Encouragement To Stick To The Masaajid And To Sit In Them
Hadith 190:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah will give shade, to seven, on the Day when there will be no shade but His. (These seven persons are) a just ruler, a youth who has been brought up in the worship of Allah (i.e. worships Allah sincerely from childhood), a man whose heart is attached to the mosques (i.e. to pray the compulsory prayers in the mosque in congregation), two persons who love each other only for Allah’s sake and they meet and part in Allah’s cause only, a man who refuses the call of a charming woman of noble birth for illicit intercourse with her and says: I am afraid of Allah, 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), and a person who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes are then flooded with tears.”
(Sahih Al-Bukhari 660, Sahih Muslim.)
Hadith 191:
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that:
The Prophet said: “A muslim does not regularly attend the mosques to perform prayer and remember Allah, but Allah feels happy with him just as the family of one who is absent feels happy when he comes back to them.”
(Sunan Ibn Majah 800, Sahih Ibn Khuzaimah 1503, Sahih Ibn Hibban, Mustadrak Al-Hakim, Sahih.)
Hadith 192:
On the authority of Abdullah ibn Amr who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
Six assemblies- are such that if a Mumin is in any one of them he is in the responsibility of Allah- (1) In the congregation in the Masjid, (2) with a sick (visiting him), (3) in a funeral, (4)in his house, (5) or with a just Imam (leader) respecting and honouring him, (6) or witnessing Jihad (while fighting).
(Mujam At-Tabrani in Al-Kabeer, Musnad Al-Bazzar 435, Hasan Li Ghairihi.)
Hadith 193:
On the authority of Abu Hurairah that the Prophet ﷺ said:
Verily the Masaajid has pegs (i.e. people who are like pegs), the Angels sit with them and if they’re absent they enquire about them, if they’re ill the angels visit them, and if they’ve a need the angels assist them.
Then he ﷺ said:
The ones who sit in the Masjid are of three types- (1) a brother from whom you can benefit, (2) or (from whom you can get) a statement of wisdom, (3) or (one) waiting for mercy (from Allah).
(Musnad Ahmad 2/418, Mustadrak Al-Hakim 2/398, Hasan, Sahih.)
Hadith 194:
Abu Ad-Darda (رضي الله عنه) said that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
The Masjid is the house of every Taqiyy (one who fears Allah)…
(Mujam At-Tabrani in Al-Kabeer 6143, Musnad Al-Bazzar 2546, Hasan Li Ghairihi.)
Admonishment Against Eating Obnoxiously Smelling Things Like Onions And Garlic And Entering The Masjid
Hadith 195:
Jabir b. ‘Abdullah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) mying:
He who eats of this (offensive) plant, i. e garlic, and sometirres he said: He who eats onion and garlic and leek, should not approach our mosque for the angels are harmed by the same things as the children of Adam.
(Sahih Muslim 564b, Sahih Al-Bukhari.)
Hadith 196:
On the authority of Umar ibn Al-Khattab (رضي الله عنه), that he was addressing the people on Friday and he said in the Khutbah:
O people. you eat ‘these two plants and these are onions and garlic. and I find them nothing but repugnant for I saw that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sensed the odour of these two from a person in a mosque, he was made to go to al-Baqi’. So he who eats it should (make its odour) die by cooking it well.
(From a lengthy Hadith in Sahih Muslim 567, Sunan An-Nasai 708.)
Hadith 197:
Hudayfah ibn Al-Yaman said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
He who spits in the direction of the qiblah will come on the Day of Resurrection in the state that his saliva will be between his eyes; and he who eats from this noxious vegetable should not come near our mosque, saying it three times.
(Sahih Ibn Khuzaimah 925, Also in-Sunan Abi Dawud 3824, Sahih.)
Virtues Of Praying At Home For Women and Warning Against Leaving Their Homes
Hadith 198:
Abdullah bin Umar said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Woman is ‘Awrah, and if she goes out, the shaytaan raises his hopes (of misguiding her). She is never closer to Allaah than when she stays in her house.”
