In Surat al-Muzzammil (73), the verse: “Keep vigil at night but a little, a half thereof” (2-3) has been abrogated by the following verse: “He knoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite then of the Qur’an that which is easy for you” (v.20). The phrase “the vigil of the […]
When the opening verses of Surah Al-muzammil was revealed, the Companions would pray as long as they would pray during Ramadan until its last verses were revealed. The period between the revelation of its opening and the last verses was one year.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: When one you sleeps, the devil ties three knots at the back of his neck, sealing every knot with, “You have a long night, so sleep.” So if one awakes and mentions Allah, a knot will be loosened; if he performs ablution another knot will be loosened; and […]
The Prophet (ﷺ) came to the mosque of Banu AbdulAshhal. He prayed the sunset prayer there. When they finished the prayer, he saw them praying the supererogatory prayer after it. He said: This is the prayer to be offered in the houses.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to prolong the recitation of the Qur’an in the two rak’ahs after the sunset prayer until the people praying in the mosque dispersed. Abu Dawud said: This has been reported by Nasr al-Mujaddir from Ya’qub al-Qummi with the same chain of narrators. Abu Dawud said: Muhammad b. ‘Isa b. […]
This tradition from the Prophet (ﷺ) without mentioning the name of the Companion in the chain (in the mursal form). Abu dawud said: I heard Muhammad b. Humaid say: I heard Ya’qub say: Anything I narrated to you from Ja’far on the authority of Sa’id b. Jubair from the Prophet (ﷺ) is directly coming from […]
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Prayer is to be offered in two rak’ahs; and you should recite the tashahhud at the end of two rak’ahs, and express your distress and humility and raise your hands and say praying: O Allah, O Allah. He who does not do so does not offer a perfect prayer. Abu Dawud […]
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to al-Abbas ibn AbdulMuttalib: Abbas, my uncle, shall I not give you, shall I not present to you, shall I not donate to you, shall I not produce for you ten things? If you act upon them, Allah will forgive you your sins, first and last, old and new, […]
AbulJawza’ said: A man who attended the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) narrated to me (it is thought that he was Abdullah ibn Amr): The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me: Come to me tomorrow; I shall give you something, I shall give you something, I shall reward you something, I shall donate something to you. […]
That an al-Ansari narrated to him: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Ja’far. He then narrated the tradition in like manner. This version has the words: “In the second prostration of the first rak’ah” in addition to the words transmitted by Mahdi b. Maimun (in the previous tradition).