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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 1 – Hadith 336-347

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Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 336-347   Chapter 76: About (The Lote-Tree of the Utmost Boundary)   It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah (b. Umar) that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was taken for the Night journey, he was taken to Sidrat-ul-Muntaha, which is situated on the sixth heaven, where terminates everything that ascends from the earth and is held there, and where terminates every- thing that descends from above it and is held there. (It is with reference to this that) Allah said:   " When that which covers covered the lote-tree" (al-Qur'an, Iiii. 16). He (the narrator) said: (It was) gold moths. He (the narrator further) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was given three (things): he was given five prayers, be was given the concluding verses of Sura al-Baqara, and remission of serious Sins for those among his Ummah who associate not anything with Allah ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 336 )   Al-Shaibini reported to us:   I asked...

Sahih Muslim Book 1 – Hadith 32-38

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Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 32-38   It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) breathed his last and Abu Bakr was appointed as his successor (Caliph), those amongst the Arabs who wanted to become apostates became apostates. 'Umar b. Khattab said to Abu Bakr:   Why would you fight against the people, when the Messenger of Allah declared: I have been directed to fight against people so long as they do not say: There is no god but Allah, and he who professed it was granted full protection of his property and life on my behalf except for a right? His (other) affairs rest with Allah. Upon this Abu Bakr said: By Allah, I would definitely fight against him who severed prayer from Zakat, for it is the obligation upon the rich. By Allah, I would fight against them even to secure the cord (used for hobbling the feet of a camel) which they used to give to the Messenger of Allah (as zakat) but now they have withheld it. Umar b. Khattab rem...

Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 19-22

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Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 19-22   It is narrated on the authority of ('Abdullah) son of Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Prophet (may peace of Allah be upon him) said:   (The superstructure of) al-Islam is raised on five (pillars), i. e. the oneness of Allah, the establishment of prayer, payment of Zakat, the, fast of Ramadan, Pilgrimage (to Mecca). A person said (to 'Abdullah b. Umar the narrator): Which of the two precedes the other-Pilgrimage or the fasts of Rarnadan? Upon this he (the narrator) replied: No (it is not the Pilgrimage first) but the fasts of Ramadan precede the Pilgrimage. ( Sahih Muslim Book 1 - Hadith 19 )   It is narrated on the authority of ('Abdullah) son of 'Umar, that the Prophet (may peace of Allah be upon him) said:   (The superstructure of) al-Islam is raised on five (pillars), i. e. Allah (alone) should be worshipped, and (all other gods) beside Him should be (categorically) denied. Establishment of prayer, the payment of...

Surah Al-Furqān

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Surah Al-Furqān   In The Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful   Blessed is He Who hath revealed unto His slave the Criterion (of right and wrong), that he may be a warner to the peoples. ( Quran Surah Al-Furqān 25:1 )   He unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, He hath chosen no son nor hath He any partner in the Sovereignty. He hath created everything and hath meted out for it a measure. ( Quran Surah Al-Furqān 25:2 )   Yet they choose beside Him other gods who create naught but are themselves created, and possess not hurt nor profit for themselves, and possess not death nor life, nor power to raise the dead. ( Quran Surah Al-Furqān 25:3 )   Those who disbelieve say: This is naught but a lie that he hath invented, and other folk have helped him with it, so that they have produced a slander and a lie. ( Quran Surah Al-Furqān 25:4 )   And they say: Fables of the men of old which he hath had wr...