(Mujam At-Tabrani in Al-Awsat 2911, Sahih)(Also- Narrated by Ibn Hibbaan and Ibn Khuzaymah; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Shaheehah, no. 2688.)
Hadith 199:
On the authority of Abu Al-Ahwas from Abdullah from the Prophet ﷺ that he said:
The best Salah which a woman prays for Allah is the one she performs in the darkest part (room) in her house.
(Sahih Ibn Khuzaimah 1691, Hasan Li Ghairihi.)
Hadith 200:
It was narrated that Umm Humayd the wife of Abu Humayd al-Saa’idi came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said, “O Messenger of Allaah, I like to pray with you.” He said, “I know that you like to pray with me, but your prayer in your room is better for you than your prayer in your courtyard and your prayer in your courtyard is better for you than your praying in your house, and your prayer in your house is better for you than your prayer in the mosque of your people, and your prayer in the mosque of your people is better for you than your prayer in my mosque.” So she issued orders that a prayer-place be prepared for her in the furthest and darkest part of her house, and she used to pray there until she met Allaah (i.e., died).”
(Narrated by Ahmad, 26550).
This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by Ibn Khuzaymah in his Saheeh, 3/95; Ibn Maajah, 5/595; by al-Albaani as Hasan Li Ghairihi in Saheeh al-Targheeb wa’l-Tarheeb, 1/135.
Hadith 201:
Umm Salamah (رضي الله عنها) said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“The best Masaajid for women are the innermost portions of their houses.”
(Musnad Ahmad 6/297, Mustadrak Al-Hakim 1/209, Hasan Li Ghairihi.)
Hadith 202:
Ibn ‘Umar reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying; Do not prevent your women from visiting the mosque; but their houses are better for them (for praying).
(Sunan Abi Dawud 567, Sahih Li Ghairihi.)
Also:
‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar reported the prophet (ﷺ) as saying; Allow women to visit the mosque at night. A son of his (Bilal) said; I swear by Allah, we shall certainly not allow them because they will defraud. I swear by Allah, we shall not allow them. He (Ibn ‘Umar) abused him and became angry at him and said :
I tell you that the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) said: Allow them; yet you say; we shall not allow them.
(Sunan Abi Dawud 568, Sahih. )
Ibn Umar reported: One of the wives of Umar attended dawn and evening prayers in congregation in the mosque. It was said to her, “Why do you go out while you know Umar dislikes it and he is jealous?” She said, “What stops him from prohibiting me?” It was said, “The statement of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: Do not prevent the maidservants of Allah from the mosques of Allah.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 858 (abuaminaelias.com)
Praying The Five Prayers With Diligence And Believing In Their Obligation
Hadith 203:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: Islam is based on (the following) five (principles):
1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ).
2. To offer the (compulsory congregational) prayers dutifully and perfectly.
3. To pay Zakat (i.e. obligatory charity) .
4. To perform Hajj. (i.e. Pilgrimage to Mecca)
5. To observe fast during the month of Ramadan.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari 8, Sahih Muslim.)
Haditg 204:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Ask me (about matters pertaining to religion), but they (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) were too much overawed out of profound respect for him to ask him (anything).
