Sahih Al-Bukhari: Chapter 9

Once `Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz delayed the prayer and `Urwa bin Az-Zubair went to him and said,
"Once in 'Iraq, Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba delayed his prayers and Abi Mas`ud Al-Ansari went to him
and said, 'O Mughira! What is this? Don't you know that once Gabriel came and offered the prayer
(Fajr prayer) and Allah's Messenger (PbUH) prayed too, then he prayed again (Zuhr prayer) and so did Allah's
Apostle and again he prayed (`Asr prayers and Allah's Messenger (PbUH) did the same; again he prayed
(Maghrib-prayer) and so did Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and again prayed (`Isha prayer) and so did Allah's
Apostle and (Gabriel) said, 'I was ordered to do so (to demonstrate the prayers prescribed to you)?'"
`Umar (bin `Abdul `Aziz) said to `Urwa, "Be sure of what you Say. Did Gabriel lead Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
at the stated times of the prayers?" `Urwa replied, "Bashir bin Abi Mas`ud narrated like this on the
authority of his father." `Urwa added, "Aisha told me that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to pray `Asr prayer
when the sunshine was still inside her residence (during the early time of `Asr).

"Once a delegation of `Abdul Qais came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and said, "We belong to such and such
branch of the tribe of Rab'a [??] and we can only come to you in the sacred months. Order us to do
something good so that we may (carry out) take it from you and also invite to it our people whom we
have left behind (at home)." The Prophet (PbUH) said, " I order you to do four things and forbid you from four
things. (The first four are as follows):
-1. To believe in Allah. (And then he: explained it to them i.e.) to testify that none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah and (Muhammad) am Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
-2. To offer prayers perfectly (at the stated times):
-3. To pay Zakat (obligatory charity)
-4. To give me Khumus
(The other four things which are forbidden are as follows):
-1. Dubba
-2. Hantam
-3. Muqaiyat [??]
-4. Naqir (all these are utensils used for the preparation of alcoholic drinks).

I gave the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) for to offer prayers perfectly, to pay Zakat regularly,
and to give good advice to every Muslim.

that he had heard Hudhaifa saying, "Once I was sitting with `Umar and he said, 'Who amongst you
remembers the statement of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) about the afflictions?' I said, 'I know it as the Prophet (PbUH) had
said it.' `Umar said, 'No doubt you are bold.' I said, 'The afflictions caused for a man by his wife,
money, children and neighbor are expiated by his prayers, fasting, charity and by enjoining (what is
good) and forbidding (what is evil).' `Umar said, 'I did not mean that but I asked about that affliction
which will spread like the waves of the sea.' I (Hudhaifa) said, 'O leader of the faithful believers! You
need not be afraid of it as there is a closed door between you and it.' `Umar asked, Will the door be
broken or opened?' I replied, 'It will be broken.' `Umar said, 'Then it will never be closed again.' I was
asked whether `Umar knew that door. I replied that he knew it as one knows that there will be night
before the tomorrow morning. I narrated a Hadith that was free from any misstatement" The subnarrator
added that they deputized Masruq to ask Hudhaifa (about the door). Hudhaifa said, "The door
was `Umar himself."

A man kissed a woman (unlawfully) and then went to the Prophet (PbUH) and informed him. Allah revealed:
And offer prayers perfectly At the two ends of the day And in some hours of the night (i.e. the five
compulsory prayers). Verily! good deeds remove (annul) the evil deeds (small sins) (11.114). The
man asked Allah's Messenger (PbUH), "Is it for me?" He said, "It is for all my followers."

I asked the Prophet (PbUH) "Which deed is the dearest to Allah?" He replied, "To offer the prayers at their
early stated fixed times." I asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?" He replied, "To be good and
dutiful to your parents" I again asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?" He replied, 'To participate in
Jihad (religious fighting) in Allah's cause." `Abdullah added, "I asked only that much and if I had
asked more, the Prophet (PbUH) would have told me more."

