It wasnarrated from ‘Abdullah bin Abu Awfa that the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) prayed two Rak’ah on the day when he was given the gladtidings of the head (death) of Abu Jahl.

It wasnarrated from Abu Bakrah that when the Prophet (ﷺ) heardnews thatmade him happy, or for which one should be happy, he wouldfall downprostrate in gratitude to Allah, the Blessed and Exalted.

“If I heard a Hadithfromthe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), Allah benefitted me with it as muchasHe willed, and if I heard it from anyone else, I would ask him toswear me an oath, then if he swore an oath I would believe him. AbuBakr told me and Abu Bakr spoke the truth that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘There is no man who commits a sin then he performsablution and does it well, then he prays two Rak’ah,’ (one of thenarrators) Mis’ar said: ‘then performs prayer and seeks theforgiveness of Allah, but Allah will forgive him.’

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘Allah enjoined fifty prayers upon my nation, and I came backwith that until I came to Musa. Musa said: ‘What has your Lordenjoined upon your nation?’ I said: ‘He has enjoined fiftyprayers on me.’ He said: ‘Go back to your Lord, for your nationwill not be able to do that.’ So I went back to my Lord, and Hereduced it by half. I went back to Musa and told him, and he said:‘Go back to your Lord, for your nation will not be able to dothat.’ So I went back to my Lord, and He said: ‘They are five andthey are fifty; My Word does not change.’ So I went back to Musaand he said: ‘Go back to your Lord.’ I said: ‘I feel shy beforemy Lord.’”

“Oneprayerin this mosque of mine is better than one thousand prayers inanyother mosque except the Sacred Mosque.”

I said: “O Messenger of Allah, tell us about Baitil-Maqdis.”He said: “It is the land of the Resurrection and theGathering. Goand pray there, for one prayer there is like onethousand prayerselsewhere.” I said: “What if I cannot travel and gothere?” Hesaid: “Then send a gift of oil to light its lamps, forwhoever doesthat is like one who goes there.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoeverpurifies himself in his house, then comes to the Quba’ Mosque andoffers one prayer therein, will have a reward like that for ‘Umrah.”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said: ‘A man’s prayer in his house is equal (in reward) to oneprayer; his prayer in the mosque of the tribes is equal totwenty-fiveprayers; his prayer in the mosque in which Friday prayeris offered isequal to five-hundred prayers; his prayer in AqsaMosque is equal tofifty thousand prayers; his prayer in my mosque isequal to fiftythousand prayers; and his prayer in the Sacred Mosqueis equal to onehundred thousand prayers.”

“If I had notembraced it, it would have continued to grieve until the Day ofResurrection.”

“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) used to stand by the root of a tree, or by a tree trunk,thenhe started to use a pulpit. The tree trunk made a grievingsound.”Jabir said: “So that the people in the mosque could hear it.Untilthe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to it and rubbed it, and itcalmeddown. Some of them said: ‘If he had not come to it, it wouldhavegrieved until the Day of Resurrection.’”

“When anyone of you has finished his prayer, let him give hishousea share of that, for Allah will put something good in his housebecause of that prayer.”

“I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ):‘Which is better prayer in my house or prayer in the mosque?’ Hesaid:‘Do you not see how close my house is to the mosque?’ Butpraying inmy house is dearer to me than praying in the mosque, apartfrom theprescribed prayers.’”

“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) used to teach us Istikharah, just as he used to teach us aSurah of the Qur’an. He said: ‘If anyone of you is deliberatingabouta decision he has to make, then let him pray two Rak’ah ofnon-obligatory prayer, then say: Allahumma inni astakhiruka bi‘ilmika waastaqdiruka bi qudratika wa as’aluka minfadlikal-‘azim, fa innakataqdiru wa la aqdir, wa ta’lamu wa laa’lam, wa Anta ‘allamul-ghuyub.Allahumma in kunta ta’lamuhadhal-amra (then the matter should bementioned by name) ma kan minshay’in khairan li fi dini wa ma’ashi wa‘aqibati amri, awkhairanli fi ‘ajili amri wa ajilihi, faqdurhu li wayassirhu li wabarik li fihi. Wa in kunta ta’lamu [O Allah, I seekYour guidance(in making a choice) by virtue of Your knowledge, and Iseek abilityby virtue of Your power, and I ask You of Your greatbounty. You havepower, I have none. And You know, I know not. You arethe Knower ofhidden things. O Allah, if in Your knowledge, thismatter (then itshould be mentioned by name) is good for me in myreligion, mylivelihood and my affairs, or both in this world and inthe Hereafterthen ordain it for me, make it easy for me, and bless itfor me. Andif in Your knowledge]. Then saying similar to what he saidthe firsttime, except: Wa in kana sharran li fasrifhu ‘anni wasrifni‘anhuwaqdur li al-khair haithuma kana thumma raddini bihi (If it isbadfor me then turn it away from me and turn me away from it, andordainfor me the good wherever it may be and make me pleased withit).’”

“O Abu Ayyub,we have missed outon Jihad this year, and we were told that whoeverprays in the fourmosques will be forgiven his sins.” He said: “Oson of my brother,shall I not tell you of something easier thanthat? I heard theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever performsablution as he hasbeen commanded, and prays as he has beencommanded, will be forgivenhis previous (bad) deeds.’” He said:“(Did he not say it) like that, O‘Uqbah?” He said: “Yes.”

“I heard the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) say: ‘Five prayers that Allah has enjoined upon Hisslaves, so whoever does them, and does not omit anything out ofnegligence, on the Day of Resurrection Allah will make a covenantwithhim that He will admit him to Paradise. But whoever does thembutomits something from them out of negligence, will not have such acovenant with Allah; if He wills He will punish him, and if He wills,He will forgive him.’”

“Allah said: ‘I have enjoined onyournation five prayers, and I have made a covenant with Myself thatwhoever maintains them, I will admit them to Paradise, and whoeverdoes not maintain them, has no such covenant with Me.’”

“Do not prepare a mount (travel)tovisit any mosque except three: the Sacred Mosque, Aqsa Mosque, andthis mosque of mine.”

“The people differed concerningthepulpit of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and what it was made of. Sothey came to Sahl bin Sa’d and asked him. He said: ‘There is nooneleft who knows more about that than I. It is made of tamarisk (atypeof tree) from Ghabah. It was made by so-and-so, the freed slaveof so-and-so (a woman), (who was) a carpenter. He brought it and he(theProphet (ﷺ)) stood on it when it was put in position. He facedtheQiblah and the people stood behind him. He recited Qur’an, thenbowedand raised his head, then he moved backwards until heprostrated onthe ground, then he went back to the pulpit and recitedQur’an, thenbowed and raised his head, then he moved backwardsuntil he prostratedon the ground.”

“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood (in prayer) until his feet becameswollen. It was said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, Allah has forgiven youyour past and future sins.’ He said: ‘Should I not be a thankfulslave?’”

“I asked ‘Aishah: ‘Did the Prophet (ﷺ)pray Duha?’ She said: ‘Yes; four (Rak’ah) and he would addwhateverAllah willed.’”