Sahih al-Bukhari — Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

He (the Prophet (p.b.u.h) ) used to get up for the prayer on hearing the crowing of a cock.

“One of the portents of the Hour will be that people will show off in building Masjids.”

“The angels send Salah upon any one of you so long as he is in the place where he prays, and so long as he does not invalidate his ablution, (saying): ‘O Allah, forgive him, O Allah, have mercy on him.'”

“I entered upon Aisha and said: ‘Will you not tell me about the sickness of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?’ She said: ‘When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), became seriously ill, he said: “Have the people prayed?” We said: “No, they are waiting for you, 0 Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)” He said: “Put some water in a tub for me.” We did that and he performed Ghusl, then he tried to get up but he fainted. Then he came to us and said: “Have the people prayed?” We said: “No, they are waiting for you, 0 Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” He said: “Put some water in a tub for me.” We did that and he performed Ghusl, then he tried to get up but he fainted. Then for the third time he said the same thing. She said: The people were in the Masjid, waiting for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to lead the prayer. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent word to Abu Bakr, telling him to lead the people in prayer, so the messenger came to him and said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is telling you to lead the people in prayer.” Abu Bakr was a tenderhearted man, he said: “0 ‘Umar. lead the in prayer.” But (‘Umar) said: “You have more right to that.” So Abu Bakr led them in prayer during those days. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) felt a little better, he came with the help of two men, one of whom was Al-‘Abbas, to pray Zuhr. When Abu Bakr saw him, he wanted to step back, but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gestured to him not to step back. He told them (the two men) to seat him beside Abu Bakr, and Abu Bakr started to pray standing. The people were following the prayer of Abu Bakr and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was praying sitting.”‘ “I (‘Ubaidullah) entered upon Ibn Abbas and said ‘Shall I not tell you what Aisha narrated to me about the sickness of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ So I told him and he did not deny any of it, but he said: ‘Did she tell you the name of the man who was with Al-‘Abbas?’ I said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘That was Ali, may Allah honor his face.”‘

“Abu Mus’ad said: ‘Shall I not show you how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed?’ We said: ‘Yes.’ So he stood up and said the takbir, and when he bowed, he held his arms out from his sides until, when every part of him settled, he raised his head. He prayed four rak’ahs like that, and said: ‘This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) praying.'”

A man from among the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) told him that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘If any one of you in praying, let him not lift his gaze to the sky, or his eyesight will be taken away.'”

“I heard Abu Al-Ahwas saying to us in a gathering with Ibn Al-Musayyab when Ibn Al-Musayyab was sitting there, that he had heard Abu Dharr say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Allah (SWT) continues to look upon His slave while he is praying, so long as he does not turn away. If he turns his face away, He turns away from him.”

“I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about looking here and there during prayer. He said: ‘That is something that the Shaitan snatches from one’s prayer.'”

A similar report was narrated from Abu Hurairah from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).

“Ammar bin Yasir led the people in prayer and he made the prayer short. It was as if they disliked that, so he said: ‘Did I not do bowing and prostration properly?’ They said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘And I said a supplication that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to say:Allahumma bi ‘ilmikal-ghaiba wa qudratika ‘alal-khalqi ahini ma ‘alimtal-hayata khairan li, wa tawaffani idha ‘alimtal-wafata khairan li. Allahumma as’aluka khashyataka fil-ghaibi wash-shahadati wa as’aluka kalimatul-aqua fir-rida’i wal ghadab, wa as’alukal-qasda fil faqr wal-ghina, wa as’aluka na’iman la yanfadu wa as’aluka qurrata ainan la tanqati’u wa as’alukar-rida’i ba’dal-qada’i wa as’aluka bardal ‘aishi ba’dal-mawti, wa as’aluka ladhatan-nazari ila wajhika wash-shawqa ila liqa’ika fi fitnatin mudillatin, Allahumma zayyina dizinatil-imani waj’alna hudatan muhtadin (O Allah, by Your knowledge of the unseen and Your power over creation, keep me alive so long as You know that living is good for me and cause me to die when You know that death is better for me. O Allah, cause me to fear You in secret and in public. I ask You to make me true in speech in times of pleasure and of anger. I ask You to make me moderate in times of wealth and poverty. And I ask You for everlasting delight and joy that will never cease. I ask You to make me pleased with that which You have decreed and for an easy life after death. I ask You for the sweetness of looking upon Your face and a longing to meet You in a manner that does not entail a calamity that will bring about harm or a trial that will cause deviation. O Allah, beautify us with the adornment of faith and make us among those who guide and are rightly guided.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The sun and moon are two signs of Allah (SWT), the Most High, and they do not become eclipsed for death or birth of anyone, rather Allah (SWT), the Mighty and Sublime, strikes fear into His slaves through them.'”