I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, "If there was a river at the door of anyone of you and he took a bath in
it five times a day would you notice any dirt on him?" They said, "Not a trace of dirt would be left."
The Prophet (PbUH) added, "That is the example of the five prayers with which Allah blots out (annuls) evil
deeds."

Anas said, "I do not find (now-a-days) things as they were (practiced)
at the time of the Prophet." Somebody said "The prayer (is as it
was.)" Anas said, "Have you not done in the prayer what you have
done?

Narrated Az-Zuhri that he visited Anas bin Malik at Damascus and found
him weeping and asked him why he was weeping. He replied, "I do not
know anything which I used to know during the life-time of Allah's
Apostle except this prayer which is being lost (not offered as it
should be)."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Whenever anyone of you offers his prayer he is speaking in private to his Lord. So
he should not spit to his right but under his left foot." Qatada said, "He should not spit in front of him
but to his left or under his feet." And Shu`ba said, "He should not spit in front of him, nor to his right
but to his left or under his foot." Anas said: The Prophet (PbUH) said, "He should neither spit in the direction
of his Qibla nor to his right but to his left or under his foot."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Do the prostration properly and do not put your forearms flat with elbows touching
the ground like a dog. And if you want to spit, do not spit in front, nor to the right for the person in
prayer is speaking in private to his Lord."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "If it is very hot, then pray the Zuhr prayer when it becomes (a bit) cooler, as the
severity of the heat is from the raging of the Hell-fire."

The Mu'adh-dhin (call-maker) of the Prophet (PbUH) pronounced the Adhan (call) for the Zuhr prayer but the
Prophet said, "Let it be cooler, let it be cooler." Or said, 'Wait, wait, because the severity of heat is
from the raging of the Hell-fire. In severe hot weather, pray when it becomes (a bit) cooler and the
shadows of hillocks appear."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "In very hot weather delay the Zuhr prayer till it becomes (a bit) cooler because the
severity of heat is from the raging of the Hell-fire. The Hell-fire of Hell complained to its Lord saying:
O Lord! My parts are eating (destroying) one another. So Allah allowed it to take two breaths, one in
the winter and the other in the summer. The breath in the summer is at the time when you feel the
severest heat and the breath in the winter is at the time when you feel the severest cold."

that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Pray Zuhr prayer when it becomes (a bit) cooler as the severity of heat is
from the raging of the Hell-fire."

We were with the Prophet (PbUH) on a journey and the Mu'adh-dhin (call maker for the prayer) wanted to
pronounce the Adhan (call) for the Zuhr prayer. The Prophet (PbUH) said, 'Let it become cooler." He again
(after a while) wanted to pronounce the Adhan but the Prophet (PbUH) said to him, "Let it become cooler till
we see the shadows of hillocks." The Prophet (PbUH) added, "The severity of heat is from the raging of the
Hell-fire, and in very hot weather pray (Zuhr) when it becomes cooler."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) came out as the sun declined at midday and offered the Zuhr prayer. He then stood on
the pulpit and spoke about the Hour (Day of Judgment) and said that in it there would be tremendous
things. He then said, "Whoever likes to ask me about anything he can do so and I shall reply as long as
I am at this place of mine. Most of the people wept and the Prophet (PbUH) said repeatedly, "Ask me."
`Abdullah bin Hudhafa As-Sahmi stood up and said, "Who is my father?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Your
father is Hudhafa." The Prophet (PbUH) repeatedly said, "Ask me." Then `Umar knelt before him and said,
"We are pleased with Allah as our Lord, Islam as our religion, and Muhammad as our Prophet." The
Prophet then became quiet and said, "Paradise and Hell-fire were displayed in front of me on this wall
just now and I have never seen a better thing (than the former) and a worse thing (than the latter).

Abu Barza said, "The Prophet (PbUH) used to offer the Fajr (prayer) when one could recognize the person
sitting by him (after the prayer) and he used to recite between 60 to 100 Ayat (verses) of the Qur'an.
He used to offer the Zuhr prayer as soon as the sun declined (at noon) and the `Asr at a time when a
man might go and return from the farthest place in Medina and find the sun still hot. (The sub-narrator
forgot what was said about the Maghrib). He did not mind delaying the `Isha prayer to one third of the
night or the middle of the night."

