03 Prayer
3. Prayer
4:745 - The Messenger of Allah used to attack the enemy when it was dawn. He would listen to the Adhan (prayer); so if he heard an Adhan, he stopped, otherwise made an attack. Once on hearing a man say: Allah is the Greatest, there is no god but Allah, the Messenger of Allah said: You have come out of the Fire (of Hell).
4:747 - Allah's Messenger said: When you hear the Mu'adhdhin, repeat what he says, then invoke a blessing on me, for everyone who invokes a blessing on me will receive ten blessings from Allah; then beg from Allah for me, a rank in Paradise (al-Wasila), fitting only for one of Allah's servants, and I hope that I may be that one. If anyone who asks that I be given the Wasila, he will be assured of my intercession.
4:747 - The Messenger of Allah said: If anyone says I testify that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger, and I am satisfied with Allah as my Lord, with Muhammad as Messenger and with Islam as religion, his sins would be forgiven.
4:807 - The Prophet instructed Muslims to say: “O Allah! bless Muhammad, his wives and his offspring as Thou didst bless Ibrahim, and grant favours to Muhammad, and his wives and his offspring as Thou didst grant favours to the family of Ibrahim.”
4:860 - The Messenger of Allah said: Follow the Imam in prayer. Does the man who lifts his head before the Imam not fear that Allah may change his face into that of an ass?
4:863 - The Messenger of Allah said: People should avoid lifting their eyes towards the sky while praying, otherwise their eyes would be snatched away.
4:1032 - The Messenger of Allah said: Prayer would be cut off by passing of an ass, woman, and black Dog. I said: what feature is there in a black dog which distinguishes it from the red dog and the yellow dog? The Messenger said: The black dog is a devil.
4:1058 - The Prophet said: There have been five things conferred upon me which were not granted to anyone before me. These are: Other apostles were sent particularly to his own people, whereas I have been sent to all the red and the black, the spoils of war have been made lawful for me, the earth has been made sacred and pure as a mosque for me, I have been supported by awe by which the enemy is overwhelmed from a great distance and I have been granted intercession.
4:1062 - The Messenger of Allah said: I have been given superiority over the other prophets in six respects: I have been given words which are concise but comprehensive in meaning; I have been helped by terror in the hearts of enemies; spoils of war have been made lawful to me; the earth has been made clean for me as a place of worship; I have been sent to all mankind; and the line of prophets is closed with me.
4:1063 - The Messenger of Allah said: While I was asleep I was brought the keys of the treasures of the earth which were placed in my hand. {Muslims use this verse to justify claiming the wealth of the earth by conquering others to get what they see as rightfully theirs.}
4:1082 - As the Messenger of Allah was about to breathe his last, he drew his sheet upon his face and when he felt uneasy, he uncovered his face and said in that very state: Let there be curse upon the Jews and the Christians.
4:1084 - The Messenger of Allah said: He who built a mosque for Allah, the Exalted Allah would build for him a house in Paradise.
4:1094 - Mu'awiya b. al-Hakam said: Messenger of Allah, should I grant her (his slave) freedom? He (the Prophet) said: Bring her to me. He said to her: Where is Allah? She said: He is in the heaven. He said: Who am I? She said: you are the Messenger of Allah. He said: Grant her freedom, she is a believing woman. {Only when a slave accepted Islam would Muhammad advocate freeing them.}
4:1116 - The Messenger of Allah said: When any one of you prays, he must not spit in front of him, for Allah is in front of him when he is engaged in prayer. But it is permissible to spit on the left side or under the left foot.
4:1134 - The Messenger of Allah: When the supper is brought before you, and it is also the time to say prayer, first take food before saying evening prayer and do not hasten to prayer, till you have taken the food. {Apparently food is more important than prayer.}
4:1432 - I would say prayer along with you which is near to the prayer of the Messenger of Allah invoking blessing (of Allah) upon Muslims-and curse upon the unbelievers.
4:1829 - At the Battle of Dhat ar-Riqa' a group formed a row and prayed along with Muhammad, and a group fought with the enemy. He led the group which was along with him. Then they departed and formed a row facing the enemy. Then the second group came and he led them in the remaining prayer.
4:1856 - Allah's Messenger said: The best day on which the sun rises is Friday; on it Adam was created, on it he was made to enter Paradise, on it he was expelled from it.
