For forty years, the
Adhan was never called but Sa`id bin al-Musayyab radhiallahu `anhu
was in the mosque before it was called. [Tabaqat al Hanabilah 1/141,
Hilyat al Awliya 2/163, Sifat as Safwah 2/80]
`Umar became unconscious after he
was stabbed, and according to Al Miswar bin Makhramah, it was said:
"Nothing would wake him up except the call to prayer, if he
is still alive." They said to him, "The prayer has finished,
O Chief of the Faithful!" He woke up and said, "The prayer,
by Allah! Verily, there is no share in Islam for whoever abandons
the prayer." He performed the prayer while his would was bleeding.
[Sifat as Safwah 2/131, As Siyar 5/220]
After ar-Rabi` bin Khaytham became
partially paralyzed, he used to go to the mosque helped by two men.
He was told:
"O AbuYazid! You have been given
permission to pray at home." He said, "You have said the
truth, but I heard the caller hearld, 'Hayya `ala al-Falah (Come
to success)', and I thought that whoever heras this call should
answer it even bycrawling." [Hilyat al Awliya 2/113]
Adi bin Hatim, radhiallahu `anhu,
said: "Every time the prayer time falls, it falls while I am
eager for it and ready to perform it (i.e. having wudu)." [Az
Zuhd by Ahmad, p. 249]
Abu Bakr bin Abdullah al Muzani said:
"Who is like you, O son of Adam? Whenever you wish, you use
water to make Ablution, go to the place fo worship and thus enter
the presence of your Lord (i.e. start praying) without a translator
or a barrier between you and Him!" [Al Bidayah wa an Nihayah
9/256]
Abu Rajaa al `Ataridi, "Nothing
that I leave behind grieves me, except that I used to bow down on
my face five times a day before my Lord, the Exalted and Most Honored."
[Hilyat al Awliya 2/306]
Abu Al Aliyah said, "I would
travel for days to meet a man and the first thing I would notice
about him is his prayer. If he would establish the prayer perfectly
and on time, I would stay with him and hear the knowledge he had.
If I found him to be careless concerning the prayer, I would leave
him and say to myself that for things other than the prayer, he
would be even more careless."
When Ali bin Al Husain used to perform
Wudu, his color would change. His family asked him why this happened
to him every time he performed Ablution, he sid, "Do you know
before Whom I am about to stand (in prayer)?"
Yazid bin Abdullah was asked, "Should
we make a roof for our mosque?" He said, "Purify your
hearts and your mosque will be sufficient for you." [Hilyat
al Awliya 2/312]
Adi bin Hatim, radhiallahu `anhu
said, "Ever since I became Muslim, I always made sure to have
Wudu when the Adhan is called." [As Siyar 3/160]
Abdul Malik Al Qasim
© 1999 Darassalam
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