SAYINGS OF THE MESSENGER OF THE CREATOR (22 TO 41)
(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)
Collected by
Muhammad Sharif Fauji from The Book “Sayings of The Prophet” (Peace Be Upon
Him) Darul Ishaat, Urdu Bazaar Karachi
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