Ayyoob as-Sikhtiyaanee would secretly stand the night in prayer, and when dawn came he would raise his voice as if [to suggest to his family] he had just awoken.
Category: Words of Wisdom
Never missed the initial takbeer
Regarding Bishr ibn Mansoor, it was said that he never missed the initial takbeer [upon beginning the congregational prayer].
The excellence of the scholar
…and like this it is incumbent upon the student to recognise the excellence of the jurist (scholar), and acknowledge the knowledge he (the scholar) possesses is that which he (the student) has…
Good manners and knowledge
…it is with good manners that knowledge is understood.
Performed wudhoo before he died
I saw ‘Abdullaah ibn Busr make wudhoo, and therafter he رضي الله عنه died.
I shall repeat them all from memory
al-Ameen and al-Ma.moon travelled to ‘Abdullaah ibn Idrees who narrated a hundred hadeeth to them. al-Ma.moon then said
I do not find anything in my heart more desirable
I do not find anything in my heart more desirable than standing the night in prayer.
You would say he had died
I saw Habeeb ibn Abi Thaabit in prostration, and if you saw him, you would say he had died – because of the length of his prostration!
Prolonging the prayers
Yazeed and Hushaym were known for prolonging their night and day prayers.
Conscious and fearful of Allaah
The best of the people in reciting the Qur.aan is he who, when he recites, you see he is conscious and fearful of Allaah ﷻ