Excellence of Friday Prayer

ALLAH(Subahannalu Taa’la) says in Soorah al-Jumu'ah - (Friday) Chapter 62 Verse 9

"O you who believe (Muslims)! When the call is proclaimed for the Salât (prayer) on Friday (Jumu'ah prayer), come to the remembrance of Allâh [Jumu'ah religious talk (Khutbah) and Salât (prayer)] and leave off business (and every other thing). That is better for you if you did but know!"

Bukhari :: Book 2 :: Volume 13 :: Hadith 6

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "Any person who takes a bath on Friday like the bath of Janaba and then goes for the prayer (in the first hour i.e. early), it is as if he had sacrificed a camel (in Allah's cause); and whoever goes in the second hour it is as if he had sacrificed a cow; and whoever goes in the third hour, then it is as if he had sacrificed a horned ram; and if one goes in the fourth hour, then it is as if he had sacrificed a hen; and whoever goes in the fifth hour then it is as if he had offered an egg. When the Imam comes out (i.e. starts delivering the religious talk ), the angels present themselves to listen to the Khutba."

Neglecting Friday without reason

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(Thirmidhi Hadiz no 500)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ تَرَكَ الْجُمُعَةَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ تَهَاوُنًا بِهَا طَبَعَ اللَّهُ عَلَى قَلْبِهِ

Ubaydah ibn Sufyan reported on the authority of Sayyidina Abu Ja’d who, according to Muhammad ibn Umar, was a sahabi that Allah’s Messenger (SAW) said, ‘If anyone neglects Friday (salah) three times out of laziness then Allah puts a seal on his heart.”

[Ahmed15498, Abu Dawud 1052, Nisai 1368, Ibn e Majah 1125]

The Gems

Praise be to Allah !!!!!
THE GEMS

The Noble and Last Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

1. “What enables people to enter paradise more than anything is piety and good character.” [At-Tirmidhi]

2. “The most complete in faith are those best in character and kindest to their families.” [At-Tirmidhi]

3. “The best amongst you are those who have the best manners and character.” [Al Bukhari]

4. “A parent can give a child no greater gift than beautiful manners.” [Al-Hakim]

5. “There is nothing heavier than good character put in the scale of a believer on the Day of Resurrection.” [Abu Dawood]

6. “God does not regard your externals or your riches but rather your hearts and your deeds.” [Muslim]


Equality

7. “…You should show courtesy and be cordial with each other, so that nobody should consider himself superior to another nor do him harm.” [Muslim]

8. “All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black, nor a black has any superiority over a white except by piety and good action.” [Al Bukhari]


Self-Effort

9. “It is better for any of you to carry a load of firewood on his own back than begging from someone else.” [Al Bukhari and Muslim]


Altruism & Humanity

10. “None of you will have faith until he wishes for his brother what he likes for himself.” [Muslim]

11. “Love for humanity what you love for yourself.” [Al-Bukhari]

12. “Never express joy at your fellow man’s afflictions, for God just might free him of them and afflict you.” [At-Tabarani]

Cleanliness

13. “Islam is clean, so cleanse yourselves, for only the cleansed shall enter Paradise.” [At-Tabarani]


Friendliness & Kindness


14. “Hearts naturally love those who are kind to them and loathe those who are cruel.” [Al-Bayhaqi]

15. “Two should never converse privately excluding a third until others join them. The reason being is that it would dismay him.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

16. “One aspect of manliness is for a fellow to listen attentively to his brother should he address him.” [Al-Khatib]

17. “Kindness is not to be found in anything but that it adds to its beauty and it is not withdrawn from anything but that it makes it defective.” [Muslim]

Mercy and Compassion

18. “Those who show mercy have God’s mercy shown to them. Have mercy on those here on earth, and the One there in Heaven will have mercy on you.” [Imam Ahmad]

19. “You see the believers as regards their being merciful among themselves and showing love among themselves and being kind, resembling one body, so that, if any part of the body is not well then the whole body shares the sleeplessness (insomnia) and fever with it.” [Al-Bukhari]

20. “He who is deprived of gentleness is deprived of good.” [Abu Dawood]

21. “Exchange gifts, and mutual love arises; shake hands, and enmity will fall away.” [Ibn 'Asakir]


