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Revive a Sunnah: Calling the Adhan when Praying Alone

'Uqbah ibn Amir said that he heard the Messenger of Allah (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) say:

"Your Rabb is amazed with a shepherd high in the mountains who calls the Adhan for the salah and prays. Allah Says: 'Look at my slave, he calls the Adhan and Iqamah for salah and fears me. I have forgiven my slave and admitted him to paradise.'"

[Sunan Abu Da'wud, 1205' An-Nasa’i, 666 and ibn Hibban, 260 - Graded as saheeh by Al-Albani]

1. Al-Albani (rahimahullah) said: "Among the issues of Fiqh taken from this hadeeth is that it is Sunnah to call the Adhan for the person praying alone. This is the way An-Nisa’i titled it in his Sunnan. Additionally there are other narrations which mention the Iqamah as well, like the hadeeth about the man who prayed incorrectly. Therefore, it not suitable to ignore calling the Adhan and Iqamah when praying alone." (Silsilah as-Saheehah, 41)

2. Muhammad Adam Al-Ethiopi (hafidhahullaah) said: "'Amazed' is an Attribute of Allah that the Prophet (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) affirmed for Allah in the hadeeth. This attribute is affirmed to Allah in a manner that befits His Majesty. This is similar to all the other attributes that are attributed to Allah in His book (i.e Pleased, Loves, Laughs, Descends, Above His throne and others). Each and every single one of these attributes are confirmed to Allah in a manner which befits His Majesty. We must not affirm these attributes of Allah in resemblance of the creation; Reason being, if that was the case, we would say His Amazement is like ours, Allah being Pleased with someone is the same way when we are pleased and so forth. So when we affirm Allah’s Attributes the way He has affirmed them for Himself, we do not understand these attributes for Him similar to His creation. He says, "There isn’t anything like him. He is the All Hearing and All Seeing." [Ash-Shura: 11]

(He continues...)

- When a person calls the Adhan alone every Jinn, human and everything else that hears it will bear witness for him on the Day of Resurrection. [An-Nisa’i, 645]

- When a person calls the Adhan and Iqamah and prays alone, the Angels join him in prayer. [Al-Bayhaqi in Sunan al-Kubra, 1/406]

- Allah says: "Look at my slave…" - This is said to the Angels to get them to be amazed as well.

- It is legislated to call the Adhan for the person who’s praying alone even if no one hears it. Furthermore this hadeeth refutes those people who say the adhan is only called for the congregation.

- The Adhan is a reason to have past sins forgiven and enter Jannah.

- This hadeeth affirms Allah’s Attribute "Amazed".

- The superiority of performing worship alone away from the people.

- "A shepherd high in the mountains…" refers to a person who stays away from the affairs of the people. Also it carries the meaning during the times of Fitnah. He flees away from the people during the Fitnah with his religion.

[Taken from 'Sharh Sunan An-Nisa’i' of Shaykh Muhammad Adam Al-Ethiopi - vol 8, 111-112]

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Revive a Sunnah: By Twenty-Five Degrees

Suhayb bin Sinan (radi Allahu anhu) narrated that the Prophet (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said:

"The voluntary salah of a man (performed) where people are unable to see him, outweighs the salah (performed) where people are able to see him by twenty-five degrees."

[Musnad Abi Ya'la, 3821 and cited by Ibn Hajar in 'Mutaalib al-Aaliyah', 4/534; see also 'Ikmal al-Ikmal', 3/337 - graded as saheeh in 'Saheeh al-Jaami', 3821]

It is also recorded (in marfoo' form) that the Prophet (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) is reported to have said:

"The superiority of (voluntary) salah of a man (performed) in the house (in contrast) to the salah where people are able to see him, is like the superiority of the obligatory salah over the voluntary." [Tabarani, 'Mu'jam al-Kabeer', 8/46; Ibn Abi Shaybah and others - graded as hasan in 'Saheeh al-Jaami', 4217]

This is from the sunan that is considered forgotten. We know that obligatory salah performed in jama'ah (in the masjid) is superior to the salah performed alone by twenty seven degrees - and here we also have an opportunity to increase reward twenty five-fold by performing voluntary salah away from the prying eyes of people.

