Does the day begin with the arrival of [the time of] Fajr, or the rising of the sun?
Tag: day
Only two hours of sleep
During [every] day and night, Ibn ‘Ataa would [only] sleep for two hours.
There was no day that anyone wept more than him
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]…
He would fast every other day
Muhammad ibn Seereen would fast every other day.
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.
Sunday is a suitable day to plan
Sunday is a suitable day for planning the work for the coming week, setting priorities, and reviewing the work of the previous week to ensure that it has been completed.
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.
The caravans of the pious and righteous have passed
Habeeb al-‘Ajamee رحمه الله slept one night, and his wife came to wake him up [to encourage him to offer the night prayer], and said to him: ‘Wake up O man!