Consideration for Others

22. “Should one of you yawn, let him place his hand over his mouth and avoid a yawner’s howl. Even Satan derides the howling yawner.” [Ibn Majah]

23. “If one of you requests permission to enter a place and, after three requests, permission is yet not granted, he should leave.” [Al Bukhari and Muslim]

24. “If you happen to see a funeral procession, stand for it until it passes or the dead is laid to rest.” [Al Bukhari and Muslim]

25. “Every Muslim has five rights over every other Muslim: the right to a reply should he greet him; an acceptance, should he invite him; a visit, should he fall ill; a prayer, should he sneeze; a presence at his funeral, should he die.” [Ibn Majah]


26. “He who directs others to a good deed is as the one who did it; and, assuredly, God loves the act of aiding the distressed.” [Ibn Abi ad-Dunya]

27. “May God have mercy on a servant who spoke well and gained good, or kept silent and avoided harm.” [Ibn Al Mubarak]

28. “Whoever does you a favor, repay him; and if you are unable to, then at least pray for him.” [At-Tabarani]

29. Anyone who sees a believer degraded, and, being able to defend him, does not, is degraded by God on the Day of Judgment. [Imam Ahmad]

Minding One’s Own Business

30. “Whoever spies on a group’s private conversation knowing that they would dislike him doing so shall have lead poured into his ears on the Day of Judgment.” [Al-Bukhari]

31. “Beautiful Islam entails minding one’s own business.” [At-Tirmidhi]


Ease

32. “Make things easy for the people, and do not make it difficult for them, and make them calm (with glad tidings) and do not repulse (them).” [Al-Bukhari]

33. “The believer gets along with people and they feel comfortable with him. There is no goodness in the one who does not get along with people and with whom they do not feel comfortable.” [Ahmad]


Women

34. “The best among you is the one who acts best toward his wife, and I am better than any of you toward his wife.” [Ibn Majah]

35. In response to the question, “What is the right of the wife over the husband?” The Messenger of God (pbuh) said, “That he not hit her in the face and not abuse her, that he feeds her with what he eats, that he clothes her in what he wears, and that he not keep himself apart from her.” [Tabrisi]

36. “Treat your women well and be kind to them, for they are your partners and committed helpers.” [Al-Bukhari]

37. “Paradise lies beneath the feet of mothers.” [Ahmad]

38. “The one who looks after and works for a widow and for a poor person, is like a warrior fighting for God’s Cause or like a person who fasts during the day and prays all the night.” [Al-Bukhari]

39. “Condemned is anyone who separates child from mother.” [Al-Bayhaqi]


Covering Faults & Backbiting

40. “Do you know what backbiting is?” Muhammad’s companions replied: “God and His Messenger know best.” Muhammad (pbuh) then said, “It is to say something about your brother that he would dislike.” Someone asked him, “But what if what I say is true?” The Messenger of God (pbuh) said, “If what you say about him is true, you are backbiting him, but if it is not true then you have slandered him.” [Muslim]

41. “Should you become eager to mention another’s faults, recall your own.” [Ar-Rafi’i]

42. “The servant who conceals the faults of others in the world, God would conceal his faults on the Day of Resurrection.” [Muslim]

43. “Whoever attempts to fault a man by mentioning something untrue about him will be detained in Hell by God until he produces the proof for his remarks.” [At-Tabarani]

44. “Veiling the faults of the faithful is akin to restoring life to the dead.” [At-Tabarani]

45. “Beware of suspicion, for it is the most deceitful of thought.” [Al Bukhari and Muslim]


Charity & Generosity

46. “The best charity a Muslim practices is acquiring some knowledge and teaching it to his brother.” [Ibn Majah]

47. “God said, ‘Spend, Oh son of Adam, and I shall spend on you.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

48. “Do not turn away a poor man…even if all you can give is half a date. If you love the poor and bring them near you…God will bring you near Him on the Day of Resurrection.” [Al-Tirmidhi]

49. “Each one of you should save himself from the fire by giving even half of a date (in charity). And if you do not find a half date, then (by saying) a pleasant word (to your brethren).” [Al Bukhari]

50. “A kind word is charity.” [Al Bukhari and Muslim]

