Compilation of Ahadith (B)-1
A Warning Against Raising Your Eyes Towards The Sky In Salah
Hadith 305:
Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “How is it that some people raise their eyes towards the sky during As-Salat (the prayer)?” He stressed (this point) and added, “People must refrain from raising their eyes towards heaven in Salat (prayer), or else their sights will certainly be snatched away.”
[Sahih al-Bukhari 750, Sunan an-Nasa’i 1193, Sunan Abi Dawud 913, Sahih Muslim 428, Sunan Ibn Majah 1044]- (Graded Sahih [Al-Albani])
Hadith 306:
Jabir b. Samura reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The people who lift their eyes towards the sky in Prayer should avoid it or they would lose their eyesight.
[Sahih Muslim 428, Sunan an-Nasa’i 1275] – (Graded Sahih)
A Warning Against Looking Here and There In Salah
Hadith 307:
Narrated ‘Aishah (رضي الله عنه):
I asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) about looking around during prayer and he said, “It is something which the devil snatches from a person’s prayer.”
[Sahih al-Bukhari 751, Sunan an-Nasa’i 1196, Jami` at-Tirmidhi 590, Sunan Abi Dawud 910, Sahih Ibn Khuzzaymah 484] – (Graded Sahih)
Hadith 308:
It was narrated that Az-Zuhri said:
“I heard Abu Al-Ahwas saying to us in a gathering with Ibn Al-Musayyab when Ibn Al-Musayyab was sitting there, that he had heard Abu Dharr say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Allah (SWT) continues to look upon His slave while he is praying, so long as he does not turn away. If he turns his face away, He turns away from him.”
[Musnad Ahmad 172/5, Sunan Abi Dawud 909, Sunan an-Nasa’i 1195, Mustadrak Al Hakim 236/1]- (Graded Hassan Li Ghairihi)
Hadith 309:
Abu Hurairah narrated that:
My Khaleel (close friend) ﷺ directed me to three things, and prohibited me from three things: He ﷺ prohibited me from pecking like the pecking of a rooster (in Sujood), and squatting like the squatting of a dog, and looking around like the fox (in prayer).
(Musnad Abu Yala 2619, Musnad Ahmad 2/265. Hasan Li Ghairihi.)
[Narrated Abu Huraira:
My friend (the Prophet (ﷺ) ) advised me to observe three things: (1) to fast three days a month; (2) to pray two rak`at of Duha prayer (forenoon prayer); and (3) to pray witr before sleeping. Sahih Al-Bukhari 1981, Sahih Muslim.]
An Admonishment Against Removing The Pebbles From The Place Of Prostration And Wiping Off The Dust (Or Soill Without Necessity
Hadith 310:
From the authority of Jabir (رضي الله عنه) who said:
I asked the Prophet(ﷺ) about removing the pebbles (which come in front of us) in the Salah?
The prophet (ﷺ) said: “Once, but if you leave it as it is, it is better for you than hundred she-camels, all of them with dark eyes (Dark eyed camels were valued in those days).”
(Sahih Ibn Khuzzaymah 897] – (Graded Sahih)
Warning Against Placing The Hands On The Hips During Salah.
Hadith 311
Narrated Abu Huraira:
It was forbidden to keep the hands on the hips during the prayer. (This is narrated by Abu Huraira from the Prophet.)
[Sahih al-Bukhari 1219, Sahih Muslim 545, Sunan an-Nasa’i 890, Jami` at-Tirmidhi 383, Sunan Abi Dawud 947] – (Graded Sahih)
Warning Against Walking In Front Of One Who Is Praying
Hadith 312
Narrated Busr bin Sa`id that Zaid bin Khalid sent him to Abi Juhaim to ask him what he had heard from Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) about a person passing in front of another person who was praying.
Abu Juhaim replied, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘If the person who passes in front of another person in prayer knew the magnitude of his sin, he would prefer to wait for 40 (days, months or years) rather than to pass in front of him.” Abu An-Nadr said, “I do not remember exactly whether he said 40 days, months or years.”
(Sahih Al-Bukhari 510, Sahih Muslim 507.)
A Warning Against Not Praying Purposely And Not Praying At The Right Time
Hadith 313:
Jabir bin Abdullah narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Between a man and Kufr is the abandonment of Salah.” He ﷺ also said: “Between a man and between Shirk and Kufr is the abandonment of Salah.” And also- “There is nothing between a worshipper(Abd) and between Kufr except abandonment of Salah.” And- “Between Kufr and Imaan is abandonment of Salah.” And- “Between a worshipper and Kuft is abandonment of Salah.”
