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The Prayer of Hażrat Sufiyan Sawri
Once Hażrat Sufiyan Sawri was busy establishing Prayer near the Holy Kaba. While he was prostrating an enemy cut off the toes of his feet. After he head saluted (said Salām) in both directions he saw blood on the floor and felt pain in his feet,...
The Prayer of Rabia Basri
Hażrat Rabia Basri used to spend a large portion of the night Praying. She used to say that her reason for performing Prayer was not to achieve reward but rather that on the Day of Resurrection in front of all the prophets, the Holy Prophet (pbuh...
The Prayer of Zain-ul-Abideen
One day Zain-ul-Abideen was performing Prayer in the mosque when all of a sudden the thatched roof caught fire and set it all in flames. Despite this, Zain-ul-Abideen kept steadfast and focused in Prayer. Watching this incidence, all the people g...
The Prayer of Awais Karni
Hażrat Awais Karni would not sleep all night. He would say that it is surprising that the angels, who worship Allah all the time never get tired, and us, being the best of creation get tired and have a peaceful sleep.
The Prayer of Hażrat Abdullah-bin-Zubair
When Hażrat Abdullah Bin Zubair established Prayer he used to recite a large number of Sūrahs from the Holy Quran. When standing in Prayer it would look as if he were a pillar. When he would prostrate he would stay in that position for so long th...
The Prayer of Hażrat Anas
When Hażrat Anas prayed he used to get so engrossed in Prayer. Because of his engrossment the length of time between standing and prostration was so prolonged that people used to think that he had forgotten to prostrate.
The Prayer of Hażrat Hassan
Hażrat Hassan explained that there are three particular honours for the one who establishes Prayer:- The first honour is that when a person stands up for Prayer, divine blessings form a cloud from his head up to the sky from which divine ligh...
The Prayer of Hażrat Ali
When Hażrat Ali would make intention to Pray, his whole body would start trembling and the colour of his face would change. He used to say:- ‘The time has arrived to implement that trust which was offered to the Heavens and the Earth and whic...
The Prayer of Hażrat Umar
Hażrat Umar used to cry with such force in Prayer that the sound of it would even reach the last row. Once Hażrat Umar was leading the Fajr Prayer and the other companions of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) were following behind him. Suddenly an unfortunate...
The Prayer of Hażrat Abu Bakr Siddiq
When Hażrat Abu Bakr Siddiq used to get up to perform Prayer he would get into a state of intense weeping and the non-Muslim women and children within the radius of this soft and gentle atmosphere would also start crying.
The Prayer of the Beloved Prophet (pbuh)
It is narrated in a Hadith that once the Holy Prophet (pbuh) arrived late for the Fajr Prayer. After Prayer he told the people to remain seated. He narrated to them that last night when he was establishing Prayer he went into a state of drowsines...
Prayer of the Lover and the Beloved
To become acquainted with the reality of Prayer we have to have knowledge of our own soul. The Holy Prophet (pbuh) has explained that without the presence of the heart, Prayer is not Prayer. Nor is it Prayer if one is not free from evil suggestions...
Prayer and Mehrāj
It is the declaration of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) that ‘Prayer is the Mehrāj (Ascension to the heavens) of the Believer’. When we look for the definition and meaning of the word ‘Mehrāj’ we find that ‘Mehrāj’ is actually an alternative word...
Conscious and Subconscious
Man has two states of mind: the conscious and the subconscious. Conscious is the name given to the mind which operates during the state of wakefulness and subconscious is the name given to the mind that operates during the state of sleeping and...
Adam and Eve
Allah ordered Adam:- ‘O Adam! Reside here in Heaven with your wife, and eat and drink happily from whereof you like but do not come near this tree or you shall be amongst the transgressors’ Until Adam and Eve did not commit disobedienc...
A Programme for the Descendants (Umat)
It is evident from the Holy Quran and the other three books which have come to us through revelation that man has no prestige or status of his own. Allah tells us:- ‘You listen through My hearing, see through My sight, think through My though...