hadith 8564–9729

Abu Ubaydah bin Abdullah narrates that it weighed heavily on Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that any speech be made after Fajr other than the remembrance of Allah.

Abu Ubaydah narrates that, of all the hours, nothing weighed more heavily on Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) than hearing someone speaking from the break of dawn until sunrise.

Ata' narrates that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) came upon some people who were talking after Fajr. He forbade them from talking and said: "You have only come for the prayer, so either pray or keep silent."

Mujahid narrates that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by two men who were talking after the break of dawn, and he said: "O you two! Either pray or be silent."

Qatadah narrates that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) disliked speaking after praying the two rak'ahs of Fajr.

Abu Ubaydah narrates that the (voluntary) daytime prayer of Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) was as follows: four rak'ahs before Zuhr, two rak'ahs after it, two rak'ahs after Maghrib, two rak'ahs after Isha, and two rak'ahs before Fajr; and he would not pray before Asr nor after it.

Abu Ubaydah narrates that the voluntary prayer which Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) never abandoned was as follows: four rak'ahs before Zuhr, two after it, two after Maghrib, two after Isha, and two rak'ahs before Subh (the dawn prayer).

Abu Ubaydah narrates that the voluntary prayer of Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), from which he never reduced anything, was as follows: four rak'ahs before Zuhr, two rak'ahs after it, two rak'ahs after Maghrib, two rak'ahs after Isha, and two rak'ahs before the Fajr prayer.

Abu Ubaydah narrates that the prayer which Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) never abandoned was as follows: four rak'ahs before Zuhr, two after it, two after Maghrib, two after Isha, and two rak'ahs before Fajr.

Abu Ishaq Abdullah bin Budayl narrates that the person closest to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) (and most privy to his affairs) told him that he used to say: "When the sun passed its zenith, he would stand and pray four rak'ahs, reciting in them two of the surahs of about a hundred verses each. Then, when the mu'adhdhins answered one another (calling the adhan), he would fasten his garments upon himself and then go out to the prayer."

Al-Aswad, Murrah and Masruq narrate that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "No daytime prayer equals the night prayer except the four rak'ahs before Zuhr, and their excellence over the other daytime prayers is like the excellence of prayer in congregation over the prayer of one praying alone."

Abu Ubaydah narrates that his father, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), did not use to pray the forenoon prayer (Duha).

Abd al-Rahman bin Yazid narrates: "There is an hour in which, whenever I came to him, I found him standing in prayer, (namely) between Maghrib and Isha" - meaning (he said this about) Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

Abd al-Rahman bin Yazid (may Allah have mercy on him) said: There was an hour in which, whenever I came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), I found him praying in it, (namely) between Maghrib and Isha. So I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): Whenever I come to you (at this time), I find you praying. He said: "It is the hour of heedlessness."

Al-Aswad bin Yazid narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Yes, it is the hour of heedlessness" - meaning the prayer between Maghrib and Isha.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Drowsiness during fighting is security from Allah, and drowsiness in prayer is from Satan."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Drowsiness in prayer is from Satan, and drowsiness in fighting is security from Allah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Yawning and sneezing in prayer are from Satan."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "The prayer is shortened only in Hajj or jihad."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Do not reduce your prayer (that is, do not shorten it) in your pastures and the places where your livestock graze, and do not go to the villages of the Sawad (of Iraq) for your needs and say: 'We are travellers.' The traveller is only the one who goes from one horizon to another."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Do not be deceived by (your occupation with) your trade and your pastures, so that you journey to the villages of the Sawad and say: 'We are a people travelling.' The traveller is only the one who goes from one horizon to another."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Do not be deceived by (the nearness of) your lands, for the pasture of any one of you and his family are (counted under one ruling as) one and the same thing, unless he himself chooses (to stay there)."

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Whoever prays four rak'ahs while travelling should repeat the prayer."

Ibrahim narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about a man who lays himself down on his side after the two rak'ahs of Duha. He said: "What is the matter with one of you that he rolls about (on the ground) like a donkey rolls?"

Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: After Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) had stood up (having finished the prayer), we used to remain sitting in the mosque, making the people firm in their recitation; then, when we intended to go back, we would pray two rak'ahs. This reached Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: "Do you place upon the people a burden that Allah has not placed upon them? They will see you praying and will come to regard it as obligatory upon themselves. If you must do it, then do it in your houses."

Masruq narrates: When Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up (having finished the prayer), we would sit after him and make the people firm in their recitation; then, when we stood up, we would pray (two rak'ahs). This reached him, so we went in to him, and he said: "Do you place upon the people a burden that has not been placed upon them? They will see you and think that it is a Sunnah. If you must do it, then do it in your houses."
Sulayman (al-A'mash) said: Amr bin Murrah also narrated this same report to us through Abu Ubaydah from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "When Satan sees the son of Adam prostrating, he cries out and says: 'Woe to him! Ruin is for Satan! Allah commanded the son of Adam to prostrate, and for him is Paradise, and he obeyed; and He commanded me to prostrate, and I disobeyed, and for me is the Fire.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man was watering his crop when he saw a shading patch (of cloud), from which he heard a voice: Water the land of so-and-so. He followed the voice until he reached the land that had been named. He asked its owner: What do you do with it (that you were given this)? He said: I put back one third (of its produce) into it (the cultivation), I give one third in charity, and I keep one third for my family.

