Abdur Rahman ibn Ghanm reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever says ten times before departing the sunset and dawn prayers or moving his feet, ‘There is no God but Allah alone, without any partners, to Him belong the dominion and all praise, all goodness is in His hand, He gives …
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Abu Umamah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever says one hundred times after dawn prayer before moving his feet, ‘There is no God but Allah, without any partners. He owns the dominion and to Him is all praise, He gives life and He causes death, and all goodness …
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Salamah al-Hamdani reported: We used to sit by the door of Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, before dawn prayer. When he came out, we would walk with him to the mosque. Abu Musa al-Ash’ari came to us and he said to him, “O Abu Abdur Rahman, I recently saw something in …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “A group of angels stay with you by night and another group of angels by day. They meet together at the time of afternoon prayer and dawn prayer, then those who stayed with you ascend to the heavens. Allah asks them, …
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Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “When you perform the dawn prayer, its time is until the first rising of the sun. Then, when you perform noon prayer, its time is until the presence of afternoon. When you perform the afternoon prayer, its time is until …
Abu Basrah reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah Almighty has added one to your prayers, so perform it between the evening and dawn prayers: the Witr prayer, the Witr prayer.” Source: Musnad Aḥmad 27229 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Arna’ut عن أبي بَصْرَة الغفاري عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ …
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Umar ibn al-Khattab reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, dispatched a company to Najd and they acquired many spoils and rushed back. A man who did not go with them said, “We have not seen a company return more swiftly and with better spoils than this one!” The Prophet said, “Shall I …
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Abu Darda reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Worship Allah as if you can see Him, for if you do not see Him, He surely sees you. Prepare yourself for death and beware of the supplication of the oppressed, for it will be answered. If one of you can attend the …
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Aisha reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was not as strongly committed to any voluntary prayers as he was to the two cycles before dawn. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 724 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنَ النَّوَافِلِ أَشَدَّ مُعَاهَدَةً مِنْهُ …
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Al-Sha’bi reported: Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, would deliver a sermon when the month of Ramadan arrived, saying, “This is the blessed month in which Allah has obligated fasting and not obligated night prayers. Certainly, fasting is not merely from food and drink, but rather from lying, falsehood, and vain talk.” Al-Sha’bi said, …
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Nu’aym ibn al-Nahham reported: The call to dawn prayer was announced on a cold day while I was in bed with my wife. I said, “If only the caller said: There is no blame upon whoever stays home.” Then the caller of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said at the end of …
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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “You are exposed to fire, you are exposed to fire! If you perform the dawn prayer, it will cleanse you. Then, you are exposed to fire, you are exposed to fire! If you perform the noon prayer, it will cleanse you. Then, …
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Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever perseveres in performing twelve cycles of prayer from the Sunnah, Allah will build a house for him in Paradise. They are four cycles before noon prayer and two after it, two cycles after sunset prayer, two cycles after evening prayer, and …
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Zayd ibn Khalid reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do not disparage the rooster, as it wakes you up for prayer.” Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5101 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Nawawi عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا تَسُبُّوا الدِّيكَ فَإِنَّهُ يُوقِظُ …
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Abu Sa’id reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The most truthful of dreams are seen shortly before dawn.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2274 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Ibn al-Qattan عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَصْدَقُ الرُّؤْيَا بِالْأَسْحَارِ 2274 سنن الترمذي كتاب الرؤيا باب قوله لهم البشرى …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, only prayed two cycles after the afternoon prayer because some property came to him, which occupied him from performing two cycles after the noon prayer. The Prophet prayed them after the afternoon prayer and he did not repeat it. Al-Tirmidhi said, “Most of the …
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Umm Hisham bint Harithah reported: I took the chapter, “Qaf, by the Glorious Quran,” (50:1) from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, on Friday. The Prophet would recite it on the pulpit every Friday. In another narration, she said: The Prophet would pray with it in the dawn …
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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 …
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Al-Azdi reported: Ibrahim al-Khawwas, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “The cure of the heart is in five things: reading the Quran with contemplation, emptying the stomach, standing for prayer at night, humbly supplicating at dawn, and sitting with the righteous.” Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ 15767 عَنْ لأَزْدِي قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْخَوَّاصَ رحمه الله دَوَاءُ الْقَلْبِ …
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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Perform witr prayer before the morning.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 754 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَوْتِرُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُصْبِحُوا 754 صحيح مسلم كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرها باب صلاة الليل مثنى مثنى …
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