That there was an eclipse of the sun and the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) prayed two rak’ahs until it ended. Then he said: “The sun and the moon do not become eclipsed for the death of anyone, but they are two of His creations. Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, causes whatever He wants to happen in His creation. If Allah (SWT), the Mighty and Sublime, manifests Himself to any of His creation, it humbles itself before Him, so if either of them (solar or lunar eclipse) happens, pray until it is over or until Allah causes something to happen.”

“It rained during the time of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said: ‘Have you nt heard what your Lord said this night? He said: I have never sent down any blessing upon My slaves but some of them become disbelievers thereby, saying: ‘We have been given rain by such and such a star.’ As for the one who believes in Me and praises Me for giving rain, that is the one who believes in Me and disbelieves in the stars. But the one who says: ‘We have been given rain by such and such a star’ he has disbelieved in Me and believed in the stars.”

“We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the Iqamah for prayer was said. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up and one group stood behind him while another group faced the enemy. He led those who were behind him in prayer, bowing once and prostrating twice. Then they went and took the place of those who had been facing the enemy, and that group came and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led them in prayer, bowing once and prostrating twice. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said the taslim and those who were behind him said the taslim, as did the other group.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) came to him and Fatimah at night and said: “Won’t you pray?” I said: “O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), our souls are in the hand of Allah and if He wants to make us get up, He will make us get up.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went away when I said that to him. Then as he was leaving I heard him striking his thigh and saying: But, man is ever more quarrelsome than anything.

“I came to Al-Madinah and sat with ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab. A funeral passed by and the deceased was praised, and ‘Umar said: ‘It is granted.’ Then another passed by and the deceased was praised, and ‘Umar Said: ‘It is granted.’ Then a third passed by, and the deceased was criticized, and ‘Umar said: ‘It is granted.’ I said: What is granted, O commander of the believers?’ He said: ‘I said what the Messenger of Allah said: Any Muslim for whom four people bear witness and say good things, Allah will admit him to Paradise.’ We said: ‘Or three?’ He said: ‘Or three.’ We said: ‘Or two?’ He said: ‘Or two.”‘

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Do not verbally abuse the dead, for they have reached the consequences of what they did.”‘

“The Talbiyah of the Messenger of Allah was: “Labbaika Allahumma Labbaik, Labbaika la sharika laka labbaik. Innal-hamda wan-ni’mata laka wal-mulk, la sharika lak (Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am, You have no partner, here I am. Verily all praise and blessings are Yours, and all sovereignty, You have no partner).” And Ibn ‘Umar added: “Labbaika Labbaika wasa’daika wal-khayr fi yadika, warraghba’ ilaika wal-‘aml (Here I am, here I am, and at Your service; all good is in Your hands, seeking Your pleasure and striving for Your sake).”

“I complained to the Messenger of Allah that I was sick, and he said: ‘Perform Tawaf behind the people while you are riding.’ So I performed Tawaf while the Messenger of Allah was praying beside the House, and reciting: ‘The Tur (Mount), and by the Book Inscribed.'”

It was narrated from ‘Alqamah, that ‘Uthman said to Ibn Mas’ud: “Shall I arrange for you to marry a young girl?” ‘Abdullah called ‘Alqamah and he told the people that the Prophet said: “Whoever among you can afford it, let him get married, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and guarding chastity. And whoever cannot afford it, then let him fast, for it will be a restraint for him.”

“She is the daughter of my brother through breast-feeding, and what becomes unlawful (for marriage) through breast-feeding is the same as that which becomes unlawful through lineage.”

“You are confused, the Messenger of Allah forbade it, and the meat of domestic donkeys on the day of Khaibar.”

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Do not swear by your fathers, nor by your mothers nor by the idols. Swear only by Allah, and do not swear unless you are sincere.'”

