Times of the Prayers

1.500:
Narrated Ibn Shihab: Once `Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz delayed the
prayer and `Urwa bin Az−Zubair went to him and said, "Once in
'Iraq, Al−Mughira bin Shu`ba delayed his prayers and Abi
Mas`ud Al−Ansari went to him and said, 'O Mughira! What is
this? Don't you know that once Gabriel came and offered the
prayer (Fajr prayer) and Allah's Apostle prayed too, then he
prayed again (Zuhr prayer) and so did Allah's Apostle and
again he prayed (`Asr prayers and Allah's Apostle did the
same; again he prayed (Maghrib−prayer) and so did Allah's
Apostle and again prayed (`Isha prayer) and so did Allah's
Apostle and (Gabriel) said, 'I was ordered to do so (to
demonstrate the prayers prescribed to you)?'" `Umar (bin
`Abdul `Aziz) said to `Urwa, "Be sure of what you Say. Did
Gabriel lead Allah's Apostle at the stated times of the
prayers?" `Urwa replied, "Bashir bin Abi Mas`ud narrated like
this on the authority of his father." `Urwa added, "Aisha told
me that Allah's Apostle used to pray `Asr prayer when the
sunshine was still inside her residence (during the early time
of `Asr).
1.501:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: "Once a delegation of `Abdul Qais came to
Allah's Apostle and said, "We belong to such and such branch
of the tribe of Rab'a [??] and we can only come to you in the
sacred months. Order us to do something good so that we may
(carry out) take it from you and also invite to it our people
whom we have left behind (at home)." The Prophet said, " I
order you to do four things and forbid you from four things.
(The first four are as follows): −1. To believe in Allah. (And
then he: explained it to them i.e.) to testify that none has
the right to be worshipped but Allah and (Muhammad) am Allah's
Apostle −2. To offer prayers perfectly (at the stated times):
−3. To pay Zakat (obligatory charity) −4. To give me Khumus
(The other four things which are forbidden are as follows):
−1. Dubba
−2. Hantam
−3. Muqaiyat [BR] −4. Naqir (all these are utensils used for
the preparation of alcoholic drinks).
1.502:
Narrated Jarir bin `Abdullah: I gave the pledge of allegiance
to Allah's Apostle for to offer prayers perfectly, to pay
Zakat regularly, and to give good advice to every Muslim.
1.503:
Narrated Shaqiq:
that he had heard Hudhaifa saying, "Once I was sitting with
`Umar and he said, 'Who amongst you remembers the statement of
Allah's Apostle about the afflictions?' I said, 'I know it as
the Prophet had said it.' `Umar said, 'No doubt you are bold.'
I said, 'The afflictions caused for a man by his wife, money,
children and neighbor are expiated by his prayers, fasting,
charity and by enjoining (what is good) and forbidding (what
is evil).' `Umar said, 'I did not mean that but I asked about
that affliction which will spread like the waves of the sea.'
I (Hudhaifa) said, 'O leader of the faithful believers! You
need not be afraid of it as there is a closed door between you
and it.' `Umar asked, Will the door be broken or opened?' I
replied, 'It will be broken.' `Umar said, 'Then it will never
be closed again.' I was asked whether `Umar knew that door. I
replied that he knew it as one knows that there will be night
before the tomorrow morning. I narrated a Hadith that was free
from any misstatement" The sub−narrator added that they
deputized Masruq to ask Hudhaifa (about the door). Hudhaifa
said, "The door was `Umar himself."
1.504:
Narrated Ibn Mas`ud: A man kissed a woman (unlawfully) and
then went to the Prophet and informed him. Allah revealed: And
offer prayers perfectly At the two ends of the day And in some
hours of the night (i.e. the five compulsory prayers). Verily!
good deeds remove (annul) the evil deeds (small sins) (1
1.114). The man asked Allah's Apostle, "Is it for me?" He
said, "It is for all my followers."
1.505:
Narrated `Abdullah: I asked the Prophet "Which deed is the
dearest to Allah?" He replied, "To offer the prayers at their
early stated fixed times." I asked, "What is the next (in
goodness)?" He replied, "To be good and dutiful to your
parents" I again asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?" He
replied, 'To participate in Jihad (religious fighting) in
Allah's cause." `Abdullah added, "I asked only that much and
if I had asked more, the Prophet would have told me more."
