‘Wake up’, and if he was lazy, he would pray his [third] part [of the night].
Category: Prayer
Pray as you see me praying
«Pray as you see me praying»
Reciting the Qur.aan in prayer
Indeed, Tameem ad-Daaree used to recite the [entire] Qur.aan in a [single] rak’ah.
Divide the night into three parts
And a third [in which] he would do salaah [pray].
Whoever stands the night in prayer
Whoever stands the night in prayer, Allaah will make easy for him his standing on the Day of Judgment.
I yearn to remain standing until my body aches
Talq ibn Habeeb would not go into rukoo’ once he started Soorah al-Baqarah until he reached (Soorah) al-‘Ankaboot.
He would only sleep a little at night
al-Haafiz ‘Abdul-Ghanee was coming to visit me in Asfahaan, and he would only sleep a little at night, instead [choosing to] pray, read and weep.
Resemble the prayer of the Messenger of Allaah
I have not seen anyone resemble the prayer, guidance, concentration or dress of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ more than this man.
{you shall be brought back to Allaah}
I heard Sa’eed ibn Jubayr repeat this aayah in the prayer twenty odd times…