Ahadith

ʿĀṣim ibn ʿAlī reported that ʿĀṣim ibn Muḥammad related to us: ‘I heard this ḥadīth from my father, but I could not remember it accurately. Wāqid corrected me on this from his father and said: “I heard it from my father, who used to say that ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr [ibn al-ʿĀṣ] (r.a) said that the Messenger of Allāh (sa) said to him: ‘O ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr! What will be your condition when you will be left with this [ḥadīth] among the unworthy people’?”’

Abū Mūsá (r.a) narrates that the Prophet (sa) said: ‘Surely, a believer is to another believer like the parts of a solid wall, reinforcing each other’, and he interlaced the fingers of one hand with those of the other.

Ibn Sīrīn reports that Abū Ḥurairah (r.a) narrated: ‘The Messenger of Allāh (sa) led us in one of the two Prayers after the decline of the sun.’ Ibn Sīrīn (rh) said: ‘Abū Ḥurairah (r.a) named the Prayer but I have forgotten.’ Abū Ḥurairah (r.a) narrates: ‘He led us in two rakaʿāt of Prayer and performed taslīm. He then stood near a piece of wood lying across the mosque and leaned on it, appearing upset. He placed his right hand over his left hand, interlacing the fingers, and rested his right cheek on the back of his left hand. Some of the more hasty individuals left through the mosque doors, saying: “The Prayer has been shortened.” Among the people were Abū Bakr and ʿUmar (r.a), but both were hesitant to speak to him. Also among the people was a man whose hands were long, known as Dhū al-Yadain [the man with two hands]. He asked: “O Messenger of Allāh! Have you forgotten or has the Prayer been shortened?” He [the Messenger of Allāh (sa)] replied: “I have not forgotten, and the Prayer has not been shortened.” Then, the Prophet (sa) asked: “Is it so, as Dhū al-Yadain is saying?” They replied in the affirmative. So, he moved forward and prayed what [rakaʿāt] he had missed and performed taslīm. Then, he called out “Allāhu Akbar” and performed sujūd in his usual manner, or for longer. Then, he raised his head and called out “Allāhu Akbar”. Then he called out “Allāhu Akbar”, and prostrated as he used to prostrate, or for longer. Then, he lifted his head and called out “Allāhu Akbar”. People enquired from him [Ibn Sirīn (rh)] several times, “Then he performed taslīm?” He would say: “I have been informed that ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣain said: ‘Then he performed taslīm’.”’

Mūsá ibn ʿUqbah said: ‘I saw Sālim ibn ʿAbd Allāh seeking out [specific] places on the road and offering Prayer there. He narrated that his father would offer Prayer in these places and had seen the Prophet (sa) praying at those places. And Nāfiʿ related to me on the authority of Ibn ʿUmar (r.a) that he would offer Prayer at these places. I inquired with Sālim, and to my knowledge, he concurred with Nāfiʿ concerning all these places, but they differed regarding a mosque at Sharaf al-Rawḥāʾ.’

ʿAbd Allāh [ibn ʿUmar] (r.a) informed Nāfiʿ that when the Messenger of Allāh (sa) would go out for ʿUmrah, and during his Ḥajj, he would dismount at Dhū al-Ḥulaifah under a samur tree, at the location of the mosque in Dhū al-Ḥulaifah. Whenever he would return from an expedition, or from Ḥajj or ʿUmrah, while travelling along this road, he would descend to the midst of the valley. When he would emerge from the bottom of the valley, he would make his camel kneel down on the plain which is to the eastern border of the valley. Then, he would rest there in the latter period of the night until morning. The place was not near the mosque which is on rocks, nor on the hillock where the mosque lies. There was a water channel nearby, beside which ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar (r.a) would pray. In its midst were mounds of sand. The Messenger of Allāh (sa) would offer Prayer there. The flood from Baṭḥāʾ levelled it out so much so that the spot where ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar (r.a) would pray became buried.

And ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar (r.a) narrated to him that the Prophet (sa) offered Prayer at the site of the small mosque, which lies before the mosque of Sharaf al-Rawḥāʾ. And ʿAbd Allāh (r.a) knew of the place where the Prophet (sa) had prayed. He would say: ‘When you stand to pray in the mosque, it is located to your right side. This mosque sits on the right side of the road as you travel towards Makkah. There is approximately a stone’s throw between this mosque and the larger one.’

And that ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar (r.a) would pray towards the mound which is near the end of al-Rawḥāʾ. One side of this mound ends at the edge of the road, near a mosque which lies between it and the end [of al-Rawhāʾ], as you head towards Makkah. A mosque was [later] built there. ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar (r.a) would not pray in that mosque. He would leave it on his left and behind him, and would pray in front of it, towards the mound. ʿAbd Allāh (r.a) would leave al-Rawḥāʾ and would not offer Ẓuhr until he arrived at that place; then he would offer the Ẓuhr Prayer there. Whenever he came from Makkah and passed by it an hour before morning, or in the early dawn, he would stop there until he had offered his Morning Prayer.

ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar (r.a) related to him [Nāfiʿ] that the Prophet (sa) would come to rest under a large tree before al-Ruwaithah on the right side of the road, where the road meets a flat, open area. Then, he would emerge from a mound two miles before Barīd al-Ruwaithah. The top of the tree had broken and bent inward upon itself, though it remained standing on its trunk and its trunk had many protrusions.

And ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar (r.a) mentioned to him that the Prophet (sa) prayed on the edge of the mound which was behind al-ʿArj, as you headed towards higher ground. Near the mosque there, on the right side of the road, were two or three graves, and on the graves were heaps of stones near the stones of the road. ʿAbd Allāh (r.a) would leave al-ʿArj between these roadside stones after the sun had declined at midday, and he would offer the Ẓuhr Prayer in that mosque.