1.506:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "If
there was a river at the door of anyone of you and he took a
bath in it five times a day would you notice any dirt on him?"
They said, "Not a trace of dirt would be left." The Prophet
added, "That is the example of the five prayers with which
Allah blots out (annuls) evil deeds."
1.507:
Narrated Ghailan:
Anas said, "I do not find (now−a−days) things as they were
(practiced) at the time of the Prophet." Somebody said "The
prayer (is as it was.)" Anas said, "Have you not done in the
prayer what you have done? Narrated Az−Zuhri that he visited
Anas bin Malik at Damascus and found him weeping and asked him
why he was weeping. He replied, "I do not know anything which
I used to know during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle except
this prayer which is being lost (not offered as it should be).
1.508:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Whenever anyone of you offers his prayer he
is speaking in private to his Lord. So he should not spit to
his right but under his left foot." Qatada said, "He should
not spit in front of him but to his left or under his feet."
And Shu`ba said, "He should not spit in front of him, nor to
his right but to his left or under his foot." Anas said: The
Prophet said, "He should neither spit in the direction of his
Qibla nor to his right but to his left or under his foot."
1.509:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Do the prostration properly and do not put
your forearms flat with elbows touching the ground like a dog.
And if you want to spit, do not spit in front, nor to the
right for the person in prayer is speaking in private to his
Lord."
1.510:
Narrated Abu Huraira and `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle
said, "If it is very hot, then pray the Zuhr prayer when it
becomes (a bit) cooler, as the severity of the heat is from
the raging of the Hell−fire."
1.511:
Narrated Abu Dhar: The Mu'adh−dhin (call−maker) of the Prophet
pronounced the Adhan (call) for the Zuhr prayer but the
Prophet said, "Let it be cooler, let it be cooler." Or said,
'Wait, wait, because the severity of heat is from the raging
of the Hell−fire. In severe hot weather, pray when it becomes
(a bit) cooler and the shadows of hillocks appear."
1.512:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "In very hot weather
delay the Zuhr prayer till it becomes (a bit) cooler because
the severity of heat is from the raging of the Hell−fire. The
Hell−fire of Hell complained to its Lord saying: O Lord! My
parts are eating (destroying) one another. So Allah allowed it
to take two breaths, one in the winter and the other in the
summer. The breath in the summer is at the time when you feel
the severest heat and the breath in the winter is at the time
when you feel the severest cold."
1.513:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: that Allah's Apostle said, "Pray Zuhr
prayer when it becomes (a bit) cooler as the severity of heat
is from the raging of the Hell−fire."
1.514:
Narrated Abu Dhar Al−Ghifar: We were with the Prophet on a
journey and the Mu'adh−dhin (call maker for the prayer) wanted
to pronounce the Adhan (call) for the Zuhr prayer. The Prophet
said, 'Let it become cooler." He again (after a while) wanted
to pronounce the Adhan but the Prophet said to him, "Let it
become cooler till we see the shadows of hillocks." The
Prophet added, "The severity of heat is from the raging of the
Hell−fire, and in very hot weather pray (Zuhr) when it becomes
cooler."
1.515:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle came out as the sun
declined at midday and offered the Zuhr prayer. He then stood
on the pulpit and spoke about the Hour (Day of Judgment) and
said that in it there would be tremendous things. He then
said, "Whoever likes to ask me about anything he can do so and
I shall reply as long as I am at this place of mine. Most of
the people wept and the Prophet said repeatedly, "Ask me."
`Abdullah bin Hudhafa As−Sahmi stood up and said, "Who is my
father?" The Prophet said, "Your father is Hudhafa." The
Prophet repeatedly said, "Ask me." Then `Umar knelt before him
and said, "We are pleased with Allah as our Lord, Islam as our
religion, and Muhammad as our Prophet." The Prophet then
became quiet and said, "Paradise and Hell−fire were displayed
in front of me on this wall just now and I have never seen a
better thing (than the former) and a worse thing (than the
latter).
1.516:
Narrated Abu Al−Minhal: Abu Barza said, "The Prophet used to
offer the Fajr (prayer) when one could recognize the person
sitting by him (after the prayer) and he used to recite
between 60 to 100 Ayat (verses) of the Qur'an. He used to
offer the Zuhr prayer as soon as the sun declined (at noon)
and the `Asr at a time when a man might go and return from the
farthest place in Medina and find the sun still hot. (The
sub−narrator forgot what was said about the Maghrib). He did
not mind delaying the `Isha prayer to one third of the night
or the middle of the night."
