'Ishaa' Prayer - Part 36 - صِفَةُ صَلاةِ النَّبِيِّ Sifatu Salaatin an-Nabee - The Prophet's [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] Prayer Described

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

صِفَةُ صَلاةِ النَّبِيِّ Sifatu Salaatin an-Nabee [ صلى الله عليه و سلم , sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam]

The Prophet's [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] Prayer Described

- min at-takbeer ilaa at-tasleem ka'annaka taraahaa - from the beginning to the end as though you see it.

by Shaykh Muhammad Nassiruddeen al-Albaanee ( رحمه الله , rahimahullaah, may Allaah have mercy on him, died 1420AH)

The Messenger of Allaah [ صلى الله عليه و سلم , may Allaah exalt his mention and render him and his message safe from every derogatory thing ] said "Pray as you have seen me praying ..."

[Collected by al-Bukhaaree and Muslim.]

"Part 36 - 'Ishaa' Prayer

He [ صلى الله عليه و سلم , may Allah exalt his mention and render him and his message safe from every derogatory thing ] would recite the medium mufassal Soorahs in the first two rak'ahs
[Recorded by an-Nasaa'ee and Ahmad with a saheeh isnaad],

hence "he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] used to recite:
"By the sun and its brightness. ...",
(Soorah ash-Shams 091, Verses 001 - 015) and Soorahs like it."
[Recorded by Ahmad and at-Tirmidhee, who declared it hasan.]

Or "he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] would recite:
"When the heaven shall be split asunder, ..."
(al-Inshiqaaq 084, Verses 001 - 025) and make sajdah during it."
[Recorded by al-Bukhaaree, Muslim and an-Nasaa'ee.]

Also, "he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] once recited:
"By the fig, and the olive. ..."
(at-Teen 095, Verses 001 - 008) [in the first rak'ah] while on a journey."
[Recorded by al-Bukhaaree, Muslim and an-Nasaa'ee.]

He [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] forbade prolonging of recitation in 'Ishaa', and that was when:
Mu'aadh ibn Jabal [ رضى الله تعالى عنه , may Allah be pleased with him ] led his people in 'Ishaa' prayer, and made it very long for them, so one of the Ansaar left and prayed (alone). When Mu'aadh [ رضى الله تعالى عنه ] was informed about this, he [ رضى الله تعالى عنه ] said: "He is surely a hypocrite". When the man heard of this, he went to the Messenger of Allaah [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] and told him what Mu'aadh [ رضى الله تعالى عنه ] had said, so the Prophet [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] said to him:

"Do you want to be on who causes a lot of trouble, Mu'aadh?! When you lead the people, recite:

"By the sun and its brightness. ...", (Soorah ash-Shams 091, Verses 001 - 015) or:

"Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High, ...", (Soorah al-A'laa 087, Verses 001 - 019) or:

"Read! In the Name of your Lord Who has created (all that exists). ...", (Soorah al-'Alaq 096, Verses 001 - 019) or:

"By the night as it envelops. ...", (Soorah al-Layl 092, Verses 001 - 021) [because the old, the weak and those who have a need to fulfil pray behind you]."
[Recorded by Recorded by al-Bukhaaree, Muslim and an-Nasaa'ee. It is also given in Irwaa' (295)]"

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صِفَةُ صَلاةِ النَّبِيِّ Sifatu Salaatin an-Nabee [ صلى الله عليه و سلم , sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam]

The Prophet's [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] Prayer Described

- min at-takbeer ilaa at-tasleem ka'annaka taraahaa - from the beginning to the end as though you see it.

by Shaykh Muhammad Nassiruddeen al-Albaanee ( رحمه الله , rahimahullaah, may Allaah have mercy on him, died 1420AH)

The Messenger of Allaah [ صلى الله عليه و سلم , may Allaah exalt his mention and render him and his message safe from every derogatory thing ] said "Pray as you have seen me praying ..."

[Collected by al-Bukhaaree and Muslim.]

"Part 37 - Night Prayer (Tahajjud)

He [ صلى الله عليه و سلم , may Allah exalt his mention and render him and his message safe from every derogatory thing ] would sometimes recite loudly in it and sometimes quietly,

[Recorded by an-Nasaa'ee with Saheeh isnaad.]

He [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] would shorten his recitation in this sometimes and lengthen it sometimes, occasionally making it so exceedingly long that 'Abdullaah ibn Mas'ood [ رضى الله تعالى عنه , radiyallahu 'anhu, may Allaah be pleased with him ] once said: "I prayed with the Prophet [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] one night, and he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] carried on standing for so long that I was struck by a wrong idea." He was asked, "What was this idea?" He said: "I thought I would sit down and leave the Prophet [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ]!"

