Bukhari

Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues:

Hazrat Anas radi Allahu anhu has described the attention and engrossment of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in prayer with the expression (بُهِتْنَا), and in Sahih Bukhari, in its place, the words are: (فَهَمَمْنَا أَنْ نَفْتَتِنَ مِنَ الفَرَحِ بِرُؤْيَةِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم), meaning, we were so overjoyed that there was a danger that all of us might become so absorbed in seeing you sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that our attention would be diverted from the prayer. Becoming engrossed in the sight and vision of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and thus diverting attention from the prayer has been described as a fitnah (trial).

Therefore, if in "Sirat-e-Mustaqeem"—which is not by Shah Isma'il Shaheed but rather from the sayings of Imam Ahmad Shaheed—bringing to mind the image of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam or any Shaykh is prohibited on the basis that it diverts attention from the prayer, and since there is no relationship of devotion or love with a wild ox (gāu-khar) that a person would become absorbed in it and become heedless of the prayer, then how can this be objectionable?

Whereas, the position of these gentlemen themselves is: (لَونَظَرَ المُصَلِّي إِلَي الْمُصْحَفِ وَقَرَءَ مِنْهُ فَسَدَتْ صَلٰوتُهَ لَا إِليٰ فَرَج إِمْرَأَةٍ بِشَهْوَةٍ) — If, during prayer, one looks at the Qur'an and recites from it, the prayer becomes invalid, but if one looks at a woman's private part with sexual desire, the prayer does not become invalid. (Al-Ashbah wa al-Nazair, Ibn Nujaym)

If looking at the Qur'an affects humility and submissiveness (khushu‘ wa khudu‘) and invalidates the prayer, then will not bringing to mind the image of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam also affect the prayer? And perhaps, in the view of these gentlemen, looking at a woman's private part with sexual desire does not affect a person, and if mentioning the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam alongside a wild ox is inappropriate, then why is mentioning a woman's private part alongside the Qur'an not considered disrespectful?

Benefits and Issues:
In this world, a qirat is a small measure of weight—
that is, 2.125 or 2.475 grams.
But due to the blessing of faith, piety, and fulfilling the right of one’s Muslim brother, Allah ‘azza wa jall will grant this deed a reward equal to mountains.
And for this to happen is not impossible.
And every person of faith should be eager for such righteous deeds.

Benefit:
In this hadith, the reward for participating in the funeral prayer is mentioned. By way of benefit, it is submitted that some people join the funeral procession along the way, and some arrive at the cemetery beforehand, whereas the reward of a qirat will be given to the person who goes with the funeral from the deceased’s house; this clarification is found in Sahih Muslim (945).

May Allah, the Exalted, grant our respected teacher, Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Sharif rahimahullah, the best of rewards. He exerted great effort upon this humble one at Markaz at-Tarbiyah al-Islamiyyah. During teaching, he had this addition written, and at that time he referenced [احكام الجنائز لالباني ص : 68]. So may Allah reward him with goodness.