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Al-Shamail Al-Muhammadiya | Episode (26) | Chapter on what was mentioned regarding the worship of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him -2
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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With pens of longing,
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And the ink of love,
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We record lines more precious than gold,
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In describing the Master of Creation,
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Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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The Prophetic characteristics (Shama'il).
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Chapter: What has been narrated regarding the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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On the authority of Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, may Allah be pleased with them both,
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That he prayed with the Prophet, peace be upon him, at night.
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He said: When he entered into the prayer, he said:
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"Allah is the Greatest, Possessor of the Kingdom, the Might, the Pride, and the Grandeur."
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Then he recited [Surah] al-Baqarah.
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Then he bowed.
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His bowing was approximately as long as his standing.
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And he would say:
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"Glory be to my Lord, the Almighty."
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"Glory be to my Lord, the Almighty."
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Then he raised his head.
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His standing [after bowing] was approximately as long as his bowing.
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And he would say:
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"To my Lord belongs all praise."
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"To my Lord belongs all praise."
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Then he prostrated.
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His prostration was approximately as long as his standing.
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And he would say:
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"Glory be to my Lord, the Most High."
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"Glory be to my Lord, the Most High."
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Then he raised his head.
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His sitting between the two prostrations was approximately as long as his prostration.
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And he would say:
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"My Lord, forgive me."
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"My Lord, forgive me."
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Until he had recited al-Baqarah,
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And Ali 'Imran,
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And an-Nisa',
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And al-Ma'idah or al-An'am.
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Shu'bah is the one who doubted between al-Ma'idah and al-An'am.
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In this hadith,
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It is mentioned that Hudhayfah, may Allah be pleased with him,
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Prayed with the Prophet, peace be upon him, at night.
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Perhaps this was during the month of Ramadan,
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According to the narration in the Musnad of Ahmad.
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And his saying:
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"When the Prophet, peace be upon him, entered into the prayer,"
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Meaning, he intended to begin it.
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He said:
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"Allah is the Greatest, Possessor of the Kingdom, the Might, the Pride, and the Grandeur."
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These are all descriptions of glorification for Allah, the Almighty and Exalted.
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For He is the Possessor of the Kingdom, the Might, the Pride, and the Grandeur.
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The Kingdom (Malakut) is derived from Sovereignty (Mulk).
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And the Might (Jabarut) is derived from Compulsion (Jabr).
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So He, the Almighty and Exalted, is the Sovereign, the Compeller.
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And his saying:
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"Then he recited al-Baqarah,"
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Meaning, the entire surah.
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"Then he bowed,"
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"His bowing was approximately as long as his standing."
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And he would say:
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"Glory be to my Lord, the Almighty."
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"Glory be to my Lord, the Almighty."
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This indicates the length of his bowing, peace be upon him.
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And he would repeat "Glory be to my Lord, the Almighty,"
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In glorification of the Lord, may His Majesty be exalted,
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Because bowing is the place for glorifying Allah.
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And his saying:
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"Then he raised his head,"
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"His standing was approximately as long as his bowing,"
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Meaning that the upright posture after bowing,
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He would stand in it for a long time, similar to the bowing.
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And he would say:
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"To my Lord belongs all praise."
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"Then he prostrated,"
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"His prostration was approximately as long as his standing."
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And he would say:
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"Glory be to my Lord, the Most High."
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Meaning, he would repeat that during his long prostration.
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"Then he raised his head,"
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"His sitting between the two prostrations was approximately as long as his prostration."
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And he would say:
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"My Lord, forgive me."
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Until he had recited al-Baqarah,
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And Ali 'Imran,
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And an-Nisa',
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And al-Ma'idah,
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Or al-An'am.
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Meaning, he recited these surahs,
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In four rak'ahs.
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And the statement of
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Shu'bah, who doubted between al-Ma'idah and al-An'am,
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Means he was unsure which of the two surahs was mentioned in the hadith.
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And on the authority of 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, she said:
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, stood
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With a verse from the Qur'an
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One night.