51. “God will say on the Day of Resurrection, ‘O Son of Adam, I asked you for food and you fed Me not.’ He will say, ‘O Lord, and how should I feed You when You are the Lord of the worlds?’ He will say, ‘Did you not know that My servant so-and-so asked you for food and you fed him not? Did you not know that had you fed him you would surely have found that with Me?’” [Muslim]

52. “Two qualities are never coupled in a believer: miserliness and immorality.” [Al-Bukhari]

53. When a man complained to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) of having a hard heart, the Prophet (pbuh) said: “Stroke orphans’ heads and feed the poor.” [Al-Tirmidhi]

54. The Prophet said, “I and the person who looks after an orphan and provides for him, will be in Paradise like this,” putting his index and middle fingers together. [Bukhari]

55. “Charity given to one’s relatives twice multiplies its reward” [At-Tabarani]

Visiting the Sick

56. “The most rewarding visitation of the sick is the one that is appropriately brief.” [Ad-Daylami]

57. “God will say on the Day of Resurrection, ‘O Son of Adam, I fell ill and you did not visit Me.’ He will say, ‘O Lord, and how should I Visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds.’ He will say, ‘Did you not know that My servant so-and-so had fallen ill and you did not visit him? Did you not know that had you visited him, you would have found Me with him.’” [Muslim]

Politics

58. “If a people’s dignitary pays a visit, honor him.” [Ibn Majah]

59. “God says, ‘Oh My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another.’” [Muslim]

60. “It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.” [Al-Tirmidhi]

61. The Messenger of God (pbuh) [after hearing the question, ‘What is the best type of Jihad (struggle)?’] said, “Speaking truth before a tyrannical ruler.” [An-Nisai]

62. “Avoid cruelty and injustice…and guard yourselves against miserliness, for this has ruined nations who lived before you.” [Muslim]

63. “On the Day of Judgment, God will humiliate and forsake anyone who betrays a believer to a tyrant.” [Al-Bayhaqi]

64. “Whoever walks with a tyrant in support of him, while aware of his tyranny, has abandoned Islam.” [At-Tabarani]

Medicine

65. “Seek out remedies for your ailments, O servants of God, for God has not created a disease without creating a corresponding cure.” [Ahmad]


Humility and Modesty

66. “Modesty is part of faith and fosters only goodness.” [Muslim]

67. “Charity does not in any way decrease the wealth and the servant who forgives, God adds to his respect; and the one who shows humility, God elevates him in the estimation (of the people).” [Muslim]

68. “Practice humility until no one oppresses or belittles another.” [Muslim]

Sincerity

69. “Speak the truth even though it is bitter.” [Ibn Hibban]

70. “The servants God loves most are those most sincere with God’s servants.” [Imam Ahmad]

71. “A person who teaches goodness to others while neglecting his own soul is like an oil lamp, which illumines others while burning itself out.” [At-Tabarani]

72. “If a person does not give up false accusations and bad behavior while fasting, God has no need of his giving up food and drink.” [Al-Bukhari]



Brotherhood and Sisterhood

73. “Do not hate one another, and do not be jealous of one another, and do not desert each other, and O, God’s worshipers! Be brothers. Lo! It is not permissible for any Muslim to desert (not talk to) his brother for more than three days.” [Al-Bukhari]

74. “A believer is like a brick for another believer, the one supporting the other.” [Muslim]

75. “The believers are like one person; if his body aches, the whole body aches with fever and sleeplessness.” [Muslim]

76. “If a Muslim consoles his brother during some crisis, God will adorn him in garments of grace on the Day of Judgment.” [Ibn Majah]

77. “After obligatory rites, the action most beloved to God is delighting other Muslims.” [At-Tabarani]

78. “Abandon desire for this world, and God will love you. Abandon desire for others’ goods, and people will love you.” [Ibn Majah]

79. “Three practices will keep sincere your brother’s love for you: greeting him when you see him; making room for him in gatherings; and calling him by the most endearing of his names.” [Al-Bayhaqi]

80. “Neither argue with nor tease your brother, and never give your word to him and then break it.” [At-Tirmidhi]

