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Encouragement to get up during the night

Hadrat Abu Hurairah (Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated that the Messenger of ALLAH, said, ‘Our Lord who is blessed and exalted descends every night to the lowest heaven when two-thirds of the night have passed and says “Who supplicates Me so that I may answer him? Who asks of Me so that I may give to him? Who asks My forgiveness so that I may forgive him? [Bukhari, Muslim]

Tahajjud Salaah (Layl Salaah).

Hadrat Aishah (Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anha) narrated that when the Prophet stood up at night to perform Salaah he began his Salaah with two short rakahs. [Muslim]  Read more... (773 words, estimated 3:06 mins reading time)

Hadrat Umm Habba (Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated that the Messenger of ALLAH said: A house will be built in paradise for him who performs Salaah in a day and a night twelve rak’ahs, (over and above the obligatory Salaah) four before and two after the noon Salaah (Zuhr Salaah) two rakahs after Maghrib Salaah and two after lsha Salaah and two rakahs before Fajr Salaah. [Tirmizi, Ma’rif -uI- Hadis]

Sunan – Fajr Salaah

Hadrat Aishah (Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anha) narrated that the Messenger of ALLAH said: The two rakahs, at dawn Salaah (Fair Salaah) are better than this world and what it contains. [Muslim]  Read more... (233 words, estimated 56 secs reading time)

It was usual with the Prophet (SallAllahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) to observe tartila (clear and distinct) in the recitation of the Holy QURAAN. He would not recite it rapidly and would utter each and every word clearly and would make a slight interval after reciting an ayah and would stretch out the word bearing the sign of maddah e.g., he would recite RAHMAN AND RAHEEM in a stretched out form and while beginning the recitation of the Holy QURAAN, he would seek refuge from ALLAH from cursed Shaitan (satan) in the following words: “I seek refuge in ALLAH from cursed shaitan”  Read more... (627 words, estimated 2:30 mins reading time)

Hadrat Aishah (Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anha) narrated that the Prophet said: Jibrail came to me just now and told me that it was the fifteenth night of Sha’bân. In this night ALLAH (exalted be He) frees people, from Hell. People equal in number to the hairs of the goats of Bani KAIB (a tribe). However those who associate a partner with ALLAH, those who harbour ill will in their hearts, those discontinue kindness towards their kinsmen,those who trail their garments below their ankles, and those who are habitual drinkers will not be spared. Then he said, ‘Will you allow me to perform Salaah tonight? (Asking for permission was necessitated by the fact that it was unusual for him to pray the whole night. He rather used to devote a part of night with his wives for comforting them and this could not be done that night). I replied, “Yes certainly. My father and mother be a ransom for you.”  Read more... (305 words, estimated 1:13 mins reading time)

It has been narrated by Hadrat Ata that once he asked Hadrat Aishah (Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anha) to tell him some very very curious thing about the Prophet (SallAllahu Alaihi Wa Sallam). She said: “There was nothing about the Prophet that was not extremely curious.”  Read more... (328 words, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)

Hadrat Abu Hurairah (Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated that the Prophet used to stand (offering voluntary Salaah) till his feet/legs were swollen. Someone mentioned to him that when he had already received tidings about all his sins, past and present, having been forgiven, why he subjected himself to such exertion. He replied: “(As ALLAH has been so kind to me) should I not be a grateful servant?” [Shamail -e- Tirmizi]

The Prophet (SallAllahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) is reported to have stated: “Salaah is the delight of my eyes.” [Khasail -e- Nabawi]  Read more... (340 words, estimated 1:22 mins reading time)

The intention is that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) also used to purify himself with water after using the mud etc. after that he would first rub his hands on the ground and wash them and then perform WUDU (ablution). As is clear from this tradition that it was usual with the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) that he would perform WUDU (ablution) after answering a call of nature and doing ISTINJA. But in order to indicate that performing WUDU (ablution) is only a commendable and excellent practice he has occasionally omitted it, as is related in Sunan Abu Dawud and Sunan Ibn MAJAH on the basis of the following traditions from Hadrat Aishah.  Read more... (193 words, estimated 46 secs reading time)

Hadrat Abu Malik-Al-Ashar (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated that the Holy Prophet that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) said:

“Taharah is a constituent of Eeman;

saying (Praise be to ALLAH) fills the scale;

saying (Glory be to ALLAH and Praise be to ALLAH) fills the space between the heavens and the earth:

Salaah is a light:

Sadqa is a proof,

endurance is a shining glory and

the Holy QURAAN is a proof on your behalf or against you.

All men go out early setting themselves free or destroying themselves. [Sahih Muslim, Ma’arif-ul- Hadis]  Read more... (199 words, estimated 48 secs reading time)

Hadrat Jabir bin Samura (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated that he had hundred occasions to sit in the company of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) when the Companions recited verses and told tales of the Days of Ignorance. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) did not stop them (from doing so). He listened to them silently but sometimes laughed with them. [Shamail-e-Tirmizi]

Amr Bin Ash-Shard reported his father as saying; One day when I was riding behind the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) I recited hundred verses of Umayya bin Abus Salts’ poetry. On every verse I recited, he told me to go on. In the end he told me, ‘He was about to accept Islam.” [Shamail-e-Tirmizi, Mishkat]  Read more... (199 words, estimated 48 secs reading time)

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) at first used to arrange his hair without a parting. Later on used to part them. [Shamail -e-Tirmizi]

In another tradition, it occurs that he used to comb his hair every second day. [Nashrut Tib]. Yet in another tradition from Humaid bin Abdur Rahman it is reported that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) used to comb his hair occasionally. [Shamail-e-Tirmizi]

It has been related by Hadrat Anas that the hair of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) was neither very thick nor quite straight but were slightly curly and reached up to the lobes of his ears. [Shamail-e-Tirmizi]  Read more... (189 words, estimated 45 secs reading time)