When we offered the Zuhr prayers behind Allah's Messenger (PbUH) we used to prostrate on our clothes to
protect ourselves from the heat.

"The Prophet (PbUH) prayed eight rak`at for the Zuhr and `Asr, and seven for the Maghrib and `Isha prayers
in Medina." Aiyub said, "Perhaps those were rainy nights." Anas said, "May be."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to offer the `Asr prayer when the sunshine had not disappeared from my
chamber.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to offer the `Asr prayers at a time when the sunshine was still inside my chamber
and no shadow had yet appeared in it.

The Prophet (PbUH) used to pray the `Asr prayers at a time when the sunshine was still inside my chamber
and no shadow had yet appeared in it.

I along with my father went to Abu- Barza Al-Aslami and my father asked him, "How Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
used to offer the five compulsory congregational prayers?" Abu- Barza said, "The Prophet (PbUH) used to
pray the Zuhr prayer which you (people) call the first one at midday when the sun had just declined
The `Asr prayer at a time when after the prayer, a man could go to the house at the farthest place in
Medina (and arrive) while the sun was still hot. (I forgot about the Maghrib prayer). The Prophet (PbUH)
Loved to delay the `Isha which you call Al- `Atama [??] and he disliked sleeping before it and
speaking after it. After the Fajr prayer he used to leave when a man could recognize the one sitting
beside him and he used to recite between 60 to 100 Ayat (in the Fajr prayer) .

We used to pray the `Asr prayer and after that if someone happened to go to the tribe of Bani `Amr
bin `Auf, he would find them still praying the `Asr (prayer).

that he heard Abu Umama saying: We prayed the Zuhr prayer with `Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz and then
went to Anas bin Malik and found him offering the `Asr prayer. I asked him, "O uncle! Which prayer
have you offered?" He said 'The `Asr and this is (the time of) the prayer of Allah s Apostle which we
used to pray with him."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to offer the `Asr prayer at a time when the sun was still hot and high and if a
person went to Al-`Awali (a place) of Medina, he would reach there when the sun was still high. Some
of Al-`Awali of Medina were about four miles or so from the town.

We used to pray the `Asr and after that if one of US went to Quba' he would arrive there while the sun
was still high.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Whoever misses the `Asr prayer (intentionally) then it is as if he lost his family
and property."

We were with Buraida in a battle on a cloudy day and he said, "Offer the `Asr prayer early as the
Prophet said, "Whoever leaves the `Asr prayer, all his (good) deeds will be annulled."

Jarir said, "We were with the Prophet (PbUH) and he looked at the moon--full-moon--and said, 'Certainly you
will see your Lord as you see this moon and you will have no trouble in seeing Him. So if you can
avoid missing (through sleep or business, etc.) a prayer before the sunrise (Fajr) and a prayer before
sunset (`Asr), you must do so.' He then recited Allah's Statement:
And celebrate the praises Of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before (its) setting." (50.39)
Isma`il said, "Offer those prayers and do not miss them."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Angels come to you in succession by night and day and all of them get together
at the time of the Fajr and `Asr prayers. Those who have passed the night with you (or stayed with
you) ascend (to the Heaven) and Allah asks them, though He knows everything about you, well, "In
what state did you leave my slaves?" The angels reply: "When we left them they were praying and
when we reached them, they were praying."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "If anyone of you can get one rak`a of the `Asr prayer before sunset, he should
complete his prayer. If any of you can get one rak`a of the Fajr prayer before sunrise, he should
complete his prayer."

