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Ubayd bin Ja`far said, "I never
saw my uncle Bishr bin Masnur miss the first takbir, and whenever
any person stood up in our mosque to ask people for help, my uncle
gave him something." [Sifat as Safwah 3/376]
Ibn Sama`ah said, "For forty
years, I only missed Takbir Tahrimah when my mother died."
[As Siyar 10/646]
"If you know of a man's disinterest
in Takbir Tahrimah, then wash your hands of him." [As Siyar
5/65, Sifat as Safwah 3/88]
Sufyan bin `Uyaynah, "Honoring
the prayer includes coming before the Iqamah is recited." [Sifat
as Safwah 2/235]
Maymun bin Mahran came to the mosque late and when he was told that
the peple had already finished the prayer, he said, "We all
belong to Allah and to Him shall be our return! I prefer the congregational
prayer to being the governor of Iraq." [Mukashafat al Qulub
p 364]
Yunus bin Abdullah said, "What
is the matter with me? When I lose a chicken I feel concerned, but
when I miss the prayer in congregation, it does not grieve me."
[Hilyat al Awliya, 3/19]
`Umar said, while standing on the
podium, "A man might have white hair in Islam (i.e. reaches
in old age while Muslim), yet has not completed even one prayer
for Allah, the Exalted!" He was asked, "Why is that?"
He said, "He does not perfect the prayer's required Khushu`,
solemness and attending to Allah with his heart." [Al-Ihya
10/202]
Hammad bin Salamah said, "I
have never stood up for prayer without imagining that Jahannam is
before my eyes." [Tadhkirat al Huffadh 1/219]
Mu`adh bin Jabal advised his son,
"My son! Pray the prayer of he who is just about to leave and
imagine that you might not be able to pray ever again. Know that
the believer dies between two good deeds, one that he performed
and one that he intended to perform later on." [Sifat as Safwah
1/496]
Bakr al Muzani said, "If you
want your prayer to be of benefit to you, say to yourself, 'I might
not have a chance to perform another prayer.'"[Jami` al `Ulum
wal Hikam, p 466.]
Shubrumah said, "We accompanied
Karz al Harithi on a journey. Whenever he wanted to set camp in
an area, he used to scan it with his eyes and when he found a good
piece of land that he liked, he would go to it and pray there until
it was time to leave." [Sifat as Safwah 3/120]
Al Qasim bin Muhammad said, "Whenever
I went out in the morning, I used to visit `Aishah radhiallahu `anha
(his aunt and the wife of the Prophet, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam)
and greet her. One day I found her performing Ad Duha prayer, reciting
this Ayah repeatedly, crying and invoking Allah: 'So Allah has been
gracious to us, and has saved us from the torment of the Fire.'
(52:27) I stood there until I felt bored, so Ileft and went to the
market to do something and said to myself that when I finish what
I have to do, I will go back (to `Aishah radhiallahu `anha). When
I finished and went back to her, I found her still standing in prayer,
reciting the same Ayah, crying and invoking Allah.'" [Al Ihya
4/436]
Abdul Malik Al Qasim
© 1999 Darassalam
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