The Book of Prayer - Travellers

Hudhayfah reported: I prayed one night with the Prophet (ﷺ). He began reciting al-Baqarah. I thought he would bow after a hundred verses, but he continued. I thought he would recite the whole surah in one rak'ah, but he continued. I then thought he would bow after it. Instead, he began al-Nisa' and recited it, then began Al 'Imran and recited it in a measured manner. Whenever he passed a verse glorifying Allah, he glorified Him; when he passed a verse asking for something, he asked; and when he passed a verse seeking refuge, he sought refuge. Then he bowed, saying, “Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent.” His bowing lasted about as long as his standing. He then said, “Allah hears whoever praises Him,” and stood for a long time, nearly as long as he had bowed. He prostrated, saying, “Glory be to my Lord, the Most High,” and his prostration lasted nearly as long as his standing. Jarir's version adds: “Our Lord, to You belongs praise.”

'Abdullah reported that a man who had slept through the night until morning was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said, “That is a man in whose ears the devil urinated”—or he said, “in whose ear.”

'Ali ibn Abi Talib reported that one night the Prophet (ﷺ) came to him and Fatimah and said, “Will you not pray?” I replied, “Messenger of Allah, our souls are in Allah's hand; if He wills to wake us, He will wake us.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) turned away when I said this. I then heard him, as he walked away, striking his thigh and saying, “Yet man is more disputatious than anything.”

Abu Hurayrah reported from the Prophet (ﷺ): “When one of you sleeps, Satan ties three knots at the back of his head, saying at each knot, ‘The night is long, so sleep.’ If he wakes and remembers Allah, one knot is undone. If he performs ablution, two knots are undone. If he prays, all the knots are undone, and he begins the morning energetic and in good spirits. Otherwise, he begins the morning foul-tempered and sluggish.”

Jabir reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When one of you has prayed in the mosque, let him set aside a portion of his prayer for his home, for Allah will bring good into his home through his prayer.”

Abu Musa reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The house in which Allah is remembered and the house in which Allah is not remembered are like the living and the dead.”

Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Do not turn your homes into graveyards. Satan flees from a house in which Surah al-Baqarah is recited.”