81. “The gates of Paradise will be opened on Monday and on Thursdays, and every servant [of God] who associates nothing with God will be forgiven, except for the man who has a grudge against his brother.” [Muslim]

The Conscience

82. “Righteousness is good morality, and wrongdoing is that which wavers in your soul and which you dislike people finding out about.” [Muslim]

83. “If your good deeds delight you and your foul deeds distress you, you are a believer.” [Ad-Diyya’]

84. “A person has done enough wrong in his life if he simply repeats everything he hears.” [Muslim]



Choice of Friends

85. “A person’s spiritual practice is only as good as that of his close friends; so consider well whom you befriend.” [At-Tirmidhi]




Rekindling Kinship Bonds

86. “Among those not graced with God’s glance on the Day of Judgment are a severer of bonds of kin and an obnoxious neighbor.” [Ad-Daylami]

87. “The most virtuous behavior is to engage those who sever relations, to give to those who withhold from you, and to forgive those who wrong you.” [At-Tabarani]

88. “Nurse no grudge, nurse no aversion and do not sever ties of kinship and live like fellow-brothers as servants of God.” [Muslim]



Sin

89. “The majority of man’s sins emanate from his tongue.” [At-Tabarani]

90. “The worst of heinous sins are idolatry, murder, abuse of one’s parents, and false testimony.” [Al-Bukhari]

91. “God removes faith from one who engages in illicit sex or consumes intoxicants just as a man removes his shirt when pulling it over his head.” [Al-Hakim]

92. “Whoever has no shame before others has no shame before God.” [At-Tabarani]

93. “Never do in private what you would conceal from others in public.” [Ibn Majah]

94. “He who sins laughing enters hell crying.” [Abu Nu'aym]


Respect for Parents

95. “Whoever pleases his parents has pleased God, and whoever angers them has angered God.” [Ibn an-Najjar]

96. A man came to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and asked, “Who is more entitled to be treated with the best companionship by me?” The Prophet (pbuh) said, “Your mother.” The man said. “Who is next?” The Prophet (pbuh) said, “Your mother.” The man further said, “Who is next?” The Prophet (pbuh) said, “Your mother.” The man asked for the fourth time, “Who is next?” The Prophet (pbuh) said, “Your father.” [Al-Bukhari]



Respect for the Elderly

97. “Whoever fails to care for our youth, respect our aged, enjoin right, and denounce wrong is not counted among us.” [Ahmad]

98. “A young man never honors an old man due to age but that God send someone to honor him when he reaches that age.” [At-Tirmidhi]


Kindness to Neighbours

99. “A believer is not one who eats his fill while his next door neighbor goes hungry.” [Al-Bukhari]

100. “Gabriel continued to recommend me about treating the neighbors kindly and politely so much so that I thought he would order me to make them as my heirs.” [Al-Bukhari]

101. “Anyone who believes in God and the Last Day (of Judgment) should not harm his neighbor. Anyone who believes in God and the Last Day should entertain his guest generously. And anyone who believes in God and the Last Day should say what is good or keep quiet.” [Al-Bukhari]


Respect for the Dead

102. “Recall the good qualities of your dead, and refrain from mentioning their shortcomings” [At-Tirmidhi]

Kindness to Servants

103. “Never strike your maids over broken dishes, for dishes, like people, have pre-determined life spans.” [Abu Nu'aym]

104. “Anytime you lighten the load of your servant, a reward is allotted to your scales on the Day of Judgment.” [Al-Bayhaqi]

Anger-Management

105. “God veils the faults of anyone who suppresses his anger.” [Ibn Abi ad-Dunya]

106. “When one of you becomes angry while standing he should sit down. If the anger leaves him, well and good; otherwise he should lie down.” [At-Tirmidhi]


Hypocrisy

107. “The characteristics of a hypocrite are three, when he speaks, he lies; when he gives his word, he breaks it; and when he is given a trust, he is unfaithful.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim

Kindness to Animals

108. The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was asked: “…Are we rewarded for kindness towards animals?” Muhammad (pbuh) replied, “There is a reward for kindness to every living being.” [Al-Bukhari]

Do not Blind Follow

[017:036] And follow not (O man, i.e., say not or do not or witness not) that of which you have no knowledge. Verily, the hearing, and the sight, and the heart of each of those ones will be questioned (by Allâh).

