WEBVTT 00:00:00.780 --> 00:00:09.779 Riyadh al-Salihin (The Meadows of the Righteous) from the words of the Master of the Messengers, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:09.779 --> 00:00:16.600 Chapter: The Dislike of Conversing After the Late Night Prayer (Isha). 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:23.339 This refers to conversation that is permissible at other times. 00:00:23.339 --> 00:00:26.339 Where doing it or leaving it is of no consequence. 00:00:26.339 --> 00:00:30.429 As for conversation that is forbidden or disliked at other times, 00:00:30.429 --> 00:00:34.429 it is even more strictly forbidden and disliked at this time. 00:00:34.429 --> 00:00:38.500 As for conversation regarding good matters, such as discussing knowledge, 00:00:38.500 --> 00:00:42.500 stories of the righteous, and noble character, 00:00:42.500 --> 00:00:47.500 or speaking with a guest, someone in need, and the like, 00:00:47.500 --> 00:00:51.500 there is no dislike in it; rather, it is recommended. 00:00:51.500 --> 00:00:56.500 Likewise, conversation due to an excuse or a pressing need is not disliked. 00:00:56.500 --> 00:01:01.659 Authentic hadiths have corroborated everything I have mentioned. 00:01:01.659 --> 00:01:05.739 On the authority of Abu Barzah, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:01:05.739 --> 00:01:09.739 that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:01:09.739 --> 00:01:14.739 used to dislike sleeping before Isha and conversing after it. 00:01:14.739 --> 00:01:16.810 Agreed upon. 00:01:16.810 --> 00:01:20.670 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:01:20.670 --> 00:01:22.769 The dislike of sleeping before Isha, 00:01:22.769 --> 00:01:25.769 for fear of missing its time. 00:01:25.769 --> 00:01:29.280 The dislike of conversing and staying up late after Isha, 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.280 for fear of delaying sleep, 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:37.280 which leads to not waking up and missing the Fajr prayer. 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:41.700 The encouragement to maintain prayers at their appointed times, 00:01:41.700 --> 00:01:45.700 and the warning against neglecting them or becoming preoccupied with other things, 00:01:45.700 --> 00:01:48.700 or engaging in actions that lead to that. 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:53.780 On the authority of Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, 00:01:53.780 --> 00:01:56.780 that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:01:56.780 --> 00:01:59.780 prayed Isha at the end of his life. 00:01:59.780 --> 00:02:02.780 When he finished, he said, 00:02:02.780 --> 00:02:05.849 "Do you realize the significance of this night of yours? 00:02:05.849 --> 00:02:08.979 For at the turn of one hundred years, 00:02:08.979 --> 00:02:13.979 not one person who is on the face of the earth today will remain." 00:02:13.979 --> 00:02:16.199 Agreed upon. 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:21.000 "Do you realize" means: inform me. 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:25.020 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:02:25.020 --> 00:02:28.020 The permissibility of conversing after Isha regarding knowledge, 00:02:28.020 --> 00:02:31.020 due to the good that results from it. 00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:35.469 Included in this is what results in a benefit, 00:02:35.469 --> 00:02:38.469 such as speaking with one's wife and joking with her, 00:02:38.469 --> 00:02:41.469 to comfort her and be gentle with her. 00:02:41.469 --> 00:02:44.919 The encouragement to hasten in performing good deeds, 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:46.919 and not to delay them, 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:49.919 because death may take the servant by surprise, 00:02:49.919 --> 00:02:51.919 while he is unaware. 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:55.400 A statement from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:58.400 that the lifespans of his Ummah are short, 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:01.400 compared to the lifespans of those who preceded them, 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:03.400 from the past nations. 