الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الصلاةBook of Prayer
بَابٌ فِي فَضْلِ طُولِ الْقِيَامِ وَكَثْرَةِ الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ
Chapter on the Virtue of Prolonged Standing and Frequent Bowing and Prostration
Hadith 1056
عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَيُّ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: ((طُولُ الْقُنُوتِ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: Which prayer is the most virtuous? He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: Prolonged standing in prayer.
Hadith 1057
عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرٍ سَوْءٍ، قُلْنَا: وَمَا هَمَمْتَ بِهِ؟ قَالَ: هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ وَأَدَعَهُ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I prayed with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) one night, and he stood in prayer for so long that I intended to do something bad. We asked: What bad thing did you intend? He said: I intended to sit down and leave the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) standing.
Hadith 1058
عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْمُخَارِقِ قَالَ: خَرَجْنَا حُجَّاجًا فَلَمَّا بَلَغْنَا الرَّبَذَةَ قُلْتُ لِأَصْحَابِي: تَقَدَّمُوا وَتَخَلَّلْتُ فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي، فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُطِيلُ الْقِيَامَ وَيُكْثِرُ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ: مَا أَلَوْتُ أَنْ أُحْسِنَ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((مَنْ رَكَعَ رَكْعَةً أَوْ سَجَدَ سَجْدَةً رُفِعَ بِهَا دَرَجَةٌ وَحُطَّتْ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةٌ))
Mukhariq says: We set out to perform Hajj, and when we reached the place of Rabdha, I said to my companions: You go ahead, I stayed behind myself. Then I went to Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), while he was performing prayer, and I saw that he would stand for long periods and perform many bowings and prostrations. When I mentioned this to him, he said: I have not fallen short in perfecting my deeds. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever bows or prostrates, one rank will be raised for him and one sin will be erased.
Hadith 1059
(وَمِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ قَالَ: قَعَدْتُ إِلَى نَفَرٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَجَعَلَ يُصَلِّي يَرْكَعُ وَيَسْجُدُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ ثُمَّ يَرْكَعُ وَيَسْجُدُ لَا يَقْعُدُ، فَقُلْتُ: وَاللَّهِ! مَا أَرَى هَٰذَا يَدْرِي يَنْصَرِفُ عَلَى شَفْعٍ أَوْ وَتْرٍ، فَقَالُوا: أَلَا تَقُومُ إِلَيْهِ فَتَقُولُ لَهُ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ! مَا أُرَاكَ تَدْرِي تَنْصَرِفُ عَلَى شَفْعٍ أَوْ وَتْرٍ، قَالَ: وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَدْرِي، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((مَنْ سَجَدَ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهَا حَسَنَةً وَحَطَّ بِهَا عَنْهُ خَطِيئَةً وَرَفَعَ لَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً)) فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ فَقَالَ: أَبُو ذَرٍّ، فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِي فَقُلْتُ: جَزَاكُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ جُلَسَائِ شَرًّا، أَمَرْتُمُونِي أَنْ أُعَلِّمَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
(Second chain) Mutarrif says: I was sitting with some Qurayshi individuals when a man came and began to pray, performing bowing and prostration, then prayed again, performing bowing and prostration, and did not sit. I said: By Allah! I think this servant does not even know whether he has prayed an even or odd number of rak‘ahs. The people said: Why don’t you go to him and tell him? So I said: O servant of Allah! I think you do not even know whether you have prayed an even or odd number of rak‘ahs. He said: But Allah Almighty knows; I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: Whoever prostrates to Allah Almighty, Allah will write for him a good deed through it, erase a bad deed, and raise him one degree. I said: Who are you? He said: I am Abu Dharr. Hearing this, I returned to my companions and said: May Allah give you a bad reward on behalf of those who sit, you instructed me to teach one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.