Commenting on the first narration, Muhammad as-San'ani (rahimahullah) said in his 'Tanweer Sahr al-Jami' as-Sagheer', vol 7:

- "The voluntary salah of a man" was mentioned here because most men pray in congregation. However, the same ruling applies to women who pray sunnan prayers in their homes.

- "where people are unable to see him…", what is evident from the wording is (that it implies) a masjid that is empty, and a person's home - both are included. [note: by inference, it could include any place where salah is permissible, while being hidden away from the eyes of people]

- "outweighs the salah (performed) where people are able to see him by twenty-five degrees" refers to the degree of the salah or (is equated to) twenty-five salat. The reason for (being given) this status is because voluntary salat were legislated to draw nearer to Allaah, hence, if an act of worship is done in secret, then it became farther from showing off and seeking fame, than acts done publicly. On the other hand, obligatory acts of ibadah were legislated to be carried out in public. Subsequently, these acts and rites help establish the Deen when everyone sees them performed.

Imam Abu Yahya Zakariyah Al-Ansari (rahimahullah) said: "Only the nawafil acts of ibadah were legislated to be practised in the homes. Reason being, this is the farthest away from riya' (showing off). In addition to this, the Angels descend with mercy. The Sunnah acts that are not included are the; Sunnah Al-Jumu'ah, Tawaf, Ihram and Taraweeh in congregation..." [Minhat al-Bari bi Sharh Saheeh al-Bukhari, vol. 3]

And Allaah is the source of guidance.

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Revive a Sunnah: After the Salah

Abdullah bin 'Umar (radi Allahu anhu) narrated that:

"A man saw in a dream in which it was said to him: 'What does your Prophet (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) command you to do?' He replied: 'He commanded us to say tasbeeh thirty-three times following the salah, and to say the tahmeed thirty-three times, and to say the takbeer thirty-four times, and that makes one-hundred.' He said: 'Say the tasbeeh twenty-five times and say the tahmeed twenty-five times and say the takbeer twenty-five times and say the tahleel twenty-five times, and that will make one hundred.' The following morning he told the Prophet (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) about that and the Messenger of Allah (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said: 'Do what the Ansari (i.e. the man who saw the dream) said."

[Sunan Nasa'i, 1350 and others - sanad graded as qawwi (strong) by Ibn Hajar in 'Fath al-Bari', 2/383 and hasan saheeh by al-Albani in 'Saheeh an-Nasa'i', 1350]

This hadeeth contains what is from among the forgotten Sunan of the Prophet (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) and his As-haab. This hadeeth essentially provides an option for the Muslims to alternate between the various adkhar (remembrances) after the salah that are authentically established. One should feel at liberty to choose whichever adhkar they are able to recite in a deliberate and proper manner and with complete ease.

Al-Albani commented on the hadeeth and its real-life implications, he (rahimahullah) said:

"I see some people, when they want to work by the statement of the Messenger of Allah (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) << Whoever says 'SubhanAllah' after every salah 33 times, and says 'Al Hamdulillah' 33 times and 'Allahu Akbar' 33 times and then makes it a complete 100 by saying 'Laa ilaaha ill-Allahu wahdahu laa shareeka lah, lahu'l-mulk wa lahu’l-hamd wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadeer', then he shall be forgiven for his sins even if they were like the foam of the ocean >>

...you see some of them not even close to making a distinction with their tongue when saying 'SubhanAllah' and 'Al Hamdulillah' and 'Allahu Akbar'. So what do you hear (and the shaykh exemplifies by saying 'SubhanAllah' is a quick and hasty manner). Have you seen like I have seen, I think you have. I'm not the only one here who has seen this, so what should we call this sabsabee (intending that whatever is said in such a fashion cannot be called tasbeeh). And then they go (the shaykh exemplifies by saying 'Al Hamdulillah' very quickly). This is not saying 'Subhan Allah', this is not saying 'Al Hamdulillah' and then they go (the shaykh starts exemplifying by saying 'Allahu Akbar' very quickly). In an instance, they have finished the entire 100.

