Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

146 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @@@&5 (Vol-3)
Hadhrat Anas bin Maalik ?i$%%?&j Shortens his Steps
when Walking to the Masjid
Hadhrat Thaabit ~ P w says, "I was once walking with Hadhrat Anas bin Maalik
SGi& in Zaawiyah (a district of Basrah) when he heard the Adhaan. He then
started to shorten his steps until he entered the Masjid. '0 Thaabit!' he asked, 'Do
you know why I have walked with you in this manner?' 'Allaah and His Rasool
@%% know best,' I replied. He said, 'So that my steps in the effort of salaah are
increased."'(')
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood ?BFkG%j
Hurries for Salaah
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood WP%+ once left home for tkle blssiid. When he
started to hurry, someone asked, "Why are you doing chis whe - ;mu prevent
others from it?" Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood WW24 replied, "I wash r9 attain
the frontier of salaah, which is the first Takbeer. "(2)
Hadhrat Salamah bin Kuhayl narrates that when someone objected to Hadhrat
Abdullaah bin Mas'ood %GWj hurrying for salaah, he replied, "Of the things that
you hurry towards, is salaah not the most deserving of them all?" (3)
Rasulullaah
Prohibits Running for Salaah
Hadhrat Abu Qataadah narrates that as they were once performing salaah behind
Rasulullaah m, he heard some clamouring from the people at the back. After
completing the salaah, Rasulullaah @&% asked what the matter was. When the
Sahabah @,G= informed him that it was them running for the salaah.
Rasulullaah @% said, "Do not do that. You should (not hurry and then) perform
the Rakaahs you manage to join and complete afterwards the ones you could not
join." (41
What Masaajid are Built for and what the
Sahabah did therein
The Sahabah &!3Gw Condemn a Bedouin who
Urinated in the Masjid and the Stance Rasulullaah
took in the matter
Hadhrat Anas 4-j narrates that they were once in a Masjid with Rasulullaah
when a Bedouin stood in the Masjid and started urinating there. "Stop!
Stop!" the Sahabah @GW shouted. Rasulullaah however said to them, "Do
not stop him from urinating. Leave him alone!" The Sahabah @!3W then
allowed him to finish urinating. Rasulullaah then called him and said,
(1) Tabraani in his Kabeer. Haythami (Vo1.2 Pg.32) has commented on the chain of narrators.
(2) Tabraani.
(3) Tabraani. Haythami (Vol.2 Pg.32) has commented on the chain of narrators.
(4) Tabraani, reporting from reliable sources as confirmed by Haythami (Vo1.2 Pg.31).