Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

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Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Rumh narrated to us; Ibn Wahb informed us, from Iyad ibn Abdullah, from Makhramah ibn Sulayman, from Kurayb, the client of Ibn Abbas, from Umm Hani bint Abi Talib, that on the day of the Conquest the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed the forenoon prayer of eight rakahs, giving the salutation after every two rakahs.

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Harun ibn Ishaq al-Hamdani narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us, from Abu Sufyan al-Sadi, from Abu Nadhrah, from Abu Saeed, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: For every two rakahs, there is one salutation of peace.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Shababah ibn Sawwar narrated to us; Shu‘bah narrated to us; Abd Rabbih ibn Saeed narrated to me, from Anas ibn Abi Anas, from Abdullah ibn Nafi ibn al-Amya, from Abdullah ibn al-Harith, from al-Muttalib—that is, Ibn Abi Wadaah—who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The night prayer is two by two, and one recites the tashahhud after every two rakahs. One should humble oneself, show neediness, raise the hands in supplication, and say, ‘O Allah, forgive me.’ Whoever does not do that, it is deficient.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Bishr narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Amr, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever fasts Ramadan and stands in prayer during it, with faith and seeking reward, will have his previous sins forgiven.

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Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Abi al-Shawarib narrated to us; Maslamah ibn Alqamah narrated to us, from Dawud ibn Abi Hind, from al-Walid ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Jurashi, from Jubayr ibn Nufayr al-Hadrami, from Abu Dharr, who said: We fasted Ramadan with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did not lead us in night prayer at all during it until seven nights remained. He led us in prayer on the seventh night until about a third of the night had passed. Then came the sixth night after it, and he did not lead us in prayer that night, until the fifth night after it came. Then he led us in prayer until about half the night had passed. I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, if only you would lead us in voluntary prayer for the rest of this night.’ He said, ‘Whoever stands with the imam until he departs, it is equivalent to standing in prayer for a whole night.’ Then came the fourth night after that, but he did not lead us in prayer until the third night after it came. He gathered his wives and family, and the people assembled. He led us in prayer until we feared we would miss al-falah. Someone asked, ‘What is al-falah?’ He said, ‘The pre-dawn meal (suhur).’ Then he did not lead us in prayer for the rest of the month.

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Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Waki and Ubaydullah ibn Musa narrated to us, from Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami, from al-Nadr ibn Shayban. Another chain: Yahya ibn Hakim narrated to us; Abu Dawud narrated to us; Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami and al-Qasim ibn al-Fadl al-Huddani narrated to us, both from al-Nadr ibn Shayban, who said: I met Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman and said, ‘Tell me a hadith you heard from your father mentioning Ramadan.’ He said, ‘Yes.’ My father told me that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned Ramadan and said: ‘It is a month whose fasting Allah has prescribed for you, and whose night prayer I have established as a practice for you. Whoever fasts it and stands in prayer during it, with faith and seeking reward, will emerge from his sins as on the day his mother bore him.’

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Abu Muawiyah narrated to us, from al-Amash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘At night, Satan ties three knots with a cord at the nape of the head of each of you. If he wakes and remembers Allah, one knot is undone. When he gets up and performs ablution, another knot is undone. When he gets up for prayer, all his knots are undone, and by morning he is energetic and good-spirited, having attained good. If he does not do that, he wakes up sluggish and ill-spirited, having attained no good.’

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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; Jarir informed us, from Mansur, from Abu Wa’il, from Abdullah, who said: A man who had slept through the night until morning was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: ‘Satan urinated in his ears.’

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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; al-Walid ibn Muslim informed us, from al-Awza‘i, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Salamah, from Abdullah ibn Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Do not be like so-and-so: he used to pray at night, then abandoned night prayer.’

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Zuhayr ibn Muhammad, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah, al-Abbas ibn Ja‘far, and Muhammad ibn Amr al-Hadathani narrated to us. They said: Sunayd ibn Dawud narrated to us; Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir narrated to us, from his father, from Jabir ibn Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Umm Sulayman ibn Dawud said to Sulayman: “My son, do not sleep too much at night, for sleeping too much at night leaves a man poor on the Day of Resurrection.”’