1.517:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: When we offered the Zuhr prayers
behind Allah's Apostle we used to prostrate on our clothes to
protect ourselves from the heat.
1.518:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: "The Prophet prayed eight rak`at for the
Zuhr and `Asr, and seven for the Maghrib and `Isha prayers in
Medina." Aiyub said, "Perhaps those were rainy nights." Anas
said, "May be."
1.519:
Narrated Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to offer the `Asr prayer when the
sunshine had not disappeared from my chamber.
1.520:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to offer the `Asr prayers at a time when
the sunshine was still inside my chamber and no shadow had yet
appeared in it.
1.521:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet used to pray the `Asr prayers at a time when the
sunshine was still inside my chamber and no shadow had yet
appeared in it.
1.522:
Narrated Saiyar bin Salama: I along with my father went to
Abu− Barza Al−Aslami and my father asked him, "How Allah's
Apostle used to offer the five compulsory congregational
prayers?" Abu− Barza said, "The Prophet used to pray the Zuhr
prayer which you (people) call the first one at midday when
the sun had just declined The `Asr prayer at a time when after
the prayer, a man could go to the house at the farthest place
in Medina (and arrive) while the sun was still hot. (I forgot
about the Maghrib prayer). The Prophet Loved to delay the
`Isha which you call Al− `Atama [??] and he disliked sleeping
before it and speaking after it. After the Fajr prayer he used
to leave when a man could recognize the one sitting beside him
and he used to recite between 60 to 100 Ayat (in the Fajr
prayer) .
1.523:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: We used to pray the `Asr prayer and
after that if someone happened to go to the tribe of Bani `Amr
bin `Auf, he would find them still praying the `Asr (prayer).
1.524:
Narrated Abu Bakr bin `Uthman bin Sahl bin Hunaif: that he
heard Abu Umama saying: We prayed the Zuhr prayer with `Umar
bin `Abdul `Aziz and then went to Anas bin Malik and found him
offering the `Asr prayer. I asked him, "O uncle! Which prayer
have you offered?" He said 'The `Asr and this is (the time of)
the prayer of Allah s Apostle which we used to pray with him."
1.525:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle used to offer the
`Asr prayer at a time when the sun was still hot and high and
if a person went to Al−`Awali (a place) of Medina, he would
reach there when the sun was still high. Some of Al−`Awali of
Medina were about four miles or so from the town.
1.526:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: We used to pray the `Asr and after
that if one of US went to Quba' he would arrive there while
the sun was still high.
1.527:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever misses the
`Asr prayer (intentionally) then it is as if he lost his
family and property."
1.528:
Narrated Abu Al−Mahh [??] : We were with Buraida in a battle
on a cloudy day and he said, "Offer the `Asr prayer early as
the Prophet said, "Whoever leaves the `Asr prayer, all his
(good) deeds will be annulled."
1.529:
Narrated Qais:
Jarir said, "We were with the Prophet and he looked at the
moon−−full−moon−−and said, 'Certainly you will see your Lord
as you see this moon and you will have no trouble in seeing
Him. So if you can avoid missing (through sleep or business,
etc.) a prayer before the sunrise (Fajr) and a prayer before
sunset (`Asr), you must do so.' He then recited Allah's
Statement: And celebrate the praises Of your Lord before the
rising of the sun and before (its) setting." (50.39) Isma`il
said, "Offer those prayers and do not miss them."
1.530:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Angels come to
you in succession by night and day and all of them get
together at the time of the Fajr and `Asr prayers. Those who
have passed the night with you (or stayed with you) ascend (to
the Heaven) and Allah asks them, though He knows everything
about you, well, "In what state did you leave my slaves?" The
angels reply: "When we left them they were praying and when we
reached them, they were praying."
1.531:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If anyone of you
can get one rak`a of the `Asr prayer before sunset, he should
complete his prayer. If any of you can get one rak`a of the
Fajr prayer before sunrise, he should complete his prayer."