Hadith 1060
(وَمِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَالِثٍ) عَنِ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ فَوَجَدْتُّ فِيهِ رَجُلًا يُكْثِرُ السُّجُودَ فَوَجَدْتُّ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قُلْتُ: أَتَدْرِي عَلَى شَفْعٍ انْصَرَفْتَ أَمْ عَلَى وَتْرٍ؟ قَالَ: إِنْ أَكُ لَا أَدْرِي فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَدْرِي، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي حِبِّي أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ بَكَى، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي حِبِّي أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ بَكَى، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي حِبِّي أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: ((مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَسْجُدُ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً إِلَّا رَفَعَ اللَّهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ بِهَا عَنْهُ خَطِيئَةً وَكَتَبَ لَهُ بِهَا حَسَنَةً)) قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَخْبِرْنِي مَنْ أَنْتَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَتَقَاصَرَتْ إِلَيَّ نَفْسِي
(Third chain) Ahnaf bin Qais says: I entered Bayt al-Maqdis and found a man performing many prostrations, and I began to feel something because of his actions. When he finished, I said to him: Do you know whether you are ending your prayer on an even or odd number of rak‘ahs? He said: If I do not know, Allah surely knows. Then he said: My beloved Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him) informed me, and then he began to weep. He said again: My beloved Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him) informed me, and then he began to weep again. Then he said: My beloved Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him) informed me that there is no servant who prostrates to Allah except that Allah raises him one degree, forgives him one sin, and writes for him one good deed. I said to him: May Allah have mercy on you, tell me who you are. He said: I am the Companion of the Messenger, Abu Dharr. Upon hearing this, my heart shrank (meaning I felt great embarrassment).
Hadith 1061
عَنْ أَبِي فَاطِمَةَ الْأَزْدِيِّ أَوِ الْأَسَدِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ لِيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((يَا أَبَا فَاطِمَةَ! إِنْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَلْقَانِي فَأَكْثِرِ السُّجُودَ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Fatimah Azdi or Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said to me: O Abu Fatimah! If you intend to meet me, then perform abundant prostrations (sajdah).
Hadith 1062
(وَمِنْ طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ) يَا أَبَا فَاطِمَةَ! أَكْثِرْ مِنَ السُّجُودِ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ، بَدَلَ رَجُلٍ) يَسْجُدُ لِلَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى سَجْدَةً إِلَّا رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى بِهَا دَرَجَةً
(Second chain) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: O Abu Fatimah! Perform prostrations in abundance, for whenever a Muslim prostrates to Allah Almighty, Allah raises him in rank.
Hadith 1063
عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ عَنْ خَادِمٍ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٍ أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِمَّا يَقُولُ لِلْخَادِمِ: ((أَلَكَ حَاجَةٌ؟)) قَالَ: حَتَّى كَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! حَاجَتِي، قَالَ: ((وَمَا حَاجَتُكَ؟)) قَالَ: حَاجَتِي أَنْ تَشْفَعَ لِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، قَالَ: ((وَمَنْ دَلَّكَ عَلَى هَٰذَا؟)) قَالَ: رَبِّي، قَالَ: ((فَإِمَّا لَا فَأَعِنِّي بِكَثْرَةِ السُّجُودِ))
Mawla of Banu Makhzum, Ziyad bin Abu Ziyad, narrates from a servant or maid of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say to his servant: "Do you have any need?" One day, this servant said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have a need." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is your need?" He said: "My need is that you intercede for me on the Day of Resurrection." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And who guided you to this matter?" He said: "My Lord did." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If there is no alternative to this need, then help me by increasing your prostrations."
Hadith 1064
عَنْ مَعْدَانَ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْيَعْمُرِيِّ قَالَ: لَقِيتُ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ: أَخْبِرْنِي بِعَمَلٍ أَعْمَلُهُ يُدْخِلُنِيَ اللَّهُ بِهِ الْجَنَّةَ أَوْ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: بِأَحَبِّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللَّهِ، فَسَكَتَ ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: ((عَلَيْكَ بِكَثْرَةِ السُّجُودِ، فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَسْجُدُ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً إِلَّا رَفَعَكَ اللَّهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ عَنْكَ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً)) قَالَ مَعْدَانُ: ثُمَّ لَقِيتُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِي مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ لِي ثَوْبَانُ
Ma’dan bin Abi Talhah Ya’mari says: I met the freed slave of the Messenger, Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), and said: Tell me of an action which, if I perform it, Allah Almighty will admit me into Paradise, or he said: Inform me of the most beloved action to Allah Almighty. So he remained silent, (then I asked him, but he remained silent). Then when I asked for the third time, he said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about this, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Be diligent in abundant prostration (sujood), for whenever you prostrate, Allah Almighty will raise you one degree and erase one of your sins. Ma’dan says: Then I met Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him the same question, and he gave me the same answer that Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) had given.