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:06.849 This hadith is among the signs of Prophethood, 00:03:06.849 --> 00:03:09.849 for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, informed 00:03:09.849 --> 00:03:11.849 of something unseen, 00:03:11.849 --> 00:03:13.849 and it occurred just as he informed. 00:03:13.849 --> 00:03:17.849 For the last person to pass away among those who were present was 00:03:17.849 --> 00:03:20.849 Abu al-Tufayl 'Amir ibn Wathilah. 00:03:20.849 --> 00:03:23.849 The scholars have agreed that he was 00:03:23.849 --> 00:03:26.849 the last of the Companions to die, 00:03:26.849 --> 00:03:28.849 and the latest date mentioned for it 00:03:28.849 --> 00:03:31.849 is that he died in the year 110 AH, 00:03:31.849 --> 00:03:34.849 which is at the turn of one hundred years 00:03:34.849 --> 00:03:39.939 from his statement, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:03:39.939 --> 00:03:42.939 On the authority of Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:03:42.939 --> 00:03:46.939 that he was waiting for the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:03:46.939 --> 00:03:49.939 and he came to them near the middle of the night, 00:03:49.939 --> 00:03:51.939 and he led them in prayer, 00:03:51.939 --> 00:03:54.000 meaning Isha. 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:55.000 He said: 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:57.000 Then he gave us a sermon and said, 00:03:57.000 --> 00:04:00.030 "Verily, the people have prayed, 00:04:00.030 --> 00:04:02.030 then they have slept, 00:04:02.030 --> 00:04:05.030 but you will remain in a state of prayer 00:04:05.030 --> 00:04:07.030 as long as you are waiting for the prayer." 00:04:07.030 --> 00:04:09.349 Narrated by al-Bukhari. 00:04:09.349 --> 00:04:12.310 "Middle of the night" 00:04:12.310 --> 00:04:14.310 means half of it. 00:04:14.310 --> 00:04:17.050 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:04:17.050 --> 00:04:21.139 The recommendation to delay the Isha prayer. 00:04:21.139 --> 00:04:23.660 The end of the time for Isha 00:04:23.660 --> 00:04:26.040 is the middle of the night. 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:31.040 The permissibility of conversing after Isha about good things, discussing knowledge, 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:35.420 enjoining good, and forbidding evil. 00:04:35.420 --> 00:04:38.420 Waiting for the prayer contains great good, 00:04:38.420 --> 00:04:44.839 for the one waiting receives the reward of the prayer as long as he is in his place of prayer. 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:47.839 The bounty of Allah upon His servants is great, 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:52.839 in that He gives them the reward as long as they are waiting for the prayer, 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:55.839 even if they eat and drink during that time. 00:04:55.839 --> 00:05:02.750 Chapter: The Prohibition of a Woman Refusing Her Husband's Bed, 00:05:02.750 --> 00:05:06.750 if he calls her and she has no valid legal excuse. 00:05:06.750 --> 00:05:12.189 On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:05:12.189 --> 00:05:16.220 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:05:16.220 --> 00:05:20.220 "If a man calls his wife to his bed and she refuses, 00:05:20.220 --> 00:05:23.220 and he spends the night angry with her, 00:05:23.220 --> 00:05:27.379 the angels will curse her until morning." 00:05:27.379 --> 00:05:29.480 Agreed upon. 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:36.709 In another narration: "until she returns." 00:05:36.709 --> 00:05:40.709 Chapter: The Prohibition of a Woman Fasting while Her Husband is Present, 00:05:40.709 --> 00:05:44.089 except with his permission. 00:05:44.089 --> 00:05:47.089 On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:05:47.089 --> 00:05:51.089 that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:05:51.089 --> 00:05:55.089 "It is not lawful for a woman to fast while her husband is present, 00:05:55.089 --> 00:05:57.089 except with his permission, 00:05:57.089 --> 00:06:01.310 nor to allow anyone into his house except with his permission." 