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A Day in The Life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) by Abd a-Wahhab b. Nasir al-Turayri

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In the Morn<strong>in</strong>g with the <strong>Prophet</strong><br />

took it to bed. Thus, it wa s reflected <strong>in</strong> their dreams. We may<br />

wonder much about the <strong>Prophet</strong>'s companions: how close to him<br />

and concerned about him they were. Indeed their preoccupation<br />

with him wa s extended from their wa keful hours to their sleep<strong>in</strong>g<br />

time and their dreams.<br />

At ti mes, the <strong>Prophet</strong> might relate to them a dream he saw<br />

before add<strong>in</strong>g how it should be <strong>in</strong>terpreted. Samurah reports that<br />

the <strong>Prophet</strong> "asked us one day if any <strong>of</strong> us saw a dream. We<br />

answered <strong>in</strong> the negative. He said: 'La st night I saw two men<br />

com<strong>in</strong>g towards me, then they took me <strong>by</strong> the hand to the holy<br />

land ... "' <strong>The</strong> hadith then mentions the dream at length, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />

some <strong>of</strong> the conditions <strong>of</strong> people deserv<strong>in</strong>g God's puni shment and<br />

the causes <strong>of</strong> their punishment. <strong>The</strong> hadith <strong>al</strong>so <strong>in</strong>cludes some<br />

aspects <strong>of</strong> the herea fter.<br />

<strong>The</strong> session <strong>in</strong>cluded some conversation between the <strong>Prophet</strong>'s<br />

companions, and he took pa rt <strong>in</strong> their discussion or listened to what<br />

they said. <strong>The</strong>y might speak about their pre-Islamic days and their<br />

practices that smacked <strong>of</strong> tot<strong>al</strong> ignorance, and how they<br />

subsequently re<strong>al</strong>ized the fa llacy such practices <strong>in</strong>volved. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

spoke about the enlightenment Islam gave them. As they spoke<br />

about these, they might laugh at their own past ignorance. <strong>The</strong><br />

<strong>Prophet</strong> might smile, for he, gener<strong>al</strong>ly speak<strong>in</strong>g, would only smile <strong>in</strong><br />

most cases. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Prophet</strong> norm<strong>al</strong>ly stayed <strong>in</strong> the mosque until the<br />

sun had ri sen and wa s fully resplendent.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Prophet</strong> then proceeded to hi s wives' rooms. When he<br />

went out <strong>of</strong> the mosque, he would say: "In God's name. All peace<br />

and bless<strong>in</strong>g may be gra nted to God's messenger. My Lord, forgive<br />

me my s<strong>in</strong>s and open to me the gates <strong>of</strong> Your grace." <strong>The</strong> first<br />

th<strong>in</strong>g he did as he entered hi s home wa s to bru sh his teeth, so as to<br />

clean hi s pleasant mouth. He would. greet hi s family, say<strong>in</strong>g:<br />

"Ass<strong>al</strong>amu '<strong>al</strong>aykum; Peace be to you. How are you, members <strong>of</strong><br />

this household?" He would visit everyone <strong>of</strong> hi s wives <strong>in</strong> her room,<br />

greet<strong>in</strong>g them <strong>al</strong>l and pray<strong>in</strong>g for them, wi thout stay<strong>in</strong>g long with<br />

any <strong>of</strong> them. He might even enter the room <strong>of</strong> any <strong>of</strong> them only to<br />

f<strong>in</strong>d her <strong>in</strong> her place <strong>of</strong> prayers, and he would leave her to cont<strong>in</strong>ue.<br />

It is reported that he once entered Juwayriyyah's room and found<br />

her at her place <strong>of</strong> worship, glori fyi ng God. He went out aga<strong>in</strong>,<br />

leav<strong>in</strong>g her to cont<strong>in</strong>ue whatever worship she wa s engaged <strong>in</strong>.<br />

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