My father said, "I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, 'The period of your stay as compared to the previous
nations is like the period equal to the time between the `Asr prayer and sunset. The people of the
Torah were given the Torah and they acted (upon it) till midday then they were exhausted and were
given one Qirat (of gold) each. And then the people of the Gospel were given the Gospel and they
acted (upon it) till the `Asr prayer then they were exhausted and were! given one Qirat each. And then
we were given the Qur'an and we acted (upon it) till sunset and we were given two Qirats each. On
that the people of both the scriptures said, 'O our Lord! You have given them two Qirats and given us
one Qirat, though we have worked more than they.' Allah said, 'Have I usurped some of your right?'
They said, 'No.' Allah said: "That is my blessing I bestow upon whomsoever I wish."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The example of Muslims, Jews and Christians is like the example of a man who
employed laborers to work for him from morning till night. They worked till midday and they said,
'We are not in need of your reward.' SO the man employed another batch and said to them, 'Complete
the rest of the day and yours will be the wages I had fixed (for the first batch). They worked Up till the
time of the `Asr prayer and said, 'Whatever we have done is for you.' He employed another batch.
They worked for the rest of the day till sunset, and they received the wages of the two former
batches."

We used to offer the Maghrib prayer with the Prophet (PbUH) and after finishing the prayer one of us may go
away and could still see as Par as the spots where one's arrow might reach when shot by a bow.

The Prophet (PbUH) used to pray the Zuhr at midday, and the `Asr at a time when the sun was still bright, the
Maghrib after sunset (at its stated time) and the `Isha at a variable time. Whenever he saw the people
assembled (for `Isha' prayer) he would pray earlier and if the people delayed, he would delay the
prayer. And they or the Prophet (PbUH) used to offer the Fajr Prayers when it still dark.

We used to pray the Maghrib prayer with the Prophet (PbUH) when the sun disappeared from the horizon.

The Prophet (PbUH) prayed seven rak`at together and eight rak`at together.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Do not be influenced by bedouins regarding the name of your Maghrib prayer
which is called `Isha' by them."

"One night Allah's Messenger (PbUH) led us in the `Isha' prayer and that is the one called Al-`Atma [??] by the
people. After the completion of the prayer, he faced us and said, "Do you know the importance of this
night? Nobody present on the surface of the earth tonight will be living after one hundred years from
this night." (See Hadith No. 575).

We asked Jabir bin `Abdullah about the prayers of the Prophet (PbUH) . He said, "He used to pray Zuhr prayer
at midday, the `Asr when the sun was still hot, and the Maghrib after sunset (at its stated time). The
`Isha was offered early if the people gathered, and used to be delayed if their number was less; and the
morning prayer was offered when it was still dark. "

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) once delayed the `Isha' prayer and that was during the days when Islam still had not
spread. The Prophet (PbUH) did not come out till `Umar informed him that the women and children had slept.
Then he came out and said to the people of the mosque: "None amongst the dwellers of the earth has
been waiting for it (`Isha prayer) except you."

My companions, who came with me in the boat and I landed at a place called Baqi [??] Buthan [??] .
The Prophet (PbUH) was in Medina at that time. One of us used to go to the Prophet (PbUH) by turns every night at
the time of the `Isha prayer. Once I along with my companions went to the Prophet (PbUH) and he was busy in
some of his affairs, so the `Isha' prayer was delayed to the middle of the night He then came out and
led the people (in prayer). After finishing from the prayer, he addressed the people present there
saying, "Be patient! Don't go away. Have the glad tiding. It is from the blessing of Allah upon you
that none amongst mankind has prayed at this time save you." Or said, "None except you has prayed
at this time." Abu Musa added, 'So we returned happily after what we heard from Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) disliked to sleep before the `Isha' prayer and to talk after it.

`Aisha said, "Once Allah's Messenger (PbUH) delayed the `Isha' prayer till `Umar reminded him by saying, "The
prayer!" The women and children have slept. Then the Prophet (PbUH) came out and said, 'None amongst the
dwellers of the earth has been waiting for it (the prayer) except you." `Urwa said, "Nowhere except in
Medina the prayer used to be offered (in those days)." He further said, "The Prophet (PbUH) used to offer the
`Isha' prayer in the period between the disappearance of the twilight and the end of the first third of
the night."

