Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, held back the evening prayer one night until most people had retired for the night. Then, the Prophet came out and performed the prayer, saying, “Verily, this is the proper time were it not hardship upon my nation.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 638 Grade: …
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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 Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when he said, “Allah listened to those who praise Him,” in the last cycle of evening prayer, he stood to supplicate, “O Allah, save ‘Ayyash ibn Abi Rabiah. O Allah, save Al-Walid ibn al-Walid. O Allah, save Salamah ibn Hisham. O Allah, save the …
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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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Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, never performed the evening prayer and entered my home but that he would then pray four or six cycles. Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1303 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ مَا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعِشَاءَ قَطُّ …
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Hudhayfah reported: I came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and I performed the evening prayer with him. The Prophet continued to pray until the evening prayer. Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3781 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَصَلَّيْتُ مَعَهُ الْمَغْرِبَ فَصَلَّى حَتَّى صَلَّى …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: In regards to the verse, “They arise from their beds, calling upon their Lord in fear and in hope, spending from what We have provided them,” (32:16). Anas said, “They are those who are awake to pray between sunset and evening prayer.” Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1321 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according …
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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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Al-Bara’ ibn ‘Azib reported: I heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, reciting in the evening prayer, “By the fig and the olive,” (95:1). I have not heard a voice more beautiful than his. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 769, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 464 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim عن …
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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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Shidad ibn al-Had reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came out to us for one of the evening prayers and he was carrying his grandson Hasan, or Husayn. The Prophet came forward and put him down, then began prayer with exaltation and prayed. He prostrated at the end of his …
Hadith on Children: Kids climb over the Prophet’s back as he prays Read More »
Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: We prayed with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, at nightfall and he did not come out until half of the night had passed. The Prophet said, “Take your places.” We took our places and the Prophet said, “Verily, people have prayed and laid down in their …
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Malik reported: Sa’id ibn al-Musayyib, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Whoever attends evening prayer on the Night of Decree has taken his share of reward from it.” Source: al-Muwaṭṭa’ 707 عَنْ مَالِك أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ رضي الله عنه قال مَنْ شَهِدَ الْعِشَاءَ مِنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فَقَدْ أَخَذَ بِحَظِّهِ مِنْهَا 707 موطأ مالك …
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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 …
Hadith on Mosques: Umar does not stop his wife from visiting the Masjid Read More »
Ibn Umar reported: I prayed with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, two prostrations before and after noon prayer, two prostrations after sunset prayer, two prostrations after evening prayer, and two prostrations after Friday prayer. As for sunset and evening prayer, they were in his house. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1172, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 729 …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Were it not hardship upon my nation, I would have commanded them to perform ablution with every prayer or to use the toothstick with every ablution. And I would have delayed the evening prayer until a third of the night.” Source: …
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Ibn Umar reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, combined sunset and evening prayers if he was undertaking a journey. And Ibn Abbas said, “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, combined the noon prayers and afternoon prayers if he was on a journey, as well as combining the sunset and evening …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “If people knew the virtues in the call to prayer and the first row of prayer and that they could not get it but by drawing lots, they would surely draw lots. If they knew the virtue in joining prayer at …
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Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would not sleep before evening prayer and he would not stay up after it. Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 702 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ مَا نَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبْلَ الْعِشَاءِ وَلَا سَمَرَ بَعْدَهَا 702 سنن ابن …
Hadith on Isha: The Prophet sleeps after evening prayer Read More »