Certainly, there is not a man who supplicates for his brother in his absence, except that Allaah appoints for him two angels who both say
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I love you for the sake of Allaah
The Prophet ﷺ met me and said:
O Mu'aadh, indeed I love you for the Sake of Allaah.
[And] I replied
Engaged in supplicating to Allaah
I saw Taawoos and his companions; having prayed the 'Asr [prayer], they faced the [direction of] the qiblah and did not speak to anyone, [each one instead individually engaged in] supplicating [to...
The Prophet's prayer for Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqaas
Qays said that Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqaas told him that the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said
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.
His daily portion of worship
The portion [of worship which] Abu Yoosuf al-Qaadhee had set himself every day was 200 rak'ahs.
Yearning to prolong the prayer
If Talq ibn Habeeb رحمه الله began [his prayer] with soorah al-Baqarah, he would not bow down in rukoo' until he reached [soorah] al-'Ankaboot*; and he would say
Prolonging the prayer
'Ubaydullaah ibn 'Abdillaah ibn 'Utbah would prolong his prayer, and would never hasten it for anyone!
I would sit there weeping at what I saw
[My husband], Masrooq رحمه الله would pray [so long] until his feet swelled, and sometimes I would sit there weeping at what I saw him doing [in prolonging his prayer - causing his feet to swell].