For [the last] thirty years, the mu.adhin has not called the adhaan except that I have been in the masjid [ready for the congregational prayer].
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The congregational prayer
I have not missed the prayer in congregation for [the last] forty years.
Always giving away in charity
Never would an hour pass him (Sulaymaan at-Taymee رحمه الله) except that he would give something away in charity, and if he did not have anything [to give away in charity], he would [then] pray two…
Praying in other than the direction of the qiblah
What is the ruling [in a situation] where it has become apparent the prayer was performed in other than the direction of the qiblah – after having made ijtihaad?
Tomorrow is the Day of Judgement
I saw Safwaan ibn Sulaym, and [such was the level of his worship, that] if it was said to him ‘tomorrow is the [Day of] Resurrection ’, he would be unable to do any more than what he was already…
Shackled by your sins
If you are unable to establish the [voluntary] night prayer, nor [voluntarily] fast during the day, then know that you have been prevented [from doing these great acts of worship], because you have…
Missed the ‘ishaa prayer
Naafi’ reports that if Ibn ‘Umar رضي الله عنهما missed the ‘ishaa prayer in congregation, he would remain awake the rest of the night standing in prayer.
Always ready for the prayer
Never has the time for salaah arrived, except that I had been longing for it.
The prayer of the sick
Many of those who are sick pray on their beds, as they are unable to move; so [as a result] they pray without wudhoo.
Prayer during very short days and nights
In some places [on Earth], the night or the day continue for a long [period of] time, and [in others] they are so short that the time is insufficient for the five [obligatory] prayers; so how should…