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10 Valid Excuses for Men to Miss the Jama’ah in the Masjid - By Ibn Hibban

10 Valid Excuses for Men to Miss the Jama’ah in the Masjid By Ibn Hibban (may Allah have mercy on him)

1. A sickness which prevents the person from attending

عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ آخِرُ نَظْرَةٍ نَظَرْتُهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- كَشَفَ السِّتَارَةَ وَالنَّاسُ صُفُوفٌ خَلْفَ أَبِى بَكْرٍ رضى الله عنه فَأَرَادَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنْ يَرْتَدَّ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنِ امْكُثُوا وَأَلْقَى السِّجْفَ وَتُوُفِّىَ مِنْ آخِرِ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَذَلِكَ يَوْمُ الاِثْنَيْنِ

It was narrated that Anas said: “The last time I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he drew the curtain when the people were in rows behind Abu Bakr - May Allah be pleased with him. Abu Bakr wanted to step back, but he gestured to them to stay as they were, and let the curtain drop. He died at the end of that day, and that day was Monday.” [ An-Nias’I 1832]

2. A meal is ready

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « إِذَا حَضَرَ الْعَشَاءُ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَابْدَءُوا بِالْعَشَاءِ.

The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “ If dinner is ready and the Iqamah for prayer is said, then start with dinner first. “ [ An-Nisa’I 854]

3. Forgetfulness or sleep

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- إِذْ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ لَوْ عَرَّسْتَ بِنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. قَالَ « إِنِّى أَخَافُ أَنْ تَنَامُوا عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ ». قَالَ بِلاَلٌ أَنَا أَحْفَظُكُمْ. فَاضْطَجَعُوا فَنَامُوا وَأَسْنَدَ بِلاَلٌ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَقَدْ طَلَعَ حَاجِبُ الشَّمْسِ فَقَالَ « يَا بِلاَلُ أَيْنَ مَا قُلْتَ ». قَالَ مَا أُلْقِيَتْ عَلَىَّ نَوْمَةٌ مِثْلُهَا قَطُّ

“ We were with the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) when some of the people said: why do you not stop us to rest a while, O Messenger of Allah ? He said : “ I am afraid that you will sleep and miss the prayer.” Bilal said: I will wake you up.” So they laid down and slept , and Bilal leaned back on his mount. Then the Messenger of Allah woke up when the sun had already started to rise and he said” “ O Bilal, what about what you told us? “ He said: “ I have never slept like that before.”…[ An-Nisa’I 847]

4. A person is obese and can’t attend

أَنَسُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا يَقُولُ قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ إِنِّى لاَ أَسْتَطِيعُ الصَّلاَةَ مَعَكَ . وَكَانَ رَجُلاً ضَخْمًا ، فَصَنَعَ لِلنَّبِىِّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم - طَعَامًا فَدَعَاهُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ ، فَبَسَطَ لَهُ حَصِيرًا وَنَضَحَ طَرَفَ الْحَصِيرِ ، صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ

Narrated Anas bin Sireen : I heard Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) saying, “ A man from the Ansar said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) , “ I cannot offer As-Salat with you (in congregation).” He was a very fat man and he prepared a meal for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and invited him to his house. He spread out a mat for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and washed one of its sides with water, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) offered two Rak’a prayers on it…” [ Bukhari 670]

5. A person has to answer the call to nature

عن أبي هريرة ، قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : « لا يصل أحدكم وهو يدافعه الأخبثان

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “ None of you should pray while suppressing the call of nature. “ [ Ibn Hibban 2107]

6. A person fears for his wellbeing or property on the road to the masjid

مَحْمُودِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ. أَنَّ عِتْبَانَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ كَانَ يَؤُمُّ قَوْمَهُ وَهُوَ أَعْمَى وَأَنَّهُ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- إِنَّهَا تَكُونُ الظُّلْمَةُ وَالْمَطَرُ وَالسَّيْلُ وَأَنَا رَجُلٌ ضَرِيرُ الْبَصَرِ فَصَلِّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فِى بَيْتِى مَكَانًا أَتَّخِذُهُ مُصَلًّى.

فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقَالَ « أَيْنَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ أُصَلِّىَ لَكَ ». فَأَشَارَ إِلَى مَكَانٍ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ فَصَلَّى فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم

It was narrated from Mahmoud bin Ar-Rabi’ that Itban bin Malik used to lead his people in prayer, and he was blind. He said to the messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) : Sometimes it is dark or rainy or there is a flood, and I am a blind man; O Messenger of Allah, (come and ) pray on a place in my house , so I can take it as a prayer place.” He said: Where would you like me to pray for you?” He showed him a place in his house, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed there.” [ An-Nisa’ 789]

7. The temperature is extremely cold

عن ابن عمر : أنه وجد ذات ليلة بردا شديدا فأذن من معه فصلوا في رحالهم وقال : إني رأيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم إذا كان مثل هذا أمر الناس أن يصلوا في رحالهم

Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: One night he found it was very cold, so he allowed the people who were with him to pray in their homes. Ibn Umar said, “I saw the Messenger do the same thing when the weather conditions were like this. He ordered the people to pray in their homes.” [ Ibn Hibban 2076]

8. Rain

عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ أَذَّنَ بِالصَّلاَةِ فِى لَيْلَةٍ ذَاتِ بَرْدٍ وَرِيحٍ فَقَالَ أَلاَ صَلُّوا فِى الرِّحَالِ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- كَانَ يَأْمُرُ الْمُؤَذِّنَ إِذَا كَانَتْ لَيْلَةٌ بَارِدَةٌ ذَاتُ مَطَرٍ يَقُولُ أَلاَ صَلُّوا فِى الرِّحَالِ.

Nafi’ narrated that Ibn Umar gave the call to prayer on a cold and windy night, and he said: “ Pray where you are, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to order the Mu’adhdhin, if it was a cold and rainy night to say: " Pray in your homes.” [ An-Nisa’I 655]

9. Other reasons of fear, which frightens the person to attend the salah

عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَوْسٍ يَقُولُ أَنْبَأَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُنَادِىَ النَّبِىِّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَعْنِى فِى لَيْلَةٍ مَطِيرَةٍ فِى السَّفَرِ يَقُولُ حَىَّ عَلَى الصَّلاَةِ حَىَّ عَلَى الْفَلاَحِ صَلُّوا فِى رِحَالِكُمْ.

Amr bin Aws said : “ A man of Thaqif told us that he heard the caller of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a rainy night during a journey saying : Hayya ‘ala as-salah, Hayya ala al-falah, sallu fi rihalikum (come to prayer, come to success, pray in your dwellings. “[ An-Nisa’I 654]

10. Eating garlic and onions

قَالَ « مَنْ أَكَلَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَلاَ يَقْرَبْنَا حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ رِيحُهَا »

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Whoever eats from these plants mustn’t come to the masjid until its smell is gone. [ Abu Dawud 3828]

Taken from Ibn Hibban’s Saheeh with the checking from Shuaib Ar-naut 5/ 417-439] Translated by Abu Aaliyah Abdullah ibn Dwight Battle Doha, Qatar 1/23/1432

Ayah That Made The Prophet(saaw) Cry

*notes from the lecture of Sh. Tariq Abdurahman Al-hawaas*

The Prophet (saaw) (peace be on him) is reported to have said: "Surely the Quran has been sent down with sorrow. So when you read it, make yourself sorrowful"…and He (saaw) said: "Read the Quran and weep. If you do not weep spontaneously make yourself weep"

Dear brothers and sisters, tears will not take long to run down our cheeks once we reflect and think about what Allah (azza wa jal) is saying. Know may Allah forgive you, that only with an inattentive heart, or a dead heart, will the eyes remain dry.

