During [every] day and night, Ibn ‘Ataa would [only] sleep for two hours.
Tag: salaah
Selection criteria for the caller to prayer
When it comes to selecting a mu.adhdhin [to call the adhaan], should we look at how loud his call [to prayer] is, or how beautiful it is?
In prayer and supplication until the morning
Every day, my father would read a seventh [of the Qur.aan], and he would take a very light sleep after ‘Ishaa. He would then [awake and] stand [the night] in prayer and supplicate until the morning.
Wearing tight-fitting or see-through garments
If someone wears a garment which shows some parts of his body from underneath, such as his thighs and shoulders, is his prayer [in that garment] correct?
Divide the night into thirds
Abu Bakr al-Anbaaree said that al-Imaam, al-Haafith Abu ‘Ubayd would divide the night into thirds; so he would pray a third of it, and sleep a third of it, and author books [during] a third of it.
Repeating the wording of the iqaamah with the mu.adhdhin
Whilst the mu.adhdhin calls the iqaamah, should I repeat what he is saying?
Young child calling the adhaan
Is it acceptable for a young child who is between 6 and 7 years old to call the adhaan?
Poverty and hardship
So ‘Abdur-Razzaaq asked about him, and was told he had not eaten anything for the last three days.
Saying what the caller to prayer says
When the mu.adhdhin says «الصلاة خير من النوم» should the one who hears [the adhaan] say «لا حول و لا قوة إلاّ بالله» or what should he respond with?
Using a microphone for calling the adhaan
Whoever says that [using] the microphone suffices [the mu.adhdhin] from turning [the heard a little to the right and left] during the adhaan; is his opinion correct?