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with his own hands lowered Saad into the grave. Then he arranged the bricks
in the grave and put soil to fill the grave. While putting soil into the grave the
Prophet (a.s.) said, ‘ Saad’s mortal remains will get lost in the soil but Allah
likes that the deeds one does are good and durable!’ When the Prophet (a.s.)
was giving the last touches to the grave of Saad, the dead companion’s mother
cried,’ O Saad! Greetings on your achieving the Heaven!’ The Prophet said, ‘
O mother of Saad! Keep quiet! At the moment Saad is undergoing the
pressures (Fishaar) of the grave!’ When the Prophet returned from the graveyard,
the companions asked him,’ Ya Hazrat! The way you have attended
Saad’s funeral, we have not seen you do any time in the past. You went barefooted.
You kept your head uncovered.’ He replied,’ I saw the angels do
likewise and I followed suit. .The companions asked,’ Sometimes you carried
the bier on your right shoulder and at others on the left?’ The Prophet replied,’
I was with Jibrael, whichever side he went, I went the same way!’ The
companions asked, ‘ You have yourself given bath to Saad, led the funeral
prayer, lowered him into the grave and in the end said that he was undergoing
the Fishaar of the grave!’ The Prophet replied, ‘ Saad was undergoing the
Fishaar because he used to treat the people of his house and friends with illtemper.’
• It is narrated that the Prophet (a.s.) has said, ‘ Two traits should not be there in
Muslims, the first is miserliness and the other bad temper.’ The Prophet said,’
O Abu Dharr! The sign of a momin is that he is good mannered. An illtempered
person is never a friend of Allah! A good mannered momin is far
better than the pious person who is rude to other fellow beings.
• The Prophet of Islam(a.s.) has said,’ Good manners are the pleasant behavior
of a momin towards others by way of warmth in looks and talk. He offers help
to a brother momin in times of need and profers gifts on him that please him!’
The Prophet (a.s.) added, ‘ O Abu Dharr! A good and clean word is a sort of
charity. If the word has benefited a momin, the one who uttered it would get
rewarded!’ The Prophet (a.s.) said, ‘ O Abu Dharr! Going to a mosque and
sitting there is futile unless one does these three things: Offers prayers, recites
the Quran and teaches or learns the things about religious rites.’’ O abu Dharr!
Allah is not limited to time and space! He doesn’t need any house! Hypocrites
are those who say that He is everything while everything is the reflection of
Hiss Intrinsic Traits ( Sifaat e Kamaliah). One can only imagine His Greatness
looking at things around oneself. The Kaaba, constructed out of bricks and
mortar, which has neither gold nor precious stones embedded in it, is the place
of prostration for the monarchs and the populace. The old and dilapidated
mosques resembling the Kaabah are so much revered that even the rugged
mats in them are better than the the tributes of Ceaser and Qaqaan. Of all the
benefits derived from the mosques, the one most valuable is that they are the
places for congregations of the Muslims. These are the places where people t
gather and exchange greetings and news about each other.’
THE BENEFITS OF CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER