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Great Rewards · Salah (Prayer)

No Salaat (prayer) is more heavy (harder) for the hypocrites than the Fajr and the ‘Ishaa prayers

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Bismillaah, wal-hamdulilaah, was-salaatu was-salaamu ‘alaa rasoolillaah,
as Salaamu ‘Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuh

383. Narrated Aboo Huraira (radhi Allaahu anhu) :- The Prophet (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam) said,

“No Salaat (prayer) is more heavy (harder) for the hypocrites than the Fajr and the ‘Ishaa prayers, and if they knew the reward for these Salaat (prayers) at their respective times, they would certainly present themselves (in the mosques) even if they had to crawl.” The Prophet (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam) added, “Certainly, I intended or planned or decided to order the Mu’adhdhin (call-maker) to pronounce Iqaama and then take a fire flame to burn all those (men along with their houses who had not left their houses) so far for As-Salaat (the prayer) (in the mosque).”

[Saheeh Al-Bukhaari, Hadeeth No. 626, Vol. 1]

Source :The Book of Mosques and places of worship – Chapter 42 – Superiority of obligatory Salaat (prayer) in congregation and severe warning to those who keep away from it. Al-Lulu Wal-Marjan, Compiled by : Fuwad Abdul-Baqi, Translated by : Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan

Urging to Observe ‘Isha’ and Fajr Prayers in Congregation – Riyadh ul saaliheen

Daily-Hadith · Dunya · Hereafter · Jihad

“I am afraid that wordly life will tempt you and cause you to compete with each other for it”

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1480. Narrated ‘Uqba bin Aamir (radhi Allaahu anhu) :

Allaah’s Messenger (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam) offered the funeral prayers of the martyrs of Uhud eight years after (their death) as if bidding farewell to the living and the dead, then he ascended the pulpit and said,

“I am your predecessor before you, and I am a witness over you, and your promised place to meet me will be Haud (Al-Kauthar) (on the Day of Resurrection), and I am (now) looking at it from this place of mine. I am not afraid that you will worship other besides Allaah, but I am afraid that wordly life will tempt you and cause you to compete with each other for it.”

[Saheeh Al-Bukhaari, Hadeeth No. 374, Vol. 5]

Souce : The Book Of Virtues and Merits – Chapter 9 – Proof for the Prophet’s  (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam) Haud (Al-Kauthar, water reservoir, tank etc.) and its characteristics.  Al-Lulu Wal-Marjan, Compiled by : Fuwad Abdul-Baqi, Translated by : Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan

Read –  This world is more insignificant in the eye of Allah as dead lamb

Daily-Hadith · Great Rewards

Reward Equal to One or Two Qiraat

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551. Narrated Aboo Huraira (radhi Allaahu anhu) : Allah’s Messenger (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam) said,

“Whoever attends a funeral procession till he offers the funeral prayer for it, will get a reward equal to one Qiraat, and whoever accompanies it till burial, will get a reward equal to two Qiraat?” He replied, “Like two huge mountains.”

[Saheeh Al-Bukhaari, Hadeeth No. 410, Vol. 2]

Source : The Book Of Funerals (al-Janaaiz) : Chapter 17 – The superiority of the feneral prayer and of following the funeral. procession. Al-Lulu Wal-Marjan,Compiled by : Fuwad Abdul-Baqi,Translated by : Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan

Daily-Hadith · Deeds · Ibadah (Worship) · Salah (Prayer) · Sins

If he took a bath five times a day, would you notice any dirt on him?

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389. Narrated Aboo Huraira (radhi Allaahu anhu) : I heard Allaah’s Messenger (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam) saying,

“If there was a river at the door of anyone of you and he took a bath in it five times a day, would you notice any dirt on him?” They said, “Not a trace of dirt would be left.” The Prophet (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam) added, “That is the example of the five Salaat (prayers) with which Allaah blots our (annuls) evil deeds.”

[Saheeh Al-Bukhaari, Hadeeth No. 506, Vol. 1]

Source :The Book of Mosques and places of worship – Chapter 51 – Going (to the mosque) for As-Salaat (the prayer) blots out (annuls) evil deeds and raises the reward in degrees. Al-Lulu Wal-Marjan, Compiled by : Fuwad Abdul-Baqi, Translated by : Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan

Salah (Prayer) · Tahara (Ablution)

He who performs ablution like this ablution of mine and then stood up (for prayer) and offered two rak’ahs of prayer ..

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Humran, the freed slave of ‘Uthman, said: Uthman b. ‘Affan called for ablution water and this is how he performed the ablution.

He washed his hands thrice. He then rinsed his mouth and cleaned his nose with water (three times). He then washed his face three times, then washed his right arm up to the elbow three times, then washed his left arm like that, then wiped his head; then washed his right foot up to the ankle three times, then washed his left foot like that, and then said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) perform ablution like this ablution of mine. Then the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: He who performs ablution like this ablution of mine and then stood up (for prayer) and offered two rak’ahs of prayer without allowing his thoughts to be distracted, all his previous sins are expiated.

Ibn Shihab said: Our scholars remarked: This is the most complete of the ablutions performed for prayer.

[Saheeh Muslim Book 002, Number 0436]
Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah) Sahih Muslim

Daily-Hadith · Salah (Prayer)

Salat in congregation is twenty-five times more rewarding

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1065. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said,

A man’s Salat in congregation is twenty-five times more rewarding than his Salat at home or in his shop, and that is because when he performs his Wudu’ properly and proceeds towards the mosque with the purpose of performing Salat in congregation, he does not take a step without being raised a degree (in rank) for it and having a sin remitted for it, till he enters the mosque. When he is performing Salat, the angels continue to invoke Blessings of Allah on him as long as he is in his place of worship in a state of Wudu’. They say: `O Allah! Have mercy on him! O Allah! Forgive him.’ He is deemed to be engaged in Salat as long as he waits for it

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

The Excellence of Performing Salat (Prayers) in Congregation

Daily-Hadith · Ibadah (Worship) · Salah (Prayer) · Women

Do not stop Allaah’s Imaa’ (women slaves) from going to Allaah’s mosques

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254. Narrated Ibn ‘Umar (radhi Allaahu anhu) :

One of the wives of ‘Umar (bin Al-Khattaab) used to offer the Fajr and the ‘Ishaa prayer in congregation in the mosque. She was asked why she had come out for the prayer as she knew that ‘Umar disliked it and he has great Gheera (self-respect). She replied, “What prevents him from stopping  me from this act?” The other replied, “The statement of Allaah’s Messenger (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam). ‘Do not stop Allaah’s Imaa’ (women slaves) from going to Allaah’s mosques‘, prevents him.”

[Saheeh Al-Bukhaari, Hadeeth No. 23, Vol. 2]

Source : The Book Of As-Salaat (The Prayer) – Chapter 30 – The going of women to the mosques if it does not lead to Fitnah (trial or an affliction etc.), and a lady should not come out scented.  Al-Lulu Wal-Marjan,Compiled by : Fuwad Abdul-Baqi,Translated by : Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan

Daily-Hadith · Salah (Prayer)

The angels supplicate in favour of one of you so long as he remains in the place where he has performed Salat (prayer)

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Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said,

The angels supplicate in favour of one of you so long as he remains in the place where he has performed Salat (prayer) in a state of Wudu’. They (the angels) say: `O Allah! Forgive him, O Allah! Have mercy on him

[Sahih Al-Bukhari]

The Excellence of waiting for As-Salat (The Prayer) – Riyaadus-Saaliheen

Daily-Hadith · Quotes from Sunnah · Salah (Prayer)

* Offering of a Salaat (prayer) (in its proper time)

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353. Narrated Aboo Huraira (radhi Allaahu anhu) : Allaah’s Messenger (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam) said,

Whoever could get or was able to offer one Rak’a of a Salaat (prayer), (in its proper time) he has got that Salaat.

[Saheeh Al-Bukhaari, Hadeeth No. 554, Vol. 1]

Source : The Book of Mosques and places of worship – Chapter 3o – Whosoever did (or got) one Rak’a of a Salaat (prayer) (in time) then he has got that Salaat.  Al-Lulu Wal-Marjan, Compiled by : Fuwad Abdul-Baqi, Translated by : Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan

Read – Times of the Five Obligatory Daily Prayers – alifta.net

Daily-Hadith

Shade to Seven on the Day when there will be no shade but His

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610. Narrated Aboo Huraira (radhi Allaahu anhu) : The Prophet (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam) said,

Allaah (Subhaanu wata’alaa) will give shade, to seven, on the Day when there will be no shade but His. (These seven persons are)

  1. A just ruler,
  2. A youth who has been brought up in the worship of Allaah (i.e. worships Allaah (Subhaanu wata’alaa) Alone sincerely from his childhood),
  3. A man whose heart is attached to the mosques (i.e. who offers the five compulsory congregational Salaat (prayers) in the mosques),
  4. Two persons who love each other only for Allaah’s sake, and they meet and part in Allaah’s cause only,
  5. A man who refusesthe call of a charming woman of noble birth for illegal sexual intercourse with her and says: I am afraid of Allaah,
  6. A man who gives charitable gifts so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given (i.e. nobody knows how much he has given in charity),
  7. And a person who remembers Allaah (Subhaanu wata’alaa) in seclusion and his eyes become flooded with tears.”

[Saheeh Al-Bukhaari, Hadeeth No. 629, Vol. 1]

Source : The Book Of Zakat : Chapterr 30, The Superiority of doing charity in secret
Al-Lulu Wal-Marjan,Compiled by : Fuwad Abdul-Baqi,Translated by : Dr.Muhammad Muhsin Khan