hadith 8564–9729

Abu Amr al-Shaybani narrates: "I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) sending the women out of the mosque on Friday."

Abu Amr al-Shaybani narrates that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to send the women out of the mosque on Friday, saying: "Pray in your houses."

Abu al-Ahwas narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "A woman has done no good deed greater than sitting in the innermost part of her house worshipping her Lord. (Otherwise) one of them says: I am going to my family, and Satan urges her on (to go out), until she says (to herself): Everyone who saw me admired me."

Abu al-Ahwas narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Women are something to be kept concealed. A woman goes out of her house while there is nothing wrong with her, and Satan urges her on and says: You will not pass by anyone without him admiring you. And a woman puts on her clothes, and she is asked: Where are you going? She says: To visit someone who is sick, to attend a funeral, or to pray in a mosque. Yet a woman has never worshipped her Lord with anything like worshipping Him in her house."

Abu al-Ahwas narrates that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "A woman is something to be kept concealed. When she goes out of her house, Satan urges her on, and she says (to herself): Everyone who saw me admired me. And a woman is nearest to Allah when she is in the innermost part of her house."

Abu al-Ahwas narrates that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "A woman's prayer in her room is better than her prayer in her chamber, her prayer in her chamber is better than her prayer in her house (courtyard), and her prayer in her house is better than her prayer anywhere else." Then he said: "When a woman goes out, Satan watches her intently."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "A woman's prayer in the inner room of the house is better than her prayer in her house (courtyard), and her prayer in the house is better than her prayer outside it."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Among the Children of Israel, men and women used to pray together. When a woman had a lover (a male friend), she would wear two qalibs (tall wooden clogs) to look tall for her lover. So Allah imposed menstruation upon them. Hence Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "Keep them back where Allah has kept them back." We asked Abu Bakr (Abd al-Razzaq): What are qalibayn? He said: "Two wooden clogs (raised shoes)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "A woman of the Children of Israel would wear two tall wooden clogs and stand on them (to increase her height), and make an appointment with her paramour; so menstruation was imposed upon them." And Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "Keep them back where Allah has kept them back."

Abd al-A'la narrates: I entered the mosque with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and he bowed (in prayer). Meanwhile a man passed by him while he was bowing and greeted him with salam. He said: "Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth." When he finished (the prayer), he said: It used to be said: "Among the signs of the Hour is that a man greets another man only because he knows him, that the mosques are taken as thoroughfares, that women and horses become expensive and then become cheap and never become expensive again until the Day of Resurrection, and that men and women engage in trade together."

Kharijah bin al-Salt al-Burjumi narrates: We came to the mosque with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: It used to be said: "Among the signs of the approach of the Hour is that the mosques are taken as thoroughfares."

Salim bin Abi al-Ja'd narrates that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) entered the mosque and said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Among the signs of the Hour is that a man passes through the length and breadth of the mosque without praying two rak'ahs in it."
Mansur narrated it in this way, while Qatadah narrated it with a connected chain.

The father of Salim bin Abi al-Ja'd (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man met Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: Al-salamu alayka (peace be upon you), O Ibn Mas'ud! Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) have spoken the truth. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Among the signs of the Hour is that a man passes through the mosque without praying two rak'ahs in it, that a man greets with salam only those he knows, and that a boy sends an old man as his messenger."

Alqamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A Bedouin met Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) while we were with him, and said: Al-salamu alayka (peace be upon you), O Abu Abd al-Rahman! He laughed and said: "Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: The Hour will not be established until the greeting of salam is given only on the basis of acquaintance - and this man recognised me from among all of you, so he greeted me - and until the mosques are taken as thoroughfares in which no prostration is made to Allah, and until a young man sends an old man as a messenger between the two horizons (on a long journey), and until the merchant travels between the two horizons yet finds no profit."