`Abdullah bin `Umar said, "Once Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was busy (at the time of the `Isha'), so the prayer
was delayed so much so that we slept and woke up and slept and woke up again. The Prophet (PbUH) came
out and said, 'None amongst the dwellers of the earth but you have been waiting for the prayer." Ibn
`Umar did not find any harm in praying it earlier or in delaying it unless he was afraid that sleep might
overwhelm him and he might miss the prayer, and sometimes he used to sleep before the `Isha' prayer.
Ibn Juraij said, "I said to `Ata', 'I heard Ibn `Abbas saying: Once Allah's Messenger (PbUH) delayed the `Isha'
prayer to such an extent that the people slept and got up and slept again and got up again. Then `Umar
bin Al-Khattab I, stood up and reminded the Prophet (PbUH) I of the prayer.' `Ata' said, 'Ibn `Abbas said: The
Prophet came out as if I was looking at him at this time, and water was trickling from his head and he
was putting his hand on his head and then said, 'Hadn't I thought it hard for my followers, I would
have ordered them to pray (`Isha' prayer) at this time.' I asked `Ata' for further information, how the
Prophet had kept his hand on his head as he was told by Ibn `Abbas. `Ata' separated his fingers
slightly and put their tips on the side of the head, brought the fingers downwards approximating them
till the thumb touched the lobe of the ear at the side of the temple and the beard on the face. He neither
slowed nor hurried in this action but he acted like that. The Prophet (PbUH) said: "Hadn't I thought it hard for
my followers I would have ordered them to pray at this time."

The Prophet (PbUH) delayed the `Isha' prayer till midnight and then he offered the prayer and said, "The
people prayed and slept but you have been in prayer as long as you have been waiting for it (the
prayer)." Anas added: As if I am looking now at the glitter of the ring of the Prophet (PbUH) on that night.

We were with the Prophet (PbUH) on a full moon night. He looked at the moon and said, "You will certainly
see your Lord as you see this moon, and there will be no trouble in seeing Him. So if you can avoid
missing (through sleep, business, etc.) a prayer before the rising of the sun (Fajr) and before its setting
(`Asr) you must do so. He (the Prophet (PbUH) ) then recited the following verse:
And celebrate the praises Of Your Lord before The rising of the sun And before (its) setting." (50.39)

My father said, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, 'Whoever prays the two cool prayers (`Asr and Fajr) will go to
Paradise.' "

Zaid bin Thabit said, "We took the "Suhur" (the meal taken before dawn while fasting is observed)
with the Prophet (PbUH) and then stood up for the (morning) prayer." I asked him how long the interval
between the two (Suhur and prayer) was. He replied, 'The interval between the two was just sufficient
to recite fifty to Sixth 'Ayat."

Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet (PbUH) and Zaid bin Thabit took the 'Suhur' together and after finishing
the meal, the Prophet (PbUH) stood up and prayed (Fajr prayer)." I asked Anas, "How long was the interval
between finishing their 'Suhur' and starting the prayer?" He replied, "The interval between the two
was just sufficient to recite fifty 'Ayat." (Verses of the Qur'an).

I used to take the "Suhur" meal with my family and hasten so as to catch the Fajr (morning prayer)
with Allah's Messenger (PbUH).

The believing women covered with their veiling sheets used to attend the Fajr prayer with Allah's
Apostle, and after finishing the prayer they would return to their home and nobody could recognize
them because of darkness.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Whoever could get one rak`a (of the Fajr prayer) before sunrise, he has got the
(morning) prayer and whoever could get one rak`a of the `Asr prayer before sunset, he has got the
(`Asr) prayer."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Whoever could get one rak`a of a prayer, (in its proper time) he has got the
prayer."

"The Prophet (PbUH) forbade praying after the Fajr prayer till the sun rises and after the `Asr prayer till the
sun sets."

Some people told me the same narration (as above).

