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Maududi Sura Introductions
Surah 53. An-Najm
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The parts of this Hadith which have been reported by Aswad bin Yazid, Abu Ishaq and Zubair bin Mu'awiyah from Hadrat Ibn
Mas'ud, indicate that this is the first Surah of the Quran, which the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
had publicly recited before an assembly of the Quraish (and according to Ibn Marduyah, in the Ka'bah) in which both the
believers and the disbelievers were present. At the end, when he recited the verse requiring the performance of a sajdah and
fell down in prostration, the whole assembly also fall down in prostration with him,
Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 4.107
Warning Against Sitting in Company Where Allah is Not Mentioned and
Blessings on His Prophet are Not Invoked
Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "If peopie sit in an assembly in which they do not
remember Allah nor invoke a blessing on the Prophet, it will be a cause of grief for them on the Day of Judgment." This is
reported by Tirmidhi, who says it is a sound hadith.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 4.107a
Atonement for Sitting in an Assembly
Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "If anyone sits in an assembly where there is much clamor
and says before getting up to leave, Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika, ashadu an-la illaha illa-anta, astaghfiruka wa
atubu ilayka (Glory be to You, O Allah, and I begin with declaring all praise is due to You, I testify that there is no god but
You; I ask Your pardon and turn to You in repentance), he will be forgiven any sin that he might have committed while in that
assembly. (Tirmidhi and Al-Baihaqi, (Kitab ad-D'wat Al-kabir))
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 4839
Narrated by
Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As
There are some expressions which a man utters three times when he gets up from an assembly he will be forgiven for what
happened in the assembly; and no one utters them in an assembly held for a noble cause or for remembrance of Allah but
that is stamped with them just as a document is stamped with a signet-ring. These expressions are: Glory be to Thee, O
Allah, and I begin with praise of Thee, there is no god but thou; I ask Thy pardon, and return to Thee in repentance.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 4841
Narrated by
AbuBarzah al-Aslami
When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) intended to get up from the assembly he used to say in the last. Glory be to
Thee. O Allah, and I begin with praise of Thee, I testify that there is no god but Thou; I ask Thy pardon, and return to Thee in
repentance. The man asked: Apostle of Allah! you utter the words now which you did not do in the past? He replied: (This is
an) atonement for what takes place in the assembly.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 4.99
ADH-DHIKR
If anyone remembers Allah, He remembers that person: "Remember me, I shall remember you." Qur'an 2.152 In a hadith
qudsi, the Prophet, peace be upon him, narrated: "Allah says: 'I am to my servant as he expects of Me, I am with him when
he remembers Me. If he remembers Me in his heart, I remember him to Myself, and if he remembers me in an assembly, I
mention him in an assembly better than his, and if he draws nearer to Me a hand's span, I draw nearer
to him an arm's length, and if he draws nearer to Me an arm's length, I draw nearer to him a fathom
length, and if he comes to me walking, I rush to him at [great] speed. (Bukhari and Muslim)
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 4285
Narrated by
AbudDarda'The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The place of assembly of the Muslims at the time of the war will be in al-
Ghutah near a city called Damascus, one of the best cities in Syria.
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