Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 245 ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about random looks in Salat (prayer), and he replied, “It is something which Satan snatches from the slave’s Salat.”. عن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت: سألت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن الالتفات […]
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Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 246 Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “Beware of looking around in Salat (prayer), because random looks in Salat are a cause of destruction. If there should be no help from it, it is permissible in the voluntary and not […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 247 Abu Marthad Kannaz bin Husain (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “Do not offer Salat (prayer) facing the graves and do not sit on them.”. عن أبي مرثد كناز بن الحصين رضي الله عنه قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 248 Abul-Juhaim ‘Abdullah bin Al-Harith (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “If the person who passes in front of a praying person, realizes the enormity of the sinfulness of this act, it will have been better for him to wait forty than to […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 249 Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When the Iqamah is called, no prayer should be performed except the obligatory prayer.”. عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: “إذا أقيمت الصلاة، فلا صلاة إلا المكتوبة” ((رواه […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 250 Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do not choose the Friday night among all other nights for standing in (Tahajjud) prayer, and do not choose Friday among all other days for Saum (fasting) except that one you have accustomed to.”. عن أبي […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 251 Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: “None of you should observe fast on Friday except that he should observe fast either one day before it or one day after it.”. وعنه قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 252 Muhammad bin ‘Abbad (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him). Did the Prophet (ﷺ) prohibit fasting on Friday?” He said, “Yes.”. وعن محمد بن عباد قال: سألت جابرًا رضي الله عنه: أنهى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عن صوم يوم […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 253 Juwairiyah bint Al-Harith (May Allah be pleased with her), the Mother of the Believers, said that the Prophet (ﷺ) visited her on a Friday and she was observing fast. He asked, “Did you observe fast yesterday?” She said, “No.” He asked, “Do you intend to observe fast tomorrow?” She […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 254 Abu Hurairah and ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited observing continuous voluntary fasts beyond one day.. عن أبي هريرة وعائشة رضي الله عنهما أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم نهى عن الوصال. ((متفق عليه)). Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 254 The above […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 255 Ibn ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited observing continuous fasts beyond one day. The Companions submitted: “But you do it.” He replied, “I am not like you. I am given to eat and to drink (from Allah).”. وعن ابن عمر رضي […]
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 256 Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is much better for one of you to sit on a live coal, which will burn his clothes and get to his skin than to sit on a grave.”. عن أبي هريرة رضي […]