected from the Dajjal.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1776 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
At the end of Surah al-Kahf, but Hammam said: At the beginning of Surah al-Kahf.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1777 - Sahih Muslim - Ubayy ibn Ka'b (Sahih Muslim)
Allahâs Messenger (ï·º) said: O Abuâ al-Mundhir, do you know the verse from the Book of Allah which, according to you, is the greatest? I said: Allah and His Apostle (ï·º) know best. He again said: Abuâl-Mundhir, do you know the verse from the Book of Allah which, according to you, is the greatest? I said: Allah, there is no god but He, the Living, the Eternal. Thereupon he struck me on my breast and said: May knowledge be pleasant for you, O Abuâl-Mundhir!
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1778 - Sahih Muslim - Abu al-Darda (Sahih Muslim)
Is any one of you incapable of reciting a third of the Qurâan in a night? They (the Companions) asked: How could one recite a third of the Qurâan (in a night)? Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said: ââSay: He is Allah, Oneâ (Qurâan. cxii) is equivalent to a third of the Qurâan.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1779 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
He (the Messenger of Allah) said: Allah divided the Qurâan into three parts, and he made:â Say: He, Allah is One.â one part out of the (three) parts of the Qurâan.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1780 - Sahih Muslim - Qais (Sahih Muslim)
Get together. for I am going to recite one-third of the Qurâan before you. And those who could get together gathered there. Then the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came out and recited:â Say: He, Allah, is One.â He then entered (his house). Some of us said to the others: Perhaps there has been some news from the heaven on account of which he has gone Inside (the house). The Apostle of Allah (ï·º) again came out and said: I told you that I was going to recite one-third of the Qurâin; keep in mi
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1781 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Hurairah (Sahih Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came out to us and said: I am going to recite before you one-third of the Qurâan. He (the Holy Prophet) then recited:â Say: He is Allah, OneâAllah, the Eternal,â to the end of the Surah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1782 - Sahih Muslim - 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) sent a man in charge of an expedition and he would recite for his Companions during their prayer, ending (recitation) with:â Say, He is God, One.â When they returned mention was made of it to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He (the Holy Prophet) told them to ask him why he had done like that. So they asked him and he said: Verily, it is an attribute of the Compassionate One, and (for this reason) I love to recite it. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) thereupon said: Inf
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1783 - Sahih Muslim - Uqbah ibn Amir (Sahih Muslim)
What wonderful verses have been sent down today. the like of which has never been seen! They are:â Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the dawn,â andâ Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of men.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1784 - Sahih Muslim - Uqbah ibn Amir (Sahih Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said to me: There have been sent down to me verses the like of which had never been seen before. They are the Muâawwadhatain.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1785 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters directly from the Companions of Muhammad (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1786 - Sahih Muslim - Salim (Sahih Muslim)
Envy is not justified but in case of two persons only: one who, having been given (knowledge of) the Qurâan by Allah, recites it during the night and day (and also acts upon it) and a man who, having been given wealth by God, spends it during the night and the day (for the welfare of others. seeking the pleasure of the Lord).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1787 - Sahih Muslim - Salim (Sahih Muslim)
Envy is not justified but in case of two persons only: one who, having been given (knowledge of) the Qurâan 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.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1788 - Sahih Muslim - Abdullah (Sahih Muslim)
There should be no envy but only in case of two persons: one having been endowed with wealth and power to spend it in the cause of Truth, and (the other) who has been endowed with wisdom and he decides cases with the help of it and teaches it (to others).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1789 - Sahih Muslim - Amir bin 'Abda Ø¹Ø§ÙØ± Ø¨Ù Ø¹Ø¨Ø¯Ø© (Sahih Muslim)
Whom have you appointed as collector over the people of the valley? He said: Ibn Abza. He said: Who is Ibn Abza? He said: He is one of our freed slaves. He (Hadrat âUmar) said: So you have appointed a freed slave over them. He said: He is well versed In the Book of Allah. the Exalted and Great, and he is well versed In the commandments and injunctions (of the Shariâah). âUmar said: So the Prophet (ï·º) said: By this Book, Allah would exalt some peoples and degrade others.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1790 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
This hadith has been narrated by Zuhri through another chain of transmitters.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1791 - Sahih Muslim - Umar (Sahih Muslim)
I heard Hisham b. Hakim b. Hizam reciting Surah al-Furqan in a style different from that in which I used to recite it, and in which Allahâs Messenger (ï·º) had taught me to recite it. I was about to dispute with him (on this style) but I delayed till he had finished that (the recitation). Then I caught hold of his cloak and brought him to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and said: Messenger of Allah, I heard this man reciting Surah al-Furqan in a style different from the one in which you taught me
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1792 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
â I heard Hisham b. Hakim reciting Surah al-Furqan during the lifetime of Allahâs Messenger (ï·º).â The rest is the same but with this addition:â I was about to catch hold of him in prayer, but I exercised patience till he pronounced salutation.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1793 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
This hadith has been transmitted by Zuhri.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1794 - Sahih Muslim - ibn Abbas (Sahih Muslim)
Gabriel taught me to recite in one style. I replied to him and kept asking him to give more (styles), till he reached seven modes (of recitation). Ibn Shibab said: It has reached me that these seven styles are essentially one, not differing about what is permitted and what is forbidden.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1795 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
This hadith has been narrated by Zuhri with the same chain of trans- mitters.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1796 - Sahih Muslim - Ubayy ibn Ka'b (Sahih Muslim)
I was in the mosque when a man entered and prayed and recited (the Qurâin) in a style to which I objected. Then another man entered (the mosque) and recited in a style different from that of his companion. When we had finished the prayer, we all went to Allahâs Messenger (ï·º) and said to him: This man recited in a style to which I objected, and the other entered and recited in a style different from that of his companion. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) asked them to recite and so they recited
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1797 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
Ubayy b. Kaâb reported that he was sitting in a mosque that a person entered it and he observed prayer, and made recitation, the rest of the hadith is the same.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1798 - Sahih Muslim - Ubayy ibn Ka'b (Sahih Muslim)
Allah has commanded you to recite to your people the Qurâan in one dialect. Upon this he said: I ask from Allah pardon and forgiveness. My people are not capable of doing it. He then came for the second time and said: Allah has commanded you that you should recite the Qurâan to your people in two dialects. Upon this he (the Holy prophet) again said: I seek pardon and forgiveness from Allah, my people would not be able to do so. He (Gabriel) came for the third time and said: Allah has command
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1799 - Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim)
This hadith has been narrated by Shuâba with the same chain of transmitters.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1800 - Sahih Muslim - Abu Wa'il (Sahih Muslim)
Abu âAbd al-Rahman, how do you recite this word (alif) or (ya)? Would you read It as: min maâin ghaira asin or au min maâin ghaira ghaira yasin. (al-Qurâan, xlvii. 15)? âAbdullah said: You (seem to) have memorised the whole of the Qurâan except this. He (again) said: I recite all the mufassal surahs in one rakâah. Upon this âAbdullah said: (You must have been reciting It) hastily like the recitation of poetry. Verily. there are people who recite the Qurâan, but it does not go d
Grade: Sahih