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Muslims who believe in the Messiah,
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Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet came in when there was a woman with her. He asked: Who is she? I said: She is the one whose salat is much talked about. Addressing her he said: Now wait a moment. You are required to do only that much which you can carry out easily. Allah does not tire of you until you tire of Him. Allah likes that spiritual exercise best which a worshipper can carry out diligently (Bokhari and Muslim). (TaHa 4, Al-Baqarah 187)
Gardens of the Righteous, On Moderation in Worship, Hadith Number 142, Page Number 36Anas relates: Three persons inquired from the wives of the Holy Prophet about his practice in the matter of worship. When they were told they felt this would not be enough in their case and said: There is no comparison between the Holy Prophet and us. He has been forgiven in advance. One of them declared: I shall always spend the whole night in voluntary Prayer. The second announced: } shall observe a fast every day without interruption. The third said: I shall keep away from women and shall never marry. The Holy Prophet arrived and asked them: Did you say this and this? Now, I fear God more than you do and am more mindful of my duty to Him than you are, but ] observe a fast and also abstain from fasting, and I perform voluntary Prayer at night and also sleep, and I consort with my wives. He who turns away from my practice is not of me (Bokhari and Muslim). (TaHa 4, Al-Baqarah 187)
Gardens of the Righteous, On Moderation in Worship, Hadith Number 143, Page Number 36Ibn Mas‘ud relates that the Holy Prophet said: Ruined are those who insist on hardship in inatters of the faith. He repeated it three times (Muslim). (TaHa 4, Al-Baqarah 187)
Gardens of the Righteous, On Moderation in Worship, Hadith Number 144, Page Number 36Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: The commandments of the faith are easy. Whoever imports hardship into them is vanquished by them. So be moderate, and perform in proportion to your strength and cheerfully, and seek Allah’s help morn and eve and during a" portion of the night (Bokhari). Another version adds: Be moderate, be moderate. (TaHa 4, Al-Baqarah 187)
Gardens of the Righteous, On Moderation in Worship, Hadith Number 145, Page Number 36Anas relates: The Holy Prophet came into the mosque and noticed a rope stretched between two columns. He inquired: What is this rope for? He was told: This is Zainab’s rope. When during her voluntary Prayer she begins to feel tired she grasps it for support. The Holy Prophet said: Undo it. You should pray so long as you feel alert. When you feel tired you should go to sleep (Bokhari and Muslim). (TaHa 4, Al-Baqarah 187)
Gardens of the Righteous, On Moderation in Worship, Hadith Number 146, Page Number 37Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet said: If any of you should be drowsy in the course of the salat, he should sleep till his drowsiness departs, for if he prays while he is drowsy he cannot be sure that while meaning to seek forgiveness he might be reviling himself (Bokhari and Muslim). (TaHa 4, Al-Baqarah 187)
Gardens of the Righteous, On Moderation in Worship, Hadith Number 147, Page Number 37Jabir ibn Samurah relates: I had the opportunity of joining the Prayer services led by the Holy Prophet on many occasions. His prayer was moderate and his sermon was moderate (Muslim), (TaHa 4, Al-Baqarah 187)
Gardens of the Righteous, On Moderation in Worship, Hadith Number 148, Page Number 37Abu Juhaifah Wahb ibn Abdullah relates that the Holy Prophet had established a bond of brotherhood between Salman and Abu Darda‘. Salman went to see Abu Darda‘ and found his wife untidy. He asked her: What is the matter with you? She said: Your brother, Abu Darda‘ has no worldly desires. Then Abu Darda‘ arrived and prepared some food for Salman and said: Go ahead and eat, for 1 am fasting. Salman said: I shall not eat unless you eat with me. So Abu Darda‘ ate with him. At night Abu Darda‘ got up for voluntary Prayer. Salman told him to go to sleep and he slept. This happened again. In the latter part of the night Salman said to him: Now get up; and both performed the salat together. Then Salman said: It is true you owe your duty to your Lord, but you also owe a duty to yourself and you owe a duty to your wife. So you should render to everyone their due. Then they went to the Holy Prophet and related all this to him. He said: Salman was right (Bokhari). (TaHa 4, Al-Baqarah 187)
Hanzala ibn Rabi’ Usaidi relates: Abu Bakr Siddique met me and greeted me with: How are you, Hanzala? I replied: Hanzala has become a hypocrite. Abu Bakr said: Holy is Allah! What are you saying, Hanzala? I said: When we are in the company of the Holy Prophet he reminds us of Paradise and the Fire and we feel as if we are looking at them. But when we depart from him we are beguiled by our wives and children and livelihoods and we forget the greater part. Abu Bakr said: We too are in the same state. Then Abu Bakr and I went along till we came to the Holy Prophet and I said: Messenger of Allah, Hanzala has become a hypocrite.. He said: What is that? I said: Messenger of Allah, when we are in your company you talk to us of Paradise and the Fire and we feel as if we are looking at them. But when we depart from you we are beguiled by our wives and children and livelihoods and we forget the greater part. The Holy Prophet said: By Him in Whose hands is my life, if you were to continue as you are when you are with me occupied with the remembrance of Allah, angels would shake hands with you in your beds and your streets. But Hanzala, there are moments and moments, and he repeated this last phrase three times (Muslim).