[Recorded by al-Bukhaaree and Muslim.]

Also Hudhaifah ibn al-Yamaan [ رضى الله تعالى عنه ] said:

"I prayed with the Prophet [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] that night when he started Soorah al-Baqarah (2:286). So I said (to myself), "He will make rukoo' after one hundred aayaat". But he carried on after that, so I thought, "He will finish it (the soorah) in two rak'ahs". But he carried on, so I thought, "He will make rukoo' when he has finished it." Then he started Soorah an-Nisaa' (4:176) and recited it all, then he started Soorah aal-'Imraan (3:200)

[The narration is like this, with Nisaa' (4) before aal-`Imraan (3), and thus it is evidence for (the permissibility of) departing from the order of soorahs found in the `Uthmaani copy of the Qur'aan in recitation. An example of this has already been seen.]

and recited it all. He [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] was reciting slowly; when he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] came to an aayah in which there was glorification of Allaah, he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] glorified Allaah; at an aayah which had something to be asked for, he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] asked for it; at mention of seeking refuge, he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] sought refuge (with Allaah). Then he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] made rukoo'... " to the end of the hadeeth.

[Recorded by Muslim and an-Nasaa'ee.]

Also, "one night when he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] was ill he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] recited the Seven Long Soorahs."

[Recorded by Abu Ya`laa and al-Haakim, who declared it saheeh and adh-Dhahabee agreed. Ibn al-Atheer says: "...the Seven Long Soorahs are al-Baqarah (2), aal-`Imraan (3), an-Nisaa' (4), al-Maa'idah (5), al-An`aam (6), al-A`raaf (7) and at-Tawbah (9)."]

Also, "he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] would (sometimes) recite one of these Soorahs in each rak'ah."

[Abu Daawood and an-Nasaa'ee with a saheeh isnaad.]

"It was [totally] unknown for him [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] to recite the whole Qur'aan in one night."

[Recorded by Muslim and Abu Daawood.]

In fact, he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] did not recommend it for 'Abdullaah ibn 'Amr [ رضى الله تعالى عنه ] when he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] said to him:

"Recite the whole Qur'aan in each month." I said: "I have the power (to do more than that)."

He [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] said:

"Recite it in twenty nights." I said: "I have the power to do more".

He [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] said:

"Then recite it in seven days and do not go beyond that."

[Recorded by al-Bukhaaree and Muslim.]

Then "he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] allowed him to recite it in five days."

[Recorded by an-Nasaa'ee and at-Tirmidhee, who declared it saheeh.]

Then "he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] allowed him to recite it in three days."

[Recorded by al-Bukhaaree and Ahmad.]

Further, he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] forbade him from reciting it in less time than that

[Recorded by ad-Daarimee and Sa`eed ibn Mansoor in his sunan with a saheeh isnaad.],

and he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] gave a reason for that by saying to him: Whoever recites the Qur'aan in less than three days does not understand it.

[Recorded by Ahmad with a saheeh isnaad.]

In another version: He [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] does not understand, the one who recites the Qur'aan in less than three days.

[Recorded by ad-Daarimee and at-Tirmidhee, who declared it saheeh.]

Also when he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] said to him:

"For every worshipper has a (period of) keenness

[Ar. shirrah: excitement, enthusiasm, keenness, energy. The shirrah of youth is his its beginning and its fervour/zeal. Imaam at-Tahaawee says:

"This is the zeal/fervour of the Muslims in their actions which bring them nearer to their Lord. However they are bound to fall short and leave some actions (which they began due to this zeal) so the most beloved of their actions to Allaah's Messenger [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] were those done otherwise (and kept up), so he ordered them to carry out righteous deeds which they are able to do continually and keep to until they meet their Lord - the Mighty and Majestic. It is narrated from him [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] to clarify this that he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] said:

"The actions most loved by Allaah are those which are the most regular, even if they are little."

I say: this hadeeth which he prefixes with the words "it is narrated" is saheeh, agreed upon by al-Bukhaaree and Muslim from the narration of `Aa.ishah (Allaah be pleased with her).]

and every (period of) keenness has a lapse [Ar. fatrah: interval, break, lapse; referring here to a period of reduced enthusiasm.], either towards a sunnah or towards a bid'ah (innovation); so he whose lapse is towards a sunnah has found guidance, and he whose lapse is towards other than that has been destroyed."

[Recorded by Ahmad and Ibn Hibbaan in his saheeh.]

For this reason, "he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] would not recite the whole Qur'aan in less than three days."

[Recorded by Ibn Sa`ad (1/376) and Abu ash-Shaykh in `Akhlaaq Nabee (281).]

