I prayed the Fajr prayer behind al-Fudhayl ibn ‘Iyaadh رحمه الله, and he recited:
The Inevitable Reality al-Haaqqah 69:1 So when he reached the aayah
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Cried until he was overcome with tears
When ‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Umar رضي الله عنهما would recite [the aayah]
Overcome and fell unconscious
We were with Yahyaa ibn Sa’eed [al-Qattaan], and a man read soorah ad-Dukhaan; Yahya was [as if] thunderstruck and was overcome, and [then] fell unconscious.
Concentration during salaah
I prayed the morning [prayer in congregation] behind al-Fudhayl ibn ‘Iyaadh, and he recited [soorah] al-Haaqqah, and when he reached His [سبحانه و تعالى] saying
So he was not overcome by sleep
Safwaan ibn Saleem used to stand in prayer on the roof on a cold night so that he was not overcome by sleep.
Overcome with enthusiasm
If we carefully consider that which many of the du’aat are upon today, we find some of them are overcome by enthusiasm and as a result cause offence, such that the people have an aversion to their…