[Sunan Ibn Majah 1078, Sunan Abi Dawud 4678, Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2622, Sahih Muslim 82, Musnad Ahmad 389/3 ] – (Graded Sahih)
Hadith 314
It was narrated from Abu Darda’ that my close friend (ﷺ) advised me:
“Do not associate anything with Allah, even if you are cut and burned. Do not neglect any prescribd prayer deliberately, for whoever neglects it deliberately no longer has the protection of Allah. And do not drink wine, for it is the key to all evil.”
It was narrated from Hudhaifah bin Yaman that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
[Sunan Ibn Majah 4043, …..(Bayhaqi 304/7)] – (Graded Hassan Li Ghairihi)
Hadith 315
On the authority of Muadh bin Jabal that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) instructed me to do ten things saying:
1. Do not associate anything with Allah even if you are killed and burnt on that account.
2. Don’t be disobedient to your parents even if they command you to abandon your family and your property.
3. Do not deliberately neglect to observe a prescribed prayer for he who neglects the prescribed prayer deliberately will become out of the protection of Allah.
4. Do not drink wine for it is the height of every obscenity.
5. Shun sins (disobedience), for with sins there descends the wrath of Allah.
6. Beware of running away from the battle-field even if the people perish.
7. And when the death overtakes the people (in a plague or disaster) and you are one amongst them, show steadfastness.
8. Spend on your household according to your means.
9. Do not refrain from using the staff (in punishment) with a view to training them.
10. Inculcate in them the fear of Allah.
(Musnad Ahmad 5/238, Hasan Li Ghairihi.)
Hadith 316
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“The knots of Islam will be undone one by one, each time a knot is undone the next one will be grasped, the first to be undone will be the Rule [of Islam; The Caliphate] and the last will be the Prayer (Salah).”
[Sahih Ibn Hibban 6715] – (Graded Sahih)
Hadith 317:
Nawfal bin Mu’awiyah said that the Prophet ﷺ said:
Whoever leaves a (single) Salah, it is as if his household and wealth have been snatched from him.
(Sahih Ibn Hibban 1466, Sahih. )
Nawafil Prayers: Importance, Encouragement and Virtues.
Mentioning The Nawafil
Hadith 318:
Umm Habiba, the wife of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
If any Muslim servant (of Allah) prays for the sake of Allah twelve rak’ahs (of Sunan) every day, over and above the obligatory ones, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise, or a house will be built for him in Paradise; and I have not abandoned observing them after (hearing it from the Messenger of Allah). (So, said also ‘Amr and Nu’man.)
[Sahih Muslim 728 c, Sunan an-Nasa’i 1796, Jami` at-Tirmidhi 415, Sunan Abi Dawud 1250] – (Graded Sahih)
And in another narration-
Anbasah ibn Abi Sufyan quoted Umm Habibah as saying “Allaahs Messenger (May peace and blessings be upon him) said:
“A house will be built in Heaven for one who prays 12 Rak’aat in a day and evening as follows: 4 Rak’aat before and 2 after the Dhuhr Prayer, 2 after the Maghrib Prayer, 2 after the Ishaa Prayer and 2 before the Fajr Prayer.”
(Narrated by at-Tirmizi under No. 380. He said: The Hadith narrated by Anbasah quoting Umm Habibah in this chapter is a hassan and sahih hadith. It is under No. 6362 in Sahih al-Jaami.)
Hadith 319:
It was narrated from Aishah that:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever persists in praying twelve rak’ahs each day and night, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will build for him a house in Paradise: Four before Zuhr and two after Zuhr, two rak’ahs after Maghrib, two rak’ahs after Isha’ and two rak’ahs of Fajr.”
[Sunan an-Nasa’i 1795, Sunan an-Nasa’i 1140, Jami` at-Tirmidhi 414] – (Graded Sahih Li Ghairihi)
An Encouragement To Pray The Two Rakat Sunnah Before Fajr
Hadith 320:
‘A’isha reported Allah’s Messenger as saying:
The two rak’ahs at dawn are better than this world and what it contains.
[Sahih Muslim 725 a, Sahih Muslim 725 b, Jami` at-Tirmidhi 416] – (Graded Sahih)
Hadith 321:
Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) did not attach more importance to any Nawafil prayer than the two Rak’ah of prayer before dawn (Fajr) prayer.
[Sahih al-Bukhari 1169 , Sahih Muslim 725, Sunan Abi Dawud 1245, Sahih Ibn Khuzaimah 1107.]
And in another narration-
I (Aisha) did not see the Prophet ﷺ hurrying so much to do anything from the matters of goodness like the 2 Rakahs before Fajr, not even towards the spoils of war. (Originally in At-Targheeb wat-Tarheeb, #582.)