He [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] used to say:

"Whoever prays at night reciting two hundred aayaat will be written down as one of the sincere devotees."

[Recorded by ad-Daarimee and al-Haakim, who declared it saheeh and adh-Dhahabee agreed.]

Also, "he used to recite Soorah Banee Israa'eel (17:111) and Soorah az-Zumar (39:75) every night."

[Recorded by ad-Daarimee and al-Haakim, who declared it saheeh and adh-Dhahabee agreed.]

He [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] also used to say:

"Whoever prays at night reciting a hundred aayaat will not be written down as one of the heedless."

[Recorded by Ahmad and Ibn Nasr with a saheeh isnaad.]

Sometimes "he would recite about fifty aayaat or more in each rak'ah"

[Recorded by al-Bukhaaree and Abu Daawood.],

or he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] "would recite about as much as Soorah al-Muzzammil (73:20)."

[Recorded by Ahmad and Abu Daawood with a saheeh isnaad.]

"He [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] would not pray all through the night"

[Recorded by Muslim and Abu Daawood. This hadeeth and others make it disliked (makrooh) to stay awake the whole night, whether always or regularly, for it is against the example of the Prophet [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ]; for if staying up the whole night were better, he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] would have done so, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad. So do not be deceived by what is narrated from Abu Haneefah (rahima-hullaah) that he prayed Fajr with the ablution of `Ishaa' for forty years!! (translator's note: see Tablighi Nisab: Virtues of Salaat by Maulana Zakariyya Kandhalvi for examples of this type of claim) For this narration from him is totally baseless; in fact `Allaamah al-Fairoozaabaadi says in Ar-Radd `alaa al-Mu`tarid ((44/1):

"This narration is a clear lie and cannot be attributed to the Imaam, for there is nothing excellent about it, whereas it was the nature of the likes of the Imaam to do the better thing; there is no doubt that the renewal of purification for each prayer is more excellent, most complete, and best. This is even if it is correct that he stayed awake the length of the night for forty consecutive years! This story seems more like a fairy tale, and is an invention of some of the extremely ignorant fanatics, who say it about Abu Haneefah and others, and all of it is lies." ]

except rarely, for once:

" 'Abdullaah ibn Khabbaab ibn al-Arat [ رضى الله تعالى عنه ] - who was present at (the Battle of) Badr with the Messenger of Allaah [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] - stayed up the whole night with the Messenger of Allaah [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] (in another version: a night when he prayed throughout it) until it was dawn. So when he finished his prayer, Khabbaab said to him: "O Messenger of Allaah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you! Tonight, you have prayed a prayer the like of which I have never seen?" He said:

"Yes, it was a prayer of hope and fear; [indeed] I asked my Lord, Mighty and Sublime, three things; He granted me two, but refused me one. I asked my Lord that He would not destroy us the way the nations before us were (in another version: that He would not destroy my ummah with famine) and He granted me this; I asked my Lord, Mighty and Sublime, that He would not impose on us an enemy from outside us, and He granted me this; and I asked my Lord not to cover us with confusion in party strife, but He refused me this.""

[Recorded by an-Nasaa'ee, Ahmad and at-Tabaraanee (1/187/2); at-Tirmidhee declared it saheeh.]

Also, one night he [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] stood (in prayer) repeating one aayah until it was dawn:

{If You do punish them, they are Your servants; if You do forgive them, You are indeed the Exalted in Power, the Wise.} (Maa.idah 5:118) [with it he bowed, with it he prostrated, and with it he supplicated], [so in the morning Abu Dharr (radhi-yAllaahu 'anhu) said to him: "O Messenger of Allaah, you did not stop reciting this aayah until it was morning; you bowed with it and you prostrated with it] [and you supplicated with it,] [whereas Allaah has taught you the whole Qur'aan;] [if one of us were to do this, we would be stern with him?] [He said:

"Indeed I asked my Lord, the Mighty and Sublime, for intercession for my ummah: He granted me it, and it will be possible if Allaah wills for whoever does not associate any partners with Allaah."

[Recorded by an-Nasaa.ee, Ibn Khuzaymah (1/70/1), Ahmad, Ibn Nasr and al-Haakim, who declared it saheeh and adh-Dhahabee agreed.]

A man said to him: "O Messenger of Allaah, I have a neighbour who stands (in prayer) at night and does not recite anything except:

{Say: He is Allaah the One and Only}, (Soorah al-Ikhlaas 112:4), [repeating it,] [not adding anything else,] as if he considers it little." So the Prophet [ صلى الله عليه و سلم ] said:

"By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, it is worth a third of the Qur'aan."

[Recorded by Ahmad and al-Bukhaaree.] "