Pray as you see me praying.
Category: Prayer & Worship
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
'Amru ibn Deenaar used to divide the night into three parts: • a third [in which] he would sleep; • a third [in which] he would study hadeeth; • and a third [in which] he would do salaah [pray].
I found a particular aspect of Arabic grammar difficult
I found a particular aspect of Arabic grammar difficult, so I spent 80,000 dirhams in order to become proficient in it.
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 (p2) until he reached [Soorah] al-'Ankaboot (p396), and he would say
Take from your life for your death
If you live until the evening, then do not expect to live until the following morning. And if you live until the morning, then do not expect to see the evening.
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 [Qur.aan] and weep.
Resemble the prayer of the Messenger of Allaah
'Amr ibn al-Aswad performed hajj, and on his way back he passed by Madeenah.
So I asked Allaah for more than that
I drank some [Zam Zam water] once, whilst I was [just] beginning my studies in hadeeth, and asked Allaah to bless me with [strength of memory of] the calibre of ath-Thahabee in memorising hadeeth.