00:06:01.310 --> 00:06:06.060 Agreed upon. 00:06:06.060 --> 00:06:12.060 Chapter: The Prohibition of the Follower Raising His Head from Ruku' or Sujud Before the Imam. 00:06:12.060 --> 00:06:16.180 On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:06:16.180 --> 00:06:20.180 that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:06:20.180 --> 00:06:25.339 "Does one of you not fear, when he raises his head before the Imam, 00:06:25.339 --> 00:06:29.339 that Allah will make his head the head of a donkey, 00:06:29.339 --> 00:06:33.439 or that Allah will make his appearance the appearance of a donkey?" 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:35.439 Agreed upon. 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:38.370 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:06:38.370 --> 00:06:41.589 The prohibition of preceding the Imam in prayer, 00:06:41.589 --> 00:06:44.589 because that invalidates the function of the Imam, 00:06:44.589 --> 00:06:47.589 which is that he is appointed to be followed. 00:06:47.589 --> 00:06:51.980 The possibility of metamorphosis (maskh) occurring in this Ummah. 00:06:51.980 --> 00:06:57.459 Evidence of the ignorance of the one who precedes the Imam and his lack of fiqh, 00:06:57.459 --> 00:07:00.459 because the donkey is known for stupidity. 00:07:00.459 --> 00:07:07.139 Chapter: The Dislike of Placing the Hand on the Waist (al-khasirah) During Prayer. 00:07:08.139 --> 00:07:13.230 On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:07:13.230 --> 00:07:16.230 "It was forbidden to place the hands on the waist during prayer." 00:07:16.230 --> 00:07:19.449 Agreed upon. 00:07:19.449 --> 00:07:24.379 "Al-khasr" means the middle of a person. 00:07:24.379 --> 00:07:26.569 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:07:26.569 --> 00:07:30.019 The prohibition of "ikhtisar" (placing hands on the waist) in prayer. 00:07:30.019 --> 00:07:32.019 Placing the hands on the waist in prayer 00:07:32.019 --> 00:07:34.019 is one of the characteristics of the arrogant. 00:07:34.019 --> 00:07:40.990 Chapter: The Dislike of Praying in the Presence of Food, 00:07:40.990 --> 00:07:42.990 when one's soul craves it, 00:07:42.990 --> 00:07:45.990 or while suppressing the urge to relieve oneself, 00:07:45.990 --> 00:07:50.079 which are urination and defecation. 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:53.079 On the authority of 'Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:58.079 I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, say: 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:01.079 "There is no prayer in the presence of food, 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:05.139 nor while one is suppressing the two impurities." 00:08:05.139 --> 00:08:07.139 Narrated by Muslim. 00:08:07.139 --> 00:08:10.139 "In the presence of food" 00:08:10.139 --> 00:08:14.329 means its presence while one desires it. 00:08:14.329 --> 00:08:18.329 "The two impurities" means urination and defecation. 00:08:18.329 --> 00:08:21.220 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:08:21.220 --> 00:08:25.509 The dislike of praying while there is a distraction from it, 00:08:25.509 --> 00:08:27.509 which diminishes its khushu' (humility/focus), 00:08:27.509 --> 00:08:30.509 such as hunger with food present, 00:08:30.509 --> 00:08:33.899 or thirst with drink available. 00:08:33.899 --> 00:08:36.899 The dislike of praying for someone who has a need 00:08:36.899 --> 00:08:38.899 to urinate or defecate, 00:08:38.899 --> 00:08:41.899 because of the disturbance it causes to the mind, 00:08:41.899 --> 00:08:46.379 and the preoccupation of the heart that prevents khushu'. 00:08:46.379 --> 00:08:49.379 The dislike decreases as the time becomes tight. 00:08:49.379 --> 00:08:53.409 So whoever fears missing the prayer and its time expiring, 00:08:53.409 --> 00:08:56.409 he should pray it in its time, 00:08:56.409 --> 00:08:59.409 then eat, drink, and relieve himself. 00:08:59.409 --> 00:09:01.409 And Allah knows best. 00:09:01.409 --> 00:09:10.379 Chapter: The Prohibition of Raising One's Eyes to the Sky During Prayer. 00:09:10.379 --> 00:09:14.379 On the authority of Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:09:14.379 --> 00:09:18.539 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:09:18.539 --> 00:09:21.539 "What is the matter with people who raise their eyes 00:09:21.539 --> 00:09:24.539 to the sky during their prayer?" 