In the meanwhile a man came there, and sat near his knees and said: Messenger of Allah, what al-lslam is? -to which he (the Holy Prophet) replied: You must not associate anything with Allah, and establish prayer, pay the poor-rate (Zakat) and observe (the fasts) of Ramadan. He said: You (have) told the truth. He (again) said: Messenger of Allah, what al-Iman (the faith) is? He (the Holy Prophet) said: That you affirm your faith in Allah, His angels, His Books, His meeting, His Apostles, and that you believe in Resurrection and that you believe in Qadr (Divine Decree) in all its entirety, He (the inquirer) said: You (have) told the truth. He (again) said: Messenger of Allah, what al-Ihsan is? Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said: (Al-Ihsan implies) that you fear Allah as if you are seeing Him, and though you see Him not, verily He is seeing you. He (the inquirer) said: You (have) told the truth. He (the inquirer) said: When there would be the hour (of Doom)? (Upon this) he (the HolyProphet said: The one who is being asked about it is no better informed than the inquirer himself. I, however, narrate some of its signs (and these are): when you see a slave (woman) giving birth to her master – that is one of the signs of (Doom) ; when you see barefooted, naked, deaf and dumb (ignorant and foolish persons) as the rulers of the earth – that is one of the signs of the Doom. And when you see the shepherds of black camels exult in buildings – that is one of the signs of Doom. The (Doom) is one of the five things (wrapped) in the unseen. No one knows them except Allah. Then (the Holy Prophet) recited (the folowing verse):” Verily Allah! with Him alone is the knowledge of the hour and He it is Who sends down the rain and knows that which is in the wombs and no person knows whatsoever he shall earn on morrow and a person knows not in whatsoever land he shall die. Verily Allah is Knowing, Aware. He (the narrator, Abu Huraira) said: Then the person stood up an (made his way). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Bring him back to me. He was searched for, but they (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) could not find him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) thereupon said: He was Gabriel and he wanted to teach you (things pertaining to religion) when you did not ask (them yourselves).
(Sahih Muslim 10, Sahih Al-Bukhari 50.)
Hadith 205:
Abu Huraira reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Five prayers and from one Friday prayer to (the next) Friday prayer is an expiation (of the sins committed in between their intervals) if major sins are not committed.
(Sahih Muslim 233a, Sunan At-Tirmidhi 214.)
Hadith 206:
On the authority of Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) that he heard the Prophet ﷺ say:
The five (obligatory) prayers are an expiation for whatever is between them.
Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
(Imagine) If you see a man working (in a place), and between his house and working place are five rivers, so he comes to his working place and works there as long as Allah, he gets dirty or sweats. And whenever he returns he bathes in the river. So will any dirt remain on him? And that is the example of the prayer (Salah), whenever he commits a sin and then he supplicates and seeks repentance, he is forgiven for whatever preceded (of sins).
(Musnad Al-Bazzar 344, At-Tabarani in Al-Kabeer 5444, and in Al-Awsat 200, Sahih Li Ghairihi.)
Hadith 207:
Abdullah bin Mas’ood said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“You are burning, you are burning (because of your sins), and if you pray the morning prayers you wash from them (the sins),
then again you are burning, you are burning, and if you pray the Dhuhr you wash from them,
then again you are burning, you are burning, and if you pray the Asr you wash from them,
then again you are burning, you are burning, and if you pray the Maghrib you wash from them,
then again you are burning, you are burning, and if you pray the Isha you wash from them,
then you sleep (without sins), and nothing is written against you till you awaken.
(At-Tabrani in As-Sagheer 121, Al-Awsat 2245, Hasan, Sahih.)
Hadith 208:
Anas bin Malik (رضي الله عنه) said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
Verily an angel is appointed by Allah, which calls out during every prayer: O children of Adam! Stand up towards your fires that you have lighted by yourselves (by your sins) and extinguish it by prayers.
(Mujam At-Tabrani Al-Awsat 9452, Hasan Li Ghairihi.)
Hadith 209:
On the authority of Tariq bin Shihab, he stayed with Salman Al-Farisi (رضي الله عنه), to see how he strives (in worship)?
He (Tariq) said: He (Salman) stood and prayed in the last part of the night. And Tariq did not see what he expected (from Salman), so he mentioned this to him (Salman). (Salman Al-Farisi) said: Preserve these five prayers well, these are an expiation for these injuries (minor sins), unless you fall into the destroyers (major sins).
(At-Tabrani in Al-Kabeer 6051, Mawqoof Sahih Li Ghairihi.)
