Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

THE LIVES OF THE S M A H @@$%> (Vol-3) 191
'Whoever performs six Rakaahs salaah after the Maghrib salaah will have all
his sins forgiven even though they may be as much as the foam on the
oceans."'(')
The Salaah of Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood
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between Maghrib and Isha
Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan bin Yazeed says, "There was a time when 1 would always
find Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood 4!&34&j engaged in salaah. The time was
between Maghrib and Isha. I once said to him, 'Whenever I come to you during
this time, I always find you engaged in salaah (Why is this?)' He replied, 'This is a
time of negligence (when people are generally negligent of ~llaah)."'(~)
Hadhrat Aswad bin Yazeed reports that Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood ?8Iw
said, "How excellent is the time of negligence i.e, the time between Maghrib and
Isha." (3)
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Abbaas k&W4&&S said, 'Verily the angels surround the
people who perform salaah between Maghrib and Isha, which is the Salaatul
Awaabeen." (*)
Giving Importance to salaah when Entering and
Leaving the House
Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan bin Abu Layla 3,= narrates that when someone
married the widow of Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Rawaaha and asked her
about some special deed
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that he carried out, she replied, "He would perform two
Rakaahs salaah whenever he left the house and whenever he entered." (5)
The Taraweeh Salaah
Rasulullaah Encourages the Taraweeh salaah
Hadhrat Abu Hurayrah says, "Rasulullaah @ encouraged standing in
(Taraweeh) salaah during Ramadhaan without emphatically commanding it (so
that it should not be regarded as Fardh). He would say, 'Whoever stands in
(Taraweeh) salaah during Ramadhaan with lmaan and hope. in being rewarded
shall have all his previous sins forgiven."'(6) Another narration adds that
Hadhrat Abu Hurayrah -j also said, "After Rasulullaah @@ passed away,
matters remained the same during the Khilaafah of Hadhrat Abu Bakr 9,G= and
during the beginning of Hadhrat Umar SiU@.G3s Khilaafah." (7)
(1) Tabraani in his Thalaatha. Tabraani and Mundhiri (Vol.1 Pg.368) have commented on the chain of
narrators.
(2) Tabraani. Haythami (Vol.2 Pg.230) has commented on the chain of narrators.
(3) Tabraani. Haythami (Vo1.2 Pg.230) has commented on the chain of narrators.
(4) Ibn Zanjway, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal(Vol.4 Pg.193).
(5) Ibn Mubaarak, as quoted in Isaabah (Vo1.2 Pg.306).
(6) Muslim, as quoted in Riyaadh.
(7) Bukhaari, Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi, Nasa'ee and Ibn Maajah, as quoted in Jam'ul Fawaa'id.