MaliksMuwattaBook8.PrayerIn Congregation

MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 1.

Section:TheSuperiorityofPrayerinCongregationoverPrayerDoneAlone.

YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromNafifromAbdaullahibnUmarthattheMessengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Prayer in congregation is better than the prayer of a man by himself by twenty-seven degrees.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 2.

Section:TheSuperiorityofPrayerinCongregationoverPrayerDoneAlone.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al-Musayyab from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Prayerincongregationisbetterthantheprayerof oneof youonhisownbytwenty-five parts.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 3.

Section:TheSuperiorityofPrayerinCongregationoverPrayerDoneAlone.

YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromAbu’zZinadfromal-ArajfromAbuHurayrathatthe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “By Him in whose hand myself is! I had in mind to order firewood to be collected, then to order the prayer to be called, and to appoint a man to lead the people in prayer, and then to come up behind certain men and burn their houses down about them! By Him in whose hand myself is! If one of them knew that he would find a meaty bone or two good legs of meat, he would be present at isha.’”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 4.

Section:TheSuperiorityofPrayerinCongregationoverPrayerDoneAlone.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’n-Nadr, the mawla of Umar ibn Ubaydullah fromYusribnSaidthatZaydibnThabitsaid,“Themostexcellentprayerisyourprayer in your house, except for the prescribed prayers.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 5.

Section:TheIshaandSubh Prayers.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Harmala al-Aslami from Said ibnal-MusayyabthattheMessengerofAllah,mayAllahblesshimandgranthimpeace, said, “What separates us from the hypocrites is being present at isha and subh. They cannot do it,” or words to that effect.

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 6.

Section:TheIshaandSubh Prayers.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar- RahmanfromAbuSalihfromAbuHurayrathattheMessengerofAllah,mayAllahbless him and grant him peace, said, “If a man who is walking along a road finds a branch of thorns on the road and removes it, Allah thanks him for doing it and forgives him.”

Healsosaid,“Martyrsarefive|theonekilledbyaplague,theonekilledbyadiseaseof thebelly, theonewho drowns, theonekilledbya collapsing building, and themartyr in the path of Allah.”

He also said, “If people knew what there was in the call to prayer and the first row, and they could find no other way except to draw lots for it, they would draw lots for it. And if they knew what there was in doing dhuhr at its time, they would race each other to it. Andiftheyknewwhattherewasintheprayersof ishaandmaghrib,theywouldcometo them even if they had to crawl.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8,HadithNumber 7.

Section:TheIshaandSubh Prayers.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Bakr ibn Sulayman ibn Abi Hathma that Umar ibn al-Khattab missed Sulayman ibn Abi Hathma in the subh prayer. In the morning he went to the market, and Sulayman’s house was between the market andtheProphet’smosque.Hepassedash-Shifa,Sulayman’smother,andsaidtoher,“I did not see Sulayman at subh.” She replied, “He spent the night in prayer and his eyes overcamehim.Umar said,“Iwouldratherbepresentatsubhthanstandthewholenight in prayer.

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 8.

Section:TheIshaandSubh Prayers.

YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromYahyaibnSaidfromMuhammadibnIbrahimthat Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Amra al-Ansari said that Uthman ibn Affan came to the isha prayer and seeing only a few people in the mosque, he lay down at the back of the mosqueto waitforthenumberof peopletoincrease.IbnAbiAmrawentandsatdown beside him and Uthman asked him who he was, so he told him. Uthman said, “What have you memorised of the Qur’an?”, and he told him. Uthman said, “If someone is present at isha, it is as if he had stood in prayer for half a night, and if some one is present at subh, it is as if he had stood in prayer for a whole night.

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 9.

Section:DoingthePrayerAgainwiththeImam.

YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromZaydibnAslamfromamanoftheBani’d-Dilcalled Busr ibn Mihjan from his father Mihjan that he was in a gathering with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the call to prayer was made. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, rose and prayed and then returned. Mihjan remained sitting and did not pray with him. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “What prevented you from praying with the people? Aren’t you a muslim?” He said, “Of course, Messenger of Allah, but I have already prayed with my family.” The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When you come, pray with the people, even ifyou have prayed already.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 10.

