al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 3854
✧ Who is named Khalid?
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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْعَلَّافُ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ أَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَحْرَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ
نَزَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَهْرًا فَرَأَيْتُهُ إِذَا مَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَوْ زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي عَمِلٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا رَفَضَ بِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ نَائِمًا فَكَأَنَّمَا أُوقِظَ فَيَقُومُ فَيَغْتَسِلُ أَوْ يَتَوَضَّأُ ثُمَّ يَرْكَعُ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ يُتِمُّهُنَّ ويُحْسِنُهُنَّ ويَتَمَكَّنُ فِيهِنَّ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْطَلِقَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَرَأَيْتَكَ إِذَا مَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَوْ زَالَتْ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي يَدِكَ عَمَلٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا رَفَضْتَ أَوْ كُنْتَ نَائِمًا فَكَأَنَّمَا تُوقَظُ فَتَغْتَسِلُ أَوْ تَتَوَضَّأُ ثُمَّ تَرْكَعُ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ تُتِمُهُّنَّ وتَتَمَكَّنُ فِيهِنَّ وتُحْسِنُهُنَّ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ أَوْ أَبْوَابَ الْجَنَّةِ تُفْتَحْنَ فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ فَلَا يُوَافِي أَحَدٌ بِهَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ يَصْعَدَ مِنِّي إِلَى رَبِّي فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ خَيْرٌ»
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Chain of narrators
- Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-ʿAllāf al-Miṣrī
- Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam
- Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb
- ʿUbaydullāh b. Zaḥr
- ʿAlī b. Yazīd
- al-Qāsim
- Abū Umāmah
- Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ stayed with me for a month. I saw that when the sun declined or had passed its zenith - or as he said - if he was engaged in some worldly work he abandoned it, and if he was sleeping it was as if he was awakened. He would stand, perform ghusl or wudu, then pray four rak'ahs, completing them, perfecting them, and taking his time in them. When he wanted to leave, I said: O Messenger of God ﷺ, I noticed that when the sun declined or passed its zenith, if you had some worldly work in hand you abandoned it, or if you were sleeping it was as if you were awakened, then you would perform ghusl or wudu and pray four rak'ahs, completing them, taking your time in them, and perfecting them. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "The gates of heaven - or the gates of Paradise - are opened at that hour, and no one coincides with this prayer except that I loved that something good from me should ascend to my Lord at that hour."
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