I saw Habeeb ibn Abee Thaabit in prostration, and if you saw him, you would say he was dead due to the length of his prostration.
Tag: prayer
Prolonging the prayers
Yazeed and Hushaym were known for prolonging their night and day prayers.
Leave me to my remembrance of Allaah
When Ahmad ibn Harb would sit before the barber to have his moustache trimmed, he would engage in the glorification of Allaah. So the barber would say to him: Can you just shutup for a while! And he would respond: You just do your job [and leave me to my remembrance of Allaah].
Ready and waiting for the prayer inside the masjid
Apart from when I have been ill or travelling, for the last forty years, never has the muadh.dhin ever made the call for the zhuhr prayer except that I have been [ready and waiting for the prayer] inside the masjid.
Passing in front of the one praying in Makkah
In al-Masjid al-Haraam, there is no sin in passing in front of the one who is praying, as this is permissible according to the majority of the scholars.
The night prayer
I am not aware that my father ever missed the night prayer.
I would think he was ill
Never did I see him pray, except that I would think he was ill.
Sometimes I do not wake up until an hour after the Fajr prayer
I sleep late at night, and [be sure to] set the alarm for the adhaan of [the] Fajr [prayer], however, sometimes I do not wake up until an hour after the prayer; so by doing that am I a sinner, and if so – what should I do?
He prayed as if he was a pole
I saw Muslim ibn Yasaar pray as if he was a [motionless] pole; He would not lean on one leg a moment, nor the other a moment, and nor would his clothing move.
Regarding ‘as-Salaah al-Wustaa’
What is the ‘as-salaah al-wustaa’?