Section:DoingthePrayerAgainwiththeImam.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that a man asked Abdullah ibn Umar, “SometimesIprayinmyhouse,andthencatchtheprayerwiththeimam.ShouldIpray withhim?”AbdullahibnUmarsaidtohim,“Yes,”andthemansaid,“WhichofthemdoI make my prayer?” Abdullah ibn Umar said, “Is that up to you? It is up to Allah. He will decide on whichever of them He wishes.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 11.

Section:DoingthePrayerAgainwiththeImam.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that a man asked Said ibn al- Musayyab, “I pray in my house, and then I come to the mosque and find the imam praying.ShouldIpraywithhim?”Saidsaid,“Yes,”andthemansaid,“Whichofthemis my prayer?” Said said, “Are you the one to decide that? That is up to Allah.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 12.

Section:DoingthePrayerAgainwiththeImam.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Afif as-Sahmi that a man from the tribe of Bani AsadaskedAbuAyyubal-Ansari.“SometimesIprayinmyhouse,andthencometothe mosqueandfindtheimampraying.ShouldIpraywithhim?”AbuAyyubsaid,“Yes,pray with him, for some one who does so has the reward of the group, or the equivalent of the reward of the group.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 13.

Section:DoingthePrayerAgainwiththeImam.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, “Someonewhopraysmaghriborsubhandthencatchesthemwiththeimamshouldnot repeat them.”

Malik said, “I do not see any harm in someone who has already prayed in his house prayingwiththeimam,exceptformaghrib,becauseifherepeatsit,hemakesiteven.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 14.

Section:PrayinginaGroupofPeople.

YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromAbu’zZinadfromal-ArajfromAbuHurayrathatthe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When you lead people in the prayer, make it short, because there are among them some people who are weak, ill and old. But when you pray on your own, make it as long as you wish.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 15.

Section:PrayinginaGroupofPeople.

YahyarelatedtomefromMalikthatNafisaid,“IstoodbehindAbdullahibnUmarinone of the prayers when there was no one else with him, and he reached behind with his hand and placed me beside him.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 16.

Section:PrayinginaGroupofPeople.

YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromYahyaibnSaidthatamanusedtoleadthepeople inprayerinal-Aqiq(aplacenearMadina),andUmaribnAbdal-Azizsentamessageto him forbidding him to do so.

Maliksaid,“Heonlyforbadehim becausehisfatherwasnotknown.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 17.

Section:PrayerBehindanImamwhenHePrays Sitting.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Anas ibn Malik that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, fell off his horse when riding, and his right side was scraped, so he did one of the prayers sitting, and we prayedbehindhimsitting.Whenheleft,hesaid,“Theimamisappointedtobefollowed. If he prays standing, then pray standing, and when he goes into ruku, go into ruku, and when he rises, rise, and when he says, ‘Allah hears whoever praises him,’ say, ‘Our

Lord,praisebelongstoYou,’andifheprayssitting,thenallofyoupraysitting.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 18.

Section:PrayerBehindanImamwhenHePrays Sitting.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that A’isha, the wifeof theProphet,mayAllahblesshimandgranthimpeace,said,“TheMessengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed while he was ill. He prayed sitting, and some people prayed behind him standing, and he indicated to them to sit

down.Whenheleft,hesaid,‘Theimamisonlyappointedtobefollowed.Whenhegoes into ruku, go into ruku and when he rises, rise and if he prays sitting, pray sitting.’”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 19.

Section:PrayerBehindanImamwhenHePrays Sitting.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came out during his illness,andapproachedandfoundAbuBakrstanding,leadingthepeopleinprayer.Abu Bakr began to go back, but the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, indicated to him to staywhere he was. The Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, sat by the side of Abu Bakr, and Abu Bakr prayed following the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who was sitting, and the people prayed following the prayer of Abu Bakr.