Allah (swt) says in surat Al-Israa

“They fall down upon their faces, weeping.” (17:109)

Why? because of joy on finding the truth, on realizing His infinite mercy and in surat Al-Maidah He (swt) says"You see their eyes overflow with tears because of what they have recognized of the truth." (5:83)

That was the relationship of our beloved Prophet (saaw) and His companions with the words of Allah. Hudhayfah said: “ I prayed with the Messenger of Allaah peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) one night… he was reciting at length. If he recited an aayah that mentioned tasbeeh, he would say Subhaan Allaah; if it mentioned a question, he would ask a question; if it mentioned seeking refuge with Allaah, he would seek refuge with Allaah.” When His blessed Companions (May Allah be pleased with them all) heard Allah (swt) call … “Oh you who believe..” they didn’t not think that Allah was addressing some distant Muslims somewhere…they paid attention and responded “we hear and we obey”…

Dear brothers and sisters let us look at some of the ayat which made Him (saws) cry…

1. "Those who remember Allah (always, and in prayers) standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and think deeply about the creation of the heavens and the earth, (saying): "Our Lord! You have not created (all) this without purpose, glory to You! (Exalted be You above all that they associate with You as partners). Give us salvation from the torment of the Fire." [Al-Imran 2:191]

‘Ataa’ said: “ ‘Ubayd ibn ‘Umayr and I entered upon ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) and Ibn ‘Umayr said to her, ‘Tell us of the most amazing thing you saw on the part of the Messenger of Allaah (saaw) . She wept and said, ‘He got up one night and said, “O ‘Aa’ishah, leave me to worship my Lord.” I said, “By Allaah, I love to be close to you, and I love what makes you happy.” So he got up and purified himself, then he stood and prayed. He kept weeping until his lap got wet, then he wept and kept weeping until the floor got wet. Bilaal came to tell him that it was time to pray, and when he saw him weeping, he said, “O Messenger of Allaah (saaw), you are weeping when Allaah has forgiven you all your past and future sins?” He said, “Should I not be a grateful slave? Tonight some aayaat have been revealed to me; woe to the one who recites them and does not think about what is in them (interpretation of the meaning): ‘Verily! In the creation of the heavens and the earth…”

May Allah have mercy upon you, Know that reflecting is a command of Allah, and is a great Ibaadah, that will inshAllah increase the taqwaa of Allah in our hearts…Allah(swt) says in surat Al-ghashiya verse 17-20 “Do they not look at the camels, how they are created? And at the heaven, how it is raised? And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm? And at the earth, how it is spread out?”

2. “But how ( will it be with them ) when we bring of every people a witness , and We bring thee ( O Muhammad ) a witness against these?”[Al-Nisaa 4:41]

Ibn Mas`ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (saaw) said to me, "Recite the Qur'an to me.'' I said: "O Messenger of Allah (saaw)! Shall I recite it to you when it was revealed to you?'' He (saaw) said, "I like to hear it from others.'' Then I began to recite Surat An-Nisa'. When I reached the Ayah: `How will it be when We shall bring a witness from every people and bring you as a witness against them?' (Having heard it) he said, "Enough! Enough!'' When I looked at him, I found his eyes were overflowing with tears. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

3.“You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily You, only You are the Almighty, the All Wise.”

[Al-Maidah 5:118]

`Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`as (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Prophet (saaw) recited the Words of Allah, the Exalted, and the Glorious, about Ibrahim (PBUH) who said: "O my Rubb! They have led astray many among mankind. But whosoever follows me, he verily, is of me". (14:36) and those of `Isa (Jesus) (PBUH) who said: "If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily, You, only You, are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise". (5:118). Then he (saaw) raised up his hands and said, "O Allah! My Ummah, my Ummah,'' and wept; Allah, the Exalted, said: "O Jibril (Gabriel)! Go to Muhammad (saaw) and ask him:`What makes you weep?" So Jibril came to him and asked him (the reason of his weeping) and the Messenger of Allah (saaw) informed him what he had said (though Allah knew it well). Upon this Allah said: "Jibril, go to Muhammad (saaw) and say: `Verily, We will please you with regard to your Ummah and will never displease you".

[Muslim].

SubhanAllah… He (saaw) spent every moment worried bout this ummah… It is in the Sunan of Al-Nasai, that He (saaw) spent an entire night reciting this ayah and weeping, out of fear for this ummah… subhanAllah… and Today stray from his sunnah, we are ashamed to follow his commands (saaw)… SubhanAllah on his death bed He (saaw) kept asking Aisha “did the people pray?” … why? Because salah is the first act we will be asked about ….