Al-Aswad bin Yazid (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The prayer was started in the mosque, so we came walking with Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him). When the people bowed, Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) also bowed, and we bowed with him while we were (still) walking. Then a man passed in front of him and said: Al-salamu alayka (peace be upon you), O Abu Abd al-Rahman! Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said while still bowing: Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth. When he finished (the prayer), some of the people asked him: Why did you say, when that man greeted you, that Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth? He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Among the signs of the Hour is that the greeting of salam is given only on the basis of acquaintance."

Qays reports that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "Perform this prayer well, and keep these sermons short."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Lengthening the prayer and shortening the sermon are a sign of a man's understanding."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Lengthening the prayer and shortening the sermon are a sign of a man's understanding."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Soon there will be imams over you who will kill the prayer (by delaying it from its time). So whoever among you lives to see that time, let him pray it at its proper time, and let him count the prayer he performs with them as a voluntary prayer."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "You are in a time whose preachers are few and whose scholars are many; they lengthen the prayer and shorten the sermon. And soon a time will come upon you whose preachers are many and whose scholars are few; they will lengthen the sermon and delay the prayer, until it will be said: This is the time of 'the setting of the dead'." I asked him: What is 'the setting of the dead'? He said: "When the sun turns very yellow (close to setting). So whoever among you lives to see that time, let him pray the prayer at its proper time; then if he is held back, let him pray with them (as well), and let him count the prayer he prayed alone as the obligatory one and the prayer with them as voluntary."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Soon there will be rulers who will abandon this little (a small part) of the Sunnah; if you put up with that, they will increase it; then if you put up with that as well, they will bring the greatest calamity."

Mahdi reports that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Mahdi, how will you be when your best people are overpowered, and your young ones or your wicked ones are appointed as rulers over you, and the prayer is performed outside its proper time?" I said: I do not know. He said: "Do not be a tax collector, nor an 'arif (government overseer), nor a policeman, nor a courier, and pray the prayer at its proper time."

Ibrahim reports that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) would pray with them (the rulers) when they delayed the prayer a little, and he held that they (the rulers) would bear the sin of that.

Al-Qasim bin Abdul-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Al-Walid bin Uqbah delayed the prayer, so Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered the mu'adhdhin, and he called the iqamah (again); then he himself stepped forward and led the people in prayer. At that, al-Walid sent a message to him: What is this you have done? Has some new order come to you from the Commander of the Believers, or have you introduced something new (on your own)? Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "None of that happened. Neither Allah nor His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has commanded us to wait for you with our prayer while you are busy with your own affairs."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Four things are (signs) of coarseness: to hear the mu'adhdhin say: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar; I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and not say the like of it; to wipe one's face (with the hand) before completing one's prayer; to urinate standing; and to pray while there is nothing between oneself and the qiblah to screen him (from people passing in front)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Four things are part of coarseness: that a man hears the mu'adhdhin say the takbir and does not say the takbir himself, and hears him recite the tashahhud and does not recite the tashahhud himself; that he wipes the dust off his forehead while in prayer; and that he prays in open ground while there is no sutrah (screen) between himself and the qiblah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Four things are part of coarseness: wiping your face while in prayer, praying without a sutrah (screen), urinating standing, and hearing the mu'adhdhin and not saying the like of what he says."

Zayd bin Wahb said: A man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: O Abu Abdul-Rahman, I slept through the Fajr prayer until the sun rose. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Perform ablution in the best way you have ever performed ablution, and pray in the best way you have ever prayed." The man thought that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) had not grasped the gravity of what he had done. The narrator said: So he came again and said: O Abu Abdul-Rahman, I slept through the Fajr prayer until the sun rose. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) again said to him: "Perform ablution in the best way you have ever performed ablution, and pray in the best way you have ever prayed." He fell silent until, when the people sitting with him had thinned out, he said again: O Abu Abdul-Rahman, I slept through the Fajr prayer until the sun rose. The narrator said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) took hold of his finger and squeezed it, then said: "This was said to you so that you would understand: perform ablution in the best way you have ever performed ablution, and pray in the best way you have ever prayed."

Zayd bin Wahb reports that a man came to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him); then the narrator mentioned a hadith like the narration of Za'idah.