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Isma‘il ibn Muhammad al-Talhi narrated to us; Thabit ibn Musa Abu Yazid narrated to us, from Sharik, from al-A‘mash, from Abu Sufyan, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Whoever prays much at night will have a handsome face by day.’

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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; Yahya ibn Sa‘id, Ibn Abi ‘Adi, Abd al-Wahhab, and Muhammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us, from Awf ibn Abi Jamilah, from Zurara ibn Awfa, from Abdullah ibn Salam, who said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Medina, the people hurried toward him. It was said, ‘The Messenger of Allah has arrived!’ I came with the people to see him. When I could clearly see the Messenger of Allah’s face, I knew that it was not the face of a liar. The first thing he said was: ‘O people, spread the greeting of peace, feed people, and pray at night while people are asleep; you will enter Paradise in peace.’

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Al-Abbas ibn Uthman al-Dimashqi narrated to us; al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us; Shayban Abu Mu‘awiyah narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Ali ibn al-Aqmar, from al-Aghar, from Abu Sa‘id and Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘When a man wakes during the night and wakes his wife, and they pray two rak‘ahs, they are recorded among the men and women who remember Allah much.’

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Ahmad ibn Thabit al-Jahdari narrated to us; Yahya ibn Sa‘id narrated to us, from Ibn ‘Ajlan, from al-Qa‘qa‘ ibn Hakim, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘May Allah have mercy on a man who rises at night and prays, and wakes his wife so that she prays. If she refuses, he sprinkles water on her face. May Allah have mercy on a woman who rises at night and prays, and wakes her husband so that he prays. If he refuses, she sprinkles water on his face.’

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Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Bashir ibn Dhakwan al-Dimashqi narrated to us; al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us; Abu Rafi‘ narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, from Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Sa’ib, who said: Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas came to us after his sight had gone. I greeted him, and he asked, ‘Who are you?’ I told him. He said, ‘Welcome, my nephew. I have heard that you have a fine voice in reciting the Qur’an. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: “This Qur’an was sent down with sorrow. When you recite it, weep; if you do not weep, then affect weeping, and recite it melodiously. Whoever does not recite it melodiously is not one of us.”’

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Al-Abbas ibn Uthman al-Dimashqi narrated to us; al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us; Hanzalah ibn Abi Sufyan narrated to us, saying that he heard Abd al-Rahman ibn Sabit al-Jumahi narrate from ‘A’ishah, the Prophet’s wife, who said: One night in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I was delayed after the night prayer. Then I came, and he asked, ‘Where were you?’ I said, ‘I was listening to the recitation of one of your Companions. I have never heard anyone with a recitation or voice like his.’ She said: He stood, and I stood with him, until he listened to the man. Then he turned toward me and said, ‘This is Salim, the freedman of Abu Hudhayfah. Praise belongs to Allah, who has placed someone like this in my community.’

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Bishr ibn Mu‘adh al-Darir narrated to us; Abdullah ibn Ja‘far al-Madani narrated to us; Ibrahim ibn Isma‘il ibn Mujamma‘ narrated to us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Among the people with the finest voices reciting the Qur’an is one whom, when you hear him recite, you think fears Allah.’

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Rashid ibn Sa‘id ibn Rashid al-Ramli narrated to us; al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us; al-Awza‘i narrated to us; Isma‘il ibn Ubayd Allah narrated to us, from Maysarah, the freedman of Fadalah, from Fadalah ibn Ubayd, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Allah listens more intently to a man with a beautiful voice who recites the Qur’an aloud than the owner of a singing woman listens to her.’

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Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Amr informed us, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the mosque and heard a man reciting. He asked, ‘Who is this?’ They said, ‘This is Abdullah ibn Qays.’ He said, ‘He has been given one of the beautiful voices like those given to the family of Dawud.’

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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; Yahya ibn Sa‘id and Muhammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us. They said: Shu‘bah narrated to us, saying: I heard Talhah al-Yami say: I heard Abd al-Rahman ibn Awsajah say: I heard al-Bara’ ibn ‘Azib narrate that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Adorn the Qur’an with your voices.’