It was narrated that Anas bin Sirin said: "I heard Jundab bin 'Abdullah say: 'The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Whoever prays Subh, then he is under the protection of Allah, but anyone who falls short with regard to the rights of Allah, then Allah will seize him and will throw him into the Fire of Hell."

وَحَدَّثَنِى نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِىٍّ الْجَهْضَمِىُّ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ - يَعْنِى ابْنَ مُفَضَّلٍ - عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جُنْدَبَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « مَنْ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ فَهُوَ فِى ذِمَّةِ اللَّهِ فَلاَ يَطْلُبَنَّكُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ ذِمَّتِهِ بِشَىْءٍ فَيُدْرِكَهُ فَيَكُبَّهُ فِى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ ».

It was narrated from Ibn Shihab that Mahmud bin Ar-Rabi' Al-Ansari told him that 'Itban bin Malik - who was one of the Companions of the Prophet (s.a.w) and had been present at (the battle of) Badr, and was one of the Ansar - came to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have lost my eyesight, and I lead my people in prayer, but when it rains, the valley between them and I gets flooded, and I cannot get to their Masjid to lead them in prayer. O Messenger of Allah, I would like you to come and pray in a place that I may take as a prayer place." The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "I will do that, if Allah wills." 'Itban said: "The next day, when the sun was fully up, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and Abu Bakr As-Siddiq went to him. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) asked for permission to enter and permission was given to him, and he did not sit, rather he said: 'Where in your house would you like me to pray?' I pointed to a corner of the house, and the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) stood and said the Takbir, and we stood behind him. He prayed two Rak'ah then said the Salam. Then we asked him to stay and eat some Khazir that we had made for him. Men from the surrounding houses came to us, until a large number of men had gathered in the house. One of them said: 'Where is Malik bin Ad-Dukhshun?' One of them said: 'He is a hypocrite who does not love Allah and His Messenger.' The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'Do not say that. Do you not see that he has said La ilaha illallah, seeking thereby the Face of Allah?' They said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'But we see that he is sincere towards the hypocrites.' The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'Allah has forbidden to the Fire everyone who says La ilaha illallah seeking thereby the Face of Allah.'" Ibn Shihab said: "Then I asked Al-Husain bin Muhammad Al-Ansari, who is one of Banu Salim, and one of their leaders, about the Hadith of Mahmud bin Ar-Rabi', and he confirmed it to be true.

حَدَّثَنِى حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى التُّجِيبِىُّ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِى يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ مَحْمُودَ بْنَ الرَّبِيعِ الأَنْصَارِىَّ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عِتْبَانَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ وَهُوَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِىِّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أَنَّهُ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّى قَدْ أَنْكَرْتُ بَصَرِى وَأَنَا أُصَلِّى لِقَوْمِى وَإِذَا كَانَتِ الأَمْطَارُ سَالَ الْوَادِى الَّذِى بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ وَلَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ آتِىَ مَسْجِدَهُمْ فَأُصَلِّىَ لَهُمْ وَدِدْتُ أَنَّكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تَأْتِى فَتُصَلِّى فِى مُصَلًّى. فَأَتَّخِذَهُ مُصَلًّى. قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « سَأَفْعَلُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ». قَالَ عِتْبَانُ فَغَدَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ حِينَ ارْتَفَعَ النَّهَارُ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَأَذِنْتُ لَهُ فَلَمْ يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ « أَيْنَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ أُصَلِّىَ مِنْ بَيْتِكِ ». قَالَ فَأَشَرْتُ إِلَى نَاحِيَةٍ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَكَبَّرَ فَقُمْنَا وَرَاءَهُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ - قَالَ - وَحَبَسْنَاهُ عَلَى خَزِيرٍ صَنَعْنَاهُ لَهُ - قَالَ - فَثَابَ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الدَّارِ حَوْلَنَا حَتَّى اجْتَمَعَ فِى الْبَيْتِ رِجَالٌ ذَوُو عَدَدٍ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ أَيْنَ مَالِكُ بْنُ الدُّخْشُنِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ ذَلِكَ مُنَافِقٌ لاَ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « لاَ تَقُلْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ أَلاَ تَرَاهُ قَدْ قَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ. يُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ ». قَالَ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ فَإِنَّمَا نَرَى وَجْهَهُ وَنَصِيحَتَهُ لِلْمُنَافِقِينَ. قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ حَرَّمَ عَلَى النَّارِ مَنْ قَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ. يَبْتَغِى بِذَلِكَ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ ». قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُ الْحُصَيْنَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الأَنْصَارِىَّ - وَهُوَ أَحَدُ بَنِى سَالِمٍ وَهُوَ مِنْ سَرَاتِهِمْ - عَنْ حَدِيثِ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ فَصَدَّقَهُ بِذَلِكَ.