Ibn `Umar said, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, 'Do not pray at the time of sunrise and at the time of sunset.' "
Ibn `Umar said, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, 'If the edge of the sun appears (above the horizon) delay the
prayer till it becomes high, and if the edge of the sun disappears, delay the prayer till it sets
(disappears completely).' "

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) forbade two kinds of sales, two kinds of dresses, and two prayers. He forbade offering
prayers after the Fajr prayer till the rising of the sun and after the `Asr prayer till its setting. He also
forbade "Ishtimal-Assama [??] " and "al-Ihtiba" in one garment in such a way that one's private parts
are exposed towards the sky. He also forbade the sales called "Munabadha" and "Mulamasa." (See
Hadith No. 354 and 355 Vol. 3).

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "None of you should try to pray at sunrise or sunset."

I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, "There is no prayer after the morning prayer till the sun rises, and there
is no prayer after the `Asr prayer till the sun sets."

You offer a prayer which I did not see being offered by Allah's Messenger (PbUH) when we were in his company
and he certainly had forbidden it (i.e. two rak`at after the `Asr prayer).

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) forbade the offering of two prayers:
-1. after the morning prayer till the sunrises.
-2. after the `Asr prayer till the sun sets.

I pray as I saw my companions praying. I do not forbid praying at any time during the day or night
except at sunset and sunrise.

By Allah, Who took away the Prophet. The Prophet (PbUH) never missed them (two rak`at) after the `Asr
prayer till he met Allah and he did not meet Allah till it became heavy for him to pray while standing
so he used to offer most of the prayers while sitting. (She meant the two rak`at after `Asr) He used to
pray them in the house and never prayed them in the mosque lest it might be hard for his followers
and he loved what was easy for them .

`Aisha (addressing me) said, "O son of my sister! The Prophet (PbUH) never missed two prostrations (i.e.
rak`at) after the `Asr prayer in my house."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) never missed two rak`at before the Fajr prayer and after the `Asr prayer openly and
secretly.

Whenever the Prophet (PbUH) come to me after the `Asr prayer, he always prayed two rak`at.

I was with Buraida on a cloudy day and he said, "Offer the `Asr prayer earlier as the Prophet (PbUH) said,
'Whoever leaves the `Asr prayer will have all his (good) deeds annulled." (See Hadith No. 527 and
528)

My father said, "One night we were traveling with the Prophet (PbUH) and some people said, 'We wish that
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) would take a rest along with us during the last hours of the night.' He said, 'I am afraid
that you will sleep and miss the (Fajr) prayer.' Bilal said, 'I will make you get up.' So all slept and
Bilal rested his back against his Rahila and he too was overwhelmed (by sleep) and slept. The Prophet (PbUH)
got up when the edge of the sun had risen and said, 'O Bilal! What about your statement?' He replied,
'I have never slept such a sleep.' The Prophet (PbUH) said, 'Allah captured your souls when He wished, and
released them when He wished. O Bilal! Get up and pronounce the Adhan for the prayer.' The Prophet (PbUH)
performed ablution and when the sun came up and became bright, he stood up and prayed."

On the day of Al-Khandaq (the battle of trench.) `Umar bin Al-Khattab came cursing the disbelievers
of Quraish after the sun had set and said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH) I could not offer the `Asr prayer till the
sun had set." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "By Allah! I, too, have not prayed." So we turned towards Buthan, and
the Prophet (PbUH) performed ablution and we too performed ablution and offered the `Asr prayer after the
sun had set, and then he offered the Maghrib prayer.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "If anyone forgets a prayer he should pray that prayer when he remembers it. There
is no expiation except to pray the same." Then he recited: "Establish prayer for My (i.e. Allah's)
remembrance." (20.14).

`Umar came cursing the disbelievers (of Quraish) on the day of Al-Khandaq (the battle of Trench) and
said, "I could not offer the `Asr prayer till the sun had set. Then we went to Buthan and he offered the
(`Asr) prayer after sunset and then he offered the Maghrib prayer.