00:09:24.539 --> 00:09:28.539 He spoke sternly about this until he said: 00:09:28.539 --> 00:09:31.539 "They must stop this, 00:09:31.539 --> 00:09:34.759 or their sight will be snatched away." 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:36.759 Narrated by al-Bukhari. 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:41.690 "What is the matter" means: what is the situation. 00:09:41.690 --> 00:09:43.690 "Their sight will be snatched away" 00:09:43.690 --> 00:09:48.519 means it will be taken away and will not return to them. 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:50.519 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:54.740 The prohibition of raising the eyes to the sky during prayer. 00:09:54.740 --> 00:09:56.740 The evidence for the prohibition 00:09:56.740 --> 00:10:01.740 is the sternness of the Prophet's, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, words regarding it, 00:10:01.740 --> 00:10:07.190 and his threat to the one who does it that his sight will be snatched away and not return. 00:10:07.190 --> 00:10:14.940 Accountability for an action occurs after knowledge of its prohibition. 00:10:14.940 --> 00:10:18.940 Chapter: The Dislike of Looking Around (al-iltifat) in Prayer Without an Excuse. 00:10:18.940 --> 00:10:24.960 On the authority of 'Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:29.960 I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, about looking around in prayer. 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:32.019 He said: 00:10:32.019 --> 00:10:37.179 "It is a snatching that the Shaytan steals from the servant's prayer." 00:10:37.179 --> 00:10:41.210 Narrated by al-Bukhari. 00:10:41.210 --> 00:10:47.139 "Snatching" (ikhtilas) is taking something quickly by surprise. 00:10:47.139 --> 00:10:49.460 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:10:49.460 --> 00:10:53.460 The prohibition of looking around in prayer without a need. 00:10:53.460 --> 00:10:55.870 Looking around in prayer 00:10:55.870 --> 00:11:00.870 is a distraction from the Shaytan for the servant until his khushu' is gone. 00:11:00.870 --> 00:11:03.870 Therefore, looking around without an excuse 00:11:03.870 --> 00:11:07.870 is an indication of heedlessness and a lack of khushu'. 00:11:07.870 --> 00:11:13.149 On the authority of Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:11:13.149 --> 00:11:17.149 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to me: 00:11:17.149 --> 00:11:20.279 "Beware of looking around in prayer, 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:23.279 for looking around in prayer is ruin. 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:25.309 If it is necessary, 00:11:25.309 --> 00:11:29.629 then do it in voluntary prayer, not in the obligatory prayer." 00:11:29.629 --> 00:11:31.629 Narrated by al-Tirmidhi. 00:11:32.429 --> 00:11:34.429 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:11:34.429 --> 00:11:38.690 This hadith is weak and cannot be used as an argument. 00:11:38.690 --> 00:11:41.690 Therefore, looking around is not permissible, 00:11:41.690 --> 00:11:45.690 in the obligatory or the voluntary prayer alike, 00:11:45.690 --> 00:11:48.690 especially since there are hadiths that forbid 00:11:48.690 --> 00:11:51.690 looking around in prayer generally. 00:11:51.690 --> 00:11:56.539 And Allah knows best. 00:11:56.539 --> 00:12:01.230 Chapter: The Prohibition of Praying Towards Graves. 00:12:01.230 --> 00:12:03.230 On the authority of Abu Marthad 00:12:03.230 --> 00:12:07.230 Kinaz ibn al-Husayn, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:12:07.230 --> 00:12:11.230 I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, say: 00:12:11.230 --> 00:12:14.230 Do not pray facing graves, 00:12:14.230 --> 00:12:17.259 and do not sit upon them. 00:12:17.259 --> 00:12:19.259 Narrated by Muslim. 00:12:19.259 --> 00:12:22.259 Among the benefits of this hadith: 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:25.320 The prohibition of praying toward graves. 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:28.740 The prohibition of sitting upon graves. 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:33.149 It is not permissible to venerate graves or turn them into places of worship, 00:12:33.149 --> 00:12:36.149 as this leads to shirk (polytheism). 