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In this hadith,
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It is stated that the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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Stood with a single verse from the Qur'an
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For an entire night.
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It is narrated in the Musnad of Imam Ahmad,
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From the hadith of Abu Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him,
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That the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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Prayed one night,
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And he recited a verse until morning,
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Bowing with it and prostrating with it.
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“If Thou punish them, lo! they are Thy slaves, and if Thou forgive them (lo! they are Thy slaves). Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty, the Wise.” (5:118)
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“If Thou punish them, lo! they are Thy slaves, and if Thou forgive them (lo! they are Thy slaves). Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty, the Wise.” (5:118)
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This indicates the legitimacy of repeating a single verse,
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Or a single surah,
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In a single rak'ah or in a single night.
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Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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"If people knew what lies in reciting the Qur'an with contemplation,
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They would busy themselves with it to the exclusion of all else."
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So if one recites it with reflection,
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And passes by a verse that he is in need of,
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For the healing of his heart,
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He should repeat it, even a hundred times,
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Or for an entire night.
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For reciting a verse with reflection and understanding
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Is better than reciting the entire Qur'an
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Without contemplation and understanding,
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And it is more beneficial for the heart,
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And more conducive to attaining faith,
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And tasting the sweetness of the Qur'an.
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This was the habit of the salaf,
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One of them would repeat a verse until the morning.
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And on the authority of 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, he said:
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I prayed one night with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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And he remained standing,
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Until I contemplated a bad thing.
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It was said to him:
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"And what did you contemplate?"
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He said:
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"I contemplated sitting down and leaving the Prophet, peace be upon him."
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In this hadith,
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There is an explanation of the length of the Prophet's prayer at night,
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And that there is no harm in praying in congregation for voluntary prayers occasionally.
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And it also contains that opposing the Imam
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Is considered among the bad things.
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That is why he, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
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"I contemplated a bad thing."
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When it was said to him:
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"And what did you contemplate?"
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He said:
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"I contemplated sitting down and leaving the Prophet, peace be upon him."
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This could mean several things:
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Among them,
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That he would sit and complete his prayer while sitting,
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And leave the Prophet, peace be upon him, to pray while standing.
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Or that he would abandon the prayer,
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And leave the Prophet, peace be upon him, to pray alone.
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Or that he intended to break the following of the Imam,
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And complete his prayer individually,
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And leave the Prophet, peace be upon him, to complete it alone.
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And on the authority of 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her,
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That the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to pray while sitting,
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And he would recite while he was sitting.
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Then, when there remained of his recitation about thirty or forty verses,
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He would stand and recite while standing,
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Then he would bow and prostrate.
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Then he would do the same in the second rak'ah.
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In this hadith,
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It is shown that the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to pray while sitting,
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And this was only in the latter part of his life after he had aged,
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As 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said:
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That she never saw the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, pray the night prayer sitting down at all,
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Until he grew old.
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So he would recite while sitting,
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Until, when he wanted to bow,
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He would stand and recite about thirty or forty verses,
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Then he would bow.
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It is possible that the Prophet, peace be upon him, prayed while sitting
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Due to fatigue, illness, old age, or something similar.
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And on the authority of 'Abdullah ibn Shaqiq, he said:
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I asked 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her,
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About the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, regarding his voluntary prayers.
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She said:
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"He used to pray for a long night while standing,
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And for a long night while sitting.
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If he recited while standing,
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He would bow and prostrate while standing.
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And if he recited while sitting,
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He would bow and prostrate while sitting."
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In this hadith,
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'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, describes
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The prayer of the Prophet, peace be upon him, at night.
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She says:
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"He used to pray for a long night while standing,"
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"If he recited while standing,"
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"He would bow and prostrate while standing."
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Meaning that if he began the recitation while standing,
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He would bow from the standing position and prostrate from the standing position.
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"And sometimes he would pray for a long night while sitting,"
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Meaning that if he began the recitation while sitting,
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He would bow and prostrate while sitting.
