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...
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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
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].
Always maintained the night prayer
I heard Muhammad ibn Hamdoon say: 'I accompanied Abu Bakr ibn Ishaaq as-Sibghee for [many] years, and I never saw him leave the night prayer - not during travel, and nor when he wasn't [travelling].'
Maintaining the night prayer
I heard 'Abdullaah the son of 'Ali ibn Hamshaad say: 'I do not know that my father [ever] gave up [praying] the night prayer.'
Dividing the night in three parts
Zubayd ibn al-Haarith would divide the night in three parts: a part for himself, a part for his son, and a part for his other son 'Abdur-Rahmaan.