ِ ِ ِ َِِّ ِِ َحافظُوا َعلَى ال َّصلََوات َوال َّصََلة اْلُو ْسطَى َوقُوُموا لله قَانت ني ََ )سورة البقرة 238( Come to Prayer, Come to Success َح َّي َعلَى ال َّصَلة، َح َّي َعلَى اْلفَََلح Written by: Dr. Maulana Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi Edited by: Adnan Mahmood Usmani www.najeebqasmi.com i © All rights reserved Come to Prayer, Come to Success َح َّي َع َلى ال َّصﻻة، َح َّي َع َلى ا ْل َف َﻻح By Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Qasmi Edited by: Adnan Mahmood Usmani, Researcher, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Website http://www.najeebqasmi.com/ Facebook MNajeeb Qasmi YouTube Najeeb Qasmi Email [email protected] WhatsApp +966508237446 First Urdu Edition: December 2005 Second Urdu Edition: June 2007 Third Urdu Edition: September 2011 First English Edition: March 2016 Published by: Freedom Fighter Maulana Ismail Sambhali Welfare Society, Deepa Sarai, Sambhal, UP, India Address for Gratis Distribution: Dr. Muhammad Mujeeb, Deepa Sarai, P.O. Sambhal, UP (Pin Code 2044302) India ii Contents Preface .................................................................................. ix Foreword ............................................................................... xi Reflections ........................................................................xiii Reflections ........................................................................ xv Reflections ....................................................................... xvii 1. Importance of Salah (Prayer) ............................................ 1 Verses from the Holy Qur’an ............................................... 2 Ahadith of the Prophet (PBUH) ........................................... 4 2. Timings for Salah ............................................................ 11 The prescribed times for all the five daily prayers .............. 12 Makruh (detestable) times for Salah .................................. 13 3. Love of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) with Salah (Prayers) ......................................................................... 15 4. The Prayer of the Prophet (PBUH) .................................. 26 5. Salah Performed With Khushu’ and Khudhu’ ................... 29 Khushu’: How to develop it in Salah? ................................ 33 6. An emphasis on observing Fajr and ‘Asr salahs in the Qur’an and Sunnah ......................................................... 38 Helpful tips for waking up in the morning to offer Fajr salah in congregation ................................................................. 40 7. Salah: Issue of Negligence and the Remedies ................ 42 Negligence in Offering Salah ............................................. 42 Preferring the worldly needs to Salah ................................ 43 Negligence in Salah in the state of ailments ...................... 44 Negligence in Salah in journey .......................................... 45 iii Abandoning the congregational prayer on petty excuses .. 46 Negligence in Salah due to sports and games .................. 46 Woman not offering Salah at its time or with tranquillity .... 46 Not allowing time for the employees to offer Salah ............ 47 Not monitoring the children if they offer Salah or not ......... 47 8. Shari’ah View of Abandoning or Neglecting Salah ........... 50 Verses from the Holy Qur’an: ............................................ 51 Statements of the Prophet (PBUH): .................................. 52 9. Importance of Offering the Obligatory (farz) Salah in Congregation .................................................................. 54 Translation of few the Qur’anic verses .............................. 54 Translation of few Ahadith ................................................. 56 Translation of few sayings of the Companions (RA) about offering Salah in congregation ........................................... 57 10. Shari’ah View of Holding Second Jama’ah in the Mosque 59 11. Shari’ah View of Combining Two Prayers Together ........ 67 Some Qur’anic verses on offering Salah on time ............... 67 Some Ahadith regarding performing Salah on time ........... 68 Combining two prayers together ........................................ 70 The reasons for the latter opinion to be preferable ............ 71 12. The ruling of Qadha (to make up for the missed) Salah in Islamic Shari’ah ............................................................... 76 13. Witr Salah: Importance, Number of rak’ahs and the Ways to Perform it .................................................................... 85 Importance and emphasis laid on Witr Salah by the Prophet (PBUH) in Hadith .............................................................. 86 Timing of Witr Salah .......................................................... 88 The best timing for Witr Salah ........................................... 89 iv Witr should be performed later as Qadha, in case it is missed .............................................................................. 89 Number of rak’ahs in Witr .................................................. 91 Three rak’ahs of Witr: ........................................................ 91 Performing Witr Salah with one Salam and two Tashahhud .......................................................................................... 93 Timing for Qunut ............................................................... 97 Raising hands before Qunut .............................................. 98 Qunut: ............................................................................... 98 14. Jumu’ah – its Distinction, Virtues and Rulings ............... 100 A brief explanation of Surat al-Jumu’ah ........................... 100 The contextual background of revelation of the last of verse (verse 11) of the chapter ................................................. 101 Adhan of Jumu’ah ........................................................... 102 The first Jumu’ah in the history of Islam .......................... 104 The importance of Friday ................................................ 105 Specifying the hour in which prayers are answered on Friday .............................................................................. 106 The distinction of Jumu’ah Salah ..................................... 107 Khutbah (sermon) of the Jumu’ah Salah ......................... 108 Rulings about Jumu’ah Salah .......................................... 110 Some Sunnah acts and etiquettes to be observed on Friday ........................................................................................ 110 Sunnah prayers before and after Jumu’ah Salah ............ 112 Warnings against neglecting Jumu’ah Salah ................... 113 Walking on foot for attending Jumu’ah Salah .................. 114 Reciting Surat al-Kahf during Friday night or day ............ 114 Virtues of sending Salawat on the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) on Friday ............................................................ 115 v The excellence of dying during the night or day of Friday 115 15. Time of the Jumu’ah Prayer .......................................... 116 The time of Jumu’ah prayer starts when the sun has passed the meridian just like Zuhr ............................................... 116 Evidences substantiating opinion of the majority of scholars ........................................................................................ 119 Evidences cited to support the opinion of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (may Allah have mercy on him) ........................... 120 16. Setting Out Early for the Friday Prayer .......................... 127 17. Arabic, the only language of Salah and Khutbah (sermon) 131 Salah, only in Arabic ....................................................... 131 Khutbah (sermon) (sermon) only in Arabic: ..................... 134 18. Jumu’ah Salah must be performed even if Eid falls on Friday ............................................................................ 138 Shari’ah Ruling about Wishing Jumu’ah Mubarak ........... 140 19. Salatut Tasbih (The Prayer of Glorification) – its Importance, virtues and its method ............................... 142 Reason for naming it Salatut Tasbih ............................... 142 Shari’ah proof of Salatut Tasbih ...................................... 142 There is another way to perform Salatut Tasbeeh ........... 144 Its most important virtue is the forgiveness of the past sins ........................................................................................ 144 Practices of “Salaf-e-Saliheen” (pious predecessors) regarding Salatut tasbeeh ............................................... 146 The time of Salatut tasbeeh ............................................ 146 Methods of offering Salatut Tasbeeh ............................... 146 20. Salat al-Janazah: The Funeral Prayer ........................... 151 Rulings about Funeral Prayer .......................................... 153 vi Wailing over the dead ..................................................... 155 Funeral Prayer in absentia: ............................................. 156 21. The Funeral Prayer in Absentia ..................................... 157 Beginning of the funeral prayer: ...................................... 158 Introduction of Negus, the King of Abyssinia (May Allah be pleased with him): ........................................................... 158 The Funeral Prayer of Negus .......................................... 159 Conclusion .....................................................................