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This hadith may be reconciled with
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The previous hadith of 'A'ishah, which states:
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"And he would recite while sitting,
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Until, when he wanted to bow,
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He would stand and recite about thirty or forty verses,
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Then he bowed.
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Ibn Hajar, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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This is understood to refer to his initial state,
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before he reached old age,
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as a way to reconcile the two hadiths.
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As for a man’s prayer while sitting,
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its reward is half that of a man’s prayer while standing.
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However, the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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is an exception to this,
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for his prayer while sitting
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does not have its reward diminished compared to his prayer while standing,
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based on what Muslim recorded in his Sahih,
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in the hadith of ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both,
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who said:
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"I was told that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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'The prayer of a man while sitting
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is half of the prayer.'"
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He said:
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"I went to him and found him praying while sitting,
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so I placed my hand on his head,
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and he said:
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'What is the matter with you, O ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Umar?'
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I said:
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'I was told, O Messenger of Allah, that you said:
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"The prayer of a man while sitting is half of the prayer,"
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yet you are praying while sitting.'
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He said:
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'Indeed,
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but I am not like any one of you.'"
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Thus, this is counted among his specific characteristics, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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On the authority of Hafsah, the wife of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, she said:
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"The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to pray his voluntary prayer while sitting,
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and he would recite a surah and chant it (with tartil),
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until it would be longer than a surah longer than it."
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In this hadith,
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Hafsah, the Mother of the Believers, may Allah be pleased with her, says
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that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to pray his voluntary prayer while sitting.
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The intended meaning of "subhah" here is the voluntary prayer (nafilah),
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for the voluntary prayer is called "subhah"
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because of the glorification (tasbih) it contains.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to pray his voluntary prayer while sitting,
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and that was at the end of his life when he became heavy (with age).
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And her statement:
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"And he would recite a surah and chant it,
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until it would be longer than a surah longer than it,"
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means he would recite the surah slowly and reflectively,
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until a short surah, when recited with tartil,
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becomes longer than a long surah (recited quickly).
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On the authority of Abu Salamah Ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman,
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that ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, informed him
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that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, did not die
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until most of his prayer was while he was sitting.
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In this hadith,
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(it is indicated) that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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used to perform most of his prayer while sitting,
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and that was near the time of his death,
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because he had grown old and heavy.
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He only did that, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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because he loved to be consistent in his deeds,
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as "The most beloved deed to Allah is the most consistent, even if it is small."
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On the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, he said:
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"I prayed with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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two rak‘ahs before Dhuhr,
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and two rak‘ahs after it,
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and two rak‘ahs after Maghrib in his house,
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and two rak‘ahs after ‘Isha’ in his house."
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In the preceding hadiths of this chapter,
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the prayer of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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was during the night prayer (qiyam al-layl),
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and in the upcoming hadiths,
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there is an explanation of the regular Sunnah prayers (rawatib).
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His statement, "I prayed with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,"
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the "companionship" intended in this hadith
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means merely following his example, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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in the prayer.
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Ibn ‘Umar prayed two rak‘ahs by himself,
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just as the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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prayed two rak‘ahs.
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It will also be mentioned from Ibn ‘Umar
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the mention of two rak‘ahs before Fajr.
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These are ten rak‘ahs called the regular Sunnah prayers.
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And it will come from the hadith of ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her,
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that he, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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used to pray four before Dhuhr.
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Some scholars have interpreted this as referring to two different states:
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sometimes he would pray four,
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as ‘A’ishah narrated,
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and sometimes he would pray two,
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as Ibn ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, narrated.
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The hadith also contains the virtue of praying the Sunnah in the house.
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On the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both,
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he said:
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"Hafsah told me
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that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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used to pray two rak‘ahs when the dawn broke
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and the caller called out."
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Ayyub said,
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and he narrated that he said: "two light rak‘ahs."
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In this hadith,
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we mentioned the prayer of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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before the Fajr prayer,
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and it is the completion of the ten rak‘ahs.
