Category:The Book of Prayer Kitab AlSalat Voluntary Prayers in Sunan Abu Dawoud

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1. When he recited the while standing he would bow and prostrate himself from the standing position and when he recited while sitting he would bow and prostrate himself from the sitting position and when dawn came he prayed two rakahs then he would come out and lead the people in the dawn prayer
2. In the second rakah he recited this verse Our Lord we have believed in what You have sent down and we follow the Messenger so write us down among those who bear witness
3. When he finished the prayer the Prophet said So and so which was your real prayer the one you prayed alone or the one offered with us Prayer Kitab AlSalat Voluntary Prayers What If He Sees The Imam Without Having Prayed The Two Rakahs Before Fajr Sahih Al Albani
4. I sent a slave girl to him and I told her Stand beside him and tell him that Umm Salamah has asked Messenger of Allah I heard you prohibiting these two rakahs after the afternoon prayer but I see you praying them yourself
5. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas Some reliable people testified before me and among them was Umar Ibn AlKhattab and most reliable in my eyes was Umar The Prophet of Allah said There is no prayer after the dawn prayer until the sun rises and there is no prayer after the Asr prayer until the sun sets
6. Narrated Amr Ibn Anbasah as Sulami I asked Messenger of Allah in which part of night the supplication is more likely to be accepted He replied In the last part Pray as much as you like for the prayer is attended by the angels and it is recorded till you offer the dawn prayer then stop praying when the sun is rising till it has reached the height of one or two lances for it rises between the two horns of the Devil and the infidels offer prayer for it at that time
7. He the Prophet said Those who are present should inform those who are absent Do not offer any prayer after the break of dawn except two rakahs
8. Narrated Aisha Ummul Muminin Dhakwan the client of Aisha reported on the authority of Aisha The Messenger of Allah used to pray after the afternoon prayer but prohibited others from it and he would fast continuously but forbid others to do so
9. His salutation to everyone he meets is alms his enjoining good is alms his forbidding what is evil is alms the removal of harmful thing from the way is alms to have sexual intercourse with one wife if alms and two rakahs which one prays in the Duha serve instead of that
10. Abu AlAswad AlDailani said While we were present with Abu Dharr he said In the morning alms are due for him ever fast is alms every pilgrimage is alms every utterance of Glory to be Allah is alms every utterance of Allah is most great is alms every utterance of Praise be to Allah is alms
11. Narrated Nuaym Ibn Hammar I heard the Messenger of Allah say Allah the Exalted says Son of Adam do not be helpless in performing four rakahs for Me at the beginning of the day I will supply what you need till the end of it
12. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas The Messenger of Allah said to AlAbbas Ibn AbdulMuttalib Abbas my uncle shall I not give you shall I not present to you shall I not donate to you shall I not produce for you ten things If you act upon them Allah will forgive you your sins first and last old and new involuntary and voluntary small and great secret and open
13. If you can observe it once daily do so if not then once weekly if not then once a month if not then once a year if not then once in your lifetime
14. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Amr AbulJawza said A man who attended the company of the Prophet narrated to me it is thought that he was Abdullah Ibn Amr The Prophet said to me Come to me tomorrow I shall give you something I shall give you something I shall reward you something I shall donate something to you
15. This version adds Do not stand until you glorify Allah ten times and praise Him ten times and exalt Him ten times and say There is no god but Allah ten times
16. Abu dawud said I heard Muhammad Bin Humaid say I heard Yaqub say Anything I narrated to you from Jaffar on the authority of Saeed Bin Jubair from the Prophet is directly coming from Ibn Abbas from the Prophet
17. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas In Surat AlMuzzammil the verse Keep vigil at night but a little a half thereof has been abrogated by the following verse He knoweth that ye count it not and turneth unto you in mercy
18. So if one awakes and mentions Allah a knot will be loosened if he performs ablution another knot will be loosened and if he prays the third knot will be loosened and in the morning he will be active and in good spirits otherwise he will be in bad spirits and sluggish
19. Prayer Kitab AlSalat Voluntary Prayers The Voluntary Night Prayer Hasan Sahih Al Albani
20. Narrated AbuSaid and AbuHurayrah The Prophet said If a man awakens his wife at night and then both pray or both offer two rakahs together the name of the man will be recorded among those who mention the name of Allah and the name of the woman will be recorded among those who mention the name of Allah
21. Narrated Aishah wife of Prophet When one of you dozes in prayer he should sleep till his sleep is gone for when one of you prays while he is dozing perhaps he might curse himself if he begs pardon of Allah
22. Narrated Abu Hurairah The Messenger of Allah as saying Our Lord who is blessed and exalted descends every night to the lowest heaven when the last one third of the night remains and says Who supplicated 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 Prayer Kitab AlSalat Voluntary Prayers What Part Of The Night Is Best For Prayer Sahih Al Albani
23. Anas Bin Malik said explaining the meaning of the ic verse Who forsake their beds to cry unto their Lord in fear and hope and spend of what We have bestowed on them
24. Narrated AbuQatadah The Prophet went out at night and found AbuBakr praying in a low voice and he passed Umar Ibn AlKhattab who was raising his voice while praying
25. This version dies not mention that the Prophet said to Abu Bakr Raise your voice a litte or he said to Umar Lower your voice a little
26. Narrated Uqbah Ibn Amir AlJuhani The Prophet said One who recites the in a loud voice is like one who gives alms openly and one who recites the quietly is one who gives alms secretly
27. Abu Salamah Bin Abdulrahman asked Aishah the wife of the Prophet How did the Messenger of Allah pray during Ramadhan She said The Messenger of Allah did not pray more than eleven rakahs during Ramadhan and other than Ramadhan
28. Aishah said I asked Messenger of Allah do you sleep before observing witr He replied Aishah my eyes sleep but my heart does not sleep
29. I said Why not When the opening of this Surah was revealed the Companions stood praying most of the night until their fett swelled and the concluding verses were not revealed for twelve months from heaven
30. The Messenger of Allah would not pray through a whole night or recite the whole in a night or fast a complete month except in Ramadan
31. Then he would go to his bed and sleep but the water for his ablution was placed covered near his head and his tooth stick was also kept there until Allah awakened him at night
32. He then used the tooth stick performed ablution perfectly then came to the place of prayer and would pray eight rakahs in which he would recite Surah AlFatihah and a surah from the as Allah willed
33. He would sit only after the eight rakah and then stand up without uttering the salutation and pray one rakah observing witr prayer and then give the salutation raising his voice so much so that we were about to awake
34. Then both the narrators were agreed He beagan to supplicate saying O Allah place light in my heart light in my tongue light in my hearing light in my eyesight light on my right hand light on my left hand light in front of me light behing me light below me O Allah give me abundant light
35. Abd Allah Bin Abi Qais said that he asked Aishah How many rakahs would the Messenger of Allah pray observing the witr She said He used to observe the witr with four and three six and three eight and three and ten and three rakahs never observing less than seven or more than thirteen
36. The client of Ibn Abbas said that he asked him How would the Messenger of Allah pray during the night He replied I spent a night with him when he was with Maimunah
37. He then prayed two rakahs that were not so long as the two rakahs before them he then prayed two rakahs that were less in duration than the rakahs before them again he prayed two rakahs that were less in length then the preceding rakahs he then prayed two rakahs that were less in length than the previous rakahs
38. He then prayed two rakahs then two rakahs then two rakahs then two rakahs then two rakahs then two rakahs
39. Fear Allah Uthman your wife has a right on you your guest has a right on you your self has a right on you you should keep fast and sometimes leave fast and pray and sleep

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