When Ahmad ibn Harb رحمه الله 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
Tag: prayer
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]…
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 (my father) pray, except that I would think he was ill*. Translator’s note:
*Meaning, he would pray slowly and carefully.
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…
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’?
He would weep whilst standing in prayer at night
Sa’eed ibn Jubayr would weep [whilst standing in prayer] at night until his eyes became bleary and he was unable to see clearly.
For abundant prayer
I saw Yazeed ibn Zuray’ in a dream, so I said to him: ‘What did Allaah do with you?’
He replied: ‘He admitted me into Paradise.’
I said to him: ‘With what (i.e. ‘What earned you that)?’
He said