4. ✧ Prayer

1. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 258No grade recorded

   إِنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ أَتَى عَلَى مُعَاذٍ ؓ وَهُوَ فِي نَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا مُعَاذُ، مَا قِوَامُ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ ؟ قَالَ: « الْإِخْلَاصُ، وَهِيَ الْفِطْرَةُ، وَالصَّلَاةُ وَهِيَ الْمِلَّةُ، وَالطَّاعَةُ

   ✧ 'Umar ؓ came to Mu'adh ؓ while he was among some of his companions and said: 'O Mu'adh, what is the foundation of this matter?' He said: 'Sincerity, which is the natural disposition; prayer, which is the religion; and obedience.'

2. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 259No grade recorded

   إِنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ ؓ جَلَسَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ مِثْلَ حَدِيثٍ قَبْلَهُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَمَا الصَّلَاةُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « خَيْرٌ مَوْضُوعٌ، فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَقَلَّ مِنْهُ، وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَكْثَرَ

   ✧ Abu Dharr ؓ sat with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he mentioned a hadith similar to the one before it. He said: 'I said: O Messenger of Allah, what is prayer?' He ﷺ said: 'A good placed before you; whoever wishes may do less of it, and whoever wishes may do more.'

3. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 260No grade recorded

   « أَوَّلُ مَا يُحَاسَبُ بِهِ الْعَبْدُ طُهُورُهُ، فَإِنْ أَحْسَنَ طُهُورَهُ فَصَلَاتُهُ كَنَحْوِ طُهُورِهِ، ثُمَّ يُحَاسَبُ بِصَلَاتِهِ، فَإِنْ حَسُنَتْ صَلَاتُهُ فَسَائِرُ عَمَلِهِ كَنَحْوٍ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ

   ✧ The first thing for which a servant will be brought to account is his purification. If he perfects his purification, then his prayer will be similar to his purification. Then he will be brought to account for his prayer. If his prayer is good, then the rest of his deeds will be similar to his prayer.

4. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 261No grade recorded

   جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا قَرَأَ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ سَرَقَ آخِرَهُ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « إِذَا قَرَأَ أَوَّلَهُ حَجَزَهُ آخِرُهُ أَنْ يَسْرِقَ بِغَلَسٍ

   ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'What do you think of a man who recites at the beginning of the night and then steals at its end?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'When he recites at its beginning, its end prevents him from stealing in the dark.'

5. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 262No grade recorded

   خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي جِنَازَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَفِيهِ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « يَا عُمَرُ إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْأَلُ عَنْ أَعْمَالِ النَّاسِ، وَلَكِنْ تُسْأَلُونَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out for the funeral of a man from the Ansar, and he mentioned the hadith, in which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'O 'Umar, you will not be asked about the deeds of people, but you will be asked about prayer.'

6. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 263No grade recorded

   إِنَّ رَجُلًا تُوُفِّيَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

   ✧ A man died during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

7. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 264No grade recorded

   « أَوَّلُ مَا يُحَاسَبُ بِهِ الْعَبْدُ صَلَاتُهُ، يَقُولُ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ: انْظُرُوا إِلَى صَلَاةِ عَبْدِي، فَإِنْ وَجَدُوهَا كَامِلَةً كُتِبَتْ لَهُ كَامِلَةً، وَإِنْ وَجَدُوهَا انْتُقِصَ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ قَالَ: انْظُرُوا هَلْ تَجِدُونَ لِعَبْدِي تَطَوُّعًا، فَتُكْمَلُ صَلَاتُهُ مِنْ تَطَوُّعِهِ، ثُمَّ تُؤْخَذُ الْأَعْمَالُ عَلَى قَدْرِ ذَلِكَ

   ✧ The first thing for which a servant will be brought to account is his prayer. Allah, Blessed and Exalted, says to the angels: 'Look at My servant's prayer. If you find it complete, it will be recorded as complete. If you find something missing from it, He says: Look and see if My servant has any voluntary prayers, so that his prayer may be completed from his voluntary prayers. Then the rest of his deeds will be taken according to that measure.'

8. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 265No grade recorded

   « إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا افْتَرَضَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى النَّاسِ مِنْ أَمْرِ دِينِهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ، وَآخِرَ مَا يَبْقَى الصَّلَاةُ، وَأَوَّلَ مَا يُحَاسَبُونَ بِهِ الصَّلَاةُ، يَقُولُ: انْظُرُوا فِي صَلَاةِ عَبْدِي »، فَذَكَرَهُ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ: « فَإِنْ وُجِدَ لَهُ تَطَوُّعٌ أُتِمَّتِ الْفَرِيضَةُ مِنَ التَّطَوُّعِ »، ثُمَّ قَالَ: « انْظُرُوا هَلْ زَكَاتُهُ تَامَّةٌ، فَإِنْ وُجِدَتْ زَكَاتُهُ تَامَّةً كُتِبَتْ تَامَّةً، وَإِنْ وُجِدَتْ نَاقِصَةً » قَالَ: « انْظُرُوا هَلْ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ، فَإِنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ تَمَّتْ زَكَاتُهُ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ

   ✧ The first thing Allah Almighty made obligatory upon people in their religion is prayer, and the last thing that remains is prayer, and the first thing they are held accountable for is prayer. He says: 'Look at My servant's prayer.' Then he mentioned it until he said: 'If any voluntary prayer is found for him, the obligatory prayer is completed from the voluntary.' Then he said: 'Look: is his zakat complete? If his zakat is found complete, it is recorded as complete, and if it is found deficient...' He said: 'Look: does he have any charity? If he has, his zakat is completed from the charity.'

9. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 266No grade recorded

   جِئْنَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ ؓ وَنَحْنُ سِتَّةُ نَفَرٍ، سَادِسُنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ، وَنَحْنُ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ، فَوَجَدْنَاهُ مُرْتَحِلًا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَالَ: مَرْحَبًا بِكُمْ، مَا جَاءَ بِكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: جِئْنَا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْكَ، وَنَقْتَبِسُ مِنْكَ، قَالَ ؓ: نَعَمْ، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ، مَنْ لَقِيَ اللهَ تَعَالَى بِهِنَّ لَمْ يَنْقُصْ مِنْهُنَّ شَيْئًا غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ ذُنُوبَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ مِلْءَ الْأَرْضِ »، فَقُلْنَا: فَكَيْفَ لِمَا مَضَى فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ؟ قَالَ: تَمْحُوهُ التُّقَى - مَرَّتَيْنِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْجُهَنِيُّ: أَسَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، أَيَحِلُّ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَكْذِبَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

   ✧ We came to Abu Dharr ؓ – we were six people, our sixth a man from Juhaynah and we from Aslam – and found him preparing to leave Madinah. He said: 'Welcome to you. What brings you?' They said: 'We came to greet you and to benefit from you.' He ؓ said: 'Yes. I heard Abu al-Qasim ﷺ say: "The five prayers – whoever meets Allah Almighty with them, not having neglected anything of them, Allah will forgive his sins even if they were as much as the fill of the earth."' We said: 'What about what came before in the pre-Islamic era?' He said: 'Piety wipes it out' – twice. The Juhani said to him: 'Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' He said: 'Glory be to Allah! Is it permissible for a man to lie about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?'

10. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 267No grade recorded

    قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « يَا أَنَسُ، إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَكُونَ أَبَدًا تُصَلِّي فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تُصَلِّي عَلَيْكَ مَا دُمْتَ تُصَلِّي

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: 'O Anas, if you can always be praying, then do so, for the angels pray for you as long as you pray.'

11. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 268No grade recorded

    « اسْتَقِيمُوا وَلَنْ تُحْصُوا، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ خَيْرَ أَعْمَالِكُمُ الصَّلَاةُ، وَلَا يُحَافِظُ عَلَى الْوُضُوءِ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌ

    ✧ "Be steadfast, and you will not be able to fully do so. Know that the best of your deeds is prayer, and no one maintains ablution except a believer."

12. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 269No grade recorded

    قَالَ لِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ: حُبِّبَتْ إِلَيْكَ الصَّلَاةُ فَخُذْ مِنْهَا مَا شِئْتَ

    ✧ Jibril, peace and blessings be upon him, said to me: 'Prayer has been made beloved to you, so take from it as much as you wish.'

13. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 270No grade recorded

    « الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ، وَالْجُمُعَةُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ كَفَّارَاتٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ مَا اجْتُنِبَتِ الْكَبَائِرُ

    ✧ The five prayers, and Jumu'ah to Jumu'ah, are expiations for what is between them as long as major sins are avoided.

14. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 271No grade recorded

    « مَثَلُ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ كَمَثَلِ نَهَرٍ عَذْبٍ جَارٍ أَوْ غَمْرٍ عَلَى بَابِ أَحَدِكُمْ، يَغْتَسِلُ مِنْهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ، مَا يُبْقِي مِنْ دَرَنِهِ ؟

    ✧ The example of the five prayers is like a sweet flowing river, or an abundant river, at the door of one of you; he bathes in it five times a day. What dirt would remain on him?

15. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 272No grade recorded

    « مَنْ صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ وَأُصِيبَتْ ذِمَّتُهُ فَقَدِ اسْتُبِيحَ حِمَى اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَخُفِرَتْ ذِمَّتُهُ، فَأَنَا طَالِبٌ بِذِمَّتِهِ

    ✧ Whoever prays the morning prayer and then his protection is violated, the sanctuary of Allah Almighty has been violated and his covenant has been broken, and I will seek retribution for his covenant.

16. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 273No grade recorded

    رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: جَعَلَكَ اللهُ فِي الرَّفِيقِ الْأَعْلَى مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَأَنَا مَعَكَ، قَالَ ﷺ: « آمِينَ » قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلِّمْنِي عَمَلًا صَالِحًا أَعْمَلُهُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « أَقِيمِي الصَّلَاةَ فَإِنَّهَا أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ، وَاهْجُرِي الْمَعَاصِيَ فَإِنَّهَا أَفْضَلُ الْهِجْرَةِ، وَاذْكُرِي اللهَ كَثِيرًا فَإِنَّ أَحَبَّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنْ تَلْقِيهِ بِهِ

    ✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said to him: 'May Allah place you in the highest company of Paradise, and me with you.' He ﷺ said: 'Amin.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, teach me a righteous deed to do.' He ﷺ said: 'Establish prayer, for it is the best of jihad, and abandon sins, for that is the best of emigration, and remember Allah much, for the most beloved of deeds to Allah, Blessed and Exalted, is that you meet Him with it.'

17. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 274No grade recorded

    اهْتَمَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْأَذَانِ لِلصَّلَاةِ، وَكَرِهَ أَنْ يَنْقُسَ كَمَا تَصْنَعُ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ، فَكَانَ ﷺ يَبْعَثُ رِجَالًا إِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَيَشْغَلُهُمْ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ، وَرَجَعَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ؓ مُهْتَمًّا بِهَمِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأُتِيَ فِي النَّوْمِ، وَقِيلَ: لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ اهْتَمَمْتَ ؟ قَالَ: لِهَمِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ الَّذِي أَتَاهُ: ائْتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَمُرْهُ أَنْ يُؤَذِّنَ بِالصَّلَاةِ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، مَرَّتَيْنِ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ، مَرَّتَيْنِ، حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ، مَرَّتَيْنِ، حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ مَرَّتَيْنِ، اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ: اجْعَلْ بَيْنَ الْأَذَانِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَأَتَى عَبْدُ اللهِ ؓ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « عَلِّمْهَا بِلَالًا » وَجَاءَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَقَالَ: رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ مَا رَأَى عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، وَلَكِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ سَبَقَنِي

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was concerned about the call to prayer, and he disliked using a bell as the people of Makkah did. He ﷺ used to send men when prayer time came, and they would be busy with that instead of prayer. Abdullah b. Zayd al-Ansari ؓ returned, concerned with the Messenger's ﷺ concern, and he was visited in a dream. It was said to him: 'Why are you concerned?' He said: 'Because of the Messenger's ﷺ concern.' The one who came to him said: 'Go to the Prophet ﷺ and tell him to call for prayer: Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar; Ashhadu an la ilaha illa Allah, twice; Ashhadu anna Muhammadan rasul Allah, twice; Hayya 'ala al-salah, twice; Hayya 'ala al-falah, twice; Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar; La ilaha illa Allah.' Then he said to him: 'Make between the adhan and the iqamah something like that.' He said: Abdullah ؓ went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him that. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Teach it to Bilal.' Then Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ came and said: 'I saw the like of what Abdullah b. Zayd saw, but Abdullah preceded me.'

18. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 275No grade recorded

    إِنَّ أَبَا مَحْذُورَةَ ؓ أَذَّنَ الظُّهْرَ، وَعُمَرُ ؓ بِمَكَّةَ، وَرَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ حِينَ زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: يَا أَبَا مَحْذُورَةَ، أَمَا خِفْتَ أَنْ تَنْشَقَّ مُرَيْطَاؤُكَ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أُسْمِعَكَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « أَبْرِدُوا بِالصَّلَاةِ إِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْحَرُّ، فَإِنَّ الْحَرَّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ، وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ تَحَاجَّتْ حَتَّى أَكَلَ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضًا، فَاسْتَأْذَنَتِ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فِي نَفَسَيْنِ فَأَذِنَ لَهَا، فَشِدَّةُ الْحَرِّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ، وَشِدَّةُ الزَّمْهَرِيرِ مِنْ بَرْدِهَا.

    ✧ Abu Mahdhurah ؓ gave the call for the noon prayer while Umar ؓ was in Makkah, and he raised his voice when the sun had passed its zenith. Umar ؓ said: 'O Abu Mahdhurah, do you not fear that your windpipe will split?' He ؓ said: 'I wanted to make you hear.' Umar ؓ said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Delay the prayer until it is cooler when the heat is intense, for the heat is from the blast of Hell. Hell complained until parts of it consumed other parts, and it asked permission of Allah, Blessed and Exalted, for two breaths, and He permitted it. So the intensity of heat is from the blast of Hell, and the intensity of extreme cold is from its cold."'

19. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 276No grade recorded

    « أَبَرَّدُوا بِالصَّلَاةِ إِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْحُرُّ فَإِنَّ الْحُرَّ مِنْ فَيْح جَهَنَّم وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ تَحَاجَّتْ حَتَّى أَكْل بَعْضِهَا بَعْضًا فَاسْتَأْذَنَتْ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فِي نَفْسَيْنِ فَأَذِنَ لَهَا فَشِدَّة الْحَرِّ مَنْ فَيَّحَ جَهَنَّم وَشَدَّة الزَّمْهَرِير مَنْ بَرَدَهَا" نوع="مرفوع"

    ✧ "Delay the prayer until it is cooler when the heat is intense, for the heat is from the blast of Hell. Hell complained until parts of it consumed other parts, and it asked permission of Allah, Blessed and Exalted, for two breaths, and He permitted it. So the intensity of heat is from the blast of Hell, and the intensity of extreme cold is from its cold." (Marfu')

20. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 277No grade recorded

    أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَذَّنَ فِي السَّمَاءِ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ » فَسَمِعَهُ عُمَرُ، وَبِلَالٌ ؓ، فَأَقْبَلَ عُمَرُ ؓ فَأَخْبَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِمَا سَمِعَ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ بِلَالٌ ؓ فَأَخْبَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِمَا سَمِعَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « سَبَقَكَ عُمَرُ يَا بِلَالُ، أَذِّنْ كَمَا سَمِعْتَ » قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَضَعَ أُصْبُعَيْهِ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ اسْتِعَانَةً بِهَا عَلَى الصَّوْتِ

    ✧ "The first to give the adhan in the heaven was Jibril ﷺ." Umar and Bilal ؓ heard him. Umar ؓ came and informed the Prophet ﷺ of what he had heard. Then Bilal ؓ came and informed the Prophet ﷺ of what he had heard. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: "Umar beat you to it, O Bilal. Give the adhan as you heard." He said: Then the Prophet ﷺ ordered him to place his fingers in his ears to help with the sound.

21. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 278No grade recorded

    كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ مُؤَذِّنَانِ، أَحَدُهُمَا بِلَالٌ، وَالْآخَرُ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْأَصَمِّ ؓ.

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ had two mu'adhdhins: one of them was Bilal, and the other was Abd al-Aziz b. al-Asamm ؓ.

22. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 279No grade recorded

    قَالَ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلَّادٍ، ثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بِهِ. [3] رَوَاهُ أَبُو قُرَّةَ الزُّبَيْدِيُّ فِي سُنَنِهِ مِنْ طَرِيقِ مُوسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ بِهِ سَوَاءً، وَزَادَ: وَكَانَ بِلَالٌ ؓ يُؤَذِّنُ بِلَيْلٍ يُوقِظُ النَّائِمَ، وَكَانَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ ؓ يَتَوَخَّى الْفَجْرَ فَلَا يُخْطِئُهُ، وَكَأَنَّ عَبْدَ الْعَزِيزِ بْنَ الْأَصَمِّ ؓ عَلَى هَذَا هُوَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ.:

    ✧ Abu Nu'aym said: Abu Bakr b. Khallad narrated to us, al-Harith narrated to us with it. [3] Abu Qurrah al-Zubaydi narrated it in his Sunan through the path of Musa b. Ubaydah with it exactly, and he added: "And Bilal ؓ used to give the adhan at night, waking the sleeper, while Ibn Umm Maktum ؓ used to aim for dawn and would not miss it. And it is as if Abd al-Aziz b. al-Asamm ؓ, according to this, is Ibn Umm Maktum, and Allah knows best.":

23. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 280No grade recorded

    « أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُؤَذِّنُ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى، وَيُوتِرُ الْإِقَامَةَ

    ✧ He used to give the adhan two by two, and make the iqamah odd.

24. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 281No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِلَالًا ؓ أَنْ يُؤَذِّنَ فَوْقَ ظَهْرِ الْكَعْبَةِ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ ordered Bilal ؓ to give the adhan on top of the Ka'bah.

25. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 282No grade recorded

    أَذَّنْتُ بِلَيْلٍ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « مَنَعْتَ النَّاسَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ، انْطَلِقْ فَاصْعَدْ فَنَادِ: أَلَا إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ قَدْ نَامَ »، فَانْطَلَقْتُ وَأَنَا أَقُولُ: لَيْتَ بِلَالًا لَمْ تَلِدْهُ أُمُّهُ وَابْتَلَّ مِنْ نَضْحِ دَمٍ جَبِينُهْ فَنَادَيْتُ ثَلَاثًا: أَلَا إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ قَدْ نَامَ

    ✧ I gave the adhan at night, and the Prophet ﷺ said: "You have prevented the people from food and drink. Go up and call out: 'Behold, the servant has slept.'" So I went, saying: "Would that Bilal's mother had not given birth to him, and his forehead became wet from the splash of blood." Then I called out three times: "Behold, the servant has slept."

26. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 283No grade recorded

    « لَا تَعْتَدُّوا بِأَذَانِ ابْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ، وَلَكِنْ أَذَانِ بِلَالٍ »، قَالَ: وَكَانَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ أَعْمَى

    ✧ "Do not rely on the adhan of Ibn Umm Maktum, but rather on the adhan of Bilal." He said: Ibn Umm Maktum was blind.

27. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 284No grade recorded

    « لَوْ أُطِيقُ الْأَذَانَ مَعَ الْخِلِّيفَى لَأَذَّنْتُ

    ✧ "If I were able to give the adhan along with the khilafah, I would give the adhan."

28. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 285No grade recorded

    إِنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ لِجُلَسَائِهِ: « مَنْ مُؤَذِّنُكُمْ ؟ » قَالُوا: عَبِيدُنَا وَمَوَالِينَا، قَالَ: « مَوَالِينَا وَعَبِيدُنَا، إِنَّ ذَلِكَ بِكُمْ لَنَقْصٌ كَثِيرٌ

    ✧ Umar ؓ said to his sitting companions: "Who is your mu'adhdhin?" They said: "Our slaves and freedmen." He said: "Our freedmen and our slaves. That is a great deficiency for you."

29. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 286No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ أَحَبَّ عِبَادِ اللهِ تَعَالَى إِلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الَّذِينَ يُرَاعُونَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ

    ✧ "The most beloved of Allah's servants to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, are those who watch the sun and the moon."

30. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 287No grade recorded

    « الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَضْلُهُ عَلَى مَنْ حَضَرَ الصَّلَاةَ بِأَذَانِهِ عِشْرُونَ وَمِائَةٌ، فَإِنْ أَقَامَ فَأَرْبَعُونَ وَمِائَتَا حَسَنَةٍ، إِلَّا مَنْ قَالَ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ

    ✧ "The mu'adhdhin's virtue over those who attend the prayer with his adhan is one hundred and twenty; if he gives the iqamah, then two hundred and forty good deeds—except for one who says the like of what he says."

31. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 288No grade recorded

    « الْمُؤَذِّنُونَ أَطْوَلُ النَّاسِ أَعْنَاقًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَهُمْ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فِي الْكَلَامِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

    ✧ "The mu'adhdhins will have the longest necks of people on the Day of Resurrection, and they will be the first to be permitted to speak on the Day of Resurrection."

32. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 289No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ أَهْلَ السَّمَاءِ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا الْأَذَانَ

    ✧ Verily, the inhabitants of the heavens hear nothing from the inhabitants of the earth except the adhan.

33. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 290No grade recorded

    « أُدْخِلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ فَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا جَنَابِذَ مِنْ لُؤْلُؤٍ، فَقُلْتُ: لِمَنْ هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ ؟ فَقَالَ: لِلْمُؤَذِّنِينَ وَالْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ

    ✧ I was admitted into Paradise, and I saw therein domes of pearls. I said, 'For whom are these, O Jibril?' He said, 'For the mu'adhdhins and the imams of your Ummah.'

34. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 291No grade recorded

    « بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ أَوَّلَ النَّاسِ يُكْسَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ ثِيَابِ الْجَنَّةِ الْمُؤَذِّنُونَ

    ✧ It has reached us that the first people to be clothed on the Day of Resurrection from the garments of Paradise will be the mu'adhdhins.

35. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 292No grade recorded

    « كَانَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ إِذَا سَمِعَ الْأَذَانَ قَالَ: مَرْحَبًا بِالْقَائِلِينَ عَدْلًا، وَبِالصَّلَاةِ مَرْحَبًا وَأَهْلًا

    ✧ When ʿUthmān ؓ heard the adhan, he would say, 'Welcome to those who proclaim justice, and to the prayer—welcome and greetings.'

36. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 293No grade recorded

    كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ إِذَا سَمِعَ الْأَذَانَ قَالَ: « أَشْهِدْ بِهَا كُلَّ شَاهِدٍ، وَأَتَحَمَّلُهَا عَنْ كُلِّ جَاحِدٍ

    ✧ When ʿAlī ؓ heard the adhan, he would say, 'I call every witness to testify to it, and I bear it on behalf of every denier.'

37. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 294No grade recorded

    « إِذَا نَادَى الْمُنَادِي بِالصَّلَاةِ فُتِحَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ، وَاسْتُجِيبَ الدُّعَاءُ، فَمَنْ نَزَلَ بِهِ كَرْبٌ أَوْ شِدَّةٌ فَلْيَتَحَيَّنِ الْمُنَادِي، فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ كَبَّرَ، وَإِذَا تَشَهَّدَ تَشَهَّدَ، وَإِذَا قَالَ: حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ، قَالَ: حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ، وَإِذَا قَالَ: حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ قَالَ: حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ، دَعْوَةِ الْحَقِّ الْمُسْتَجَابَةِ، الْمُسْتَجَابِ لَهَا، دَعْوَةِ الْحَقِّ وَكَلِمَةِ التَّقْوَى، أَحْيِنَا عَلَيْهَا، وَأَمِتْنَا عَلَيْهَا، وَابْعَثْنَا عَلَيْهَا، وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْ خِيَارِ أَهْلِهَا مَحْيَانَا وَمَمَاتَنَا، ثُمَّ يَسْأَلُ اللهَ حَاجَتَهُ

    ✧ When the caller calls to prayer, the gates of heaven are opened and supplication is answered. So whoever is afflicted by distress or hardship, let him wait for the caller. When he says 'Allāhu akbar,' he says 'Allāhu akbar.' When he bears witness, he bears witness. When he says 'Hayya ʿalā al-ṣalāh,' he says 'Hayya ʿalā al-ṣalāh.' When he says 'Hayya ʿalā al-falāḥ,' he says 'Hayya ʿalā al-falāḥ.' Then he says: 'O Allah, Lord of this perfect call, the call of truth that is answered—the call of truth and the word of piety—make us live upon it, cause us to die upon it, and resurrect us upon it. Make us among the best of its people in our living and our dying.' Then he asks Allah for his need.

38. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 295No grade recorded

    « وَاسْتُجِيبَ الدُّعَاءُ » وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ مَا بَعْدَهُ

    ✧ And supplication is answered—and he did not mention what comes after it.

39. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 296No grade recorded

    كَانَ إِذَا سَمِعَ الْمُؤَذِّنَ يَقُولُ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ قَالَ مِثْلَ مَا يَقُولُ، وَإِذَا قَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، قَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَإِذَا قَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ، قَالَ مِثْلَ مَا يَقُولُ، وَإِذَا قَالَ: حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ، حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ، قَالَ: لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ

    ✧ When he heard the mu'adhdhin say 'Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar,' he would say the like of what he said. When he said 'Ashhadu an lā ilāha illā Allāh,' he said the like of that. When he said 'Ashhadu anna Muḥammadan rasūlu Allāh,' he said the like of what he said. When he said 'Hayya ʿalā al-ṣalāh, hayya ʿalā al-falāḥ,' he said, 'There is no might and no power except with Allah.'

40. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 297No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَرَّسَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَأَذَّنَ بِلَالٌ ؓ، فَقَالَ: « مَنْ قَالَ مِثْلَ مَقَالَتِهِ وَشَهِدَ مِثْلَ شَهَادَتِهِ فَلَهُ الْجَنَّةُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ halted to rest one night, and Bilāl ؓ gave the adhan. He said, 'Whoever says the like of his words and bears witness with the like of his testimony will have Paradise.'

41. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 298No grade recorded

    خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: « مَنْ تَوَلَّى أَذَانَ مَسْجِدٍ مِنْ مَسَاجِدِ اللهِ تَعَالَى يُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ وَجْهَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى ثَوَابَ أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ نَبِيٍّ، وَأَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ صِدِّيقٍ، وَأَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ شَهِيدٍ، وَيَدْخُلُ فِي شَفَاعَتِهِ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ أُمَّةٍ، فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ رَجُلٍ، وَلَهُ فِي كُلِّ جُزْءٍ مِنَ الْجَنَّاتِ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ دَارٍ، فِي كُلِّ دَارٍ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ بَيْتٍ، فِي كُلِّ بَيْتٍ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ سَرِيرٍ، عَلَى كُلِّ سَرِيرٍ زَوْجَةٌ مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ، سَعَةُ كُلِّ بَيْتٍ مِنْهَا سَعَةُ الدُّنْيَا أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ مَرَّةٍ، بَيْنَ يَدَيْ كُلِّ زَوْجَةٍ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ وَصِيفَةٍ، فِي كُلِّ بَيْتٍ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ مَائِدَةٍ، عَلَى كُلِّ مَائِدَةٍ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ قَصْعَةٍ، فِي كُلِّ قَصْعَةٍ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ لَوْنٍ، لَوْ نَزَلَ بِهِ الثَّقَلَانِ لَأَوْسَعَهُمْ بِأَدْنَى بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِهِ بِمَا شَاؤُوا مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ وَاللِّبَاسِ وَالطِّيبِ وَالثِّمَارِ، وَأَلْوَانِ التُّحَفِ وَالطَّرَائِفِ وَالْحُلِيِّ وَالْحُلَلِ، كُلُّ بَيْتٍ مِنْهَا مُكْتَفٍ بِمَا فِيهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَشْيَاءِ عَنِ الْبَيْتِ الْآخَرِ. فَإِذَا قَالَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ اكْتَنَفَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ مَلَكٍ، كُلُّهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لَهُ، وَهُوَ فِي ظِلِّ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ، وَيَكْتُبُ لَهُ ثَوَابَهُ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ مَلَكٍ، ثُمَّ يَصْعَدُونَ بِهِ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon to us and said: 'Whoever undertakes the adhan of one of the mosques of Allah, Exalted be He, seeking thereby the Face of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, Allah, Exalted be He, will grant him the reward of forty thousand thousand prophets, forty thousand thousand truthful ones, and forty thousand thousand martyrs. Forty thousand thousand nations will enter into his intercession, in every nation forty thousand thousand men. He will have in every part of the gardens forty thousand thousand dwellings, in every dwelling forty thousand thousand houses, in every house forty thousand thousand couches, upon every couch a wife from the houris with wide eyes. The expanse of every house among them is the expanse of the world forty thousand thousand times. Before every wife are forty thousand thousand serving girls. In every house are forty thousand thousand tables, upon every table forty thousand thousand large bowls, in every large bowl forty thousand thousand kinds of food. If the two heavy ones (jinn and mankind) were to descend upon it, He would accommodate them in the least house of its houses with whatever they wished of food, drink, clothing, perfume, fruits, and various gifts, curiosities, ornaments and garments. Every house among them is self-sufficient with what it contains of these things, without need of another house. When the mu'adhdhin says, "Ashhadu an lā ilāha illā Allāh," seventy thousand thousand angels surround him, all of them sending blessings upon him and seeking forgiveness for him. He is under the shade of the mercy of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, until he finishes, and forty thousand thousand angels record his reward. Then they ascend with it to Allah, Exalted be He.'

42. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 299No grade recorded

    « سَلُوا اللهَ تَعَالَى لِي الْوَسِيلَةَ، لَا يَسْأَلُهَا لِي مُؤْمِنٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا كُنْتُ لَهُ شَهِيدًا أَوْ شَفِيعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.

    ✧ Ask Allah, Exalted be He, for the Wasilah for me. No believer asks it for me in this world except that I will be a witness for him or an intercessor on the Day of Resurrection.

43. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 300No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، ثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ [عُبَيْدَةَ بِهَذَا]. 246 / 4 - تَابَعَهُ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَعْيَنَ، أَخْرَجَهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ.:

    ✧ Aḥmad b. Manīʿ said: Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us: Mūsā b. ʿUbaydah narrated to us with this. [It is followed by] al-Walīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik, from Mūsā b. Aʿyun. Al-Ṭabarānī transmitted it in al-Awsaṭ.

44. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 301No grade recorded

    أَبْطَأَ بِلَالٌ ؓ يَوْمًا بِالْأَذَانِ، فَأَذَّنَ رَجُلٌ، فَجَاءَ بِلَالٌ ؓ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُقِيمَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « يُقِيمُ مَنْ أَذَّنَ

    ✧ Bilal ؓ was late one day with the adhan, so a man gave the adhan. Then Bilal ؓ came and wanted to give the iqamah, so the Messenger of God ﷺ said: “The one who gives the adhan gives the iqamah.”

45. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 302No grade recorded

    رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ، وَقَدْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، فَقَالَ: « أَصَلَاتَانِ مَعًا ؟

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ saw a man praying two rak'ahs after the iqamah had been called, so he said: “Two prayers together?”

46. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 303No grade recorded

    أَتَى رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الصَّلَوَاتِ، قَالَ: فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ بِغَلَسٍ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ بِنَهَارٍ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ انْتَظَرَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ حَتَّى قِيلَ: مَا يَحْبِسُهُ ؟ ثُمَّ صَلَّى، ثُمَّ انْتَظَرَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى قِيلَ: مَا يَحْبِسُهُ ؟ ثُمَّ صَلَّى، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: « أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ ؟ » قَالَ: هَا أَنَا ذَا، قَالَ ﷺ: « أَشَهِدْتَنَا أَمْسِ ؟ » قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ ﷺ: « وَشَهِدْتَنَا الْيَوْمَ ؟ » قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: « أَيَّ ذَلِكَ أَرَدْتَ فَهُوَ وَقْتٌ، وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَقْتٌ

    ✧ A man came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and asked him about the prayers. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ prayed the dawn prayer in the dark, then he prayed the afternoon prayer in daylight. The next day, he waited for the dawn prayer until it was said: “What is keeping him?” Then he prayed. Then he waited for the afternoon prayer until it was said: “What is keeping him?” Then he prayed. Then he ﷺ said: “Where is the questioner?” He said: “Here I am.” He ﷺ said: “Did you witness us yesterday?” He said: “Yes.” He ﷺ said: “And did you witness us today?” He said: “Yes.” He said: “Whichever of these you choose is a time, and what is between them is a time.”

47. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 304No grade recorded

    سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ وَقْتِ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « صَلِّهَا مَعِي الْيَوْمَ وَفِي غَدٍ » فَلَمَّا كَانَ بِقَاعِ نَمِرَةَ بِالْجُحْفَةِ صَلَّاهَا حِينَ طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ، حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِذِي طُوًى أَخَّرَهَا، حَتَّى قَالَ النَّاسُ: أَقُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ؟، فَقَالُوا: لَوْ صَلَّيْنَاهَا، فَخَرَجَ فَصَلَّاهَا أَمَامَ الشَّمْسِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ: « مَاذَا قُلْتُمْ ؟ » قَالُوا: قُلْنَا: لَوْ صَلَّيْنَا، قَالَ ﷺ: « لَوْ فَعَلْتُمْ أَصَابَكُمْ عَذَابٌ »، ثُمَّ دَعَا السَّائِلَ فَقَالَ ﷺ: « الصَّلَاةُ مَا بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ الْوَقْتَيْنِ

    ✧ A man asked the Messenger of God ﷺ about the time of the morning prayer. He ﷺ said: “Pray it with me today and tomorrow.” When he was at the plain of Namirah near al-Juhfah, he prayed it when dawn broke. Then when we were at Dhu Tuwa, he delayed it until the people said: “Has the Messenger of God ﷺ passed away?” They said: “If only we had prayed it.” Then he came out and prayed it before the sun. Then he turned to the people and said: “What did you say?” They said: “We said: If only we had prayed.” He ﷺ said: “If you had done that, punishment would have befallen you.” Then he called the questioner and said ﷺ: “The prayer is between these two times.”

48. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 305No grade recorded

    إِنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ ؓ: كَتَبْتُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، وَأَحَقُّ مَا تَعَاهَدَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ أَمْرَ دِينِهِمْ، وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي، حَفِظْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا حَفِظْتُ، وَنَسِيتُ مِنْهُ مَا نَسِيتُ، فَصَلِّ الظُّهْرَ بِالْهَجِيرِ، وَالْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ حَيَّةٌ، وَالْمَغْرِبَ لِفِطْرِ الصَّائِمِ، وَالْعِشَاءَ مَا لَمْ تَخَفْ رُقَادَ النَّاسِ، وَالصُّبْحَ بِغَلَسٍ، وَأَطِلِ الْقِرَاءَةَ فِيهَا

    ✧ Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ wrote to Abu Musa al-Ash'ari ؓ: I am writing about the prayer, and the most worthy thing for Muslims to attend to is the matter of their religion. I saw the Prophet ﷺ praying; I retained from that what I have retained, and I forgot from it what I have forgotten. So pray the noon prayer in the midday heat, the afternoon prayer while the sun is alive, the sunset prayer at the breaking of the fast of the fasting person, the evening prayer as long as you do not fear people's sleeping, and the morning prayer in darkness, and lengthen the recitation in it.

49. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 306No grade recorded

    جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: [قُمْ] فَصَلِّ، وَذَلِكَ لِدُلُوكِ الشَّمْسِ حِينَ مَالَتْ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ أَرْبَعًا

    ✧ Gabriel ﷺ came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: [Arise] and pray, and that was at the sun's decline when it had passed the meridian. So the Messenger of God ﷺ stood and prayed the noon prayer, four rak'ahs.

50. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 307No grade recorded

    إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ

51. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 308No grade recorded

    ( كَتَبَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ ؓ: أَنْ صَلِّ الظُّهْرَ حِينَ تَزُولُ الشَّمْسُ، وَالْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ حَيَّةٌ بَيْضَاءُ نَقِيَّةٌ، وَصَلِّ الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ تَغِيبُ الشَّمْسُ - أَوْ حِينَ تَغْرُبُ الشَّمْسُ - وَصَلِّ الْعِشَاءَ حِينَ يَغِيبُ الشَّفَقُ إِلَى نِصْفِ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوَّلِ، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ سُنَّةٌ، وَأَقِمْ بِسَوَادٍ أَوْ بِغَلَسٍ، وَأَطِلِ الْقِرَاءَةَ

    ✧ (Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ wrote to Abu Musa al-Ash'ari ؓ: Pray the noon prayer when the sun declines, the afternoon prayer while the sun is alive, white and clear, pray the sunset prayer when the sun sets – or when the sun has set – and pray the evening prayer when the twilight disappears until the first half of the night, for that is the Sunnah. And stand in darkness or in the dark, and lengthen the recitation.)

52. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 309No grade recorded

    جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ [فَصَلَّى] بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَصَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالنَّاسِ حِينَ زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ حِينَ كَانَ ظِلُّهُ مِثْلَهُ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ كَأَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ ذَهَابَ الشَّفَقِ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ بِغَلَسٍ حِينَ فَجَرَ الْفَجْرُ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ مِنَ الْغَدِ فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَصَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالنَّاسِ الظُّهْرَ حِينَ كَانَ ظِلُّهُ مِثْلَهُ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ حِينَ صَارَ ظِلُّهُ مِثْلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ لِوَقْتٍ وَاحِدٍ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ بَعْدَ مَا ذَهَبَ هَوِيٌّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ فَأَسْفَرَ بِهَا

    ✧ Gabriel ﷺ came and prayed with the Prophet ﷺ, and the Prophet ﷺ prayed with the people when the sun had declined. Then he prayed the afternoon prayer when his shadow was equal to him. Then he prayed the sunset prayer when the sun had set. Then he prayed the evening prayer after that, as if he intended the disappearance of the twilight. Then he prayed the dawn prayer in darkness when dawn broke. Then Gabriel ﷺ came the next day and prayed the noon prayer with the Prophet ﷺ, and the Prophet ﷺ prayed the noon prayer with the people when his shadow was equal to him. Then he prayed the afternoon prayer when his shadow became twice his length. Then he prayed the sunset prayer when the sun had set, at the same time. Then he prayed the evening prayer after a portion of the night had passed. Then he prayed the dawn prayer and made it bright.

53. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 310No grade recorded

    سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ؓ، فَقُلْتُ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الَّتِي كَانَ يَدُومُ عَلَيْهَا، فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ أَخَّرَ وَقَدَّمَ، وَلَكِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ الَّتِي كَانَ يَدُومُ عَلَيْهَا كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا ؟ قَالَ: ( كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ الصَّيْفُ أَبْرَدَ بِهَا، وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءُ نَقِيَّةٌ، وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ إِذَا غَابَ قُرْصُ الشَّمْسِ، وَيَنْصَرِفُ وَمَا يُرَى ضَوْءُ [النَّجْمِ]، وَكَانَ يُؤَخِّرُ الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ حَتَّى إِذَا خَافَ النَّوْمَ قَالَ: « يَا بِلَالُ أَذِّنْ »، وَسَمِعْتُهُ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « لَوْلَا أَنْ تَنَامَ أُمَّتِي عَنْهَا لَسَرَّنِي أَنْ أَجْعَلَهَا فِي ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ نِصْفِ اللَّيْلِ »، وَكُنَّا نَنْصَرِفُ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ وَنَحْنُ نَرَى ضَوْءَ النُّجُومِ )

    ✧ I asked Anas b. Malik ؓ, saying: Tell me about the prayer of the Messenger of God ﷺ that he used to persist in, for it has reached me that he delayed and advanced, but the prayer that he used to persist in is as if I were looking at it. He said: (The Messenger of God ﷺ used to pray the noon prayer when the sun had declined; if it was summer he would cool it down. He used to pray the afternoon prayer while the sun was white and clear. He used to pray the sunset prayer when the disk of the sun had disappeared, and he would leave while the light of the star could not be seen. He used to delay the last evening prayer until, if he feared sleeping, he said: “O Bilal, give the adhan.” And I heard him ﷺ say: “Were it not that my community would sleep through it, it would please me to place it in the third of the night or half the night.” We used to leave the dawn prayer while we could see the light of the stars.)

54. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 311No grade recorded

    « سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ: « لَا تُقَدِّمُوهَا لِلْفَرَاغِ، وَلَا تُؤَخِّرُوهَا لِلْحَاجَةِ

    ✧ “I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say about the prayer: ‘Do not advance it for leisure, and do not delay it for need.’”

55. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 312No grade recorded

    شَكَوْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الرَّمْضَاءَ فَلَمْ يُشْكِنَا، وَقَالَ: « اسْتَعِينُوا بِلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ، فَإِنَّهَا تَدْفَعُ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ بَابًا مِنَ الضَّرَّاءِ أَدْنَاهَا الْهَمُّ

    ✧ We complained to the Messenger of God ﷺ about the intense heat, but he did not relieve us, and he said: “Seek help with ‘There is no power and no strength except with God,’ for it repels ninety-nine doors of harm, the least of which is anxiety.”

56. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 313No grade recorded

    « نَوِّرْ بِلَالُ بِالصُّبْحِ قَدْرَ مَا يُبْصِرُ الْقَوْمُ مَوَاقِعَ نَبْلِهِمْ

    ✧ Bilal announced the dawn prayer with enough light for the people to see the places where their arrows fell.

57. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 314No grade recorded

    « أَصْبِحُوا بِصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ، فَإِنَّكُمْ كُلَّمَا أَصْبَحْتُمْ بِهَا كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِلْأَجْرِ

    ✧ Pray the dawn prayer at daybreak, for whenever you pray it at daybreak, the reward is greater.

58. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 315No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ، ثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ، ثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ. وَقَالَ: لَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا تَابَعَ فُلَيْحًا

    ✧ Sulayman b. Ubayd Allah narrated to us: Abu Amir narrated to us: Fulayh narrated from Asim b. Umar, from his father, from his grandfather, and he mentioned something similar. He said: We do not know of anyone who corroborated Fulayh.

59. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 316No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ نَاسٌ إِلَى أَهَالِيهِمْ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ مَوَاقِعَ النَّبْلِ حِينَ يَرْمُونَهَا

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Maghrib, then people would return to their families while they could still see the places where arrows fell when they shot them.

60. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 317No grade recorded

    ( خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ مَكَّةَ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ، فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ حَتَّى أَتَى سَرِفَ، وَهِيَ تِسْعَةُ أَمْيَالٍ مِنْ مَكَّةَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ left Makkah at sunset and did not pray until he reached Sarif, which is nine miles from Makkah.

61. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 318No grade recorded

    ( صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْفَجْرَ حِينَ [انْشَقَّ الْفَجْرُ وَ] النُّجُومُ شَابِكَةٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ [مَا نَكَادُ] نَتَعَارَفُ، وَالرِّجَالُ مَا تَكَادُ تَعَارَفُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed Fajr with us when dawn had broken and the stars were intertwined in the sky, so that we could hardly recognize one another, and men could hardly recognize one another.

62. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 319No grade recorded

    ( لَا تَفُوتُ صَلَاةٌ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ وَقْتُ الْأُخْرَى

    ✧ A prayer is not missed until the time of the next prayer enters.

63. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 320No grade recorded

    ( كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ؓ الْفَجْرَ ثُمَّ نَأْتِي جِيَادَ فَنَقْضِي حَاجَتَنَا ثُمَّ نَرْجِعُ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ ؓ: كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَ عُمَرَ ؓ بِغَلَسٍ، فَيَنْصَرِفُ أَحَدُنَا وَلَا يَعْرِفُ صَاحِبَهُ

    ✧ We used to pray Fajr with Ibn al-Zubayr ؓ, then go to Ji'ad, relieve ourselves, and return. Ibn al-Zubayr ؓ said: We used to pray with Umar ؓ while it was still dark, and one of us would leave without recognizing his companion.

64. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 321No grade recorded

    إِنَّ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ ؓ قَالَ لِلْأَنْصَارِيِّ الَّذِي ذَكَّرَهُ بِمِيقَاتِ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ: بَلَى اشْهَدُوا أَنَّا كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءُ نَقِيَّةٌ، ثُمَّ نَأْتِي بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ، وَهِيَ عَلَى مِيلَيْنِ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَإِنَّ الشَّمْسَ لَمْ تُفْقَدْ

    ✧ Al-Mughirah b. Shu'bah ؓ said to the Ansari who reminded him of the time of Asr prayer: Yes, bear witness that we used to pray Asr with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while the sun was white and clear, then we would go to Banu Amr b. Awf, which is two miles from Madinah, and the sun had not yet disappeared.

65. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 322No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ مَوَاقِيتِ الصَّلَاةِ، فَقَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ وَقَالَ: « الْوَقْتُ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ asking him about the prayer times. He prayed early and late, and said: "The time is what is between these two."

66. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 323No grade recorded

    « إِذَا كَانَ الْفَيْءُ ذِرَاعًا وَنِصْفًا إِلَى ذِرَاعَيْنِ فَصَلُّوا الظُّهْرَ

    ✧ When the shadow is one and a half cubits to two cubits, pray Zuhr.

67. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 324No grade recorded

    ( كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُسْفِرُ بِالْفَجْرِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Fajr when the dawn was bright.

68. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 325No grade recorded

    « أَصْبِحُوا بِصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ، فَإِنَّهُ أَعْظَمُ لِلْأَجْرِ

    ✧ "Perform the morning prayer at dawn, for it is greater in reward."

69. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 326No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيُصَلِّي الصَّلَاةَ وَمَا فَاتَهُ مِنْ وَقْتِهَا أَشَدُّ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ

    ✧ "Indeed, one of you may pray a prayer, and what he misses of its time is more severe upon him than [the loss of] his family and wealth."

70. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 327No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُصَلِّي الصَّلَاةَ وَمَا فَاتَهُ مِنْ وَقْتِهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ

    ✧ "Indeed, a man may pray a prayer, and what he misses of its time is better than his family and wealth."

71. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 328No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ لِأَبِي: يَا أَبَتَاهُ، أَرَأَيْتَ قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى: الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنْ صَلاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ أَيُّنَا لَا يَسْهُو ؟ [أَيُّنَا] لَا يُحَدِّثُ نَفْسَهُ ؟ قَالَ: لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ، إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِضَاعَةُ الْوَقْتِ؛ يَلْهُو حَتَّى يَضِيعَ الْوَقْتُ

    ✧ I said to my father: "O my father, what do you think about the saying of the Exalted: 'Those who are heedless of their prayer'—which of us does not become heedless? [Which of us] does not talk to himself?" He said: "It is not that; it is only wasting the time. He occupies himself until the time passes."

72. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 329No grade recorded

    سَأَلْتُ أَبِي فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَهْ، الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنْ صَلاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ، أَسَهْوُ أَحَدِنَا فِي صَلَاتِهِ حَدِيثُ نَفْسِهِ ؟ قَالَ سَعْدٌ: أَوَلَيْسَ كُلُّنَا نَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ؟ وَلَكِنَّ السَّاهِيَ

    ✧ I asked my father and said: "O father, 'those who are heedless of their prayer'—is it the heedlessness of one of us in his prayer, talking to himself?" Sa'd said: "Do we not all do that? But the heedless one..."

73. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 330No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنْ صَلاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ، قَالَ: « هُمُ الَّذِينَ يُخْرِجُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا

    ✧ He asked the Prophet ﷺ about: "Those who are heedless of their prayer." He said: "They are those who take the prayer out of its time."

74. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 331No grade recorded

    « إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ بَعْدِي أَئِمَّةٌ فَسَقَةٌ، يُصَلُّونَ الصَّلَاةَ لِغَيْرِ وَقْتِهَا، فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَصَلُّوا الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا، وَاجْعَلُوا الصَّلَاةَ مَعَهُمْ نَافِلَةً

    ✧ "Indeed, after me there will be sinful leaders who pray the prayer at other than its time. So when they do that, pray the prayer at its time, and make your prayer with them a supererogatory prayer."

75. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 332No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْتَحِبُّ الدِّيكَ الْأَبْيَضَ، وَيَأْمُرُ بِاتِّخَاذِهِ وَيَقُولُ: « إِنَّهُ يُؤَذِّنُ لِلصَّلَاةِ، وَيُوقِظُ النَّائِمَ، وَيَطْرُدُ الْجِنَّ بِصِيَاحِهِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to like the white rooster and would command keeping it, and he would say: "Indeed, it calls to prayer, wakes the sleeping, and drives away the jinn with its crowing."

76. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 333No grade recorded

    « كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ تَتَّخِذُ دِيكًا لِوَقْتِ صَلَاتِهَا وَلِوَقْتِ سَحُورِهَا

    ✧ "A'ishah ؓ used to keep a rooster for the time of her prayer and for the time of her pre-dawn meal."

77. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 334No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ وَفْدَ ثَقِيفَ قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَهْدَوْا إِلَيْهِ هَدِيَّةً، فَسَأَلُوهُ وَمَا زَالُوا يَسْأَلُونَهُ حَتَّى مَا صَلَّوُا الظُّهْرَ إِلَّا مَعَ الْعَصْرِ

    ✧ "Indeed, the delegation of Thaqif came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and gave him a gift. They asked him, and they kept asking him until they did not pray Dhuhr except together with Asr."

78. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 335No grade recorded

    دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَتَتْهُ الْجَارِيَةُ فَقَالَتِ: الصَّلَاةَ أَصْلَحَكَ اللهُ ! قَالَ: « أَيُّ الصَّلَاةِ ؟ » قَالَتْ: صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ، قَالَ: « أَوَقَدْ صَلَّيْتِهَا ؟ » قَالَتْ: قَدْ صَلَّيْتُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ أَدْخُلَ إِلَيْكَ، قَالَ: « اسْتَأْخِرِي عَنِّي، لَمْ يَأْتِ الْعَصْرُ بَعْدُ » ثُمَّ رَاجَعَتْهُ، فَقَالَ لَهَا مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ الْأَوَّلِ، ثُمَّ رَاجَعَتْهُ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: « قَدْ سَمِعْتُ مَا قُلْتِ، نَاوِلِينِي وَضُوءًا، فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يُصَلُّونَ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ قَبْلَ وَقْتِهَا »، ثُمَّ صَلَّى

    ✧ I entered upon Anas b. Malik ؓ and he mentioned the hadith. He said: "Then a slave girl came to him and said: 'Prayer, may Allah keep you well!' He said: 'Which prayer?' She said: 'Asr prayer.' He said: 'Have you already prayed it?' She said: 'I prayed it before I entered upon you.' He said: 'Move away from me; Asr has not yet come.' Then she repeated, and he said to her the like of his first statement. Then she repeated and spoke to him, and he said: 'I have heard what you said. Hand me water for ablution, for the people pray this prayer before its time.' Then he prayed."

79. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 336No grade recorded

    دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ ؓ، [فَصَلَّتِ] الْعَصْرَ فِي السَّاعَةِ الَّتِي تَدْعُونَهَا بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ قَالَتْ ؓ: إِنَّا آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ لَا نُصَلِّي الصُّفَيْرَا

    ✧ I entered upon A'ishah ؓ, and she prayed Asr at the hour that you call between the two prayers. Then she said ؓ: "Indeed, we, the family of Muhammad, do not pray the little yellow [prayer (i.e., Asr too early)]."

80. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 337No grade recorded

    « أَبْرِدُوا بِالظُّهْرِ فِي الْحَرِّ

    ✧ Delay the Zuhr prayer in intense heat.

81. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 338No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، بِهِ. قَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: كَذَا

    ✧ Abu Ya'la said: 'Abd al-A'la b. Hammad narrated to us, 'Abdullah b. Dawud narrated to us, with this. Abu Ya'la said: Thus.

82. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 339No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ شِدَّةَ الْحَرِّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ، فَأَبْرِدُوا بِالصَّلَاةِ

    ✧ Indeed, the intense heat is from the scorching breath of Hell, so delay the prayer.

83. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 340No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ وَهُمْ يَنْتَظِرُونَ الْعِشَاءَ، فَقَالَ: « صَلَّى النَّاسُ وَرَقَدُوا وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْتَظِرُونَهَا ؟ أَمَا إِنَّكُمْ فِي صَلَاةٍ مَا انْتَظَرْتُمُوهَا »، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: « لَوْلَا ضَعْفُ الضَّعِيفِ، وَكِبَرُ الْكَبِيرِ لَأَخَّرْتُ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to his Companions one night while they were waiting for the 'Isha' prayer, and said: "The people have prayed and slept, while you are waiting for it? Verily, you are in prayer as long as you are waiting for it." Then he ﷺ said: "Were it not for the weakness of the weak and the old age of the elderly, I would have delayed this prayer until the middle of the night."

84. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 341No grade recorded

    « لَا يَغْلِبَنَّكُمُ الْأَعْرَابُ عَلَى اسْمِ [صَلَاتِكُمْ]، فَإِنَّهَا فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: الْعِشَاءُ، قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: وَمِنْ بَعْدِ صَلاةِ الْعِشَاءِ ثَلاثُ عَوْرَاتٍ لَكُمْ وَإِنَّمَا تُسَمِّيهَا الْأَعْرَابُ الْعَتَمَةَ مِنْ أَجْلِ إِبِلِهِمْ وَحِلَابِهَا

    ✧ Do not let the Bedouins overcome you regarding the name of [your prayer], for in the Book of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, it is called 'Isha'. Allah, the Exalted, said: 'And after the 'Isha' prayer, there are three times of privacy for you.' The Bedouins call it 'Atamah' only because of their camels and their milking.

85. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 342No grade recorded

    342 282 / 2 - وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، ثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بِهِ.:

    ✧ 342 282 / 2 - Abu Ya'la said: Abu Khaythamah narrated to us, 'Uthman b. 'Umar narrated to us, 'Abd al-'Aziz narrated to us, with this:

86. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 343No grade recorded

    ( نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ النَّوْمِ قَبْلَهَا وَعَنِ السَّمَرِ بَعْدَهَا - يَعْنِي الْعِشَاءَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade sleeping before it and engaging in conversation after it – meaning the 'Isha' prayer.

87. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 344No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ أَبِيتُ قَبْلَ الْعَتَمَةِ، فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُ الْإِقَامَةَ قُمْتُ فَصَلَّيْتُ، فَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ يُكْرَهُ، فَسَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ؓ فَكَرِهَهُ، وَقَالَ: ( لَا تَنَامِي قَبْلَهَا

    ✧ I used to sleep before the 'Atamah, and when I heard the iqamah, I would get up and pray. It reached me that it is disliked, so I asked Anas b. Malik ؓ, and he disliked it and said: "Do not sleep before it."

88. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 345No grade recorded

    سَمِعَتْ عَائِشَةُ أُمُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؓ كَلَامِي بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ الَّتِي تُسَمِّيهَا الْأَعْرَابُ الْعَتَمَةَ - قَالَ: وَكُنَّا فِي حُجْرَةٍ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَهَا سَعَفٌ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا عُرَيَّةُ - أَوْ يَا عُرْوَةُ - مَا هَذَا السَّمَرُ ؟ إِنِّي مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ [نَائِمًا قَبْلَ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ، وَلَا مُتَحَدِّثًا بَعْدَهَا، إِمَّا نَائِمًا فَيَسْلَمُ، وَإِمَّا مُصَلِّيًا فَيَغْنَمُ

    ✧ 'A'ishah, the Mother of the Believers ؓ heard my speech after the 'Isha' prayer, which the Bedouins call 'Atamah. He said: We were in a room between her and him separated by palm branches. She said: "O 'Urayyah – or O 'Urwah – what is this late-night conversation? I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sleeping before this prayer, nor conversing after it; either he slept and was safe, or he prayed and gained reward."

89. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 346No grade recorded

    ( مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ] نَائِمًا قَبْلَ الْعِشَاءِ، وَلَا لَاغِيًا بَعْدَهَا؛ إِمَّا ذَاكِرًا فَيَغْنَمُ، وَإِمَّا نَائِمًا فَيَسْلَمُ

    ✧ I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sleeping before the 'Isha' prayer, nor engaging in idle talk after it; either he remembered Allah and gained reward, or he slept and was safe.

90. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 347No grade recorded

    ( السَّمَرُ لِثَلَاثٍ: لِعَرُوسٍ، أَوْ مُسَافِرٍ، أَوْ مُتَهَجِّدٍ بِاللَّيْلِ

    ✧ Late-night conversation is for three: a newlywed, a traveler, or one performing night prayer.

91. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 348No grade recorded

    « مَنْ نَامَ قَبْلَ الْعِشَاءِ فَلَا نَامَ

    ✧ Whoever sleeps before the 'Isha' prayer, may he not sleep.

92. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 349No grade recorded

    « سَلُوا حَوَائِجَكُمْ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ

    ✧ Ask your needs from Allah Almighty in the morning prayer.

93. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 350No grade recorded

    بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبَسَةَ ؓ، وَكَانَ قَدْ بَايَعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، فَقَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَمَّا أَنْتَ بِهِ عَالِمٌ وَأَنَا بِهِ جَاهِلٌ، فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ سَاعَاتِ الصَّلَاةِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ الْمَغْرِبَ فَالصَّلَاةُ مَقْبُولَةٌ مَشْهُودَةٌ حَتَّى تُصَلِّيَ الْفَجْرَ، ثُمَّ اجْتَنِبِ الصَّلَاةَ حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَتَبْيَضَّ، فَإِنَّ الشَّمْسَ تَطْلُعُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ، فَإِذَا ابْيَضَّتْ وَارْتَفَعَتْ، فَالصَّلَاةُ مَقْبُولَةٌ مَشْهُودَةٌ حَتَّى [يَنْتَصِفَ] [النَّهَارُ] وَتَعْتَدِلَ الشَّمْسُ وَيَقُومَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ فِي ظِلِّهِ، وَهِيَ السَّاعَةُ الَّتِي تُسَعَّرُ فِيهَا جَهَنَّمُ، فَإِذَا مَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَالصَّلَاةُ مَقْبُولَةٌ مَشْهُودَةٌ حَتَّى تَصْفَرَّ الشَّمْسُ، فَإِنَّ الشَّمْسَ تَغْرُبُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ

    ✧ While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, 'Amr b. 'Abasa ؓ came to him, and he had pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ upon Islam. He said: "Inform me, O Muhammad, of what you know and I am ignorant of." He asked him about the times of prayer. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: "When you have prayed Maghrib, prayer is accepted and witnessed until you pray Fajr. Then avoid prayer until the sun rises and becomes white, for the sun rises between the two horns of a devil. When it has become white and risen, prayer is accepted and witnessed until midday, when the sun is at its zenith and every thing stands in its shadow—that is the hour in which Hell is stoked. When the sun declines, prayer is accepted and witnessed until the sun turns yellow, for the sun sets between the two horns of a devil."

94. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 351No grade recorded

    « إِلَّا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا بَأْسَ بِالصَّلَاةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ، لِأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَا تُسَعَّرُ فِيهِ

    ✧ "Except on Friday, for there is no harm in praying then at midday, because Hell is not stoked on that day."

95. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 352No grade recorded

    انْصَرَفْنَا لِجِنَازَةِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ ؓ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ، وَعَلَى النَّاسِ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عُتْبَةَ، فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا، فَقَامَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ فَصَرَخَ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ: لَا تُصَلُّوا عَلَى جَنَائِزِكُمْ حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ الشَّمْسُ، فَجَلَسَ الْأَمِيرُ وَالنَّاسُ

    ✧ We returned from the funeral of Rafi' b. Khadij ؓ after the morning prayer, and al-Walid b. 'Utbah was in charge of the people. He wanted to pray over it, so Ibn 'Umar ؓ stood and shouted at the top of his voice: "Do not pray over your deceased until the sun has risen." So the commander and the people sat down.

96. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 353No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ أُسَافِرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ صَلَّى بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَلَا بَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ

    ✧ I used to travel with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I never saw him pray after 'Asr or after Fajr.

97. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 354No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ، ثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ بِهِ. هَذَا الْإِسْنَادُ حَسَنٌ.:

    ✧ And Abu Bakr said: Yahya b. Abi Bukayr narrated to us, Zuhayr narrated to us with this chain. This chain is good (hasan).

98. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 355No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَجُلًا رَأَى أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ، [صَلَّى] وَقَدِ اصْفَرَّتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ، تَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْفَجْرِ وَبَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ ؟ ! قَالَ: أَجَلْ، إِلَّا أَنَّ هَذَا الْبَيْتَ لَيْسَ كَغَيْرِهِ

    ✧ A man saw Abu al-Darda' ؓ praying when the sun had turned yellow, and he said: "O companions of Muhammad, you forbid prayer after Fajr and after 'Asr?" He said: "Yes, except that this house is not like others."

99. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 356No grade recorded

    كُنَّا فِي جِنَازَةٍ فِيهَا بُدَيْلٌ، فَقَالَ - وَالشَّمْسُ مُصْفَرَّةٌ عَلَى أَطْرَافِ الْحِيطَانِ -: لَا تُصَلُّوا هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ. فَقَالَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ ؓ: صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ

    ✧ We were at a funeral in which Budayl was present, and he said—while the sun was yellow on the edges of the walls—"Do not pray at this hour." Abu Umamah ؓ said: "I prayed with Abu Hurayrah ؓ over a funeral at this hour."

100. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 357No grade recorded

     « لَا صَلَاةَ بَعْدَ الْفَجْرِ إِلَّا رَكْعَتَيْنِ.

     ✧ "There is no prayer after Fajr except two rak'ahs."

101. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 358No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْمُقْرِئُ، ثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، بِهِ.:

     ✧ And Ibn Abi 'Umar said: Al-Muqri' narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman b. Ziyad narrated to us with this chain.

102. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 359No grade recorded

     359 294 / 3 - وَقَالَ عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ: حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى، ثَنَا الْإِفْرِيقِيُّ، بِهِ.:

     ✧ And 'Abd b. Humayd said: Ya'la narrated to us, al-Ifriqi narrated to us with this chain.

103. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 360No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَنَهَاهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، ؓ. فَقَالَ طَاوُسٌ: إِنَّمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهَا أَنْ يَتَّخِذَهَا سُلَّمًا. قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ: وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْرًا أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ الْآيَةَ، وَمَا أَدْرِي أَتُعَذَّبُ عَلَيْهَا أَمْ تُؤْجَرُ

     ✧ He used to pray after 'Asr, and Ibn 'Abbas ؓ forbade him. Tawus said: "It was only forbidden lest it be taken as a ladder." Ibn 'Abbas ؓ said: "It is not for any believing man or believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, to have any choice in their affair"—the verse—"and I do not know whether you will be punished for it or rewarded."

104. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 361No grade recorded

     ( نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُصَلَّى بَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ، فَإِنَّهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَى قَرْنِ - أَوْ قَرْنَيِ - الشَّيْطَانِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade praying after the dawn prayer until the sun rises, for it rises on the horn — or two horns — of Satan.

105. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 362No grade recorded

     ( إِنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ كَانَ يَضْرِبُ عَلَى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ

     ✧ Umar ؓ used to strike for the two rakʿahs after ʿAsr.

106. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 363No grade recorded

     ( أَلَا مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يُصَلُّونَ صَلَاةً قَدْ صَحِبْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ يُصَلِّيهَا، وَقَدْ سَمِعْنَاهُ يَنْهَى عَنْهَا، يَعْنِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ

     ✧ Indeed, what is the matter with people who pray a prayer that I accompanied the Messenger of God ﷺ and never saw him pray, and we heard him forbid it — meaning the two rakʿahs after ʿAsr.

107. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 364No grade recorded

     ( رَأَى عُمَرُ ؓ تَمِيمًا الدَّارِيَّ ؓ يُصَلِّي بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَضَرَبَهُ بِالدِّرَّةِ، فَقَالَ تَمِيمٌ: لِمَ يَا عُمَرُ تَضْرِبُنِي عَلَى صَلَاةٍ صَلَّيْتُهَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: يَا تَمِيمُ، لَيْسَ كُلُّ النَّاسِ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَعْلَمُ

     ✧ Umar ؓ saw Tamim al-Dari ؓ praying after ʿAsr and struck him with the whip. Tamim said, 'Why, O Umar, do you strike me for a prayer I prayed with the Messenger of God ﷺ?' Umar ؓ said, 'O Tamim, not all people know what you know.'

108. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 365No grade recorded

     « نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ إِلَّا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade prayer at midday except on Friday.

109. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 366No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَزَجَرَهُ، وَقَالَ: لَا تُصَلِّ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « لَا صَلَاةَ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ

     ✧ He saw a man praying after ʿAsr and rebuked him, saying: Do not pray after ʿAsr, for I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: 'There is no prayer after ʿAsr.'

110. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 367No grade recorded

     ( طُفْتُ مَعَ عُمَرَ ؓ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ، فَرَكِبَ فَلَمْ يُصْبِحْ حَتَّى أَتَى ذَا طُوًى، فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ

     ✧ I performed tawaf with Umar ؓ after the dawn prayer. He mounted and did not stop until he reached Dhu Tuwa, then he prayed two rakʿahs.

111. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 368No grade recorded

     رَآنِي [ أَبُو هُبَيْرَةَ] الْأَنْصَارِيُّ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَنَا أُصَلِّي الْفَجْرَ حِينَ طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَعَابَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيَّ وَنَهَانِي، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: « لَا تُصَلُّوا حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ الشَّمْسُ، فَإِنَّهَا إِنَّمَا تَطْلُعُ فِي قَرْنِ شَيْطَانٍ

     ✧ Abu Hubayrah al-Ansari, the companion of the Messenger of God ﷺ, saw me praying Fajr when the sun had risen, and he criticized that and forbade me. Then he said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'Do not pray until the sun has risen, for it rises between the horns of a devil.'

112. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 369No grade recorded

     « لَا تُصَلُّوا عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَلَا عِنْدَ غُرُوبِهَا، فَإِنَّهَا تَطْلُعُ وَتَغْرُبُ عَلَى قَرْنِ شَيْطَانٍ، وَصَلُّوا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ مَا شِئْتُمْ

     ✧ Do not pray at sunrise or sunset, for it rises and sets on the horn of a devil. Pray between those times as you wish.

113. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 370No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ جَالِسًا فِي مَجْلِسٍ فِيهِمْ عُبَادَةُ ؓ، فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ، عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: إِنِّي فَرَضْتُ عَلَى أُمَّتِكَ خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ، مَنْ وَفَى بِهِنَّ عَلَى وُضُوئِهِنَّ وَمَوَاقِيتِهِنَّ وَرُكُوعِهِنَّ وَسُجُودِهِنَّ فَإِنَّ لَهُ بِهِنَّ عِنْدِي عَهْدًا أَنْ أُدْخِلَهُ بِهِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ

     ✧ I was sitting in a gathering in which Ubada ؓ was present. He said: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: Gabriel ﷺ came to me from God Almighty and said: O Muhammad, God Almighty says: I have enjoined upon your community five prayers. Whoever fulfills them with their ablution, their times, their bowing, and their prostration, he has with Me a covenant that I will admit him by them into Paradise.

114. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 371No grade recorded

     فُرِضَتِ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ الْإِسْرَاءِ خَمْسِينَ صَلَاةً، ثُمَّ نَقَصَتْ حَتَّى جُعِلَتْ خَمْسًا، فَقَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: « كَانَ لَكَ فِي الْخَمْسِ خَمْسِينَ، الْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا

     ✧ Prayer was made obligatory on the Messenger of God ﷺ on the night of the Isra as fifty prayers, then it was reduced until it was made five. God, Mighty and Majestic, said: 'You have in the five the reward of fifty; a good deed is multiplied tenfold.'

115. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 372No grade recorded

     أَتَاهُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، إِنَّا أُنَاسٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَهَا هُنَا أُنَاسٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّا لَسْنَا عَلَى شَيْءٍ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ: قَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ: « مَنْ أَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ، وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَ، وَحَجَّ الْبَيْتَ، وَصَامَ رَمَضَانَ، وَقَرَى الضَّيْفَ - دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ

     ✧ A Bedouin came to him and said: O Ibn Abbas, we are people among the Muslims, and here are people among the Muhajirun who claim that we are not upon anything. Ibn Abbas ؓ said: The Prophet of God ﷺ said: 'Whoever establishes the prayer, gives the zakat, performs the pilgrimage to the House, fasts Ramadan, and honors the guest — will enter Paradise.'

116. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 373No grade recorded

     وَكَانَ قَدْ صَلَّى الْقِبْلَتَيْنِ جَمِيعًا - قَالَ: إِنِّي لَفِي مَنْزِلِي إِذَا مُنَادٍ يُنَادِي عَلَى الْبَابِ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَدْ تَحَوَّلَ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ، فَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى إِمَامِنَا وَالرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ، لَقَدْ صَلَّوْا إِلَى هَا هُنَا - يَعْنِي بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ - وَإِلَى هَا هُنَا - يَعْنِي الْكَعْبَةَ

     ✧ He had prayed toward both qiblahs. He said: I was in my house when a caller called at the door: The Prophet ﷺ has turned toward the Kaaba. I bear witness that our imam, the men, the women, and the boys prayed toward here – meaning Jerusalem – and toward here – meaning the Kaaba.

117. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 374No grade recorded

     « إِرْهَقُوا الْقِبْلَةَ

     ✧ “Face the qiblah closely.”

118. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 375No grade recorded

     375 309 / 2 - حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ، ثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، بِهِ.:

     ✧ 375 309/2 – Harun b. Ma‘ruf narrated to us, Bishr b. al-Sari narrated to us, with it.

119. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 376No grade recorded

     ( مَا أَعْرِفُ شَيْئًا مِنْ أُمُورِ النَّاسِ غَيْرَ الْقِبْلَةِ

     ✧ “I do not know anything of people’s affairs except the qiblah.”

120. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 377No grade recorded

     « أَكْرَمُ الْمَجَالِسِ مَا اسْتُقْبِلَ بِهِ الْقِبْلَةُ

     ✧ “The noblest gatherings are those that face the qiblah.”

121. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 378No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ [عَمْرٍو ] ؓ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ بِإِزَاءِ الْمِيزَابِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ لِنَبِيِّهِ ﷺ: فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضَاهَا فَهَذِهِ الْقِبْلَةُ هَذِهِ الْقِبْلَةُ

     ✧ I saw ‘Abdullah b. ‘Amr ؓ in the Sacred Mosque opposite the waterspout, saying: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said to His Prophet ﷺ: “We will surely turn you to a qiblah that pleases you.” So this is the qiblah, this is the qiblah.

122. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 379No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ أَبْصَرَ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي بَعِيدًا مِنَ الْقِبْلَةِ، فَقَالَ: تَقَدَّمْ، لَا تُفْسِدْ عَلَيْكَ صَلَاتَكَ، وَمَا قُلْتُ لَكَ إِلَّا مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ [يَقُولُهُ]

     ✧ ‘Umar ؓ saw a man praying far from the qiblah and said: Come forward, do not ruin your prayer. I only told you what I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say.

123. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 380No grade recorded

     ( رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ مِنْ قِبَلِ بَابِ بَنِي شَيْبَةَ، حَتَّى جَاءَ إِلَى وَجْهِ الْكَعْبَةِ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَخَطَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ خَطًّا عَرْضًا، ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ فَصَلَّى، وَالنَّاسُ يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَ الْخَطِّ وَالْكَعْبَةِ

     ✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ enter the mosque from the gate of Banu Shaybah until he came to the front of the Kaaba. He faced the qiblah and drew a line in front of him widthwise, then said the takbir and prayed while people were circumambulating between the line and the Kaaba.

124. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 381No grade recorded

     « يَقْطَعُ الصَّلَاةَ الْمَرْأَةُ وَالْكَلْبُ ». قُلْتُ: فَمَا يَسْتُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « السَّهْمُ، وَالرَّحْلُ، وَالْحَجَرُ

     ✧ “A woman and a dog cut off the prayer.” I said: What can screen me? He ﷺ said: “An arrow, a saddle, or a stone.”

125. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 382No grade recorded

     « إِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ مَنْ يَمُرُّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ مِثْلُ مُؤْخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ فَقَدْ سَتَرَكَ

     ✧ “If there is between you and the one passing in front of you the like of the back of a saddle, then it screens you.”

126. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 383No grade recorded

     " « إِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَك وَبَيْنَ مَنْ يَمُرُّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْك مِثْلَ مُؤْخِرَةِ الرُّحَّلِ فَقَدْ سَتَرَك »" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ “If there is between you and the one passing in front of you the like of the back of a saddle, then it screens you.”

127. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 384No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي مَسِيرٍ - أَوْ سَرِيَّةٍ - فَأَصَابَنَا غَيْمٌ، فَتَحَرَّيْنَا، فَاخْتَلَفْنَا فِي الْقِبْلَةِ، فَصَلَّى كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا يَخُطُّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ لِنَعْلَمَ أَمْكِنَتَنَا، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا نَظَرْنَا فَإِذَا نَحْنُ قَدْ صَلَّيْنَا لِغَيْرِ الْقِبْلَةِ، فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَأْمُرْنَا بِالْإِعَادَةِ، وَقَالَ: « قَدْ أَجْزَأَتْ صَلَاتُكُمْ

     ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey – or an expedition – when clouds covered us. We tried to determine the qiblah and differed, so each of us prayed and drew a line in front of him to mark our places. When morning came, we looked and found that we had prayed toward other than the qiblah. We mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and he did not order us to repeat, saying: “Your prayer is sufficient.”

128. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 385No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمًا وَقَدْ كَشَفَ عَنْ فَخِذَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: « يَا ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، لَا تَكْشِفْ عَنْ فَخِذِكَ فَإِنَّهَا عَوْرَةٌ، وَلَا تَنْظُرْ إِلَى فَخِذِ حَيٍّ وَلَا مَيِّتٍ، فَإِنَّكَ تُغَسِّلُ الْمَوْتَى

     ✧ He used to enter upon the Prophet ﷺ. One day he entered upon him while he had uncovered his thighs. He said: “O son of Abū Ṭālib, do not uncover your thigh, for it is ʿawrah, and do not look at the thigh of a living person or a dead one, for you wash the dead.”

129. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 386No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا كَاشِفٌ عَنْ فَخِذِي، فَقَالَ: « يَا عَلِيُّ، غَطِّ فَخِذَكَ فَإِنَّهَا مِنَ الْعَوْرَةِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ entered upon me while I had uncovered my thigh. He said: “O ʿAlī, cover your thigh, for it is part of the ʿawrah.”

130. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 387No grade recorded

     ( لَا تُصَلِّي الْمَرْأَةُ فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ لِمَنْ قَدَرَ

     ✧ A woman should not pray in fewer than three garments if she is able.

131. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 388No grade recorded

     كَيْفَ تُصَلِّي [الْأَمَةُ ؟] قَالَ: ( كَمَا تَخْرُجُ

     ✧ How does the [slave woman] pray? He said: “As she goes out.”

132. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 389No grade recorded

     ( تُصَلِّي الْمَرْأَةُ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ

     ✧ A woman prays in three garments.

133. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 390No grade recorded

     ( رَأَيْتُ أَبِي يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَثِيَابُهُ مَوْضُوعَةٌ، وَقَالَ: يَا بُنَيَّةُ، إِنَّ آخِرَ صَلَاةٍ صَلَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ

     ✧ I saw my father praying in a single garment while his other clothes were set aside. He said: “O my daughter, the last prayer the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed was in a single garment.”

134. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 391No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، بِهِ.:،::

     ✧ Abū Yaʿlā said: Abū Bakr narrated to us with this.:,::

135. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 392No grade recorded

     ( رَأَيْتُ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تُصَلِّي فِي دِرْعٍ سَابِغٍ ضَيِّقٍ، وَخِمَارٍ، لَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا إِزَارٌ

     ✧ I saw Maymūnah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, praying in a full, tight chemise and a head cover, without a waist wrapper.

136. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 393No grade recorded

     ( سَأَلْتُ عَطَاءً عَنِ الْقَوْمِ يَغْرَقُونَ فَيَخْرُجُونَ عُرَاةً كَيْفَ يُصَلُّونَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنْ أَصَابُوا حَشِيشًا اسْتَتَرُوا بِهِ، وَإِلَّا صَلَّوْا قُعُودًا، إِمَامُهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ - أَوْ قَالَ: وَسْطَهُمْ

     ✧ I asked ʿAṭāʾ about people who are drowning and come out naked: how do they pray? He said: “If they find grass, they cover themselves with it; otherwise they pray sitting, with their imam among them—or he said: in their midst.”

137. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 394No grade recorded

     ( كَانَ عَامَّةُ مَنْ يُصَلِّي خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَصْحَابَ الْعُقَدِ ). قُلْتُ: وَمَا أَصْحَابُ الْعُقَدِ ؟ قَالَ: ( لَمْ يَكُنْ لِأَحَدِهِمْ إِلَّا ثَوْبٌ كَانَ يَعْقِدُهُ عَلَى عُنُقِهِ

     ✧ Most of those who prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were the people of knots.” I said: “And who are the people of knots?” He said: “One of them had only a single garment which he tied at his neck.”

138. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 395No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ مُتَوَشِّحًا بِهِ

     ✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying in a single garment, wrapping it around himself.

139. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 396No grade recorded

     ( أَمَّنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ مُتَوَشِّحًا بِهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer in a single garment, wrapping it around himself.

140. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 397No grade recorded

     [وَقَالَ] أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ، ثَنَا يَعْلَى بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، بِهِ. [ ]:،:،::

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Yahya al-Himmani narrated to us, Ya'la b. al-Harith narrated to us, with it. [ ]:,:,::

141. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 398No grade recorded

     وَحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، ثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، بِهِ.:

     ✧ And Musa b. Muhammad narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman b. Mahdi narrated to us, with it.:

142. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 399No grade recorded

     ( زُرْتُ أُخْتِي أُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ ؓ، فَرَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ قَدْ خَالَفَ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ

     ✧ (I visited my sister Umm Habiba ؓ, and I saw the Prophet ﷺ praying in a single garment, having wrapped its two ends over opposite shoulders)

143. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 400No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، بِهِ.:

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Ishaq b. Yahya narrated to us, Isma'il b. 'Ayyash narrated to us, with it.:

144. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 401No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، ثَنَا [مُبَشِّرٌ] - يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ - وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ، عَنْ [يَعِيشَ] بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ ؓ، نَحْوَهُ

     ✧ Ibrahim b. al-Husayn narrated to us, [Mubashshir] - meaning Ibn Isma'il - and al-Harith b. 'Atiyya, and Muhammad b. Kathir, from al-Awza'i, from [Ya'ish] b. al-Walid, from Mu'awiya ؓ, something similar to it.

145. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 402No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّا نَخْرُجُ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ، وَلِي [بِنَاءٌ] فِيهِ صِغَرٌ، [فَإِنْ] صَلَّيْتُ فِيهِ كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ بِحِذَائِي، وَإِنْ خَرَجْتُ قَرَرْتُ، قَالَ: اقْطَعْ بَيْنَكُمَا بِثَوْبٍ ثُمَّ صَلِّ كَيْفَ شِئْتَ

     ✧ I came to 'Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ and said: We go out every year, and I have a [building] in which there is a small space. [If] I pray in it, the woman would be parallel to me, and if I go out, I become cold. He said: Place a garment between the two of you as a barrier, then pray however you wish.

146. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 403No grade recorded

     « لَا يَضُرُّ أَحَدَكُمْ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فِي ثَوْبِهِ مُشْتَمِلًا، وَلَكِنْ لِيَعْقِدْهُ لَا يَشْغَلْهُ عَنْ صَلَاتِهِ

     ✧ "It does not harm any of you to pray in his garment, wrapped up, but let him tie it so that it does not distract him from his prayer."

147. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 404No grade recorded

     ( إِنَّ عَلِيًّا ؓ كَانَ لَا يَرَى بَأْسًا أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الرَّجُلُ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ، وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ قَدْ خَالَفَ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ

     ✧ (Indeed 'Ali ؓ did not see any harm in a man praying in a single garment, and he used to pray in a single garment, having wrapped its two ends over opposite shoulders)

148. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 405No grade recorded

     ( رَأَيْتُ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ يَؤُمُّ النَّاسَ فِي الْجَيْشِ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ

     ✧ (I saw Khalid b. al-Walid ؓ leading the people in prayer in the army in a single garment)

149. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 406No grade recorded

     ( إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ مُتَوَكِّئًا عَلَى أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ؓ، وَعَلَيْهِ ثَوْبٌ قِطْرِيٌّ، لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبٌ غَيْرُهُ

     ✧ (Indeed the Messenger of God ﷺ came out leaning on Usama b. Zayd ؓ, wearing a Qitri garment, with no other garment on him)

150. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 407No grade recorded

     ( الصَّلَاةُ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ حَسَنٌ، قَدْ فَعَلْنَاهُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ (Prayer in a single garment is good; we did it with the Messenger of God ﷺ)

151. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 408No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ ؓ: أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي عَلَى الْحَصِيرِ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ حَصِيرًا ؟ قَالَتْ [ عَائِشَةُ ] ؓ: لَا، لَمْ يَكُنْ [رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ] يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ.

     ✧ He asked 'A'isha ؓ: Did the Messenger of God ﷺ pray on a straw mat? For I heard in the Book of God, Mighty and Majestic: "And We have made Hell a mat for the disbelievers"? 'A'isha ؓ said: No, the Messenger of God ﷺ did not pray on it.

152. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 409No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِهَذَا.:

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Abu Bakr narrated to us with this.

153. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 410No grade recorded

     ( رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْجُدُ عَلَى ثَوْبِهِ

     ✧ (I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrating on his garment.

154. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 411No grade recorded

     ( دَخَلْتُ عَلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ؓ، فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُصَلِّي عَلَى حَصِيرٍ، فَسَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ

     ✧ (I entered upon Zayd b. Thabit ؓ and saw him praying on a mat, and he prostrated on it.

155. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 412No grade recorded

     ( رَأَيْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ ؓ يُصَلِّي عَلَى لَوْحٍ

     ✧ (I saw al-Nu'man b. Bashir ؓ praying on a plank.

156. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 413No grade recorded

     ( مَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ فِي بَيْتِهِمْ هَذَا الْمُغْلَقِ

     ✧ (I do not like to pray in this locked house of theirs.

157. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 414No grade recorded

     ( كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي إِلَى قَبْرٍ، فَرَآنِي عُمَرُ ؓ، فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ: الْقَبْرَ، الْقَبْرَ، فَجَعَلْتُ لَا أَفْهَمُ مَا يُرِيدُ، فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، فَقَالَ: الْقَبْرُ أَمَامَكَ

     ✧ (I was praying toward a grave, and 'Umar ؓ saw me and began saying: "The grave, the grave." I did not understand what he meant, so I raised my head toward the sky, and he said: "The grave is in front of you."

158. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 415No grade recorded

     قَالَا: وَحَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَنَا مَنْصُورٌ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ ؓ، بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ. هَذَا خَبَرٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَّقَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ

     ✧ They both said: And Hushaym narrated to us: Mansur informed us, from al-Hasan, from Anas, from 'Umar ؓ, the like of that. This is a sound report that al-Bukhari cited in suspended form.

159. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 416No grade recorded

     « يَقْطَعُ الصَّلَاةَ الْكَلْبُ وَالْحِمَارُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ

     ✧ "The prayer is cut off by a dog, a donkey, and a woman."

160. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 417No grade recorded

     ( كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي، فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ فَمَنَعْتُهُ، فَسَأَلْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ، فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، لَا يَضُرُّكَ

     ✧ (I was praying when a man passed in front of me, so I prevented him. Then I asked 'Uthman b. 'Affan ؓ, and he said: "O son of my brother, it does not harm you."

161. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 418No grade recorded

     ( إِنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ ؓ كَانَ يُصَلِّي، فَمَرَّ الْحَارِثُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ - أَوْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ - حَتَّى هَمَّ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ شَعَرَهُ، فَشَكَى الْحَارِثُ إِلَى مَرْوَانَ، فَجَاءَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ إِلَى مَرْوَانَ، فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ: إِنَّكُمْ إِنْ أَطَعْتُمْ هَذَا وَأَصْحَابَهُ لَيُهَوِّدُنَّكُمْ. فَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ ؓ: [قَدْ] كَذَبْتَ وَاللهِ، لَوْ تَهَوَّدْتَ أَنْتَ وَأَبُوكَ مَا تَهَوَّدْنَا مَعَكُمَا ). قَالَ أَيُّوبُ: قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: صَدَقَ، قَدْ عُرِضَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْيَهُودِيَّةُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَبَوْهَا

     ✧ (Abu Sa'id ؓ was praying when al-Harith passed in front of him – or wanted to pass in front of him – until he was about to grab his hair. Al-Harith complained to Marwan, so Abu Sa'id came to Marwan, and Marwan said: "If you obey this man and his companions, they will surely turn you into Jews." Abu Sa'id ؓ said: "[You] have lied, by Allah. If you and your father became Jews, we would not become Jews with you.") Ayyub said: Muhammad said: "He spoke the truth. Judaism was offered to them in pre-Islamic times and they refused it."

162. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 419No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَاهُ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ بْنُ التَّيِّهَانِ، فَاسْتَخْدَمَهُ، فَوَعَدَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنْ أَصَابَ سَبْيًا. فَلَقِيَ عُمَرَ ؓ فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا الْهَيْثَمِ، إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَدْ أَصَابَ سَبْيًا، قَالَ: فَائْتِهِ فَإِنَّهُ مُنْجِزٌ وَعْدَكَ. فَمَضَى أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ وَعُمَرُ ؓ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ ؓ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ أَتَاكَ يَنْتَجِزُ وَعْدَكَ ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « قَدْ أَصَبْنَا غُلَامَيْنِ أَسْوَدَيْنِ، اخْتَرْ أَيَّهُمَا شِئْتَ ». قَالَ: فَإِنِّي أَسْتَشِيرُكَ، قَالَ ﷺ: « خُذْ هَذَا فَقَدْ صَلَّى عِنْدَنَا، وَلَا تَضْرِبْهُ، فَإِنَّا قَدْ نُهِينَا عَنْ ضَرْبِ الْمُصَلِّينَ

     ✧ Abu al-Haytham b. al-Tayyihan came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him for a servant, so the Prophet ﷺ promised him one if he obtained captives. Then he met 'Umar ؓ, who said: "O Abu al-Haytham, the Prophet ﷺ has obtained captives. So go to him, for he will fulfill his promise to you." Abu al-Haytham and 'Umar ؓ went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and 'Umar ؓ said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, Abu al-Haytham has come to you to claim your promise." The Prophet ﷺ said to him: "We have obtained two black slave boys. Choose whichever of them you wish." He said: "I consult you." He ﷺ said: "Take this one, for he has prayed with us, and do not beat him, for we have been forbidden from striking those who pray."

163. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 420No grade recorded

     ( نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ضَرْبِ الْمُصَلِّينَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade striking those who pray.

164. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 421No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَذَكَرَهُ.:،:

     ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Abu Bakr narrated to us, then he mentioned it.

165. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 422No grade recorded

     422 344 / 3 - وَحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ مَخْلَدٍ، ثَنَا أَبِي، نَا مُوسَى، بِهِ. [وَ] مُوسَى ضَعِيفٌ.::

     ✧ 'Amr b. al-Dahhak b. Makhlad narrated to us: My father narrated to us: Musa narrated to us, with it. [And] Musa is weak.

166. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 423No grade recorded

     سَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الصِّبْيَانِ ؟ قَالَ: « إِذَا عَرَفَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَمِينَهُ مِنْ شِمَالِهِ فَمُرُوهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ

     ✧ We asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the prayer of children. He said: "When one of them knows his right hand from his left, then command him to pray."

167. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 424No grade recorded

     « مُرُوهُمْ بِالصَّلَاةِ [لِسَبْعٍ، وَاضْرِبُوهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لِثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ

     ✧ "Command them to pray at seven, and strike them for it at thirteen."

168. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 425No grade recorded

     أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ نَبْنِي الْمَسْجِدَ، فَقَالَ: « أَوْسِعُوهُ [تَمْلَؤُوهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us while we were building the mosque, and he said: "Make it spacious [so that you may fill it]."

169. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 426No grade recorded

     ( لَوْلَا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ فِي قِبْلَتِنَا » لَمَا زِدْتُ

     ✧ "Had I not heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'I intend to extend our qiblah,' I would not have added to it."

170. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 427No grade recorded

     « إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ فِي قُبْلَتِنَا » لِمَا زِدْت فَزَادَ مَا بَيْنَ الْمِنْبَرِ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ الْمَقْصُورَةِ" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ "I intend to extend our qiblah," I would not have added to it. So he extended what was between the minbar and the place of the maqsurah.

171. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 428No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ بُيُوتُ اللهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ

     ✧ "Mosques are the houses of Allah on earth."

172. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 429No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ [شَرٌّ] ؟ قَالَ: « لَا أَدْرِي - أَوْ سَكَتَ - » فَقَالَ لَهُ: أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ ؟ قَالَ: لَا أَدْرِي - أَوْ سَكَتَ - ». فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ: لَا أَدْرِي. فَقَالَ: « سَلْ رَبَّكَ »، فَقَالَ: مَا نَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ، وَانْتَفَضَ انْتِفَاضَةً كَادَ يَصْعَدُ مِنْهَا رُوحُ النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، فَلَمَّا صَعِدَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: سَأَلَكَ مُحَمَّدٌ: أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ ؟ فَقُلْتَ: لَا أَدْرِي ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَحَدِّثْهُ أَنَّ خَيْرَ الْبِقَاعِ الْمَسَاجِدُ، وَأَنَّ شَرَّ الْبِقَاعِ الْأَسْوَاقُ

     ✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allah, which places are [the worst]?" He said: "I do not know," or he remained silent. Then he said to him: "Which places are the best?" He said: "I do not know," or he remained silent. Then Gabriel ﷺ came to him and asked him, and he said: "I do not know." He said: "Ask your Lord." So he said: "We do not ask Him about anything," and he trembled a trembling by which the soul of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ almost ascended. When Gabriel ﷺ ascended, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said: "Muhammad asked you: Which places are the best? And you said: I do not know?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Tell him that the best of places are the mosques, and the worst of places are the markets."

173. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 430No grade recorded

     ( مَنْ بَنَى لِلهِ مَسْجِدًا وَلَوْ مِثْلَ مَفْحَصِ قَطَاةٍ، بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ "Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, even like the nest of a qata, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise."

174. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 431No grade recorded

     [وَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ ]: أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ، وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ - يَعْنِي عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ - بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ. ]:

     ✧ [Ishaq said:] Jarir and Abu Mu'awiyah—meaning from al-A'mash—informed us with this chain of narration likewise.

175. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 433No grade recorded

     « مَنْ بَنَى لِلهِ مَسْجِدًا كَمَفْحَصِ قَطَاةٍ بُنِيَ لَهُ بَيْتٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَكُتِبَ لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ

     ✧ "Whoever builds a mosque for Allah like the nest of a qata, a house will be built for him in Paradise and a good deed will be recorded for him."

176. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 434No grade recorded

     مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا

     ✧ Whoever builds a mosque

177. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 435No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، ثَنَا قُطْبَةُ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، بِهِ مَرْفُوعًا.:

     ✧ Abu Bakr b. Abi Shaybah said: Yahya b. Adam narrated to us, Qutbah narrated to us, from al-A'mash, with it, raised.:

178. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 436No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُهُ مِنَ الْأَعْمَشِ وَهُوَ شَابٌّ:

     ✧ I heard it from al-A'mash when he was a young man.:

179. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 437No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: حَدَّثَنَا سَلْمُ بْنُ جُنَادَةَ، ثَنَا وَكِيعٌ - فِي دَارِهِ - عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، مَرْفُوعًا. قَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: لَا نَعْرِفُ أَحَدًا تَابَعَ سَلْمَ بْنَ جُنَادَةَ عَلَى هَذَا، وَإِنَّمَا يُعْرَفُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يُونُسَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ.:

     ✧ Al-Bazzar said: Salm b. Junadah narrated to us, Waki' narrated to us - in his house - from Sufyan al-Thawri, from al-A'mash, raised. Al-Bazzar said: We do not know anyone who followed Salm b. Junadah in this; it is only known from the hadith of Ahmad b. Yunus, from Abu Bakr b. 'Ayyash.:

180. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 438No grade recorded

     وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى - فِي مُسْنَدِهِ -: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَرْعَرَةَ، ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، [ ثَنَا قُطْبَةُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ ]، بِهِ مَرْفُوعًا [أَيْضًا]. 351 / 9 - وَرَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ النَّشَائِيُّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَخِيهِ يَعْلَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، بِهِ مَرْفُوعًا أَيْضًا:

     ✧ Abu Ya'la narrated it in his Musnad: Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. 'Ar'arah narrated to us, Yahya b. Adam narrated to us, [Qutbah b. al-'Ala' narrated to us, from al-A'mash], with it, raised [also]. 351/9 - And Muhammad b. Harb al-Nasha'i narrated it, from Muhammad b. 'Ubayd, from his brother Ya'la b. 'Ubayd, from al-A'mash, with it, raised also.:

181. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 439No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ - فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا طَوِيلًا - وَفِيهِ: « وَمَنْ بَنَى لِلهِ مَسْجِدًا أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ بِكُلِّ شِبْرٍ - أَوْ قَالَ: بِكُلِّ ذِرَاعٍ - أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَفِضَّةٍ، وَدُرٍّ، وَيَاقُوتٍ، وَلُؤْلُؤٍ، فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ قَصْرٍ، فِي كُلِّ قَصْرٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ دَارٍ، فِي كُلِّ دَارٍ أَلْفُ بَيْتٍ، فِي كُلِّ بَيْتٍ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ سَرِيرٍ، عَلَى كُلِّ سَرِيرٍ زَوْجَةٌ مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ، وَفِي كُلِّ بَيْتٍ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ وَصِيفَةٍ، وَفِي كُلِّ بَيْتٍ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ مَائِدَةٍ، عَلَى كُلِّ مَائِدَةٍ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ قَصْعَةٍ، فِي كُلِّ قَصْعَةٍ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ لَوْنٍ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ، وَيُعْطِي اللهُ تَعَالَى وَلِيَّهُ مِنَ الْقُوَّةِ مَا يَأْتِي عَلَى تِلْكَ الْأَزْوَاجِ وَذَلِكَ الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us - and he mentioned a long hadith - in which there is: "Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will grant him for every span - or he said: for every cubit - forty thousand thousand cities of gold, silver, pearls, rubies, and gems. In every city there are forty thousand palaces, in every palace seventy thousand houses, in every house a thousand rooms, in every room forty thousand beds, on every bed a wife from the houris of Paradise, and in every house forty thousand serving girls, and in every house forty thousand tables, on every table forty thousand bowls, in every bowl forty thousand kinds of food. And Allah, the Exalted, will give His friend such strength that he will be able to have intercourse with all those wives and consume all that food and drink in a single day."

182. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 440No grade recorded

     « مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا وَلَوْ كَمَفْحَصِ قَطَاةٍ لِبَيْضِهَا بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ "Whoever builds a mosque, even if it is like the nest of a sandgrouse for its eggs, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise."

183. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 441No grade recorded

     « مَنْ بَنَى لِلهِ مَسْجِدًا بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ "Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise."

184. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 442No grade recorded

     « مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ ». قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، وَهَذِهِ الْمَسَاجِدُ الَّتِي بِطَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ ؟ قَالَ: « وَتِلْكَ

     ✧ "Whoever builds a mosque, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise." She said: I said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and these mosques on the road to Makkah? He said: "And those."

185. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 443No grade recorded

     « وَلَوْ قَدْرَ مِفْحَصِ قَطَاةٍ

     ✧ "Even if only the size of the nest of a sandgrouse."

186. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 444No grade recorded

     « مَنْ بَنَى بَيْتًا لِيُعْبَدَ اللهُ فِيهِ مِنْ حَلَالٍ بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ دُرٍّ وَيَاقُوتٍ

     ✧ "Whoever builds a house in which Allah is worshipped from lawful [wealth], Allah will build for him a house in Paradise of pearls and rubies."

187. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 445No grade recorded

     أَنَّ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ؓ، مَرَّ قَبْلَ الطَّاعُونِ الْجَارِفِ، فَجَعَلَ يَمُرُّ بِالْمَسْجِدِ قَدْ أُحْدِثَ فَيَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ. فَيَقُولُ: هَذَا مَسْجِدٌ أَحْدَثَهُ بَنُو فُلَانٍ. فَقَالَ: كَانَ يُقَالُ: ( يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ يَبْنُونَ الْمَسَاجِدَ [يَتَبَاهَوْنَ] بِهَا، ثُمَّ لَا يَعْمُرُونَهَا إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ). قَالَ أَيُّوبُ: فَجَاءَ الْجَارِفُ فَجَرَفَهُمْ

     ✧ Anas b. Malik ؓ passed by before the sweeping plague, and he would pass by a mosque that had been newly built and ask about it. He would be told: This is a mosque built by the tribe of so-and-so. He said: It used to be said: (A time will come upon people when they will build mosques [to boast with them], then they will not frequent them except a little). Ayyub said: Then the sweeping flood came and swept them away.

188. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 446No grade recorded

     « جَنِّبُوا مَسَاجِدَكُمْ صِبْيَانَكُمْ وَمَجَانِينَكُمْ، وَإِقَامَةَ حُدُودِكُمْ، وَسَلَّ سُيُوفِكُمْ، وَبَيْعَكُمْ، وَخُصُومَتَكُمْ، وَجَمِّرُوهَا يَوْمَ جُمَعِكُمْ، وَاجْعَلُوا عَلَى أَبْوَابِهَا الْمَطَاهِرَ

     ✧ Keep your children, the insane, the execution of your legal punishments, the drawing of your swords, your buying and selling, and your disputes away from your mosques. Perfume them on your Fridays, and place purification facilities at their doors.

189. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 447No grade recorded

     أَخَذَ رَجُلٌ قَمْلَةً مِنْ ثَوْبِهِ [فَرَمَاهَا] فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « أَعِدْهَا فِي ثَوْبِكَ

     ✧ A man took a louse from his garment and threw it in the mosque, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: "Put it back in your garment."

190. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 448No grade recorded

     رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا قَدْ أَخَذَ قَمْلَةً

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man who had taken a louse.

191. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 449No grade recorded

     نَهَى أَنْ تُقَامَ الْحُدُودُ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ، أَوْ يُنْشَدَ فِيهَا الْأَشْعَارُ، أَوْ يُسَلَّ فِيهَا السِّلَاحُ

     ✧ He forbade that legal punishments be carried out in mosques, or that poetry be recited in them, or that weapons be drawn in them.

192. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 450No grade recorded

     « لَا تُقَامُ الْحُدُودُ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ

     ✧ Legal punishments are not to be carried out in mosques.

193. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 451No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ، يَخْطُبُ فِي يَوْمٍ مَطِيرٍ، فَقَالَ: ( صَلُّوا فِي رِحَالِكُمْ، وَلَا تَنْقُلُوا هَذَا الْخَبَثَ بِأَقْدَامِكُمْ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ كُلُّ جِيرَانِ الْمَسْجِدِ يَسَعُهُ طُهُورُكُمْ

     ✧ I heard Ibn 'Abbas ؓ delivering a sermon on a rainy day, and he said: "Pray in your dwellings, and do not carry this filth on your feet to the mosque, for not all the neighbors of the mosque can perform purification for you."

194. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 452No grade recorded

     « الْبُصَاقُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ سَيِّئَةٌ، وَدَفْنُهَا حَسَنَةٌ

     ✧ Spitting in the mosque is a sin, and burying it is a good deed.

195. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 453No grade recorded

     ( إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الشَّيْخَ يُنْشِدُ الشِّعْرَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَيَذْكُرُ أَيَّامَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَاقْرَعُوا رَأْسَهُ بِالْعَصَا

     ✧ If you see an elder reciting poetry in the mosque on Friday and mentioning the days of ignorance, strike his head with a staff.

196. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 454No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي النَّوْمِ، فَقُلْتُ [لَهُ]: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ الَّذِي يُحَدَّثُ بِهِ عَنْكَ: إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَتَأَذَّى مِمَّا يَتَأَذَّى مِنْهُ بَنُو آدَمَ » ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: « حَقٌّ

     ✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a dream, and I said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think about this hadith that is narrated from you: 'The angels are harmed by what the children of Adam are harmed by'?" He ﷺ said: "It is true."

197. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 455No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا ؓ، وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الثُّومِ، فَقَالَ: ( مَا كَانَ بِأَرْضِنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ ثُومٌ، وَإِنَّمَا الَّذِي نُهِيَ عَنْهُ: الْبَصَلُ، وَالْكُرَّاثُ )

     ✧ I heard Jabir ؓ when he was asked about garlic, and he said: "There was no garlic in our land at that time. What was prohibited was only onion and leek."

198. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 456No grade recorded

     ( أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِأَكْلِ الثُّومِ )، وَقَالَ: « لَوْلَا أَنَّ الْمَلَكَ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيَّ لَأَكَلْتُهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to eat garlic, and he said: "Were it not that the angel descends upon me, I would eat it."

199. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 457No grade recorded

     « أَفْضَلُ الرِّبَاطِ انْتِظَارُ الصَّلَاةِ، وَلُزُومُ مَجَالِسِ الذِّكْرِ، وَمَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يُصَلِّي ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ إِلَّا لَمْ تَزَلِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحْدِثَ أَوْ يَقُومَ »

     ✧ The best form of ribat (keeping guard) is awaiting the prayer and keeping to the gatherings of remembrance. No servant prays and then remains seated in his place of prayer but that the angels continue to send blessings upon him until he breaks his ablution or gets up.

200. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 458No grade recorded

     « مَنْ جَلَسَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ أَوْ دَخَلَ مَسْجِدًا لِلصَّلَاةِ لَمْ تَزَلِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ مَا دَامَ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ مَا لَمْ يُحْدِثْ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ، اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ

     ✧ Whoever sits in his prayer place or enters a mosque for prayer, the angels do not cease to pray for him as long as he remains in his sitting place, so long as he does not invalidate his ablution: 'O Allah, forgive him; O Allah, have mercy on him.'

201. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 459No grade recorded

     دَخَلْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ - هُوَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ - وَهُوَ يَقْضِي - أَيْ يَمُوتُ - فِي مَسْجِدِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: لَوْ تَحَوَّلْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ ؟ قَالَ

     ✧ We entered upon 'Abdullah b. Habib – he is Abu 'Abd al-Rahman – while he was dying in his mosque. I said, 'Would you move to your bed?' He said...

202. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 460No grade recorded

     أَرَأَيْتَ قَوْلَهُ: « إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَا يَزَالُ فِي صَلَاةٍ مَا دَامَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ »، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَقْعَدُهُ الَّذِي يُصَلِّي فِيهِ ؟ قَالَ: ( بَلِ الْمَسْجِدُ كُلُّهُ

     ✧ Do you not see His saying: 'The servant does not cease to be in prayer as long as he is in his prayer place.' He said: I said, 'His sitting place where he prays?' He said: 'Rather, the entire mosque.'

203. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 461No grade recorded

     ( مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَتَوَطَّنُ الْمَسَاجِدَ فَيَحْبِسُهُ عَنْهَا مَرَضٌ أَوْ عِلَّةٌ ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَّا تَبَشْبَشَ اللهُ بِهِ

     ✧ There is no man who makes the mosques his home, and then an illness or ailment keeps him away from them, but when he returns, Allah welcomes him with joy.

204. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 462No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَيُنَادِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ: أَيْنَ جِيرَانِي ؟ فَتَقُولُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ: رَبَّنَا، وَمَنْ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُجَاوِرَكَ ؟ فَيَقُولُ: أَيْنَ عُمَّارُ الْمَسَاجِدِ.

     ✧ Indeed, Allah, Exalted is He, will call out on the Day of Resurrection: 'Where are My neighbors?' The angels will say: 'Our Lord, who deserves to be Your neighbor?' He will say: 'Where are those who frequent the mosques?'

205. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 463No grade recorded

     « عُمَّارُ مَسَاجِدِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ [هُمْ] أَهْلُ اللهِ

     ✧ Those who frequent the mosques of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, are the people of Allah.

206. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 464No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ: حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، ثَنَا صَالِحٌ، بِهِ.:

     ✧ 'Abd b. Humayd said: Yunus b. Muhammad narrated to us, Salih narrated to us, with this same hadith.

207. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 465No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ النِّيلِيُّ.:

     ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Ibrahim b. al-Hajjaj al-Nili narrated to us.

208. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 466No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ. قَالَا: ثَنَا صَالِحٌ، بِهِ. وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: لَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ إِلَّا صَالِحٌ. وَكَذَا قَالَ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ.::

     ✧ Al-Bazzar said: 'Abd al-Wahid b. Ghiyath narrated to us. Both of them said: Salih narrated to us, with this same hadith. Al-Bazzar said: We do not know anyone who narrated it from Thabit except Salih. And so said al-Tabarani in al-Awsat.

209. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 467No grade recorded

     [ إِنَّ ] أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ قَالَ لِابْنِهِ: يَا بُنَيَّ، لِيَكُنْ بَيْتُكَ الْمَسْجِدَ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « إِنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ بُيُوتُ الْمُتَّقِينَ، فَمَنْ كَانَتِ الْمَسَاجِدُ بُيُوتَهُ أَتَمَّ اللهُ لَهُ بِالرَّوْحِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ وَالْجَوَازِ عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ Indeed, Abu al-Darda' ؓ said to his son: 'O my son, let your house be the mosque, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The mosque is the house of the pious. Whoever makes the mosques his home, Allah will guarantee for him comfort, mercy, and safe passage over the Sirat to Paradise."

210. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 468No grade recorded

     « سِتُّ مَجَالِسَ مَا كَانَ الْمُسْلِمُ فِي مَجْلِسٍ مِنْهَا إِلَّا كَانَ ضَامِنًا عَلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى: فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، أَوْ مَسْجِدِ جَمَاعَةٍ، أَوْ عِنْدَ مَرِيضٍ، أَوْ يَتْبَعُ جِنَازَةً، أَوْ فِي بَيْتِهِ، أَوْ عِنْدَ إِمَامٍ مُقْسِطٍ يُعَزِّرُهُ وَيُوَقِّرُهُ

     ✧ There are six gatherings in which a Muslim is not present except that he is under the protection of Allah, Exalted is He: in the path of Allah, Mighty and Majestic; in a congregational mosque; with a sick person; following a funeral procession; in his own home; or with a just ruler, honoring and respecting him.

211. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 469No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ عَبْدُ [ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ]: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ، بِهِ. ]:

     ✧ 'Abd b. Humayd said: 'Abdullah b. Yazid al-Muqri' narrated to us, with this same hadith.

212. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 470No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمٌ، ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، بِهِ.:

     ✧ Al-Bazzar said: Muslim narrated to us, 'Abdullah b. Yazid narrated to us, with it.

213. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 471No grade recorded

     ( إِنِّي لَأَقُولُ إِذَا دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ

     ✧ Indeed I say when I enter the mosque: Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah.

214. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 472No grade recorded

     كَانَ إِذَا خَرَجَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَ: « اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

     ✧ When he went out to the mosque, he would say: 'O Allah, protect me from the accursed Satan.'

215. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 473No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ( اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ )، وَإِذَا خَرَجَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَيَتَعَوَّذُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ

     ✧ That when he entered the mosque, he would greet the Prophet ﷺ, then say: 'O Allah, open for me the gates of Your mercy,' and when he left, he would send blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ and seek refuge from Satan.

216. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 474No grade recorded

     كَانَ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ قَالَ: « اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ »، وَإِذَا خَرَجَ قَالَ: « اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ فَضْلِكَ

     ✧ When he entered the mosque, he would say: 'O Allah, open for me the gates of Your mercy,' and when he left, he would say: 'O Allah, open for me the gates of Your bounty.'

217. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 475No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فِي [الْقَوْسِ]. فَقَالَ: « صَلِّ فِي [الْقَوْسِ]، وَاطْرَحِ الْقَرْنَ

     ✧ That he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about praying with a bow. He said: 'Pray with the bow, and cast aside the bowstring.'

218. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 476No grade recorded

     « صِلْ فِي الْقَوْس وَاطْرَحْ الْقَرْن" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ 'Pray with the bow and cast aside the bowstring' - raised attribution.

219. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 477No grade recorded

     « صِلْ فِي الْقَوْس وَاطْرَحْ الْقَرْن" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ 'Pray with the bow and cast aside the bowstring' - raised attribution.

220. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 478No grade recorded

     « صِلْ فِي الْقَوْس وَاطْرَحْ الْقَرْن" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ 'Pray with the bow and cast aside the bowstring' - raised attribution.

221. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 479No grade recorded

     ( كُنَّا إِذَا كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمُعَسْكَرِ فَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَثَبْنَا إِلَى قِسِيِّنَا وَسُيُوفِنَا فَصَلَّيْنَا فِيهَا بِمَنْزِلَةِ الرِّدَاءِ

     ✧ When we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the military camp and the prayer was called, we would rush to our bows and swords and pray with them, as if they were a cloak.

222. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 480No grade recorded

     ( نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ وَأَنَا عَاقِصٌ شَعَرِي، وَأَنْ أُقَلِّبَ الْحَصَى فِي الصَّلَاةِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me to pray with my hair plaited, and to smooth the pebbles during prayer.

223. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 481No grade recorded

     ( مَنِ اشْتَرَى ثَوْبًا بِعَشَرَةِ دَرَاهِمَ وَفِيهِ دِرْهَمٌ حَرَامٌ لَمْ يَقْبَلِ اللهُ لَهُ صَلَاةً مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ ). ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ أُصْبُعَيْهِ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: صُمَّتَا إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَمِعْنَاهُ يَقُولُهُ

     ✧ Whoever buys a garment for ten dirhams and one of them is unlawful, Allah will not accept his prayer as long as he wears it. Then he inserted his fingers into his ears and said: May they be deaf if I did not hear the Prophet ﷺ say it.

224. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 482No grade recorded

     خَلَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ نَعْلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي، فَخَلَعَ مَنْ خَلْفَهُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « مَا حَمَلَكُمْ عَلَى خَلْعِ نِعَالِكُمْ ؟ »، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ رَأَيْنَاكَ خَلَعْتَ فَخَلَعْنَا. قَالَ ﷺ: « إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ removed his sandals while praying, so those behind him removed theirs. He ﷺ said: 'What made you remove your sandals?' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we saw you remove yours, so we removed ours.' He ﷺ said: 'Jibril

225. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 483No grade recorded

     صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَخَلَعَ نَعْلَيْهِ، فَخَلَعَ النَّاسُ نِعَالَهُمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: « [لِمَ] خَلَعْتُمْ نِعَالَكُمْ ؟ »، قَالُوا: خَلَعْتَ فَخَلَعْنَا، قَالَ: « إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ prayed and removed his sandals, so the people removed their sandals. He said to them: '[Why] did you remove your sandals?' They said: 'You removed yours, so we removed ours.' He said: 'Jibril ﷺ

226. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 484No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَعَلَيْهِ نَعْلَانِ مِنْ جِلْدِ بَعِيرٍ. قَالَ: فَتَفَلَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثُمَّ حَكَّ حَيْثُ تَفَلَ بِنَعْلِهِ

     ✧ I saw the Prophet ﷺ praying while wearing two sandals made of camel hide. He said: He spat to his left, then rubbed with his sandal where he had spat.

227. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 485No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ أَتَى أَبَا مُوسَى فِي دَارِهِ، فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى: تَقَدَّمْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، - فَأَنْتَ أَقْدَمُ مِنِّي سِنًّا وَأَعْلَمُ -. قَالَ: لَا، بَلْ تَقَدَّمْ أَنْتَ، فَإِنَّمَا أَتَيْنَاكَ فِي مَنْزِلِكَ وَمَسْجِدِكَ فَأَنْتَ أَحَقُّ. فَتَقَدَّمَ أَبُو مُوسَى ؓ، فَخَلَعَ نَعْلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ [لَهُ]: مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلَى خَلْعِهِمَا ؟ ! !، أَبِالْوَادِي الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى أَنْتَ.

     ✧ Abdullah came to Abu Musa at his home. When the prayer time arrived, Abu Musa said: 'Go forward, O Abu Abd al-Rahman, for you are older than me and more learned.' He said: 'No, you go forward, for we came to you in your home and your mosque, so you are more entitled.' Abu Musa ؓ went forward and removed his sandals. When he said the salam, Abdullah said to him: 'What did you intend by removing them? Are you in the sacred valley of Tuwa?'

228. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 486No grade recorded

     كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي خُفَّيْهِ

     ✧ He used to pray in his leather socks.

229. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 487No grade recorded

     ( نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الرَّجُلُ وَرَأْسُهُ مَعْقُوصٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade a man to pray with his head tied back.

230. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 488No grade recorded

     « لَوْلَا أَنْ تُضَيِّعُوا لَأَمَرْتُكُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ

     ✧ Were it not that you would be overburdened, I would have commanded you to use the siwak at every prayer.

231. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 489No grade recorded

     ( إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلَاثَةً يَتَقَدَّمُ أَحَدُهُمْ وَيَتَأَخَّرُ اثْنَانِ يَصُفَّانِ خَلْفَهُ ). قَالَ: وَجِئْتُ مَرَّةً فَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ، فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ

     ✧ If they are three, one of them should go forward and the other two should line up behind him. He said: And I came once and stood at his left, so he moved me to his right.

232. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 490No grade recorded

     ( كَانَ نِسَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يُصَلِّينَ مَعَ الرِّجَالِ فِي الصَّفِّ، فَاتَّخَذْنَ قَوَالِبَ يَتَطَاوَلْنَ بِهَا، تَنْظُرُ إِحْدَاهُنَّ إِلَى صَدِيقِهَا، فَأُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِنَّ الْحَيْضُ فَأُخِّرْنَ. قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: فَأَخِّرُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَخَّرَهُنَّ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

     ✧ The women of the Children of Israel used to pray with the men in the same row. They took wooden clogs to make themselves taller, so that one of them could look at her friend. Menstruation was imposed upon them, and they were moved back. Abdullah said: So move them back from where Allah, Mighty and Majestic, moved them back.

233. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 491No grade recorded

     ( دَخَلْتُ مَعَ [ عُمَرَ ] فِي سُبْحَةِ الظُّهْرِ، فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، فَجَاءَ يَرْفَأُ، فَقُمْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ خَلْفَهُ )

     ✧ I entered with Umar for the voluntary prayer of Zuhr, and he placed me at his right. Then Yarfa came, so I and he stood behind him.

234. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 492No grade recorded

     ( أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى بِهِ وَبِجَابِرٍ - أَوْ جَبَّارِ - ابْنِ صَخْرٍ، فَأَقَامَهُمَا خَلْفَهُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ prayed with him and with Jabir—or Jabbar—b. Sakhr, and he placed them behind him.

235. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 493No grade recorded

     « رَاصُّوا الصُّفُوفَ، فَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ تَخَلَّلُكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَوْلَادُ [الْحَذَفِ ]

     ✧ Press together in the rows, for the devils pass through you like small lambs.

236. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 494No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانَ، ثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، بِهِ.:

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: 'Abdullah b. 'Umar b. Aban narrated to us, Ibn Fudayl narrated to us, with it.

237. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 495No grade recorded

     « خَيْرُ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ أَوَّلُهَا، وَشَرُّهَا آخِرُهَا، وَخَيْرُ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ آخِرُهَا وَشَرُّهَا أَوَّلُهَا

     ✧ «The best of the rows of men are the first ones, and the worst are the last ones; and the best of the rows of women are the last ones and the worst are the first ones.»

238. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 496No grade recorded

     ( إِنَّ اللهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى مُقِيمِ الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ

     ✧ (Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the one who keeps the first row straight.)

239. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 497No grade recorded

     ( أَمَّتْنَا أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ ؓ فِي الْعَصْرِ، فَقَامَتْ بَيْنَنَا

     ✧ (Umm Salamah ؓ led us in the afternoon prayer, and she stood in the middle of us.)

240. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 498No grade recorded

     ( كَانَ بِلَالٌ ؓ يُسَوِّي مَنَاكِبَنَا، وَيَضْرِبُ أَقْدَامَنَا لِإِقَامَةِ الصَّفِّ

     ✧ (Bilal ؓ used to straighten our shoulders and strike our feet to establish the row.)

241. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 499No grade recorded

     ( دَخَلْتُ مَسْجِدَ حِمْصَ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِفَتًى وَالنَّاسُ حَوْلَهُ، جَعْدٌ قَطَطٌ، فَإِذَا تَكَلَّمَ كَأَنَّمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ فِيهِ نُورٌ وَلُؤْلُؤٌ، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا ) ؟ قَالُوا: مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ ؓ، فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ اللهَ تَعَالَى آمِنًا فَلْيَأْتِ هَذِهِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسَ حَيْثُ يُؤَذَّنُ لَهَا، فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى، وَمِمَّا سَنَّهُ لَكُمْ نَبِيُّكُمْ ﷺ، وَلَا يَقُلْ: إِنَّ لِي مُصَلًّى فِي بَيْتِي فَأُصَلِّي فِيهِ، فَإِنَّكُمْ إِنْ فَعَلْتُمْ ذَلِكَ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ، وَلَوْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ لَضَلَلْتُمْ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا فِي زَمَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَا يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْهَا إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ بَيِّنُ النِّفَاقِ، حَتَّى كَانَ الرَّجُلُ الْمَرِيضُ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ حَتَّى يُقَامَ فِي الصَّفِّ

     ✧ (I entered the mosque of Hims, and there was a young man with people around him, with short curly hair. When he spoke, it was as if light and pearls came out of his mouth. I said: Who is this?) They said: Mu'adh b. Jabal ؓ. I heard him say: Whoever is pleased to meet Allah Almighty safely, let him come to these five prayers where the call is made for them, for they are among the ways of guidance and among what your Prophet ﷺ instituted for you. Let him not say: I have a prayer place in my house so I will pray there. If you do that, you will abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ, and if you abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet, you will go astray. By the One in whose hand is my soul, I have seen us in the time of the Prophet ﷺ when none would stay away from it except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy was evident, to the point that a sick man would be supported between two men until he was placed in the row.

242. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 500No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ.::

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: 'Abd al-A'la b. Hammad narrated to us.

243. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 501No grade recorded

     « لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ صَارِخًا بِالصَّلَاةِ، ثُمَّ أَتَخَلَّفَ عَلَى رِجَالٍ يَتَخَلَّفُونَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فَأُحَرِّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ بُيُوتَهُمْ

     ✧ «I was about to order a caller for prayer, then go after men who stay away from prayer and burn their houses down upon them.»

244. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 502No grade recorded

     ( دَخَلْتُ عَلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ أَعُودُهُ وَهُوَ مَرِيضٌ، وَعِنْدَهُ ابْنَاهُ، فَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، فَقَالَ: اذْهَبَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ، فَإِنَّ صَلَاةَ الرَّجُلِ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ تَفْضُلُ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ وَحْدَهُ خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً

     ✧ (I entered upon Zayd b. Thabit to visit him while he was sick, and his two sons were with him. The prayer was called, so he said: Go to the prayer, for a man's prayer in congregation is twenty-five degrees more excellent than his prayer alone.)

245. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 503No grade recorded

     « صَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ وَحْدَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى بِخَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ صَلَاةً، وَصَلَاتُهُ فِي رُفْقَتِهِ بِتِسْعِمِائَةِ صَلَاةٍ، وَصَلَاتُهُ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ بِتِسْعَةٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ صَلَاةٍ

     ✧ «A man's prayer alone in the way of Allah Almighty is [worth] twenty-five prayers, and his prayer with his traveling companions is [worth] nine hundred prayers, and his prayer in congregation is [worth] forty-nine thousand prayers.»

246. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 504No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: « مَنْ حَافَظَ عَلَى الْجَمَاعَةِ حَيْثُ كَانَ وَمَعَ مَنْ كَانَ مَرَّ عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ كَالْبَرْقِ اللَّامِعِ فِي أَوَّلِ زُمْرَةٍ مَعَ السَّابِقِينَ، وَوَجْهُهُ أَضْوَأُ مِنَ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ، وَكَانَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ حَافَظَ عَلَيْهَا ثَوَابُ شَهِيدٍ، وَمَنْ حَافَظَ عَلَى الصَّفِّ الْمُقَدَّمِ، فَأَدْرَكَ أَوَّلَ تَكْبِيرَةٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُؤْذِيَ مُؤْمِنًا أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى ثَوَابَ الْمُؤَذِّنِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us and said: «Whoever keeps to the congregation wherever he is and with whomever he is will pass over the bridge like flashing lightning in the first group with the foremost, and his face will be brighter than the moon on the night of the full moon. For every day and night he keeps to it, he will have the reward of a martyr. And whoever keeps to the front row and catches the first takbir without harming a believer, Allah Almighty will give him the reward of the muezzin on the Day of Resurrection.»

247. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 505No grade recorded

     ( مَنْ سَمِعَ الْأَذَانَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتِ الصَّلَاةَ مِنْ غَيْرِ عِلَّةٍ فَلَا صَلَاةَ لَهُ

     ✧ (Whoever hears the call to prayer and then does not come to the prayer without an excuse, there is no prayer for him.)

248. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 506No grade recorded

     ( أَنَّهُ كَرِهَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَقَدْ سَمِعَ الْإِقَامَةَ

     ✧ He disliked that a man leave the mosque after hearing the iqamah.

249. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 507No grade recorded

     « مَنْ سَمِعَ نِدَاءَ الْجَمَاعَةِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتِ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ سَمِعَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتِ ثَلَاثًا طُبِعَ عَلَى قَلْبِهِ فَجُعِلَ قَلْبُهُ قَلْبَ مُنَافِقٍ

     ✧ Whoever hears the call to the congregation and does not come, three times, then hears and does not come, three times, a seal is placed upon his heart and his heart is made the heart of a hypocrite.

250. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 508No grade recorded

     « فَضْلُ صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ وَحْدَهُ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ جُزْءًا

     ✧ The excellence of a man's prayer in congregation over his prayer alone is twenty-four parts.

251. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 509No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ الصُّفُوفَ، وَمَا بَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْفَذِّ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ دَرَجَةً

     ✧ Indeed Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and His angels send blessings upon those who join the rows, and between the prayer of an individual and the congregation there are twenty-five degrees.

252. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 510No grade recorded

     وَفَدَ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « أَلَا رَجُلٌ يَتَصَدَّقُ عَلَى هَذَا فَيُصَلِّي مَعَهُ ؟ » قَالَ: فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَصَلَّى مَعَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « هَذِهِ الْجَمَاعَةُ، وَهَؤُلَاءِ جَمَاعَةٌ

     ✧ A man came as a delegate, and the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Is there not a man who will give charity to this one and pray with him?' He said: A man stood and prayed with him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'This is the congregation, and these are a congregation.'

253. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 511No grade recorded

     ( شَهِدْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ بِمَكَّةَ، وَالْحَجَّاجُ مُحَاصِرٌ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ ؓ، وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ بَيْنَهُمَا، فَكَانَ رُبَّمَا حَضَرَ الصَّلَاةَ مَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ، وَرُبَّمَا حَضَرَ [الصَّلَاةَ] مَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ

     ✧ I witnessed Abdullah b. Umar ؓ in Makkah while al-Hajjaj was besieging Ibn al-Zubayr ؓ, and Ibn Umar ؓ was between the two. Sometimes he attended the prayer with these, and sometimes he attended the prayer with those.

254. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 512No grade recorded

     « لَا يُحَافِظُ الْمُنَافِقُ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً عَلَى [صَلَاةِ] الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ

     ✧ A hypocrite does not maintain the later isha prayer for forty nights.

255. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 513No grade recorded

     « إِذَا صَلَّى الْإِمَامُ جَالِسًا فَصَلُّوا جُلُوسًا

     ✧ When the imam prays sitting, then pray sitting.

256. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 514No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا انْتَهَى [إِلَى] عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ أَرَادَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنْ يَتَأَخَّرَ، فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَنْ مَكَانَكَ»، فَصَلَّى وَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِصَلَاةِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ while he was leading the people in prayer, Abd al-Rahman wanted to move back, but the Prophet ﷺ gestured to him: 'Stay in your place.' So he prayed, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed following the prayer of Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ.

257. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 515No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ عَلَى جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ، فَوَجَدْتُهُ جَالِسًا يُصَلِّي لِأَصْحَابِهِ الْعَصْرَ، وَهُمْ جُلُوسٌ: قَالَ: فَنَظَرْتُ حَتَّى سَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكَ، أَنْتَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تُصَلِّي بِهِمْ وَأَنْتَ جَالِسٌ ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا مَرِيضٌ، فَجَلَسْتُ، فَأَمَرْتُهُمْ أَنْ يَجْلِسُوا، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « الْإِمَامُ جُنَّةٌ، فَإِذَا صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَصَلُّوا قِيَامًا، وَإِنْ صَلَّى جَالِسًا فَصَلُّوا جُلُوسًا

     ✧ I entered upon Jabir b. Abdullah ؓ and found him sitting while leading his companions in the afternoon prayer, and they were sitting. He said: I watched until he said the salam, then I said: May Allah forgive you, you are a companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and you lead them in prayer while sitting? He said: I am ill, so I sat and ordered them to sit. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'The imam is a shield; if he prays standing, then pray standing, and if he prays sitting, then pray sitting.'

258. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 516No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي لِلنَّاسِ هَا هُنَا، فَكَانَ أُنَاسٌ يَضَعُونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ، وَيَرْفَعُونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ رَأْسَهُ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ لِمَ تَأْثَمُونَ وَتُأَثِّمُونَ ؟ صَلَّيْتُ لَكُمْ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَا أَخْرِمُ عَنْهَا

     ✧ He used to lead the people in prayer here, and some people would place their heads before he placed his head, and raise their heads before he raised his head. When he finished, he turned to them and said: 'O people, why do you sin and cause others to sin? I prayed for you the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I did not deviate from it.'

259. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 517No grade recorded

     صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَرَفَعَ رَجُلٌ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ: « مَنْ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ أَوْ وَضَعَ فَلَا صَلَاةَ لَهُ

     ✧ I prayed behind the Prophet ﷺ, and a man raised his head before the Prophet ﷺ. When he finished, he said: 'Whoever raises his head before the imam or places it before him, there is no prayer for him.'

260. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 519No grade recorded

     « [ إِنَّ] الَّذِي يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ وَيَخْفِضُهُ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ فَإِنَّمَا نَاصِيَتُهُ بِيَدِ شَيْطَانٍ

     ✧ Verily, the one who raises his head and lowers it before the imam, his forelock is in the hand of a devil.

261. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 520No grade recorded

     ( كُنَّا إِذَا رَفَعْنَا رُؤُوسَنَا مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَمْ نَزَلْ قِيَامًا حَتَّى نَرَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَدْ سَجَدَ وَأَمْكَنَ وَجْهَهُ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، ثُمَّ نَسْجُدُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ

     ✧ When we raised our heads from bowing behind the Prophet ﷺ, we would remain standing until we saw the Prophet ﷺ had prostrated and placed his face on the ground, then we would prostrate after that.

262. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 521No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا طَوِيلًا فِيهِ: « وَمَنْ أَمَّ قَوْمًا وَهُمْ بِهِ رَاضُونَ فَاقْتَصَدَ بِهِمْ فِي حُضُورِهِ وَقِرَاءَتِهِ، وَرُكُوعِهِ، وَسُجُودِهِ، وَقُعُودِهِ، فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أُجُورِهِمْ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَقْتَصِدْ بِهِمْ فِي ذَلِكَ رُدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ صَلَاتُهُ وَلَمْ تَتَجَاوَزْ تَرَاقِيَهُ، وَكَانَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ أَمِيرٍ جَائِرٍ مُعْتَدٍ لَمْ يُصْلِحْ إِلَى رَعِيَّتِهِ، وَلَمْ يَقُمْ فِيهِمْ بِأَمْرِ اللهِ تَعَالَى » فَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي، وَمَا مَنْزِلَةُ الْأَمِيرِ الْجَائِرِ الْمُعْتَدِي الَّذِي لَمْ يُصْلِحْ لِرَعِيَّتِهِ، وَلَمْ يَقُمْ فِيهِمْ بِأَمْرِ اللهِ تَعَالَى ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « هُوَ رَابِعُ أَرْبَعَةٍ، وَهُوَ أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ عَذَابًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ: إِبْلِيسُ، وَفِرْعَوْنُ، وَقَابِيلُ قَاتِلُ النَّفْسِ، وَالْأَمِيرُ الْجَائِرُ رَابِعُهُمْ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us, and he mentioned a long hadith in which he said: "Whoever leads a people and they are pleased with him, and he is moderate with them in his presence, his recitation, his bowing, his prostration, and his sitting, then he will have the like of their rewards. And whoever is not moderate with them in that, his prayer will be returned to him and will not go beyond his collarbones, and he will be in the position of a tyrannical, transgressing ruler who did not act rightly toward his subjects and did not establish among them the command of Allah, Exalted is He." Then Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ said: "O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be your ransom, what is the position of the tyrannical, transgressing ruler who did not act rightly toward his subjects and did not establish among them the command of Allah, Exalted is He?" He ﷺ said: "He is the fourth of four, and he is the most severely punished of people on the Day of Resurrection: Iblis, Pharaoh, Qabil the killer of a soul, and the tyrannical ruler is their fourth."

263. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 522No grade recorded

     « تَجَوَّزُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ، فَإِنَّ خَلْفَكُمُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالْكَبِيرَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِ

     ✧ Be concise in the prayer, for behind you are the weak, the elderly, and the one with a need.

264. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 523No grade recorded

     قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ: وَحَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ، مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ.:

     ✧ Al-A'mash said: And Ibrahim narrated to us, from al-Harith b. Suwayd, from Abdullah, something similar.

265. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 524No grade recorded

     وَحَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ النَّخَعِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ.:

     ✧ And Ibrahim al-Nakha'i narrated to us from Abdullah something similar.

266. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 525No grade recorded

     وَحَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ. قُلْتُ: حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ أَخْرَجُوهُ.::

     ✧ And Habib b. Abi Thabit narrated to us, from Sa'id b. Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas ؓ, from the Prophet ﷺ, something similar. I said: The hadith of Abu Hurayrah ؓ they reported.

267. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 526No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ هُوَ وَأَبُوهُ عَلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ زَمَنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ؓ، وَهُوَ أَمِيرٌ، فَصَلَّى صَلَاةً خَفِيفَةً كَأَنَّهَا صَلَاةُ مُسَافِرٍ أَوْ قَرِيبٌ مِنْهَا، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَالَ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ [أَرَأَيْتَ] هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ، الْمَكْتُوبَةُ أَمْ شَيْءٌ تَنَفَّلْتَهُ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّهَا الْمَكْتُوبَةُ، وَإِنَّهَا لَصَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَخْطَأْتُ مِنْهَا [إِلَّا شَيْئًا] سَهَوْتُ عَنْهُ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ: « لَا تُشَدِّدُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ فَيُشَدَّدَ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَإِنَّ قَوْمًا شَدَّدُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَشُدِّدَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَتِلْكَ بَقَايَاهُمْ فِي الصَّوَامِعِ [وَالدِّيَارَاتِ] وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ

     ✧ He and his father entered upon Anas b. Malik ؓ during the time of Umar b. Abd al-Aziz ؓ, when he was governor, and he prayed a light prayer as if it were the prayer of a traveler or close to it. When he said the salam, he said: "May Allah have mercy on you, did you consider this prayer; is it the obligatory prayer or something you offered voluntarily?" He said: "It is the obligatory prayer, and it is indeed the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; I did not miss anything from it except something I forgot. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: 'Do not be harsh on yourselves, lest harshness be imposed on you. For a people were harsh on themselves, so harshness was imposed on them. Those are their remnants in the monasteries and hermitages and monasticism which they innovated; We did not prescribe it for them.'"

268. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 527No grade recorded

     أَنَّ مُعَاذًا ؓ صَلَّى بِقَوْمِهِ الْفَجْرَ فَقَرَأَ بِسُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ، وَخَلْفَهُ رَجُلٌ أَعْرَابِيٌّ مَعَهُ نَاضِحٌ لَهُ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ صَلَّى الْأَعْرَابِيُّ وَتَرَكَ مُعَاذًا ؓ فَأَخْبَرُوا بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: خِفْتُ عَلَى نَاضِحِي، وَلِي عِيَالٌ [أَكْتَسِبُ] عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « صَلِّ بِهِمْ صَلَاةَ أَضْعَفِهِمْ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الصَّغِيرَ وَالْكَبِيرَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِ، [لَا تَكُنْ فَتَّانًا

     ✧ Mu'adh ؓ led his people in the dawn prayer and recited Surat al-Baqarah, and behind him was a Bedouin man who had a water-carrying camel of his. When it was the second rak'ah, the Bedouin prayed and left Mu'adh ؓ. So they informed the Prophet ﷺ about him, and he said: "I feared for my camel, and I have dependents whom I earn for." The Prophet ﷺ said: "Pray with them the prayer of the weakest of them, for among them are the young, the elderly, and the one with a need. Do not be a tempter."

269. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 528No grade recorded

     ( مِنَ السُّنَّةِ أَنْ يُفْتَحَ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ إِذَا اسْتَطْعَمَكَ

     ✧ It is from the Sunnah that the imam be prompted when he asks you [to do so].

270. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 529No grade recorded

     ( تَرَدَّدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي آيَةٍ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ نَظَرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ: ( أَمَا صَلَّى مَعَكُمْ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ ؟ »، قَالُوا: لَا، قَالَ: فَرَأَى الْقَوْمُ أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا تَفَقَّدَهُ لِيَفْتَحَ عَلَيْهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ hesitated in a verse during the dawn prayer. When he finished the prayer, he looked at the faces of the people and said: "Did not Ubayy b. Ka'b pray with you?" They said: "No." He said: The people thought that he only sought him to prompt him.

271. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 530No grade recorded

     ( مَرَّ بِنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ؓ فِي مَسْجِدِ بَنِي ثَعْلَبَةَ فَقَالَ: أَصَلَّيْتُمْ ؟ قُلْنَا: نَعَمْ - وَذَلِكَ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ - فَأَمَرَ رَجُلًا فَأَذَّنَ وَأَقَامَ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى بِأَصْحَابِهِ

     ✧ Anas b. Malik ؓ passed by us in the mosque of Banu Tha'labah and said: "Have you prayed?" We said: "Yes," and that was during the morning prayer. So he ordered a man who called the adhan and the iqamah, then he prayed with his companions.

272. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 531No grade recorded

     « أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، فَتَدَافَعَ الْقَوْمُ الْإِمَامَةَ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَقُولُ هَذَا لِهَذَا، وَهَذَا لِهَذَا: تَقَدَّمْ، حَتَّى خُسِفَ بِهِمْ

     ✧ “The prayer was commenced, and the people pushed one another regarding the leadership. He kept saying to this one and that one: ‘Go forward,’ until the earth swallowed them up.”

273. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 532No grade recorded

     ( إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَرَأَ فِي الْعِشَاءِ فِي السَّفَرِ بِالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ

     ✧ (The Messenger of God ﷺ recited in the evening prayer during travel “By the Fig and the Olive.”)

274. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 533No grade recorded

     « كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ، وَفِي الْآخِرَتَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ

     ✧ “The Messenger of God ﷺ used to recite in the first two units the Opening of the Book and a surah, and in the last two the Opening of the Book.”

275. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 534No grade recorded

     ( أَنَّهُمَا صَلَّيَا مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ [الصُّبْحَ]، فَقَرَأَ: إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ فَسَجَدَ فِيهَا

     ✧ (They both prayed with ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb ؓ [the dawn prayer], and he recited: “When the sky is split apart,” and he prostrated in it.)

276. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 535No grade recorded

     ( صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ عُمَرَ ؓ الصُّبْحَ فَقَرَأَ فِيهَا الْحَجَّ، فَسَجَدَ فِيهَا سَجْدَتَيْنِ ). قُلْتُ: الصُّبْحُ ؟ قَالَ: ( الصُّبْحُ

     ✧ (I prayed with ʿUmar ؓ the dawn prayer, and he recited in it the surah of the Pilgrimage and prostrated twice in it.) I said: “The dawn prayer?” He said: “(The dawn prayer.)”

277. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 536No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَرَأَ فِي الصُّبْحِ: تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ recited in the dawn prayer: “Blessed is He in whose hand is the dominion.”

278. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 537No grade recorded

     ( أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ فِي الصُّبْحِ بِـ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى، وَ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

     ✧ (The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded me to recite in the dawn prayer “By the night when it covers” and “By the sun and its brightness.”)

279. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 538No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَرَأَ فِي الصُّبْحِ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ، وَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ، وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « الْفَلَقُ: جَهَنَّمُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ recited in the dawn prayer “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak” and “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,” and the Messenger of God ﷺ said: “The daybreak is Hell.”

280. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 539No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ عَلَى جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ بِمَكَّةَ فَوَجَدْتُهُ جَالِسًا يُصَلِّي بِأَصْحَابِهِ... الْحَدِيثَ، وَفِيهِ ( كُنَّا نُنَادِي فِي بُيُوتِنَا لِلصَّلَاةِ، وَنُجَمِّعُ لِأَهْلِنَا

     ✧ I entered upon Jābir b. ʿAbd Allāh ؓ in Makkah and found him sitting and praying with his companions… the hadith, and in it: “We used to call to prayer in our houses and gather our families.”

281. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 540No grade recorded

     « إِمَامُ الْقَوْمِ وَافِدُهُمْ إِلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَقَدِّمُوا أَفْضَلَكُمْ

     ✧ “The imam of a people is their delegate to God, Mighty and Majestic, so put forward the best of you.”

282. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 541No grade recorded

     ( كَانَ مُعَاذٌ ؓ يُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْفَجْرَ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيَؤُمُّ أَصْحَابَهُ

     ✧ Muʿādh ؓ used to pray the dawn prayer with the Prophet ﷺ, then return and lead his companions.

283. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 542No grade recorded

     إِنَّ سَلْمَانَ ؓ قَدَّمَهُ قَوْمُهُ لِيُصَلِّيَ بِهِمْ فَأَبَى حَتَّى دَفَعُوهُ، فَلَمَّا صَلَّى بِهِمْ قَالَ: ( أَكُلُّكُمْ رَاضٍ ؟ ) قَالُوا: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا تُقْبَلُ لَهُمْ صَلَاةٌ: الْمَرْأَةُ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهَا بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِ زَوْجِهَا، وَالْعَبْدُ الْآبِقُ، وَالرَّجُلُ يَؤُمُّ الْقَوْمَ وَهُمْ لَهُ كَارِهُونَ

     ✧ Salmān ؓ was put forward by his people to lead them in prayer, but he refused until they compelled him. When he led them, he said: “Are all of you satisfied?” They said: “Yes.” He said: “Praise be to God. I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: ‘Three people’s prayer is not accepted: a woman who leaves her house without her husband’s permission; a runaway slave; and a man who leads people in prayer while they dislike him.’”

284. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 543No grade recorded

     ( إِنَّ عَلِيًّا ؓ كَانَ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَؤُمَّ الْمُتَيَمِّمُ الْمُتَوَضِّئِينَ

     ✧ Indeed, 'Ali ؓ used to dislike that the one who had performed tayammum should lead those who had performed wudu'.

285. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 544No grade recorded

     ( إِنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ ؓ أَمَّهُمْ فِي قَمِيصٍ

     ✧ Indeed, Mu'awiyah ؓ led them in prayer wearing a single shirt.

286. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 545No grade recorded

     « يَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ لَا يَؤُمَّنَّ أَحَدٌ بَعْدِي جَالِسًا

     ✧ O Abu 'Ubaydah, let no one after me lead the prayer while sitting.

287. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 546No grade recorded

     ( انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَجُلٌ يُصَلِّي خَلْفَ الْقَوْمِ وَحْدَهُ، فَقَالَ: « يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُصَلِّي وَحْدَهُ، أَلَا تَكُونُ وَصَلْتَ صَفًّا فَدَخَلْتَ مَعَهُمْ، أَوِ اجْتَرَرْتَ إِلَيْكَ رَجُلًا إِنْ ضَاقَ بِكُمُ الْمَكَانُ ؟ أَعِدْ صَلَاتَكَ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا صَلَاةَ لَكَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished the prayer while a man was praying alone behind the row of people, so he said: "O you who pray alone, could you not have joined a row and entered with them, or pulled a man to yourself if the space was tight for you? Repeat your prayer, for there is no prayer for you."

288. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 547No grade recorded

     فِي مَنْ نَسِيَ صَلَاةً - قَالَ: « يُصَلِّيهَا إِذَا ذَكَرَهَا

     ✧ Regarding the one who forgets a prayer, he said: "He should pray it when he remembers it."

289. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 548No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ - فِي سَفَرِهِ الَّذِي نَامُوا فِيهِ - إِذْ طَلَعَتْ [عَلَيْهِمُ] الشَّمْسُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « إِنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ أَمْوَاتًا فَرَدَّ اللهُ تَعَالَى إِلَيْكُمْ أَرْوَاحَكُمْ، فَمَنْ نَامَ عَنْ صَلَاةٍ فَلْيُصَلِّهَا إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ، وَمَنْ نَسِيَ صَلَاةً فَلْيُصَلِّهَا إِذَا ذَكَرَهَا

     ✧ During the journey in which they slept until the sun rose upon them, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "You were dead, and Allah, the Exalted, returned your souls to you. Whoever sleeps through a prayer should pray it when he wakes up, and whoever forgets a prayer should pray it when he remembers it."

290. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 549No grade recorded

     « إِنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ أَمْوَاتًا فَرْد الله تَعَالَى إِلَيْكُمْ أَرْوَاحكُمْ فَمَنْ نَامَ عَنْ صَلَاةٍ فَلْيَصِلْهَا إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ وَمَنْ نَسِيَ صَلَاةً فَلْيَصِلْهَا إِذَا ذَكَرَهَا »" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ "You were dead, and Allah, the Exalted, returned your souls to you. Whoever sleeps through a prayer should pray it when he wakes up, and whoever forgets a prayer should pray it when he remembers it." [Marfu']

291. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 550No grade recorded

     ( اسْتَخْلَفَنِي حُذَيْفَةُ ؓ، فَصَلَّيْنَا الظُّهْرَ، وَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى قَوْمٍ يُصَلُّونَ الظُّهْرَ فَصَلَّيْنَا مَعَهُمْ، ثُمَّ صَلَّيْنَا الْعَصْرَ، فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى قَوْمٍ يُصَلُّونَ الْعَصْرَ فَصَلَّيْنَا مَعَهُمْ، ثُمَّ صَلَّيْنَا الْمَغْرِبَ، فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى قَوْمٍ يُصَلُّونَ الْمَغْرِبَ فَصَلَّيْنَا مَعَهُمْ، فَلَمَّا قُمْتُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ احْتَبَسَنِي

     ✧ Hudhayfah ؓ appointed me as his successor, so we prayed Zuhr. Then we came upon a group of people praying Zuhr, and we prayed with them. Then we prayed 'Asr, and we came upon a group of people praying 'Asr, and we prayed with them. Then we prayed Maghrib, and we came upon a group of people praying Maghrib, and we prayed with them. But when I stood for the third time, he detained me.

292. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 551No grade recorded

     ( صَلَّى الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ ؓ بِالنَّاسِ، فَأَعَادَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بِالنَّاسِ وَأَعَادَ الصَّلَاةَ

     ✧ Al-Walid b. 'Uqbah ؓ led the people in prayer, and 'Abdullah made the people repeat the prayer, and he repeated the prayer.

293. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 552No grade recorded

     « مَنْ نَسِيَ صَلَاةً فَلَمْ يَذْكُرْهَا إِلَّا وَهُوَ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ فَلْيُصَلِّ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ، فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ فَلْيُعِدِ الصَّلَاةَ الَّتِي نَسِيَ، ثُمَّ لْيُعِدِ الصَّلَاةَ الَّتِي صَلَّاهَا مَعَ الْإِمَامِ

     ✧ Whoever forgets a prayer and does not remember it except while he is with the imam should pray with the imam. Then when he finishes his prayer, he should repeat the prayer he forgot, then he should repeat the prayer he prayed with the imam.

294. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 553No grade recorded

     ( خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَعْرَسَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، فَلَمْ يَسْتَيْقِظْ إِلَّا بِالشَّمْسِ، فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِلَالًا ؓ فَأَذَّنَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ). قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ: فَمَا يَسُرُّنِي بِهِ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out and camped during the latter part of the night, and he did not wake up until the sun had risen. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered Bilal ؓ to give the adhan, then he prayed two rak'ahs. Ibn 'Abbas ؓ said: "By it, the world and all that is in it would not please me."