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سنن نسائي
Nasai
كتاب التطبيقThe Book of The At-Tatbiq (Clasping One\'s Hands Together)
بَابُ : أَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ الْعَبْدُ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّChapter: When is a person closest to Allah the Mighty and Sublime?
Hadith 1138
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، قال : حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ ، عَنْ سُمَيٍّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " أَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ الْعَبْدُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ فَأَكْثِرُوا الدُّعَاءَ " .
´It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that:` The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The closest that a person can be to his Lord, the Mighty and Sublime, is when he is prostrating, so increase in supplication then."
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Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
1138. Commentary:
➊ The primary purpose of prayer (salah) is prostration (sujud); the rest is introduction and conclusion. Therefore, there should be complete tranquility and composure in prostration.
➋ Some individuals consider it appropriate to perform only prostration separately from prayer for the purpose of supplication (dua), but there is no evidence for this from the Sunnah. However, the prostration of gratitude (sujud ash-shukr) is established as Sunnah.
➌ Here, nearness does not refer to physical or spatial proximity, but rather to nearness in rank, honor, and nobility. This is because Satan was disgraced and humiliated by refusing to prostrate, while a human being, by opposing Satan—that is, by performing prostration—can attain honor and rank.
➊ The primary purpose of prayer (salah) is prostration (sujud); the rest is introduction and conclusion. Therefore, there should be complete tranquility and composure in prostration.
➋ Some individuals consider it appropriate to perform only prostration separately from prayer for the purpose of supplication (dua), but there is no evidence for this from the Sunnah. However, the prostration of gratitude (sujud ash-shukr) is established as Sunnah.
➌ Here, nearness does not refer to physical or spatial proximity, but rather to nearness in rank, honor, and nobility. This is because Satan was disgraced and humiliated by refusing to prostrate, while a human being, by opposing Satan—that is, by performing prostration—can attain honor and rank.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 1138
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues:
(1)
Just as the Grand Intercession (shafa‘at kubra) is your (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) station, in the same way, the gate of Paradise will also be opened by your intercession.
(2)
In all dealings and conversations, trustworthiness and honesty, truthfulness, and maintaining ties of kinship (silat ar-rahm)—that is, caring for and considering relatives—are two such important deeds that every Muslim should always be diligent about.
(3)
The depth of Hell is so great that if a person were dropped from above, he would reach the bottom after seventy years had passed.
(4)
Adam (alayhis salam) mentioned such a mistake as an excuse for not opening the gate of Paradise, for which he had already been forgiven in Paradise itself. And Adam’s (alayhis salam) coming from Paradise to the world was for the vicegerency (khilafah) of the earth, for which he was created, as is stated in the Noble Qur’an: (al-Baqarah: 30) “Indeed, I am going to place a vicegerent upon the earth.”
(1)
Just as the Grand Intercession (shafa‘at kubra) is your (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) station, in the same way, the gate of Paradise will also be opened by your intercession.
(2)
In all dealings and conversations, trustworthiness and honesty, truthfulness, and maintaining ties of kinship (silat ar-rahm)—that is, caring for and considering relatives—are two such important deeds that every Muslim should always be diligent about.
(3)
The depth of Hell is so great that if a person were dropped from above, he would reach the bottom after seventy years had passed.
(4)
Adam (alayhis salam) mentioned such a mistake as an excuse for not opening the gate of Paradise, for which he had already been forgiven in Paradise itself. And Adam’s (alayhis salam) coming from Paradise to the world was for the vicegerency (khilafah) of the earth, for which he was created, as is stated in the Noble Qur’an: (al-Baqarah: 30) “Indeed, I am going to place a vicegerent upon the earth.”
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 482