The one who praises Allah hundred times in the aforementioned manner, what is the reward for this? Allah will forgive him for his sins even if they were like the foam of the ocean? Is the reward the same for the one who says it in a hurried manner? Allah forbid, therefore it is upon us to take our time and be deliberate and to say 'SubhanAllah', 'SubhanAllah', 'SubhanAllah', 'Alhamdulillah', 'Alhamdulillah' up until the end.

I do not intend by my speech I am about to say, to prevent the people from saying SubhanAllah 33 times and praising Allah as is found in the remaining part of the hadeeth. Rather I only intend to bring something for those who (know they) rush, something which may be better for them and easier for them to do. And I think you will be hearing this hadeeth for the very first time or at least some of you will be hearing it for the first time. It is a very important hadeeth and it is also a hadeeth that is authentic and has been collected by Imam An-Nasa'i and Al-Hakim and other than them, and has been narrated from two companions with two authentic chains of narrations.

A man from the companions of the Prophet (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) saw a person in his dream and the person asked him a question; he said "What have you been taught by the Messenger (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam)"? He said he had taught us 'SubhanAllah' and then he mentioned the number we already clarified in the previous hadeeth. And so the person said to the one who was having the dream: "Make it 25, make it 25" - meaning say 'SubhanAllah wal-Hamdulillah, wa laa ilaaha illa Allah, wa Allahu Akbar' 25 times, say all 4 of them together 25 times. So instead of the person counting out 100, how much will he count? He will count out 25 and by counting out 25 like this, it will force the person to go slow and he will not be able to rush like the rushing that we have severely criticised. So regardless of how fast the person tries to rush saying 'SubhanAllah', he will not be able to because after that he has to say 'Al Hamdulillah', so regardless how much he wants to rush, he is going to have to pronounce the phrases in a more compete manner than if he were to say (the shaykh starts saying 'SubhanAllah' very quickly). Just as the one who wants to praise Allah by saying La illaha illa Allah, La illaha illa Allah, La illaha illa Allah and then after a while you hear them praising Allah and it has become Allah, Allah, Allah.. (the Shaykh starts saying Allah, Allah, Allah very quick).

Therefore this (hadeeth) is a protection for those individuals who rush after the prayer in making the Tasbeeh and making the Tahmeed. When they do it in the manner that is mentioned in the first hadeeth, they rush it so it is upon them to join these four phrases together and to say them 25 times so they will say, 'SubhanAllah wal-Hamdulillah, wa laa ilaaha illa Allah, wa Allahu Akbar'. They will say this 25 times and this is better according to the text of the hadeeth because this person saw in his dream and there could be a dream which is confused and we aren’t the people who can explain dreams so we don't know the explanation of it but this man, he saw a vision and he narrated this to the Prophet (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) and so his answer to him was "then do it like this, then do it like this..."

May Allah provide us the ease and tranquillity when practising acts of ibadah. 

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Revive a Sunnah: Wiping Sleep from the Face

Ibn Abbass (radi Allahu anhuma) narrated that he spent the night at his aunt’s [Maymunah] house (radi Allahu anha). He said, “I lied across the pillow while my aunt and Allah’s messenger both lied on the pillow. The Prophet (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) slept until a little before or after the middle of the night. He (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) woke up and began to wipe the sleep from his face with both his hands…”

Collected by Bukhari (183) and Muslim (763)

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih Al-Uthaymeen (rahimahullah) commented on this hadeeth saying: This hadeeth shows it’s permissible to spend the night in a house with a man and his wife under two conditions:

1. Permission is granted from both spouses.

2. No hardship results from this action.

The Prophet (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) used to wake up early at night, before the middle part. He would stay awake until about a sixth of its part remained, then go back to sleep until the call for Fajr. This is what he did most of the time, and sometimes he remained awake from the middle of the night until Fajr.

It is a legislated (recommend) act to wipe the sleep from the face when waking up. By doing so you’ll find energy.“ [Sharh Saheeh Bukhari By Shaykh Al-Uthaymeen Hadeeth # 183]