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his entire body as much as possible with his hands, beginning with
his head and face and front part of his body. He used to do this three
times.” [Saheeh al-Bukharee] and he also advised Uqbah ibn Amir to
recite these after each obligatory prayer.” [An-Nisaee]
Abdullah ibn Khubaib tsaid, “The Messenger of Allah r
said to me, ‘Recite,’ I replied, ‘O Messenger of Allah, what shall I
recite’ He replied, ‘Recite Soorah al-Ikhlas, Soorah al-Falaq and
Soorah al-Nas in the evening and the morning three times, for it will
suffice you of all else.’ [At-Tirmidhee]
The Messenger of Allah rwent out one night and passed by Abu Bakr
t who was praying with a soft voice. Then he passed by Umar ibn al-
Khattab t who was praying with a raised voice. When they came
together with the Prophet r, he said, “O Abu Bakr! I passed by you
while you were praying with a soft voice.” Abu Bakr t said, “I made
the one with whom I was conversing with (i.e. Allah) hear it, O
Messenger of Allah.” He then said to Umar t, “I passed by you while
you were praying with a raised voice.” Umar t said, “O Messenger of
Allah! I was inciting those who were asleep and driving away the
Shaytan.” The Prophet r then said, “O Abu Bakr! Raise your voice
somewhat,” and he said to Umar, “lower your voice somewhat.” [Abu
Dawood, al-Hakim, who declared it saheeh as did adh-Dhahabi]
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