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up one rank, and will blot out one of your sins.” (Sahih Muslim). And it was narrated
that Rabyaa ben Kaab Alaslamy said: I was spending the night with the Prophet Moham-
mad and after I have served him for his ablution he asked me if I have any thing to re-
quest, I replied: I want to be your companion in Paradise. Then he replied: any thing else?
I said: that’s all. He said: against yourself by having more prostrations.” (Sahih Muslim).
The closest a servant of God comes to his Lord is when he is prostrating as The Prophet
said: “The closest a servant of God comes to his Lord is when he is prostrating, so increase
your supplications at that time.” (Sahih Muslim).
7- Staying at Mosques between Prayers:
Staying at mosques between prayers has a great importance as The Messenger Mo-
hammad (peace & blessings upon him) said: “The servant of Allah is regarded in prayer as
long as he is in the mosque and waiting for the prayer and the angels say: “O God! Bestow
Your Blessings upon him! Be Merciful and kind to him” as long as he keeps at his praying
place and does not pass wind”. (Sahih Muslim). And there are many other traditions of the
Prophet Mohammad which contain a lot of the topics mentioned above such as the tradi-
tion narrated by Abu Huraira that the Messenger of God said: “The prayer offered in con-
gregation is twenty five times more superior (in reward) to the prayer offered alone in
one’s house or in a business centre, because if one performs ablution and does it perfect-
ly, and then proceeds to the mosque with the sole intention of offering the prayer, then
for each step which he takes towards the mosque, Allah upgrades him a degree in reward
and (forgives) crosses out one sin (at each step) till he enters the mosque. When he enters
the mosque he is considered in prayer as long as he is waiting for the prayer and the an-
gels keep on asking for Allah’s Forgiveness for him and they keep on saying: ‘O Allah! Be
Merciful to him, O Allah! Forgive him, as long as he keeps on sitting at his praying place
and does not pass wind”. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Shall I not tell you something by which Allah effaces the
sins and elevates ranks (in Jannah)?'' The Companions said; "Certainly, O Messenger of
Allah.'' He (PBUH) said, "Performing the Wudu' thoroughly in spite of difficult circums-
tances, walking with more paces to the mosque, and waiting for the next As-Salat (the
prayer) after observing Salat; and that is Ar-Ribat, and that is Ar-Ribat.'' (Muslim).
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