1.532:
Narrated Salim bin `Abdullah: My father said, "I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, 'The period of your stay as compared to the
previous nations is like the period equal to the time between
the `Asr prayer and sunset. The people of the Torah were given
the Torah and they acted (upon it) till midday then they were
exhausted and were given one Qirat (of gold) each. And then
the people of the Gospel were given the Gospel and they acted
(upon it) till the `Asr prayer then they were exhausted and
were! given one Qirat each. And then we were given the Qur'an
and we acted (upon it) till sunset and we were given two
Qirats each. On that the people of both the scriptures said,
'O our Lord! You have given them two Qirats and given us one
Qirat, though we have worked more than they.' Allah said,
'Have I usurped some of your right?' They said, 'No.' Allah
said: "That is my blessing I bestow upon whomsoever I wish."
1.533:
Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet said, "The example of Muslims,
Jews and Christians is like the example of a man who employed
laborers to work for him from morning till night. They worked
till midday and they said, 'We are not in need of your
reward.' SO the man employed another batch and said to them,
'Complete the rest of the day and yours will be the wages I
had fixed (for the first batch). They worked Up till the time
of the `Asr prayer and said, 'Whatever we have done is for
you.' He employed another batch. They worked for the rest of
the day till sunset, and they received the wages of the two
former batches."
1.534:
Narrated Rafi` bin Khadij: We used to offer the Maghrib prayer
with the Prophet and after finishing the prayer one of us may
go away and could still see as Par as the spots where one's
arrow might reach when shot by a bow.
1.535:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet used to pray the
Zuhr at midday, and the `Asr at a time when the sun was still
bright, the Maghrib after sunset (at its stated time) and the
`Isha at a variable time. Whenever he saw the people assembled
(for `Isha' prayer) he would pray earlier and if the people
delayed, he would delay the prayer. And they or the Prophet
used to offer the Fajr Prayers when it still dark.
1.536:
Narrated Salama:
We used to pray the Maghrib prayer with the Prophet when the
sun disappeared from the horizon.
1.537:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet prayed seven rak`at together
and eight rak`at together.
1.538:
Narrated `Abdullah Al−Muzani: The Prophet said, "Do not be
influenced by bedouins regarding the name of your Maghrib
prayer which is called `Isha' by them."
1.539:
Narrated `Abdullah: "One night Allah's Apostle led us in the
`Isha' prayer and that is the one called Al−`Atma [??] by the
people. After the completion of the prayer, he faced us and
said, "Do you know the importance of this night? Nobody
present on the surface of the earth tonight will be living
after one hundred years from this night." (See Hadith No.
575).
1.540:
Narrated Muhammad bin `Amr: We asked Jabir bin `Abdullah about
the prayers of the Prophet . He said, "He used to pray Zuhr
prayer at midday, the `Asr when the sun was still hot, and the
Maghrib after sunset (at its stated time). The `Isha was
offered early if the people gathered, and used to be delayed
if their number was less; and the morning prayer was offered
when it was still dark. "
1.541:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle once delayed the `Isha' prayer and that was
during the days when Islam still had not spread. The Prophet
did not come out till `Umar informed him that the women and
children had slept. Then he came out and said to the people of
the mosque: "None amongst the dwellers of the earth has been
waiting for it (`Isha prayer) except you."
1.542:
Narrated Abu Musa: My companions, who came with me in the boat
and I landed at a place called Baqi [??] Buthan [??] . The
Prophet was in Medina at that time. One of us used to go to
the Prophet by turns every night at the time of the `Isha
prayer. Once I along with my companions went to the Prophet
and he was busy in some of his affairs, so the `Isha' prayer
was delayed to the middle of the night He then came out and
led the people (in prayer). After finishing from the prayer,
he addressed the people present there saying, "Be patient!
Don't go away. Have the glad tiding. It is from the blessing
of Allah upon you that none amongst mankind has prayed at this
time save you." Or said, "None except you has prayed at this
time." Abu Musa added, 'So we returned happily after what we
heard from Allah's Apostle ."
1.543:
Narrated Abu Barza: Allah's Apostle disliked to sleep before
the `Isha' prayer and to talk after it.
1.544:
Narrated Ibn Shihab from `Urwa: `Aisha said, "Once Allah's
Apostle delayed the `Isha' prayer till `Umar reminded him by
saying, "The prayer!" The women and children have slept. Then
the Prophet came out and said, 'None amongst the dwellers of
the earth has been waiting for it (the prayer) except you."