My father and I went to Abi Barza Al-Aslami and my father said to him, "Tell us how Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
used to offer the compulsory congregational prayers." He said, "He used to pray the Zuhr prayer,
which you call the first prayer, as the sun declined at noon, the `Asr at a time when one of US could
go to his family at the farthest place in Medina while the sun was still hot. (The narrator forgot what
Abu Barza had said about the Maghrib prayer), and the Prophet (PbUH) preferred to pray the `Isha' late and
disliked to sleep before it or talk after it. And he used to return after finishing the morning prayer at
such a time when it was possible for one to recognize the person sitting by his side and he (the
Prophet) used to recite 60 to 100 'Ayat' (verses) of the Qur'an in it."

Once he waited for Al-Hasan and he did not show up till it was about the usual time for him to start
his speech; then he came and apologized saying, "Our neighbors invited us." Then he added,
"Narrated Anas, 'Once we waited for the Prophet (PbUH) till it was midnight or about midnight. He came and
led the prayer, and after finishing it, he addressed us and said, 'All the people prayed and then slept
and you had been in prayer as long as you were waiting for it." Al-Hasan said, "The people are
regarded as performing good deeds as long as they are waiting for doing good deeds." Al-Hasan's
statement is a portion of Anas's [??] Hadith from the Prophet (PbUH) .

The Prophet (PbUH) prayed one of the `Isha' prayer in his last days and after finishing it with Taslim, he stood
up and said, "Do you realize (the importance of) this night? Nobody present on the
surface of the earth tonight would be living after the completion of one hundred years from this
night."
The people made a mistake in grasping the meaning of this statement of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and they
indulged in those things which are said about these narrators (i.e. some said that the Day of
Resurrection will be established after 100 years etc.) But the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Nobody present on the
surface of earth tonight would be living after the completion of 100 years from this night"; he meant
"When that century (people of that century) would pass away."

`Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakr said, "The Suffa Companions were poor people and the Prophet (PbUH) said,
'Whoever has food for two persons should take a third one from them (Suffa companions). And
whosoever has food for four persons he should take one or two from them' Abu Bakr took three men
and the Prophet (PbUH) took ten of them."
`Abdur Rahman added, my father my mother and I were there (in the house). (The sub-narrator is in
doubt whether `Abdur Rahman also said, 'My wife and our servant who was common for both my
house and Abu Bakr's house). Abu Bakr took his supper with the Prophet (PbUH) and remained there till the
`Isha' prayer was offered. Abu Bakr went back and stayed with the Prophet (PbUH) till the Prophet (PbUH) took his
meal and then Abu Bakr returned to his house after a long portion of the night had passed. Abu Bakr's
wife said, 'What detained you from your guests (or guest)?' He said, 'Have you not served them yet?'
She said, 'They refused to eat until you come. The food was served for them but they refused." `Abdur
Rahman added, "I went away and hid myself (being afraid of Abu Bakr) and in the meantime he (Abu
Bakr) called me, 'O Ghunthar (a harsh word)!' and also called me bad names and abused me and then
said (to his family), 'Eat. No welcome for you.' Then (the supper was served). Abu Bakr took an oath
that he would not eat that food. The narrator added: By Allah, whenever any one of us (myself and the
guests of Suffa companions) took anything from the food, it increased from underneath. We all ate to
our fill and the food was more than it was before its serving.
Abu Bakr looked at it (the food) and found it as it was before serving or even more than that. He
addressed his wife (saying) 'O the sister of Bani Firas! What is this?' She said, 'O the pleasure of my
eyes! The food is now three times more than it was before.' Abu Bakr ate from it, and said, 'That
(oath) was from Satan' meaning his oath (not to eat). Then he again took a morsel (mouthful) from it
and then took the rest of it to the Prophet. So that meal was with the Prophet. There was a treaty
between us and some people, and when the period of that treaty had elapsed the Prophet (PbUH) divided us
into twelve (groups) (the Prophet's companions) each being headed by a man. Allah knows how many
men were under the command of each (leader). So all of them (12 groups of men) ate of that meal."