Zirr reports that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "A man should pray in two garments." Then I met Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) and told him about this, and he said: "Does every one of you have two garments? (Rather,) let him pray in a single garment."

Qatadah reports that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to offer voluntary prayers while travelling, before and after the obligatory prayer.

Ibrahim al-Nakha'i reports that Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): Are you not amazed at people who are (sitting) between your house and the house of Abu Musa, claiming that they are in i'tikaf (seclusion)? Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Perhaps they are right and you are mistaken."

Ibrahim reports that Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): Are you not amazed at people who are between your house and the house of Abu Musa, claiming that they are in i'tikaf (seclusion)? Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Perhaps they are right and you are mistaken, or they have remembered and you have forgotten." Then he said: "As for me, I know that i'tikaf is only in a mosque where the congregational prayer is (regularly) held."

Ibrahim reports that Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: Shall I not make you wonder at people sitting in i'tikaf between your house and the house of al-Ash'ari (Abu Musa)? Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Perhaps they are right and you are mistaken." Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I do not care whether I observe i'tikaf there or in this market of yours. I'tikaf is only in these three mosques: the Sacred Mosque, the Mosque of Madinah and al-Aqsa Mosque." And the people who had observed i'tikaf, whom Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) criticised, were (secluded) in the great mosque of Kufah.

Abu Wa'il reports that Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): Some people are sitting in i'tikaf between your house and the house of Abu Musa; will you not forbid them? Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Perhaps they are right and you are mistaken, and they have remembered and you have forgotten." Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "There is no i'tikaf except in these three mosques: the Mosque of Madinah, the Mosque of Makkah and the mosque of Bayt al-Maqdis (Iliya)."

Shaddad bin al-Azma' reports that a man observed i'tikaf in his tent, and people pelted him with pebbles. The man sent a message to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), so Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) came, drove the people away, and approved of it (his action).

Kurdus reports that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say nine takbirs each in Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr: first he would say four takbirs, then recite, then say one takbir and bow with it; then in the second rak'ah he would stand and first recite, then say four takbirs and bow with one of them.

Kurdus (may Allah have mercy on him) said: After the Isha prayer, al-Walid sent a message to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud, Sayyiduna Hudhayfah, Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud and Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with them) and said: This is the Eid of the Muslims, so how is the prayer to be performed? They said: Ask Abu Abdul-Rahman (Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him)). So he asked him, and he said: "A man should stand and say four takbirs, then recite Surah al-Fatihah and a surah from the Mufassal, then say the takbir and bow; that makes five (takbirs). Then (in the second rak'ah) he should stand and recite Surah al-Fatihah and a surah from the Mufassal, then say four takbirs and bow with the last takbir; that makes nine (takbirs) in the two Eids." And none of them objected to it.

Ibrahim reports that al-Walid bin Uqbah entered the mosque while Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud, Sayyiduna Hudhayfah and Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with them) were in the courtyard of the mosque. Al-Walid said: The Eid has come; what should I do? Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Say Allahu Akbar, praise Allah, extol Him, send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and supplicate to Allah; then say the takbir, praise Allah, extol Him, and send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); then say the takbir, praise Allah, extol Him, send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and supplicate to Allah; then say the takbir, praise Allah, extol Him, send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and supplicate; then say the takbir and recite Surah al-Fatihah and a surah; then say the takbir, and bow and prostrate. Then stand and recite Surah al-Fatihah and a surah; then say the takbir, praise Allah, extol Him, send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and supplicate; then say the takbir, praise Allah, extol Him, send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and bow and prostrate." The narrator said: Sayyiduna Hudhayfah and Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "You are right."

Alqamah and al-Aswad bin Yazid (may Allah have mercy on them both) said: Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was sitting, and with him were Sayyiduna Hudhayfah and Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with them both). Sa'id bin al-As asked them about the takbirs in the prayer of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. This one began to say: Ask him, and that one began to say: Ask him, until Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Ask him, meaning Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). So he asked him, and Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "He should say four takbirs, then recite, then say the takbir and bow; then in the second rak'ah he should say the takbir and recite, then say four takbirs after the recitation."