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Chapter 6 · No. 1371–1400

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Ramadan

  • حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم used to commend prayer at night during Ramadan, but did not command it as duty. He would say: If anyone prays during the night in Ramadan because of faith and seeking his reward from Allah, his …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، وَابْنُ أَبِي خَلَفٍ المَعْنى، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying: If anyone fasts during Ramadan because of faith and in order to seek his reward from Allah, his previous sins will be forgiven to him. If anyone prays in the night of the power (lailat al-qadr) …

  • حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم once offered (tarawih) prayer in the mosque and the people also prayed along with him. He then prayed on the following night, and the people gathered in large numbers. They gathered on the third night too …

  • حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ …

    We fasted with the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم during Ramadan, but he did not make us get up at night for prayer at any time during the month till seven nights remained; then he made us get up for prayer till a third of the …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ …

    We fasted with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) during Ramadan, but he did not make us get up at night for prayer at any time during the month till seven nights remained; then he made us get up for prayer till a third of the night had passed. …

  • حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، وَدَاوُدُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ، أَنَّ سُفْيَانَ، أَخْبَرَهُمْ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ، - وَقَالَ …

    When the last ten days of Ramadan came, the Prophet (ﷺ) kept vigil and prayed during the whole night, and tied the wrapper tightly, and awakened his family (to pray during the night). Abu Dawud said: The name of Abu Ya'fur is …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي مُسْلِمُ بْنُ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم came out and saw that the people were praying during (the night of) Ramadan in the corner of the mosque. He asked: Who are these people ? It was said to him that those were people who had not …

  • حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَمُسَدَّدٌ، الْمَعْنَى قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ …

    I said to Ubayy bin Kab رضی اللہ عنہ : Tell me about lailat al-qard, O Abu al-Mundhir, for our companion (Ibn Masud رضی اللہ عنہ) was questioned about it, and he said: Anyone who gets up for prayer every night all the year round will hit …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السُّلَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ …

    I was present at the gathering of Banu Salamah, and I was the youngest of them. They (the people) said: Who will ask the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم for us about Laylat al-Qadr? That was the twenty-first of Ramadan. I went out …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ …

    I said to the Messenger of Allah: I have a place in the desert where I live and in which I pray, with the praise of Allah; but give me command about a night when I come to this mosque. He replied: Come on the twenty third night. I (a …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying: Seek laitat al-Qadr in the last ten night of Ramadan. When nine (nights) remain (i.e. on the twenty first), when seven (night) remain (i.e. on the twenty third), and when five (nights) remain …

  • حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْهَادِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم used to spend the middle ten days of Ramadan in retirement and devotion (Itikaf) in the mosque. One year he had retirement and devotion in the mosque (as usual); when the twenty-first night …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى، أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: Seek it (laylat al-Qadr) in the last ten days of Ramadan. Seek it on the ninth, seventh and fifth night. I (Abu Nadrah) said: You know counting better than us, Abu Saeed. He said: Yes. I asked: What …

  • 1384Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا حَكِيمُ بْنُ سَيْفٍ الرَّقِّيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ زَيْدٍ يَعْنِي …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said to us: Seek it (laylat al-Qadr) on the seventeenth night of Ramadan, and on the twenty first night, and on the twenty-third night. He then kept silence.

  • حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying: Seek lailat al-qadr in the last seven days.

  • حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying: Lailat al-qadr is the twenty-seventh night (of Ramadan).

  • 1387Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زَنْجُوَيْهِ النَّسَائِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم was asked about lailat al-qadr and I was hearing: He said: It is during the whole of Ramadan. Abu Dawud said: Sufyan and Shubah narrated this tradition from Abu Ishaq as a statement of Ibn Umar …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَمُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَا: أَخْبَرَنَا أَبَانُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying to him: Complete the recitation of the Qu'ran in one month. He said: I have more strength. He (the Prophet) said: Complete the recitation in twenty days. He again said: I have more energy. He …

  • حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said to me: Keep fast for three days of month, and finish the recitation of the Quran in one month. I and he differed among ourselves on period of time. He said: Fast one day and give it up …

  • حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ …

    He asked the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم : In how many days should I complete the recitation of the whole Quran, Messenger of Allah? He replied: In one month. He said: I am more energetic to complete it in a period less than this. He …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْقَطَّانُ خَالُ عِيسَى بْنِ شَاذَانَ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said to me: Recite the Quran in one month. I said: I have (more) energy. He said: Recite it in three days Abu Ali said: I heard Abu Dawud say: I heard Ahmad bin Hanbal say: The narrator 'Isa bin …

  • 1392Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، …

    Nafi bin Jubair asked me: In how many days do you recite the Quran ? I said: I have not fixed any part from it for daily round. Nafi said to me: Do not say: I do not fix any part of it for daily round, for the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ …

  • 1393Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا قُرَّانُ بْنُ تَمَّامٍ. ح وحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو …

    We came upon the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم in a deputation of Thaqif. The signatories of the pact came to al-Mughirah Ibn Shubah as his guests. The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم made Banu-Malik stay in a tent of …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: He who recites the Quran in a period less than three days does not understand it.

  • حَدَّثَنَا نُوحُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ، عَنْ …

    He asked the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم; In how many days should one complete the recitation of the Quran? He said: In forty days. He then said: In one month. He again said: In twenty days. He then said: In fifteen days. He then said …

  • 1396Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ …

    A man came to Ibn Masud. He said: I recite the mufassal surahs in one rak'ah. You might recite it quickly as one recites verse (poetry) quickly, or as the dried dates fall down (from the tree). But the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم used to …

  • حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ …

    I asked Abu Masud رضی اللہ عنہ while he was making circumambulation of the Kabah (about the recitation of some verses from the Quran). He said: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: If anyone recited two verses from the last …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرٌو، أَنَّ أَبَا سَوِيَّةَ حَدَّثَهُ، …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: If anyone prays at night reciting regularly ten verses, he will not be recorded among the negligent; if anyone prays at night and recites a hundred verses, he will be recorded among those who are …

  • حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى الْبَلْخِيُّ، وَهَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَا: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ …

    A man came to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and said: Teach me to read the Quran, Messenger of Allah. He said: Read three surahs which begin with A. L. R. He said: My age is advanced, my mind has become dull (i. e. memory …

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ عَبَّاسٍ الْجُشَمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: A surah of the Quran containing thirty verses will intercede its reader till he will be forgiven. That is: Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the sovereignty (Surah 67).