Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

164 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @,GWj (VOL-3)
you will be forsaking the Sunnah of your Nabi @?@ and as soon as you forsake
his Sunnah, you will go astray."
The Sahabah '$i3EW1s Suspicion about the Person
who did not Perform the Fajr and Isha Salaahs in
Congregation
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Umar Ww says, "When we did not see a person for the
Fajr and Isha salaahs, we became suspicious of him (because it is the
Munaafiqeen who do not perform these salaahs)." (2)
Hadhrat Umar !%%@%'sStatement concerning a
Person Who missed the Fajr Salaah in
congregation because he had Stayed awake
at Night In Ibaadah
Hadhrat Abu Bakr bin Sulaymaan bin Abu Hathma narrates that Hadhrat Umar
S&W&& once did not see Hadhrat Sulaymaan bin Abu Hathma 6;53KWj for the Fajr
salaah. Hadhrat Umar W 5 was on his way to the marketplace that morning
and because Hadhrat Sulaymaan !4W+Wj"s house happened to be between the
Masjid and the marketplace, Hadhrat Umar !i3GW6 passed by Hadhrat Sulaymaan
!B!HWs mother Hadhrat Shifaa W@W4. "I did not see Sulaymaan for the Fajr
salaah," Hadhrat Umar $iW4% said. She explained, "He spent the night in salaah
and sleep overpowered him." To this, Hadhrat Umar %.b~j remarked, "I prefer
attending the Fajr salaah in congregation to standing in salaah all night," (3)
Hadhrat Ibn Abu Mulaykah WW$ narrates that Hadhrat Shifaa lS3&$ who
belonged to the Banu Adi bin Ka'b tribe once came to Hadhrat Umar during
Ramadhaan. Enquiring about her husband, Hadhrat Umar 3$W4% asked, "Why
did I not see Abu Hathma for the Fajr salaah?" "0 Ameerul Mu'mineen!" she
explained, "He exerted himself (in Ibaadah) throughout the night and was too
tired to go out to perform the Fajr salaah, so he (performed salaah at home and)
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slept." Hadhrat Umar -9 remarked, "By Allaah! Had he been present for the
Fajr salaah, it would have been more beloved to me than his exertion throughout
the night."
In another narration, Hadhrat Shifaa bint Abdullaah says, "Hadhrat Umar
!B!3W once came to my house where he found two men (my husband and son)
fast asleep. 'What is the matter with these two that they were not present with us
for salaah?' he asked. '0 Ameerul Mu'mineen!' I explained, 'They fell asleep after
performing their Fajr salaah (at home).' To this Hadhrat Umar kW&W remarked,
'I prefer performing Fajr salaah in congregation to performing (Nafl) salaah
(1) Abu Nu'ayrn in his Hilya (Vol. 1 Pg.235).
(2) Tabraani and Ibn Khuzaymah, as quoted in Targheeb wat Tarheeb (Vol.1 Pg.232). Sa'eed bin
Mansoor has also reported the narration from Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Umar k@E&%j, as quoted in
Kanzul Ummaal (Vo1.4 Pg.244), as has Bazaar, as quoted in Majma'uzZawaa'id (Vol.2 Pg.40).
(3) Maalik, as quoted in Targheeb wat Tarheeb (Vol. l Pg.235).