4:1862 - The Messenger of Allah said: For the Jews the day set aside for prayer was Saturday, and for the Christians it was Sunday. And Allah turned towards us and guided us to Friday. We were guided correctly to Friday, but Allah diverted those who were before us (Jews & Christians) from it. In this order then Jews and Christians come after us on the Day of Resurrection.
4:1885 - When Allah's Messenger delivered a sermon, his eyes became red, his voice rose and his anger increased so that he was like one giving a warning against the enemy and saying: “The enemy has made a morning attack on you and in the evening too.” He would also say: “The last Hour and I have been sent like these two.” and he would join his forefinger and middle finger; and would further say: “The best of the guidance is the guidance given by Muhammad. And the most evil affairs are their innovations; and every innovation different from revealed Islamic scripture is error.”
4:1926 - He (Muhammad) then walked on till he came to the women and preached to them and admonished them, and asked them to give alms, for most of them are the fuel for Hell. A woman having a dark spot on the cheek stood up and said: Why is it so, Messenger of Allah? He said: For you grumble often and show ingratitude to your husband. And then they began to give alms out of their ornaments such as their earrings and rings which they threw on to the cloth of Bilal (the messenger).
4:1972 - The Messenger of Allah said: “Allah listened to him who praised Him. The eclipse of the sun and the moon are among the signs of Allah with which Allah terrifies His servants. So when you see them under eclipse, remember Allah till they are brightened.
4:1962 - Whenever the wind was stormy, the Apostle of Allah used to say: O Allah! I seek refuge with Thee from what is evil in it, what evil it contains, and the evil of that what it was sent for; and when there was a thunder and lightning in the sky, his colour underwent a change, and he went out and in, backwards and forwards; and when the rain came, he felt relieved.
4:1963 - When he saw dark clouds or wind, the signs of fear were depicted on his face. He said: I am afraid that there may be a calamity that might fall upon my Ummah, for a people was afflicted with wind. And when he saw rainfall he said: It is the mercy of Allah.
4:2002 - Umm Salama reported: When Abu Salama (her husband) died, I went to the Apostle of Allah and said: Messenger of Allah, Abu Salama has died. He told me to recite: “O Allah, forgive me and him (Abu Salama) and give me a better substitute than he.” So I said this, and Allah gave me in exchange Muhammad (as husband), who is better for me than him (Abu Salama). {Umm Salama was the widow of Abu Salama. He died at Uhud, and Muhammad married her four months later.}
4:2016 - Allah's Apostle said: The dead is punished in the grave because of his family's weeping over it.
4:2127 - Aisha narrated: One night Muhammad left her home after he thought I was asleep. I secretly followed him and when he came back and saw I was panting, he inquired where I had gone. He told me if I concealed what I was doing the Subtle and the Aware (ghosts) would inform him. Then I confessed that I had followed him, He struck me on the chest which caused me pain and then said: Did you think that Allah and His Apostle would deal unjustly with you?
4:2129 - Allah's Messenger said: I sought permission to beg forgiveness for my mother, but He did not grant it to me. {Muhammad claims throughout the Qur’an and Hadiths that he can intercede (beg forgiveness) on behalf of anyone who followed him. Yet he could not do this for his own mother, father or uncle who raised him.}
SB 9:490 - Narrated Aisha: The things which annul the prayers were mentioned before me. The prophet said, “Prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey and a woman if they pass in front of the praying people.” {Women are classed with dogs and donkeys as distractions to men’s prayers. That might explain why they are excluded from many mosques.}
SB 11:582 - Allah's Apostle said, “When the call to prayer is pronounced Satan takes to his heels and passes wind with noise during his flight in order not to hear the prayer. When the prayer is completed he comes back and whispers into the heart of the person (to divert his attention from his prayer) and makes him remember things which he does not recall to his mind before the prayer and that causes him to forget how much he has prayed.”
SAD 204:570 –Aisha said: “Prophet of Allah, I like praying with you.” He replied: “I had known that you like praying with me. But your prayer in your private room is better than your prayer in other rooms of your house, and your prayer in other rooms of your house is better than your prayer in the halls of your house, and your prayer in the halls of your house is better than your prayer in your community's mosque, and your prayer in your community's mosque is better than your prayer in my mosque.” {Muhammad tells Aisha the best place for her to pray is in her own room. The worse place is in the mosque. Thereby laying the foundation for the exclusion of women from mosques. They basically should stay at home.}