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Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 56-57

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Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 56-57 Chapter 14: The Proof Of Those Who Say That The Bismillah Is A Verse At The Beginning Of Every Surah, Except Bara'ah (At-Tawbah) . Anas reported: One day the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting amongst us that he dozed off. He then raised his head smilingly. We said: What makes you smile, Messenger of Allah? He said: A Surah has just been revealed to me, and then recited: In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Verily We have given thee Kauthar (fount of abundance). Therefore turn to thy Lord for prayer and offer sacrifice, and surely thy enemy is cut off (from the good). Then he (the Holy Prophet) said: Do you know what Kauthar is? We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: It (Kauthar) is a canal which my Lord, the Exalted and Glorious has promised me, and there is an abundance of good in it. It is a cistern and my people would come to it on the Day of Resurrection, and tumblers there would be equa...

Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 16-23

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Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 16-23 Chapter 8: The Virtue Of the Adhan, And The Shaitan Flees When He Hears It . Yahya narrated it on the authority of his uncle that he had been sitting in the company of Mu'awiya b. Abu Sufyan when the Mu'adhdhin called (Muslims) to prayer. Mu'awiya said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying The Mu'adhdhins will have the longest necks on the Day of Resurrection. ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 16 ) Abu Sufyan reported it on the authority of Jabir that he had heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: When Satan hears the call to prayer, he runs away to a distance like that of Rauha. Sulaimin said: I asked him about Rauha. He replied: It is at a distance of thirty-six miles from Medina. ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 17 ) Abu Mu'awiya narrated it on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters. ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 18 ) Abu Huraira reported the Messenger of Allah...

Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 11-15

Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 11-15 Chapter 6: Refraining From Attacking People In Dar Al-Kufr (Non-Muslim Lands) If The Adhan Is Heard Among Them. Anas b. Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to attack the enemy when it was dawn. He would listen to the Adhan; so if he heard an Adhan, he stopped, otherwise made an attack. Once on hearing a man say: Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) remarked: He is following al-Fitra (al-Islam). Then hearing him say: I testify that there is no god but Allah, There is no god but Allah, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: You have come out of the Fire (of Hell). They looked at him and found that he was a goat shepherd. ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 11 ) Chapter 7: It Is Recommended For The One Who Hears The Mu'adhdhin To Repeat His Words, Then To Send Salat Upon The Prophet (saws) And Ask Allah To Grant Him Al-Wasilah. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported: When yo...

Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 6-10

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Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 6-10   Chapter 3: Description Of The Adhan .   Abu Mahdhura said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) taught him Adhan like this:   Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest; I testify that there is no god but Allah, I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that Muhammad Is the Messenger of Allah, I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and it should be again repeated: I testify that there is no god but Allah, I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that Muhammad Is the Messenger of Allah, I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Come to the prayer (twice). Come to success (twice). Ishaq added: Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest; there is no god but Allah. ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 6 )   Chapter 4: It Is Recommended To Have Two Mu'adhdhin In A Single Masjid .   Ibn Umar reported:   The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had two Mu'adhdhins...

Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 1-5

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Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 1-5   Chapter 1: The Beginning of the Adhan.   Ibn Umar reported:   When the Muslims came to Medina, they gathered and sought to know the time of prayer but no one summoned them. One day they discussed the matter, and some of them said: Use something like the bell of the Christians and some of them said: Use horn like that of the Jews. Umar said: Why may not a person be appointed who should call (people) to prayer? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: O Bilal, get up and summon (the people) to prayer. ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 1 )   Chapter 2: The Command to say the phrases of the Adhan twice and the phrases of the iqamah once, except the phrase, "Prayer is about to begin," which is to be said twice.   Anas reported:   Bilal was commanded (by the Messenger of Allah) to repeat (the phrases of) Adhan twice and once in Iqama. The narrator said: I made a mention of it before Ayyub who s...

Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 – Hadith 62-69

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Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 62-69   Chapter 11: It is recommended to pour water over the head, and elsewhere, three times .   Jubair b. Mut'im reported:   The people contended amongst themselves in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with regard to bathing. Some of them said: We wash our heads like this and this. Upon this the Messenger (ﷺ) said: As for me I pour three handfuls of water upon my head. ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 62 )   Jubair b. Mut'im reported it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that a mention was made before him about bathing because of sexual intercourse and he said:   I pour water over my head thrice. ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 63 )   Jabir b. Abdullah reported:   A delegation of the Thaqif said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): Our land is cold; what about our bathing then? He (the Holy Prophet) said: I pour water thrice over my head. Ibn Salim in his narrati...

Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 – Hadith 48-61

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Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 48-61   Chapter 10: The amount of water with which it is recommended to perform ghusl in the case of janabah; a man and woman washing from a single vessel; one of them washing with the left-over water of the other .   'A'isha reported:   The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) washed himself with water from a vessel (measuring seven to eight seers) because of sexual intercourse. ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 48 )   'A'isha reported:   The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a bath from the vessel (which contained seven to eight seers, i. e. fifteen to sixteen pounds) of water And I and he (the Holy Prophet) took a bath from the same vessel. And in the hadith narrated by Sufyan the words are:" from one vessel". Qutaiba said: Al-Faraq is three Sa' (a cubic measuring of varying magnitude). ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 49 )   Abu Salamab. 'Abd al-Rahman reported:   I along with the foster brother of 'A'is...

Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 – Hadith 31-37

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Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 31-37   Chapter 7: Women are obliged to perform ghusl if they emit fluid .   Anas b. Malik reported:   Umm Sulaim who was the grandmother of Ishaq came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the presence of 'A'isha and said to him: Messenger of Allah, in case or woman sees what a man sees in dream and she experiences in dream what a man experiences (i. e. experiences orgasm)? Upon this 'A'isha remarked: O Umm Sulaim, you brought humiliation to women; may your right hand be covered with dust. He (the Holy Prophet) said to 'A'isha: Let your hand be covered with dust, and (addressing Umm Sulaim) said: Well, O Umm Sulaim, she should take a bath if she sees that (i. e. she experiences orgasm in dream). ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 3 - Hadith 31 )   Anas b. Malik reported that Umm Sulaim narrated it that she asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about a woman who sees in a dream what a man sees (sexual dream). The Messenger of Allah (may...