“There is no person who kills a small bird or anything larger for no just reason, but Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will ask him about it.” It was said: “O Messenger of Allah, what does just reason;’ mean?” Her said: “That you slaughter it and eat it, and do not cut off its head and throw it aside.”

there were two co-wives, one of whom struck the other with a tent people and killed her. The Messenger of Allah ruled that the Diyah was to be paid by the ‘Asabah of the killer, and that a slave should be given (as diyah) for the child in her womb. The Bedouin Said: “Are you penalizing me for one who neither ate nor drank, or shouted or cried (at the moment of birth)? Such a one should be overlooked/” He said: “Rhyming verse like the verse of the Jahiliyyah,” and he ruled that a slave should e given (as Diyah) for the child in her womb.

“A woman of Banu Lihyan struck her co-wife with a tent pole and killed her, and the slain woman was pregnant. The Messenger of Allah ruled that the Diyah was to be paid by the’Asbah of the killer, and that a slave should be given (as Diyah) for the child in her womb”.

two woman were married to a man of Hudhail, and one of them threw tent pole at the other and caused her to miscarry. They referred the dispute to the Prophet and they said: “how can we pay the Diyah for one who neither shouted nor cried (at the moment of birth), or ate or drank? Such a one should be overlooked.” He said: “Rhyming verse like the verse of the Bedouins?” And the ruled that the ‘Aqilah of the women should give a slave 9asdiyah).

a man of Hudhail had two wives, and one of them threw a tent pole at the o0ther and caused her to miscarry. It was said: “What do you think of one who neither ate nor drank, or shouted nor cried (at the moment of birth)?” he said: (Rhyming verse like the verse of the Bedouins. “And the Messenger of Allah ruled that a make or female slave shouted be given (as dihahj) for him (the unborn child), to be paid but the’Aqila h of the woman.

“I woman struck her co-wife, who was pregnant, with a rock and killed her Messenger of Allah ruled that a slave should be given (as Diyah) for the child in her woman, and that her Diyah should be paid by her ‘Asabah. They said:’ should we be penalized for one who neither after nor drank, or shouted or cried (at the moment of birth)? Such a one should be overlooked.’ He said: ‘Rhyming vase like the vase of the Bedouisn? It is what I say to (sahih)

‘O Messenger of Allah, she miscarried a boy whose hair had grown.’ The father of the killer said: “He is lying. By Allah he never cried or shouted (at the moment of birth), nor drank nor ate. Such a one should be overlooked.’ The Prophet said: ‘rhyming verse like the verse of the Jahiliyyah and of its soothsayers? A slave must be given (as Diyah) for the boy, ”’ Ibn ‘Abbes said; “One of then was Mulaikah and the other was Umm Ghatif.”

“No one who commits Zina is a believer at the moment when he is committing Zina; no one who steals is a believer at the moment when he is stealing; no one who drinks wine is a believer at the moment when he is drinking it.” – And he mentioned a fourth but I (the narrator) have forgotten it – “When he does that the yoke of Islam is shed from his neck, but if he repents, Allah accepts his repentance.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah say: ‘The hand is not be cut off for (stealing) produce or the spadix of palm trees.”‘

The Prophet said: “Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has forbidden me from Al-Qaza’ (to shave part of the head and leave part).”

“The Messenger of Allah forbade me to recite Qur’an while bowing and to wear gold and garments dyed with safflower.”

“Salim said: ‘What is Al-Istabraq?’ I said: ‘A thick type of Ad-Dibaj, and a coarse type of it.’ He said: ‘I heard ‘Abdullah (bin ‘Umar) say: “Umar saw a Hullah of Sundus with a man, and he brought it to the Messenger of Allah and said: ‘Buy this'” and he quoted the Hadith.

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘You should wear white garments; dress your living ones in them, and shroud your dead in them, for they are among the best of your garments.'”

“The Messenger of Allah entered upon me, and I had put up a curtain on which there were images. When he saw it, his face changed color, then he tore it down with his hand and said: ‘The people who will be most severely punished on the Day of Resurrection will be those who try to imitate the creation of Allah.'”

