Is it permissible or not to buy meat from a butcher who does not pray, and who deals with that which is haraam?
Tag: salaah
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…
Does not pray, but slaughters and sells meat
Regarding the one who does not pray, and [yet] slaughters and sells meat, or the one about whom we do not know whether he prays or not – are we obliged to research or ask about him as to whether he…
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].