Abdullah ibn Amr ibn ‘As relates that the Holy Prophet was told that I had said: I shall observe the fast every day and shall spend the whole night in voluntary Prayer as long as I live. The Holy Prophet asked me: Are you the one who has said this? I replied: Indeed, I have said it, Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be thy ransom. He said: You will not be able to sustain this. You may fast but with breaks, and you may get up for voluntary Prayer, but you should also sleep. Observe the fast for three days in a month, and as the value of a good deed is tenfold this would be equal to a full month’s fast. I said: I am strong enough to do better than this. He said: Then fast one day and leave out two days. I said: I am strong enough enough to do better than that. He said: Well, then, fast one day and leave off one day. This was the fast of David and it is the best fast. I said: I am strong enough to do better than that. The Holy Prophet said: There is nothing better than this. I now wish I had agreed to the suggestion of the Holy Prophet that I should fast on three days in a month. This would be dearer to me than my property and my children (Bokhari and Muslim). Another version is: The Holy Prophet said: Have I not been told that you observe the fast every day and stand for voluntary Prayer throughout the night? I said: That is so, Messenger of Allah. He said: Do not do so. Observe the fast and leave off, sleep and stand in Prayer. Your body has a right, your eyes have a right, your wife has a right, your guest has a right. It would be enough if you were to fast on three days in a month; for as every good deed has a tenfold value this would be equal to a whole month of fasting. But I was hard on myself and thus was hardship imposed upon me. I said: Messenger of Allah, I feel strong. He said: Then observe the fast of David, the Prophet of Allah, and do not add to it. | asked: What was the fast of David? He said: Half the time. Alas, how I wish I had accepted the first suggestion of the Holy Prophet! Another version is: Have I not been told that you observe the fast every day and recite the entire Quran during one night? I said: That is so, Messenger of Allah, and I intend only good in doing so. He said: Observe the fast of David, the Prophet of Allah, for he performed more worship than any other man, and completed the recitation of the Quran in one month. I said: Prophet of Allah, I am strong enough to do better than this. He said: Then complete it in twenty days. I said: Prophet of Allah, I feel strong enough to do better than that. He said: Then recite it in ten days. I said: Prophet of Allah, I have strength for better than that. He said: Well, then, recite it in seven days and do not add to this recitation. Thus I was hard on myself and hardship was imposed upon me. The Holy Prophet said to me: You do not know, you may live quite long. Then I arrived at that which the Holy Prophet had said. When I became old I wished I had accepted the original suggestion of the Holy Prophet. One version adds: Your son has a right. One version is: The Holy Prophet said: He who fasts everyday, does not fast at all, and repeated it three times. One version adds: The fast most acceptable to Allah is the fast of David, and the salat most acceptable to Allah is the salat of David. He slept through half the night, then stood in Prayer one third of it and then slept through one sixth; and he used to fast one day and leave off one. He did not retreat in the face of the enemy. . Another version is: My father had married me to a woman of good family and he used to inquire from his daughter-in-law about her husband. She would say: A fine man indeed. Since I have come to him he has not lain down with me nor has he looked at my face. When this continued for some time my father mentioned the matter to the Holy Prophet. He said to my father: Send him to me. So I went to him. He asked me: How often do you fast? I said: Every day. He asked me: How long do you take in reciting the entire Quran? I said: Once every night. Then followed that which has been related already. When Abdullah became old he would recite one seventh of his nightly recitation to some member of his family during the day to lighten his task at night. When he desired relief from his fasting on alternate days he would leave off fasting for a few days and make up later the number of fasts he had missed. He would not give up the" number altogether as he disliked going back on what he had settled with the Holy Prophet in the latter's lifetime. (TaHa 4, Al-Baqarah 187)