SAYINGS OF THE MESSENGER
(SALLALLAHO-ALAIHE-WA-AALEHI-WASALLAM)
SECOND PILLAR OF ISLAM
PRAYERS AND RELATED MATTERS
22. Sayyidina Uthmaan bin ‘Affan (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
As for a Muslim who, when the time of prayer is at hand, performs
ablution carefully, observes humility and bows devotedly, his behavior will be
an expiration for his past sins as long as he has not committed a major sin.
This (expiration) is for all time. (Muslim, Mishkat)
23. Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
My people will be called on the Day of Resurrection while their faces
and feet are bright being the result of ablution. (Muslim, Bukhari, Mishkat)
24. Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Tell me, if there were a river at the door
of one of you and he bathed himself in it five times every day, will he have dirt
over him any more? The companions affirmed that he will not have any dirt on
him. So, the Prophet (SALLALLAHO-ALAIHE-WA-AALEHI-WASALLAM) said, this is the example of the
five daily prayers through which Allah removes sins. (Muslim, Bukhari, Mishkat)
25. Sayyidina Abu Zarr (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Muslim worshipper observes prayer for the
sake of Allah, his sins fall from him as the leaves fall from tree. (Ahmad, Mishkat)
26. Sayyidina ‘Ali (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
O
Ali! Do not delay observing three things:
1 Prayer
when the time has come,
2 A
funeral when it is there, and
3 The
marriage of an unmarried woman when you find a match for her. (Tirmizi, Mishkat)
27. Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
If people realized the excellence of Azaan
and the first row (in the congregational prayer) then (to decide who calls the
Azaan and who stands in the first row) they will surely draw lots if there is
no alternative to that. Also, if they find out the immense rewards on observing
prayer at the earliest time then they will compete with each other in doing
that. Also, if they know the advantages in offering the I’sha and Fajr prayers
with the congregation then they will surely make it to the two congregations
even if they have to crawl on their knees. (Muslim, Bukhari, Mishkat, at-Targheeb wat Tarheeb)
28. Sayyidina Uthmaan (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
If anyone is in the mosque when the Azaan
is called out but goes out of it after that without a valid reason, not
intending to return, then he is a hypocrite. (Ibn-Majah, Targheeb)
29. Sayyidina Wa’athila bin al-Asqa’(Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Keep your mosques safe from children and
lunatics. Preserve them from buying and selling, loud gossip, punishing the
criminals and unshielding swords. Build wash rooms at their gates and apply
incense on them on Fridays. (Ibn-Majah, Targheeb)
30. Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
The congregational prayer fetches reward
that is twenty five times more than a person who prays at home or in the
market. This is because if he performs ablution, being careful about it, and
walks towards the mosque having no other reason for going out then he does not
take a step but is elevated by a degree and gets a (minor) sin obliterated.
Then when he begins his prayer, as long as he is there, the Angels invoke
blessings on him in these words, “O Allah! Forgive him, have mercy on him.”
And, as he is rewarded as if he is in prayer provided he does not harm anybody. (Bukhari, Muslim, Targheeb)
31. Sayyidina Abullah bin Qurt (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
On the day of Resurrection, man will be
asked first of all about prayers. If that is found satisfactory, then all his
deeds will be approved. But, if that is defective then all his deeds will be
corrupted. (Jabaraani; awsat, Targheeb)
32. Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
A man is closest to his Lord when he is in
the posture of prostration. (Muslim, Targheeb)
33. Sayyidina Abu Uma’amah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
If the man who neglects congregational prayer knows the excellence
enjoyed by those who join the congregation, he would surely walk to it even if
he has to crawl on his knees. (Muslim, Targheeb)
34. Sayyidina Anas (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
If anyone has the pleasure of Allah in mind and joins the congregational
prayer for forty days always with the first Takbeer, then he will be allowed
deliverance of two kinds-deliverance from punishment of Hell and deliverance
from hypocrisy. (Tirmizi, Targheeb)
35. Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Sometimes I feel like asking some young
people to collect wood for me following which I would go to those people who
offer their prayers at home without being ill, and set their houses alight. (Muslim, Targheeb)
36. Sayyidina Jabir bin Abdullah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
After one of you has offered his prayers in the mosque, he must leave a
portion of it to be offered at home. When a man offers prayer at home, Allah
bestows blessings on it. (Muslim, Targheeb)
37. Sayyidina Zayd bin Thabit (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
O men! You should offer prayers at home too because apart from the
obligatory (fard) (which is best offered in a masjid), the best pray for a man
is that offered at his home. (Nasa’i, Targheeb)
38. Sayyidina Abdullah bin Umar (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
If anyone misses his ‘Asr prayer then it is as if he has lost his family
and wealth. (Bukhari,Muslim, Targheeb)
39. Sayyidina Abu Bakr (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
If anyone happens to commit a sin but after that gets up, performs
ablution, offers prayer and seeks forgiveness of Allah then Allah surely
forgives him. (Tirmizi, Targheeb)
40. Sayyidina Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
If anyone has a need he wants from Allah or from some person, he must
perform ablution, and do it well, and offer two Raka’at prayer. He must then
praise and glorify Allah, invoke blessings on the Messenger of Allah and then
make this supplication:
“There is no god except Allah, the
Clement, the Kind, and the Unblemished Lord of the Great Throne. Praise belongs
to Allah, Lord of the worlds. I beseech you for all causes of the grant of your
Mercy and forgiveness, a full share of pious deeds, and a safety from sin. Let
not any of my sins go unforgiven. O the most Merciful! Not any of my worries
unrelieved, not any need that is agreeable to you unfulfilled, O the Most
Merciful!” (Tirmizi, Targheeb)
41. Sayyidina Abu Ayub Ansaari (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
If anyone has a bath on Friday and applies fragrance, if he has it, and
dons the best clothes he has and goes to the masjid where he offers as many
Raka’at as he can without inconveniencing anyone, and sits quietly after that
(to listen to the sermon), then his behaviour is an atonement for his (minor)
sins until the next Friday. (Ahmed, Targheeb)
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