`Urwa said, "Nowhere except in Medina the prayer used to be
offered (in those days)." He further said, "The Prophet used
to offer the `Isha' prayer in the period between the
disappearance of the twilight and the end of the first third
of the night."
1.545:
Narrated Ibn Juraij from Nafi`: `Abdullah bin `Umar said,
"Once Allah's Apostle was busy (at the time of the `Isha'), so
the prayer was delayed so much so that we slept and woke up
and slept and woke up again. The Prophet came out and said,
'None amongst the dwellers of the earth but you have been
waiting for the prayer." Ibn `Umar did not find any harm in
praying it earlier or in delaying it unless he was afraid that
sleep might overwhelm him and he might miss the prayer, and
sometimes he used to sleep before the `Isha' prayer. Ibn
Juraij said, "I said to `Ata', 'I heard Ibn `Abbas saying:
Once Allah's Apostle delayed the `Isha' prayer to such an
extent that the people slept and got up and slept again and
got up again. Then `Umar bin Al−Khattab I, stood up and
reminded the Prophet I of the prayer.' `Ata' said, 'Ibn `Abbas
said: The Prophet came out as if I was looking at him at this
time, and water was trickling from his head and he was putting
his hand on his head and then said, 'Hadn't I thought it hard
for my followers, I would have ordered them to pray (`Isha'
prayer) at this time.' I asked `Ata' for further information,
how the Prophet had kept his hand on his head as he was told
by Ibn `Abbas. `Ata' separated his fingers slightly and put
their tips on the side of the head, brought the fingers
downwards approximating them till the thumb touched the lobe
of the ear at the side of the temple and the beard on the
face. He neither slowed nor hurried in this action but he
acted like that. The Prophet said: "Hadn't I thought it hard
for my followers I would have ordered them to pray at this
time."
1.546:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet delayed the `Isha' prayer till midnight and then
he offered the prayer and said, "The people prayed and slept
but you have been in prayer as long as you have been waiting
for it (the prayer)." Anas added: As if I am looking now at
the glitter of the ring of the Prophet on that night.
1.547:
Narrated Jarir bin `Abdullah: We were with the Prophet on a
full moon night. He looked at the moon and said, "You will
certainly see your Lord as you see this moon, and there will
be no trouble in seeing Him. So if you can avoid missing
(through sleep, business, etc.) a prayer before the rising of
the sun (Fajr) and before its setting (`Asr) you must do so.
He (the Prophet ) then recited the following verse: And
celebrate the praises Of Your Lord before The rising of the
sun And before (its) setting." (50.39)
1.548:
Narrated Abu Bakr bin Abi Musa: My father said, "Allah's
Apostle said, 'Whoever prays the two cool prayers (`Asr and
Fajr) will go to Paradise.' "
1.549:
Narrated Anas:
Zaid bin Thabit said, "We took the "Suhur" (the meal taken
before dawn while fasting is observed) with the Prophet and
then stood up for the (morning) prayer." I asked him how long
the interval between the two (Suhur and prayer) was. He
replied, 'The interval between the two was just sufficient to
recite fifty to Sixth 'Ayat."
1.550:
Narrated Qatada:
Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet and Zaid bin Thabit took the
'Suhur' together and after finishing the meal, the Prophet
stood up and prayed (Fajr prayer)." I asked Anas, "How long
was the interval between finishing their 'Suhur' and starting
the prayer?" He replied, "The interval between the two was
just sufficient to recite fifty 'Ayat." (Verses of the
Qur'an).
1.551:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: I used to take the "Suhur" meal with
my family and hasten so as to catch the Fajr (morning prayer)
with Allah's Apostle.
1.552:
Narrated `Aisha:
The believing women covered with their veiling sheets used to
attend the Fajr prayer with Allah's Apostle, and after
finishing the prayer they would return to their home and
nobody could recognize them because of darkness.
1.553:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever could get
one rak`a (of the Fajr prayer) before sunrise, he has got the
(morning) prayer and whoever could get one rak`a of the `Asr
prayer before sunset, he has got the (`Asr) prayer."
1.554:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever could get
one rak`a of a prayer, (in its proper time) he has got the
prayer."
1.555:
Narrated `Umar:
"The Prophet forbade praying after the Fajr prayer till the
sun rises and after the `Asr prayer till the sun sets."
1.556:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Some people told me the same narration
(as above).