What shall we say to him (saaw) when we meet him? ….The prophet (saaw) says: "I will be there at the Basin before you. And men known to me shall come forth, to whom I shall be denied access. I call out to them, "My Companions!" They will answer, `Little do you know what they have concocted after you!' I reply, "Away with all those who changed after me!"

Oh Allah, do not make us of those turned away from, Oh Allah quench our thirst from his blessed Basin… Ameen

4. “It is not for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war (and free them with ransom) until he had made a great slaughter (among his enemies) in the land. You desire the good of this world (i.e. the money of ransom for freeing the captives), but Allah desires (for you) the Hereafter. And Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise. “ [Al-Anfal 8:67]

After the trimph of Badr the Rasoul (saaw) took the advice of Abu Bakr (ra) to ransom the prisoners, Then the next day Umar (ra) found the Messenger of Allah (saaw) and Abu Bakr sittin in the shade of a tree crying, so he said: “what makes you cry? If it is worth crying over I shall cry with you, and if not I shall make myself cry!”…So the Rasoul (saaw) recited to him the ayah, and said I saw the punishment of Allah as close as that tree (pointed to a nearby tree)…

SubhanAllah if the Prophet Allah (saaw) was fearful of the punishment of Allah, who are we to feel secure and safe...

Allah (swt) said: " Did they then feel secure against the Plan of Allah? But none can feel secure against the Plan of Allah except those who are lost" (7:99)

5. And warn your tribe (O Muhammad) of near kindred.

When This Ayah was revealed to Him (saaw) he cried, and gathered his tribe …called out “oh sons of Abdu Manaf Save yourselves from the hell fire, Oh sons of Abdul mutalib save yourselves from the fire, oh Fatimah daughter of Muhammad save yourself from the fire”…

6.“Do you then wonder at this recital (the Qur’an)? And laugh at it and weep not” [Al-Najm 59]

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (saaw) said, "One who weeps out of fear of Allah, will not enter the Hell till milk returns back in the udder; and the dust raised on account of fighting in the path of Allah and the smoke of Hell will never exist together".

Finally, May Allah have mercy upon you… CRY… follow in the footsteps of your beloved and cry... Make yourself cry...

May Allah have mercy upon you, remember the hadith of Abu Juhayfa, Radhi Allahu 'Anhu, where he says: 'The people said: "Yaa Rasulallah, (Sallallahu alaihe wasallam)! we see the signs of old age beginning to show on you?" Rasulullah(Sallallahu alaihe wasallam) replied: "Surah Hud and similar surahs have made me old." In another narration he (saaw) specified surat hud, Al-waaqiah, Mursalat, Amma, and Qariah.

Rememeber that abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah (saaw) said, "No man, who wept out of fear of Allah, will enter the Fire until the milk returns to the breast. Dust raised in the way of Allah and the smoke of Jahannam will never be joined together."

Forgiveness of ALLAH

Translation of Chapter 3: verse 135 (Soorah Aal-'Imraan - (The Family of 'Imraan) )

And those who, when they have committed Fâhishah (great sins) or wronged themselves with evil, remember Allâh and ask forgiveness for their sins; – and none can forgive sins but Allâh – and do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, while they know.

Believe in One God

"So next time someone tells me they believe in God, I’ll say “Oh which one? Zeus? Hades? Jupiter? Mars? Odin? Thor? Krishna? Vishnu? Ra?…” If they say “Just God. I only believe in the one God,” I’ll point out that they are nearly as atheistic as me. I don’t believe in 2,870 gods, and they don’t believe in 2,869." Ricky Gervais

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/12/19/a-holiday-message-from-ricky-gervais-why-im-an-atheist/

Here is what the Original Holy scriptures say about God, The rest are all fabricated

"Say: He is Allah, The One and Only." Al-Qur'an 112:1)- Islam

"He is One only without a second." (Chandogya Upanishad 6:2:1) - Hinduism

"Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord." (The Bible, Mark 12:29; Deuteronomy 6:4) - Christianity/Judaism

"There exists but one God, who is called the The True, The Creator.... (Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Vol1, Japuji verse:1) - Sikhism

He is One, He is without an orgin or end. He has no father or mother, wife or son. (Dasatir, Ahura Mazda) - Zoroastrians (Parsis)