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Ibn ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both,
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saw the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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praying eight rak‘ahs,
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and his sister Hafsah, the wife of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, informed him
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about the regular Sunnah of Fajr,
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because he used to pray it in his house,
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so it became ten.
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And these two rak‘ahs,
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the Muslim prays them after the dawn breaks
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and after the caller calls for prayer.
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The Sunnah regarding them is to pray them lightly,
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so one should not prolong them.
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The Sunnah regarding them also
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is to recite in the first
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"Say, 'O disbelievers,'"
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and in the second, "Say, 'He is Allah, [who is] One.'"
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On the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, he said:
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"I memorized from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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eight rak‘ahs:
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two rak‘ahs before Dhuhr,
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two rak‘ahs after it,
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two rak‘ahs after Maghrib,
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and two rak‘ahs after ‘Isha’."
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Ibn ‘Umar said:
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"And Hafsah told me about the two rak‘ahs of the morning,
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which I did not see from the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him."
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On the authority of ‘Abdullah Ibn Shaqiq, he said:
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"I asked ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her,
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about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him."
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She said:
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"He used to pray two rak‘ahs before Dhuhr,
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two rak‘ahs after it,
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two rak‘ahs after Maghrib,
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two rak‘ahs after ‘Isha’,
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and two before Fajr."
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On the authority of ‘Asim Ibn Damrah, he said:
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"We asked ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him,
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about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, during the day."
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He said:
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"You would not be able to bear that."
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He said:
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"We said:
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'Whoever among us is able to bear it will pray it.'"
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He said:
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"When the sun was here,
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like its position here at ‘Asr,
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he would pray two rak‘ahs.
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And when the sun was here,
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like its position here at Dhuhr,
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he would pray four.
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He would pray four before Dhuhr,
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and two after it.
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He would pray four before ‘Asr,
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separating every two rak‘ahs with the taslim upon the close angels, the prophets, and those who follow them among the believers and the Muslims."
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In this hadith, some of the Tabi‘un asked ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, during the day.
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This question from them was for the sake of following his example, not merely for the sake of knowledge.
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That is why he said to them, "You would not be able to bear that,"
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meaning you would not be able to maintain and persist in that.
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They said, "Whoever among us is able to bear it will pray it,"
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meaning we desire to know it,
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so whoever among us is able to bear it will pray it and win its reward and recompense.
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‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said to them:
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"When the sun was here," meaning from the east, "like its position here at ‘Asr,"
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meaning from the direction of the west at ‘Asr,
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meaning if the position of the sun while it is in the east is like its position when it is in the west at ‘Asr,
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he would pray two rak‘ahs.
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And his statement, "And when the sun was here,"
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meaning from the east,
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"like its position here at Dhuhr,"
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meaning before the sun passes the meridian (zawal),
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he would pray four.
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All of this is regarding the Duha prayer.
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And his statement:
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"He would pray four before Dhuhr,"
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meaning he would pray four rak‘ahs after the Dhuhr adhan,
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and this is the regular Sunnah of Dhuhr.
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And his statement, "and two after it,"
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this is the post-Dhuhr regular Sunnah.
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"And four before ‘Asr,"
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meaning he would pray four rak‘ahs before ‘Asr,
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and these are not among the regular Sunnah prayers,
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but a great virtue has been reported regarding them.
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It has been reported from Ibn ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both,
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that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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"May Allah have mercy on a person who prays four before ‘Asr."
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And his statement:
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"Separating every two rak‘ahs with the taslim upon the close angels,
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the prophets,
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and those who follow them among the believers and the Muslims,"
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it is possible that what is intended by this is what is mentioned in the Tashahhud,
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and it is possible that what is intended is the taslim (the final greeting),
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meaning he would perform the taslim to his right and to his left,
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and this is the clearest and most likely interpretation.
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The hadith has more to follow, if Allah wills.
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And Allah knows best.
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May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad,
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And upon all of his family and his Companions.