It is narrated from Masruq that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to send him to his land to do the same (division) there.

Alqamah narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Allah has cursed the women who tattoo, the women who have themselves tattooed, and the women who have gaps made between their teeth for beauty, changing the creation of Allah." This reached a woman of Banu Asad called Umm Ya'qub, and she said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman! I have learned that you have cursed such-and-such? He said: What is the matter with me that I should not curse the one whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed, and who is (also mentioned) in the Book of Allah? She said: I read (the entire Qur'an) between the two covers, and I do not find this (matter). He said: If you are a reader, then you have surely found it. Have you not read: "And whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you, refrain from it" [Surah al-Hashr: 7]? She said: Indeed I have. He said: Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has indeed forbidden it. She said: I think that your own household also does some of this. He said: "Go and look." So she went in, but found nothing of what she was looking for. Then Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Had it been so, she would not be staying with us."
Al-Dabari said: We asked Abu Bakr (Abd al-Razzaq): What is a namisah? He said: "The woman who plucks out her hair."

Alqamah narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The women who pluck their hair, the women who have gaps made between their teeth, and the women who tattoo have been cursed. So shall I not curse the one whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed?" Then a woman of Banu Asad said to him: I think this (practice) is found in your own household too. He said: "Go and look." She went, then came back and said: I did not see anything among them, and I did not find this in the Qur'an either. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to her: "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said it."

Through Azrah, al-Hasan al-Urani and Yahya bin al-Jazzar, Masruq bin al-Ajda' (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a woman came to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: I am a woman with thin hair; is it permissible for me to join (false hair) to my hair? He said: "No." She said: Is this something you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), or something you find in the Book of Allah? He said: Rather, I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and I also find it in the Book of Allah. She said: By Allah, I have read (the entire Qur'an) between the two covers of the mushaf, yet I did not find it. He said: Do you not find in it: "And whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you, refrain from it" [Surah al-Hashr: 7]? She said: Indeed I do. She said: By Allah, I see that the one (woman) in your house does this. He said: "Then I would not have kept the counsel of my brother Shu'ayb (peace be upon him)." Then (the narrator says) he said: "I adjure you to go in to her and look at her hair." So she went in and saw a woman with very little hair, and she found nothing in her hair. She came out and said: I did not find anything. At that he said: "Then I would not have kept the counsel of Shu'ayb."

Abu Ubaydah narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Allah has cursed the women who have gaps made between their teeth, the women who pluck their hair, and the women who disfigure their appearance (by tattooing), changing the creation of Allah." Then a woman of Banu Asad called Umm al-Mustawrid came to him and said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman! I have learned that you have cursed the women who have gaps made between their teeth, the women who pluck their hair, and the women who tattoo? He said: Shall I not curse the one whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed, and who is (also) in the Book of Allah? She said: I have read (the entire Qur'an) between the two covers, yet I did not find this in it. He said: If you have read (the entire Qur'an) between the two covers, then it is certainly in the Book of Allah: "Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you, refrain from it" [Surah al-Hashr: 7]. She said: By Allah, I think that your own household does this too. He said: "Then go in and look; if they do this, they will not spend a single night with me." So she went in and looked, then came out saying: I did not see anything, I did not see anything.

Abu al-Aliyah narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The woman who joins hair, the woman who tattoos, the woman who makes gaps between teeth, and the woman who plucks hair have been cursed" - the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said this.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "By the One besides whom there is no god, no woman has ever prayed a prayer better for her than a prayer she prays in her house, except (a prayer) in the Sacred Mosque or the Mosque of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), except an old woman who (goes out) in her (old) shoes."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "A woman has not prayed in any place better for her than her house, except the Sacred Mosque or the Mosque of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), except a woman who goes out in her manqalayn (old shoes)" - meaning her leather socks.

Abu Amr al-Shaybani narrates: I heard the master of this house (Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him)) swearing an oath and being emphatic in his oath: "There is no place of prayer for a woman better than her house, except in (the journey of) Hajj or Umrah, except a woman who has despaired of marriage; she may (go out) in her leather socks." I asked: What is manqalayha? He said: "An old woman whose steps have become short."

Abu Amr al-Shaybani narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) swore an oath and was emphatic in it: "There is no place of prayer for a woman better than her house, except in Hajj or Umrah, except a woman who has despaired of marriage; she may (go out) in her leather socks."

Abu Amr al-Shaybani narrates that he saw Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) sending the women out of the mosque on Friday, and he was saying: "Go out; going to your houses is better for you."