Hadith 322:
Abdullah bin Umar (رضي الله عنهما) said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
‘Qul hu Allahu Ahad’ is equivalent to one third of the Quran, ‘Qul Ya Ayyuhal Kafiroon’ is one fourth of the Quran. And he ﷺ would recite them in the two Rakahs (Sunnah) of Fajr.
(Musnad Abu Yala Al-Mawsili 1017, At-Tabrani in Al-Kabeer 13493.)
Praying The Sunnahs Before And After Dhuhr
Hadith 323:
Narrated Umm Habibah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone keeps on praying regularly four rak’ahs before and four after the noon prayer, he will not enter the Hell-fire.
And in another narration- Allah will make the fire prohibited from him.
[Sunan Abi Dawud 1269, Jami` at-Tirmidhi 428, Musnad Ahmad 426/6 ] – [Graded Sahih, Hasssan]
Hadith 324:
Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari said:
When the Prophet ﷺ came to us I saw him perpetually praying four Rakah before Dhuhr. And he ﷺ said: When the sun passes beyond the zenith (towards the noon) the doors of the heavens open, the doors do not close till the Dhuhr is prayed, I wish that (my good deeds are) raised for me at that time of goodness.
(At-Tabrani in Al-Kabeer 4035, and in Al-Awsat 2694, Hasan Li Ghairihi.)
Hadith 325:
It was narrated from Qabus that his father said:
“My father sent word to ‘Aishah, asking which prayer the Prophet (ﷺ) most liked to perform regularly. She said: ‘He used to perform four Rak’ah before the Zuhr, in which he would stand for a long time and bow and prostrate perfectly.’”
(Sunan Ibn Majah 1156, Hasan Li Ghairihi.)
Virtue Of Praying Sunnahs Before Salatul-Asr
Hadith 326:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “May Allah show mercy to a man who prays four rak’ahs before the afternoon prayer.”
[Sunan Abi Dawud 1271, Jami` at-Tirmidhi 430, Sahih Ibn Khuzzaymah 1193, Sahih Ibn Hibban 2444, Musnad Ahmad 117/2] – [Graded Hasan]
An Encouragement To Pray Salatul-Witr And Warning Against Leaving That
Hadith 327:
It was narrated that Ali, may Allah (SWT) be pleased with him, said:
“Witr is not essential like the obligatory prayers, but it is the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).”
[Sunan an-Nasa’i 1676, Sunan Abi Dawud 1416, ] – [Graded Sahih Li Ghairihi]
And in another narration-
Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said: “Indeed Allah is Witr (One), and He loves Al-Witr, so perform Al-Witr O people of the Qur’an.”
(Sunan At-Tirmidhi 453.)
Hadith 328:
Jabir reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
If anyone is afraid that he may not get up in the latter part of the night, he should observe Witr in the first part of it; and if anyone is eager to get up in the last part of it, he should observe Witr at the end of the night, for prayer at the end of the night is witnessed (by the angels) and that is preferable.
[Sahih Muslim 755 a, Jami` at-Tirmidhi 455, Jami` at-Tirmidhi 455 ] – (Graded Sahih)
An Encouragement To Sleep With Wudhu And With An Intention To Pray Tahajjud
Hadith 329:
Ibn Umar said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever sleeps in a state of purity, an angel resides with him, he doesn’t wake up except that the angel says, O Allah, forgive your servant so-and-so, for he had slept in a state of purity.”
(Sahih Ibn Hibban 1048, Hasan Li Ghairihi.)
Hadith 330:
It was narrated from Mu’adh bin Jabal that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“There is no person who goes to bed in a state of purity, then wakes up at night, and asks Allah for something in this world or the Hereafter, but it will be given to him.”
[Sunan Ibn Majah 3881, Sunan Abi Dawud 5042, ] – (Graded Sahih)
Hadith 331:
Ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ’anhumu) reported that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said:
‘Purify these bodies and Allah will purify you, for any slave who goes to sleep in a state of purity has an Angel that spends the night with him. Every time he turns over, [the Angel] says, ‘O Allah! Forgive Your slave, for he went to bed in a state of purity.’
(Al-Mu’jamul Awsat of Tabarani, Hadith: 5087, 5083) (jamiat.org.za/five-reasons-to-sleep-with-wudu/)
Hadith 332:
It was narrated that Abu Darda’ conveyed that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
“Whoever goes to bed intending to wake up and pray during the night, but is overwhelmed by sleep until morning comes, what he intended will be recorded for him, and his sleep is a charity given to him by his Lord.”
