Apart from when I have been ill or travelling, for the last forty years, never has the muadh.dhin ever made the call for the zhuhr prayer except that I have been [ready and waiting for the prayer] inside the masjid.
Tag: wisdom
Giving that which you love in charity
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In remembrance of Allaah
al-Buwaytee was always moving his lips in remembrance of Allaah.
Giving with one’s own hands
I saw ‘Alee ibn al-Hussayn give [charity] to the poor and needy with his own hands.
The night prayer
I am not aware that my father ever missed the night prayer.
I would think he was ill
Never did I see him pray, except that I would think he was ill.
Knowledge which does not benefit
‘Abdul-A’laa said to me: Certainly he who has been given knowledge which does not cause him to weep, then it is feared he has not been given knowledge which benefits him.
That which is befitting for a man
It is befitting for a man who hears something from the manner of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ, that he holds firm to it.
I also got cupped and gave the cupper a deenaar
There isn’t a hadeeth I have scribed except that I have acted in accordance to it; Even when I learnt that the Prophet ﷺ was cupped and gave Abu Taybah a deenaar [for cupping him], I also got cupped and gave the cupper a deenaar.
He prayed as if he was a pole
I saw Muslim ibn Yasaar pray as if he was a [motionless] pole; He would not lean on one leg a moment, nor the other a moment, and nor would his clothing move.