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 20.

Section:TheExcellenceofthePrayerofSomeoneStandingoverthePrayerofSomeone Sitting.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ismail ibn Muhammad ibn Said ibn Abi Waqqas from a mawla of Amr ibn al-As or of Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As that the Messenger of Allah,mayAllahblesshimandgranthimpeace,said,“Theprayerof oneofyousitting down is only equal to half the prayer of one of you when he is standing.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 21.

Section:TheExcellenceofthePrayerofSomeoneStandingoverthePrayerofSomeone Sitting.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al As said, “When we arrived at Madina we were struck down by a severe epidemic which debilitated us greatly. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came out to the people while they were praying nawafil prayers sitting down. TheMessengerofAllah,mayAllahblesshimandgranthimpeace,said,‘Theprayerof the one sitting is equal to only half the prayer of the one standing.’”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 22.

Section:PrayingVoluntaryPrayers(Nawafil)Sitting.

YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromIbnShihabfromas-Sa’ibibnYazidfromalMuttalib ibn AbiWadaa as-Sahmi that Hafsa, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and

grant him peace, said, “I never saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and granthimpeace,prayingnawafilsitting,untilayearbeforehisdeath,whenhebeganto pray them sitting. He would recite the sura with a measured slowness so that it would seem to be longer than other suras which were actually longer than it.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 23.

Section:PrayingVoluntaryPrayers(Nawafil)Sitting.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, told him that she had never seen the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, doing nightprayerssittingdownuntilhewasgettingoninyears.Hewouldrecitesittingdown until when he wanted to go into ruku, he would stand up and recite about thirty or forty ayats and then go into ruku.

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 24.

Section:PrayingVoluntaryPrayers(Nawafil)Sitting.

YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromAbdullahibnYazidal-MadaniandfromAbu’nNadr from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman from A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to pray sitting. He would recite sitting, and then, when about thirty or forty ayats of what he was reciting remained, he would stand up and recite standing and then go into ruku and sajda. He would do the same in the second raka.

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 25.

Section:PrayingVoluntaryPrayers(Nawafil)Sitting.

Yahya related to me from MalikthathehadheardthatUrwaibnaz-ZubayrandSaidibn al-Musayyab used to pray voluntary prayers sitting.

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 26.

Section:TheMiddlePrayer.

YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromZaydibnAslamfromal-QaqaibnHakimthatAbu Yunus, the mawla of A’isha, umm al-muminin said, ”Aisha ordered me to write out a

Qur’an for her. She said, ‘When you reach this ayat, let me know, “Guard the prayers carefully and the middle prayer and stand obedient to Allah.” When I reached it I told her,andshedictatedtome,‘Guardtheprayerscarefullyandthemiddleprayerandthe asr prayer and stand obedient to Allah.’ A’isha said, ‘I heard it from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.’”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 27.

Section:TheMiddlePrayer.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that Amr ibn Rafi said, “I was writing a Qur’an for Hafsa, umm al-muminin, and she said, ‘When you reach this ayat, letmeknow,“Guardtheprayerscarefullyandthemiddleprayerandstandobedientto

Allah.”WhenIreacheditItoldherandshedictatedtome,‘Guardtheprayerscarefully and the middle prayer and the asr prayer and stand obedient to Allah.’”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 28.

Section:TheMiddlePrayer.

YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromDa’udibnal-HusaynthatIbnYarbual-Makhzumi said, “I heard Zayd ibn Thabit say, ‘The middle prayer is the prayer of dhuhr.’”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 29.

Section:TheMiddlePrayer.

YahyarelatedtomefromMalikthathehadheardthatAIiibnAbiTalibandAbdullahibn Abbas used to say, “The middle prayer is the prayer of subh.”

Maliksaid,“OutofallthatIhaveheardaboutthematter,IpreferwhatAliibnAbiTalib and Abdullah ibn Abbas said.”

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MaliksMuwatta Book 8, HadithNumber 30.