The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited to hand the drawn sword.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: When one of you puts on sandals, he should put on his right one first, and when he takes them off, he should take off the left one first ; so that the right one should be the first to be put on and the last to be taken off.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to al-Hasan ibn Ali. This son of mine is a Sayyid (chief), and I hope Allah may reconcile two parties of my community by means of him. Hammad’s version has: And perhaps Allah may reconcile two large parties of Muslims by means of him.

There is no one who will be overtaken by trial regarding whom I do not fear except Muhammad ibn Maslamah, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Trial will not harm you.

“Indeed, amount the last (of orders) Allah’s Messenger ordered me with was to employ a Mu’adh-dhin who would not take a wage for his Adhan.”

“The Prophet (S) performed two prostrations after the Salam.”

“I asked the Messenger of Allah about looking around during the Salat. He said: ‘It is a portion which the Shaitan snatches during a man’s prayer.'”

“The Messenger of Allah would not pray in women’s covers.”

“The Messenger of Allah would love to start with the right side when he purified himself, and when he combed, and when putting his sandals on.”

“The charity collector of the Prophet came to us. So he took the charity from our rich to our poor. I was a orphan boy, so he came to me and gave me a young she-camel from it.”

the Prophet said: “Whoever died while he had a month to fast, then a needy person should be fed on his behalf in place of every day.”

“The lifelong gift is permitted for its inhabitant” or:”is an inheritance for its inhabitant.”

] There are narrations on this topic from Talhah, Jabir, Abu Sa’eed, and ‘Ikrash bin Dhuwaib.

“Indeed among the excellence of a person’s Islam is that he leaves what does not concern him.”

” O Muhammad! A man loves the people but does not catch up to them (in deeds).” So the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said: “A man shall be with whomever he loves.”

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Indeed Allah Most High created Adam from a handful that He took from all of the earth. So the children of Adam come in according with the earth, some of them come red, and white and black, and between that, and the thin, the thick, the filthy, and the clean.”

The Messeenger of Allah said: “Whoever catches one Rak’ah of the Subh before the sun rises, then he has caught it, and whoever catches one Rak’ah of the ‘Asr before the sun sets, then he has caught it.” (Sahih)Another chain with similar wording.

The Prophet said: “A muslim does not regularly attend the mosques to perform prayer and remember Allah, but Allah feels happy with him just as the family of one who is absent feels happy when he comes back to them.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The people should be lead by the one who is most well-Versed in recitation of the Book of Allah. If they are equal in recitation, then they should be led by the one who emigrated first. If they are equal in emigration, then they should be led by the eldest. A man should not be led among his family or in his place of authority; no one should be sat in his place of honor in his house without permission, or without his permission.’”

the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Do not take oaths by idols nor by your forefathers. “

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever sells defective goods without pointing it out, he will remain subject to the wrath of Allah, and the angels will continue to curse him.'”

“You were my partner during the Ignorance period and you were the best of partners, you did not contend or dispute.”

“If one of us did not need his land, he would give it (to someone else to cultivate) in return for one third, or one half of the yield , and he would stipulate (that the should receive) the produce grows on the banks of three streams, and the grains that remain in the ear after threshing, and the produce irrigated by a stream. Life at that time was hard, and he would work (the land) with iron and whatever Allah (SWT) willed, and he would benefit from it. Then Rafi bin Khadij came to us and said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade you to do something that may seem beneficial to you, but obedience to Allah and obedience to His Messenger are more beneficial for you. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade Haq for you, and he said: “Whoever has no need of his land, let him give it to his brother (to cultivate) or let him leave it (uncultivated).”

“Labbaika bi-‘Umratin wa hajjatin [Here I am (O Allah), for ‘Umrah and Hajj].”

It was narrated from Sa’d, the freed slave of Abu Bakr – and Sa’d used to serve the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he liked this Hadith – that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade eating two dates at once.

“I heard Salman, when he was forced to eat food, say: ‘It is sufficient for me that I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: The people who most eat their fill in this world will be the most hungry on the Day of Resurrection.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade tipping up water skins in order to drink from their mouths.”

‘The believer should not be stung from the same hole twice.’”

The Prophet said: “Leave me as I have left you (Don’t ask me the minor things that I have avoided to tell you). For those who came before you were doomed because of their questions and differences with their Prophets. If I commanded you to do something, then do as much of it as you can, and if I forbid you from doing something, then refrain from it.”