[Sunan Ibn Majah 1344, Sunan an-Nasa’i 1787, Sahih Ibn Khuzzaymah 1172]- (Graded Sahih)
Hadith 333:
It was narrated from Sa’eed bin Jubair, from a man who he thought was good, that :
Aishah, may Allah (SWT) be pleased with her, told him that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “There is no man who habitually prays at night, then sleep overwhelms him, but Allah will record for him the reward of his prayer, and his sleep is a charity given to him.”
[Sunan an-Nasa’i 1784, Sunan Abi Dawud 1314, Malik 117/1] – (Graded Hassan Li Ghairihi)
Virtue Of Doing Adhkar Before Sleeping
Hadith 334:
Narrated Al-Bara ‘bin `Azib:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, “Whenever you go to bed perform ablution like that for the prayer, lie or your right side and say,
“Allahumma aslamtu wajhi ilaika, wa fauwadtu `Amri ilaika, wa alja’tu Zahri ilaika raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika. La Malja’a wa la manja minka illa ilaika. Allahumma amantu bikitabika-l-ladhi anzalta wa bina-biyika-l ladhi arsalta”
(O Allah! I surrender to You and entrust all my affairs to You and depend upon You for Your Blessings both with hope and fear of You. There is no fleeing from You, and there is no place of protection and safety except with You O Allah! I believe in Your Book (the Qur’an) which You have revealed and in Your Prophet (Muhammad) whom You have sent).
Then if you die on that very night, you will die with faith (i.e. or the religion of Islam). Let the aforesaid words be your last utterance (before sleep).” I repeated it before the Prophet (ﷺ) and when I reached “Allahumma amantu bikitabika-l-ladhi anzalta (O Allah I believe in Your Book which You have revealed).” I said, “Wa-rasulika (and your Apostle).” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “No, (but say): ‘Wanabiyika-l-ladhi arsalta (Your Prophet whom You have sent), instead.”
[Sahih al-Bukhari 247, Sahih Muslim 2710 a, Sunan Abi Dawud 5046, Sunan Ibn Majah 3876 ] – (Graded Sahih)
An in another narration it adds- He ﷺ said: And if you die that night, you would ve died upon Fitrah, and if you wake up, you will wake up in goodness.
Hadith 335:
It is reported on the authority of Ali that Fatima had corns in her hand because of working at the hand-mill. There had fallen to the lot of Allah’s Apostle (ﷺ) some prisoners of war. She (Fatima) came to the Prophet (ﷺ) but she did not find him (in the house). She met A’isha and informed her (about her hardship). When Allah’s Apostle (ﷺ) came, she (A’isha) informed him about the visit of Fatima. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) came to them (Fatima and her family). They had gone to their beds. ‘Ali further (reported):
We tried to stand up (as a mark of respect) but Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: Keep to your beds, and he sat amongst us and I felt the coldness of his feet upon my chest. He then said: May I not direct you to something better than what you have asked for? When you go to your bed, you should recite Takbir (Allah-o-Akbar) thirty-four times and Tasbih (Subhan Allah) thirty-three times and Tahmid (al-Hamdu li-Allah) thirty-three times, and that is better than the servant for you.
[Sahih Muslim 2727 a, Sahih al-Bukhari 5361] – (Graded Sahih)
Hadith 336:
Farwah b. Nawfal quoted his father as saying that the Prophet (ﷺ) said to Nawfal (his father):
Recite (the Surah) ‘Say, O you disbelievers!’ and then go to sleep at its end, for it is a declaration of freedom from polytheism.
[Sunan Abi Dawud 5055, Sahih Ibn Hibban 2364, Mustadrak Hakim 538/2] – (Graded Hassan Li Ghairihi)
Hadith 337:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There are two qualities or characteristics which will not be returned by any Muslim without his entering Paradise. While they are easy, those who act upon them are few. One should say: “Glory be to Allah” ten times after every prayer, “Praise be to Allah” ten times and “Allah is Most Great” ten times. That is a hundred and fifty on the tongue, but one thousand and five hundred on the scale. When he goes to bed, he should say: “Allah is Most Great” thirty-four times, “Praise be to Allah” thirty-three times, and Glory be to Allah thirty-three times, for that is a hundred on the tongue and a thousand on the scale. (He said:) I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) counting them on his hand.
The people asked: Messenger of Allah! How is it that while they are easy, those who act upon them are few?
He replied: The Devil comes to one of you when he goes to bed and he makes him sleep, before he utters them, and he comes to him while he is engaged in prayer and calls a need to his mind before he utters them.
[Sunan Abi Dawud 5065, Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3408, Sahih Ibn Hibban 2009] – (Graded Sahih)
Hadith 338:
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