We arrived in ash-Shaam along with 'Umar [ibn al-Khattaab] رضي الله عنه, and [when] Bilaal [ibn Rabaah] رضي الله عنه called the adhaan, the people remembered the Prophet ﷺ, and [during our stay]...
Category: Parents & Honouring Them
My father
If you (Muhammad ibn 'Abdil-A'laa رحمه الله) were not from my family I would not have told you this about my father; he was steadfast in fasting every other day for forty years, and he would [also]...
He would still pray every day and night
My father would pray 300 rak'ahs every day and night, and when he became ill from having been whipped, it weakened him. [Thereafter], he would [only be able to] pray 150 rak'ahs every day and night.
Maintaining the night prayer
I heard 'Abdullaah the son of 'Ali ibn Hamshaad say: 'I do not know that my father [ever] gave up [praying] the night prayer.'
Leading the night prayer
Suwayd ibn Ghafalah رحمه الله would lead us in the night prayer during the month of Ramadhaan, [even though] he had reached 120 years [of age].
Always intend good
'Advise me O my father'
Honouring your mother
Indeed, I do not know of any action drawing one nearer to Allaah than honouring the mother.
Hiding his daily routine from others
My father would not sleep [at night] until he had read half of the Qur.aan, and when he finished his recitation, he would wrap himself in his cloak then take a short nap.
Never once saw him praying a voluntary prayer
I accompanied Muhammad ibn Aslam for more than 20 years, and never once saw him praying a voluntary prayer except on the day of Jumu'ah; [I understood why, when] I once heard him saying
One good turn deserves another
I went out with my father and we came to Madeenah. Maalik ibn Anas then sent us a plate of fresh dates. So he (my father) then placed 1,000 deenaars and returned it (the plate) to him.