Hadith 210:
On the authority of Amr bin Murrah Al-Juhaniyyu (رضي الله عنه) that he said:
A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah! What do you think if I bear witness that ‘None has the right to be worshipped except Allah’ and ‘you are indeed the Messenger of Allah’, and I pray the five prayers, and give the Zakah, and fast in Ramadan and stand in them (in Qiyam), from whom will I belong?
The Prophet ﷺ said: From amongst the Siddeeqin and the Shuhada (truthful ones and martyrs).
(Musnad Al-Bazzar 45, Sahih Ibn Khuzaimah 2212, Sahih Ibn Hibban 3429, Sahih.)
Hadith 211:
On the authority of Salman (Al-Farisi) who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Indeed a Muslim prays and his sins gather (reach) above his head, and when he prostrates his sins fall off. And when he completes his prayers, all his sins leave (fall) from him.”
(At-Tabrani in Al-Kabeer and Al-Sagheer 6125, Hasan, Sahih.)
Hadith 212:
On the authority of Abu Uthman who said: I was with Salman (رضي الله عنه) under a tree, he caught a dry branch and shook it, until its leaves fell off, then he (Salman) said:
O Abu Uthman! Will you not ask me why I did like this? I said: And why did you do like that? He (Salman) said: The Prophet ﷺ did a similar thing with us, and I was with him under a tree, he caught hold of a branch and shook it, till its leaves fell off.
He (the Prophet ﷺ) said: O Salman! Will you not ask me why I did like this? I (Salman) said: Why did you do like that?
He (ﷺ) said: Indeed, when a Muslim performs his Wudhu excellently, then he prays his five prayers, his sins fall off just like these leaves fell off.
And he (ﷺ) said:
“And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember.” (Quran 11:114)
(Musnad Ahmad 5/437, Hasan Li Ghairihi.)
Hadith 213:
On the authority of Al-Harith, Mawla Uthman (the freed slave of Uthman) that he said:
One day Uthman (رضي الله عنه) was sitting, and we were sitting with him. The Muezzin came, and he (Uthman) called out for water in a pot. I think it was a Mudd, he did his Wudhu, then he said, ‘I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform a Wudhu similar to this, then he ﷺ said, ‘
Whoever does a Wudhu like this, then he stands and performs Salatud-Dhuhr, he is forgiven for whatever transpired of sins between that Salah (Dhuhr) and Fajr.
Then he performs Salatul-Asr, he is forgiven for whatever transpired of sins between that Salah (Asr) and Dhuhr.
Then he performs Salatul-Maghrib, he is forgiven for whatever transpired of sins between that Salah (Maghrib) and Asr.
Then he performs Salatul-Isha, he is forgiven for whatever transpired of sins between that Salah (Isha) and Maghrib.
Then perhaps he spends the night, then he stands and does Wudhu and prays Subh (Fajr), he is forgiven for whatever transpired between (Fajr) and Isha, and these are {Al-Hasanaati Yudhhibnas Sayyiaayi} (Good deeds erase evil deeds).
It was said (by the people to Uthman): These are the Hasanaat (good deeds), what are Al- Baaqiyaatus-Salihaat (The Ever lasting good deeds) O Uthman?
He said: They are-
لا إلَه إلّا الله وسُبحانَ اللهِ والحمدُ للهِ واللهُ أكبَرُ ولا حَولَ ولا قوَّةَ إلّا باللهِ.
(Musnad Ahmad 1/71, Musnad Abi Ya’la Al-Mawsili 15, Musnad Al-Bazzar 3076, Hasan Li Ghairihi.)
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Hadith 214:
Jundab b. ‘Abdullah reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
He who prayed the morning prayer (in congregation) he is in fact under the protection of Allah. And it can never happen that Allah should demand anything from you in connection with the protection (that He guarantees) and one should not get it. He would then throw him in the fire of Hell.
(Sahih Muslim 657a.)
Hadith 215:
Abu Huraira reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Angels take turns among you by night and by day, and they all assemble at the dawn and afternoon prayers. Those (of the angels) who spend the night among you, then, ascend, and their Lord asks them, though He is the best informed about them: How did you leave My servants? -they say: We left them while they were praying and we came to them while they were praying.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari 555, Sahih Muslim 632.)