1.557:
Narrated Hisham's father: Ibn `Umar said, "Allah's Apostle
said, 'Do not pray at the time of sunrise and at the time of
sunset.' " Ibn `Umar said, "Allah's Apostle said, 'If the edge
of the sun appears (above the horizon) delay the prayer till
it becomes high, and if the edge of the sun disappears, delay
the prayer till it sets (disappears completely).' "
1.558:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle forbade two kinds of
sales, two kinds of dresses, and two prayers. He forbade
offering prayers after the Fajr prayer till the rising of the
sun and after the `Asr prayer till its setting. He also
forbade "Ishtimal−Assama [??] " and "al−Ihtiba" in one garment
in such a way that one's private parts are exposed towards the
sky. He also forbade the sales called "Munabadha" and
"Mulamasa." (See Hadith No. 354 and 355 Vol. 3).
1.559:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "None of you should
try to pray at sunrise or sunset."
1.560:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: I heard Allah's Apostle saying,
"There is no prayer after the morning prayer till the sun
rises, and there is no prayer after the `Asr prayer till the
sun sets."
1.561:
Narrated Muawiya:
You offer a prayer which I did not see being offered by
Allah's Apostle when we were in his company and he certainly
had forbidden it (i.e. two rak`at after the `Asr prayer).
1.562:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle forbade the offering of
two prayers: −1. after the morning prayer till the sunrises.
−2. after the `Asr prayer till the sun sets.
1.563:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: I pray as I saw my companions praying. I
do not forbid praying at any time during the day or night
except at sunset and sunrise.
1.564:
Narrated `Aisha:
By Allah, Who took away the Prophet. The Prophet never missed
them (two rak`at) after the `Asr prayer till he met Allah and
he did not meet Allah till it became heavy for him to pray
while standing so he used to offer most of the prayers while
sitting. (She meant the two rak`at after `Asr) He used to pray
them in the house and never prayed them in the mosque lest it
might be hard for his followers and he loved what was easy for
them .
1.565:
Narrated Hisham's father: `Aisha (addressing me) said, "O son
of my sister! The Prophet never missed two prostrations (i.e.
rak`at) after the `Asr prayer in my house."
1.566:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle never missed two rak`at before the Fajr prayer
and after the `Asr prayer openly and secretly.
1.567:
Narrated `Aisha:
Whenever the Prophet come to me after the `Asr prayer, he
always prayed two rak`at.
1.568:
Narrated Ibn Abu Malih [??] : I was with Buraida on a cloudy
day and he said, "Offer the `Asr prayer earlier as the Prophet
said, 'Whoever leaves the `Asr prayer will have all his (good)
deeds annulled." (See Hadith No. 527 and 528)
1.569:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada: My father said, "One night
we were traveling with the Prophet and some people said, 'We
wish that Allah's Apostle would take a rest along with us
during the last hours of the night.' He said, 'I am afraid
that you will sleep and miss the (Fajr) prayer.' Bilal said,
'I will make you get up.' So all slept and Bilal rested his
back against his Rahila and he too was overwhelmed (by sleep)
and slept. The Prophet got up when the edge of the sun had
risen and said, 'O Bilal! What about your statement?' He
replied, 'I have never slept such a sleep.' The Prophet said,
'Allah captured your souls when He wished, and released them
when He wished. O Bilal! Get up and pronounce the Adhan for
the prayer.' The Prophet performed ablution and when the sun
came up and became bright, he stood up and prayed."
1.570:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: On the day of Al−Khandaq (the
battle of trench.) `Umar bin Al−Khattab came cursing the
disbelievers of Quraish after the sun had set and said, "O
Allah's Apostle I could not offer the `Asr prayer till the sun
had set." The Prophet said, "By Allah! I, too, have not
prayed." So we turned towards Buthan, and the Prophet
performed ablution and we too performed ablution and offered
the `Asr prayer after the sun had set, and then he offered the
Maghrib prayer.
1.571:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "If anyone forgets a prayer he should pray
that prayer when he remembers it. There is no expiation except
to pray the same." Then he recited: "Establish prayer for My
(i.e. Allah's) remembrance." (20.14).
1.572:
Narrated Jabir:
`Umar came cursing the disbelievers (of Quraish) on the day of
Al−Khandaq (the battle of Trench) and said, "I could not offer
the `Asr prayer till the sun had set. Then we went to Buthan
and he offered the (`Asr) prayer after sunset and then he
offered the Maghrib prayer.