00:12:36.149 --> 00:12:39.149 Likewise, it is not permissible to treat them with disrespect or contempt, 00:12:39.149 --> 00:12:47.029 because a Muslim possesses sanctity both in life and in death. 00:12:47.029 --> 00:12:51.029 Chapter: The prohibition of passing in front of a person who is praying. 00:12:51.029 --> 00:12:54.409 On the authority of Abu al-Juhaym, 00:12:54.409 --> 00:13:00.409 'Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn al-Simmah al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:13:00.409 --> 00:13:04.500 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 00:13:04.500 --> 00:13:09.500 If the person who passes in front of someone praying knew what burden he incurs, 00:13:09.500 --> 00:13:12.500 he would prefer to stand for forty, 00:13:12.500 --> 00:13:15.500 rather than pass in front of him. 00:13:15.500 --> 00:13:17.730 The narrator said: 00:13:17.730 --> 00:13:19.730 I do not know 00:13:19.730 --> 00:13:21.730 whether he said forty days, 00:13:21.730 --> 00:13:23.730 or forty months, 00:13:23.730 --> 00:13:25.919 or forty years. 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:29.299 Agreed upon. 00:13:29.299 --> 00:13:32.299 "He would prefer to stand for forty": 00:13:32.299 --> 00:13:38.299 Meaning, if he knew the magnitude of the sin that befalls him by passing in front of the one praying, 00:13:38.299 --> 00:13:45.190 he would choose to stand for that duration so as not to incur the sin. 00:13:45.190 --> 00:13:47.190 Among the benefits of this hadith: 00:13:47.190 --> 00:13:51.509 The prohibition of passing in front of someone praying, 00:13:51.509 --> 00:13:55.509 regardless of whether the prayer is obligatory or voluntary, 00:13:55.509 --> 00:13:59.960 and whether it is in the mosque or elsewhere. 00:13:59.960 --> 00:14:03.960 The permissibility of using the word "if" in the context of warnings. 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:09.870 This does not fall under the category of prohibited speech. 00:14:09.870 --> 00:14:12.870 Chapter: The dislike of a follower (ma'mum) beginning a voluntary prayer 00:14:12.870 --> 00:14:16.870 after the mu'adhdhin has begun the iqamah for the obligatory prayer. 00:14:16.870 --> 00:14:24.120 This applies whether the voluntary prayer is the Sunnah associated with that prayer or otherwise. 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:30.120 May Allah be pleased with him, from the Prophet, peace be upon him, who said: 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:36.279 When the iqamah for prayer is called, there is no prayer except the obligatory one. 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:38.279 Narrated by Muslim. 00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:41.980 "The obligatory one" means the fard (compulsory) prayer. 00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:46.980 The intent is the current prayer among the five daily prayers 00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:49.980 for which the iqamah has been called. 00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:53.850 Among the benefits of this hadith: 00:14:53.850 --> 00:14:57.850 It is not permissible to perform a voluntary prayer once the obligatory prayer has been signaled by the iqamah, 00:14:57.850 --> 00:15:03.230 whether one began it before the iqamah or after it. 00:15:03.230 --> 00:15:08.230 The recommendation to break off a voluntary prayer when the obligatory prayer is being established. 00:15:08.230 --> 00:15:13.679 The warning against differing with the Imams and opposing them. 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:18.159 The recommendation to devote oneself entirely to the obligatory prayer, 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:21.159 and not to be distracted from it by anything else, 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:24.159 even if it is an act of obedience at another time. 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:27.159 This includes attending it at its proper time, 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:31.059 and maintaining its requirements. 00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:35.059 Riyadh al-Salihin, O Riyadh al-Salihin.