Hadith 216:
On the authority of Abu Ad-Darda (رضي الله عنه) that he said that the Prophet ﷺ said:
Five things, whoever comes with it with Imaan enters Jannah, (1) whoever preserves his 5 prayers, with their Wudhu, and their Ruku’, and their Sujood, and their timings, (2) and fasts in Ramadan, (3)and performs the Hajj to the House if he is capable, (4) and gives the Zakat with goodness in his soul, (5) and fulfils the trusts.
It was asked: O Messenger of Allah! What is fulfilling the trust? He ﷺ said: Ghusl from Janabah, verily Allah doesn’t take a trust from the son of Adam about his religion upon anything other than this.
(At-Tabarani in As-Sagheer 772, Hasan.)
Hadith 217:
On the authority of Abu Hurairah that: Two men from one of the branches of Banu Quda’ah accepted Islam in front of the Prophet ﷺ at the same time.
One of them was martyred, and the other one died after a year.
Talha bin Ubaydullah said, ‘(I saw the paradise in a dream), I saw that the one who died later entered the paradise before the martyr, I was astonished by that. I woke up in the morning and mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ , or it was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Did he (the one who died later) not fast in the Ramadan the next year, and prayed six thousand Rakahs, and such and such Rakahs in the following year?!.
(Musnad Ahmad 2/333, Sahih Ibn Hibban 2971, Hasan, Sahih. )
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Hadith 218:
On the authority of Aisha (رضي الله عنها) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said-
Three (matters) are such that I can swear upon them: (1) Allah will never equate a person who has a share in Islam with someone who has no share in Islam. And the shares of Islam are three: (a)Salah, (b) Sawm and (c) Zakah. (2) Allah will not make someone His Wali in this dunya and make someone else his Wali on the day of Judgement. (3) And a man doesn’t love a people except that Allah will make him from them. (4) The fourth matter is such that if I swear upon it, is not a sin, that Allah doesn’t hide the sins of a person in the dunya except that He also hides them on the Day of Judgement.
(Musnad Ahmad 1/145, Sahih Li Ghairihi.)
Hadith 219:
Anas bin Malik said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
The first thing that the servant will be accounted for on the Day of Judgement is the Salah, his Salah will be seen (checked). And if it is proper he succeeds, and if that is corrupt he will be disappointed and lost.
(At-Tabrani in Al-Awsat 1859, Sahih Li Ghairihi.)
Hadith 220:
On the authority of Abdullah ibn Amr (رضي الله عنهما) , a man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him about the best of deeds. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: As-Salah. He said: What then? The Prophet ﷺ said: Then As-Salah. He said: What then? The Prophet ﷺ said: Then As-Salah (3 times). He said: What then? The Prophet ﷺ said: Jihad (fighting) in the path of Allah.
(Musnad Ahmad 2/172, Sahih Ibn Hibban 1719, Sahih Li Ghairihi.)
Hadith 221:
On the authority of Salmah bin Al-Akwa that the Prophet ﷺ said: And know that the best of your deeds is As-Salah.
(At-Tabrani in Al-Kabeer 6270, Sahih Li Ghairihi.)
Hadith 222:
On the authority of Hanzalah Al-Katib (رضي الله عنه) that he said, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whoever preserves his five Salahs, with their Ruku, and with their Sujood, and their timings, and he knows that they’re a right of Allah (obligatory) upon us- will enter Jannah, or he said- Jannah has become obligatory upon him or the fire is prohibited upon him.
(Musnad Ahmad 4/267, Hasan Li Ghairihi.)
Hadith 223:
Uthman (رضي الله عنه) said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever knows that the Salah is an obligatory right (of Allah upon us) will enter Jannah.
(Mustadrak Al-Hakim 1/72, Hasan Li Ghairihi.)
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