1.573:
Narrated Abu−l−Minhal: My father and I went to Abi Barza
Al−Aslami and my father said to him, "Tell us how Allah's
Apostle used to offer the compulsory congregational prayers."
He said, "He used to pray the Zuhr prayer, which you call the
first prayer, as the sun declined at noon, the `Asr at a time
when one of US could go to his family at the farthest place in
Medina while the sun was still hot. (The narrator forgot what
Abu Barza had said about the Maghrib prayer), and the Prophet
preferred to pray the `Isha' late and disliked to sleep before
it or talk after it. And he used to return after finishing the
morning prayer at such a time when it was possible for one to
recognize the person sitting by his side and he (the Prophet)
used to recite 60 to 100 'Ayat' (verses) of the Qur'an in it."
1.574:
Narrated Qurra bin Khalid: Once he waited for Al−Hasan and he
did not show up till it was about the usual time for him to
start his speech; then he came and apologized saying, "Our
neighbors invited us." Then he added, "Narrated Anas, 'Once we
waited for the Prophet till it was midnight or about midnight.
He came and led the prayer, and after finishing it, he
addressed us and said, 'All the people prayed and then slept
and you had been in prayer as long as you were waiting for
it." Al−Hasan said, "The people are regarded as performing
good deeds as long as they are waiting for doing good deeds."
Al−Hasan's statement is a portion of Anas's [??] Hadith from
the Prophet .
1.575:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: The Prophet prayed one of the
`Isha' prayer in his last days and after finishing it with
Taslim, he stood up and said, "Do you realize (the importance
of) this night? Nobody present on the surface of the earth
tonight would be living after the completion of one hundred
years from this night." The people made a mistake in grasping
the meaning of this statement of Allah's Apostle and they
indulged in those things which are said about these narrators
(i.e. some said that the Day of Resurrection will be
established after 100 years etc.) But the Prophet said,
"Nobody present on the surface of earth tonight would be
living after the completion of 100 years from this night"; he
meant "When that century (people of that century) would pass
away."
1.576:
Narrated Abu `Uthman: `Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakr said, "The
Suffa Companions were poor people and the Prophet said,
'Whoever has food for two persons should take a third one from
them (Suffa companions). And whosoever has food for four
persons he should take one or two from them' Abu Bakr took
three men and the Prophet took ten of them." `Abdur Rahman
added, my father my mother and I were there (in the house).
(The sub−narrator is in doubt whether `Abdur Rahman also said,
'My wife and our servant who was common for both my house and
Abu Bakr's house). Abu Bakr took his supper with the Prophet
and remained there till the `Isha' prayer was offered. Abu
Bakr went back and stayed with the Prophet till the Prophet
took his meal and then Abu Bakr returned to his house after a
long portion of the night had passed. Abu Bakr's wife said,
'What detained you from your guests (or guest)?' He said,
'Have you not served them yet?' She said, 'They refused to eat
until you come. The food was served for them but they
refused." `Abdur Rahman added, "I went away and hid myself
(being afraid of Abu Bakr) and in the meantime he (Abu Bakr)
called me, 'O Ghunthar (a harsh word)!' and also called me bad
names and abused me and then said (to his family), 'Eat. No
welcome for you.' Then (the supper was served). Abu Bakr took
an oath that he would not eat that food. The narrator added:
By Allah, whenever any one of us (myself and the guests of
Suffa companions) took anything from the food, it increased
from underneath. We all ate to our fill and the food was more
than it was before its serving. Abu Bakr looked at it (the
food) and found it as it was before serving or even more than
that. He addressed his wife (saying) 'O the sister of Bani
Firas! What is this?' She said, 'O the pleasure of my eyes!
The food is now three times more than it was before.' Abu Bakr
ate from it, and said, 'That (oath) was from Satan' meaning
his oath (not to eat). Then he again took a morsel (mouthful)
from it and then took the rest of it to the Prophet. So that
meal was with the Prophet. There was a treaty between us and
some people, and when the period of that treaty had elapsed
the Prophet divided us into twelve (groups) (the Prophet's
companions) each being headed by a man. Allah knows how many
men were under the command of each (leader). So all of them
(12 groups of men) ate of that meal."