It was narrated that 'Itban bin Malik said: "I came to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w)..." and he quoted a Hadith like that of Yunus (no. 1496), except that he said: "A man said: 'Where is Malik bin Ad-Dukhshun' or 'Ad-Dukhaishin?"' And he added in his Hadith: "Mahmud said: 'I narrated this Hadith to a group of people among whom was Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari, and he said: I do not think that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said what you said. He said: 'I swore that if I went back to 'Itban I would ask him. So I went back to him and I found him an old man who had lost his eyesight, and he was the Imam of his people. I sat beside him and asked him about this Hadith, and he narrated it to me as he had narrated it the first time.'"

وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِىِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِى مَحْمُودُ بْنُ رَبِيعٍ عَنْ عِتْبَانَ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم-. وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِ يُونُسَ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَيْنَ مَالِكُ بْنُ الدُّخْشُنِ أَوِ الدُّخَيْشِنِ وَزَادَ فِى الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ مَحْمُودٌ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ نَفَرًا فِيهِمْ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِىُّ فَقَالَ مَا أَظُنُّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَالَ مَا قُلْتَ - قَالَ - فَحَلَفْتُ إِنْ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى عِتْبَانَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ - قَالَ - فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَوَجَدْتُهُ شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا قَدْ ذَهَبَ بَصَرُهُ وَهُوَ إِمَامُ قَوْمِهِ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَحَدَّثَنِيهِ كَمَا حَدَّثَنِيهِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ. قَالَ الزُّهْرِىُّ ثُمَّ نَزَلَتْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَرَائِضُ وَأُمُورٌ نُرَى أَنَّ الأَمْرَ انْتَهَى إِلَيْهَا فَمَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ لاَ يَغْتَرَّ فَلاَ يَغْتَرَّ.

It was narrated that Mahmud bin Ar-Rabi' said: "I remember the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) spitting out some water from a bucket that was in our house.'' Mahmud said: '"Itban bin Malik told me: 'I said: "'O Messenger of Allah, my eyesight is bad..." and he quoted the Hadith as far as the words: "He led us in praying two Rak'ah. Then we asked the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) to stay and eat some Jashishah that we had made for him." And he did not mention the additional material quoted by Yunus and Ma'mar.

وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِىِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِى الزُّهْرِىُّ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ قَالَ إِنِّى لأَعْقِلُ مَجَّةً مَجَّهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- مِنْ دَلْوٍ فِى دَارِنَا. قَالَ مَحْمُودٌ فَحَدَّثَنِى عِتْبَانُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ بَصَرِى قَدْ سَاءَ. وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ فَصَلَّى بِنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَحَبَسْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- عَلَى جَشِيشَةٍ صَنَعْنَاهَا لَهُ. وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ مَا بَعْدَهُ مِنْ زِيَادَةِ يُونُسَ وَمَعْمَرٍ.

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that his grandmother Mulaikah invited the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) to eat some food that she had made. He ate some of it, then he said: "Get up and I will lead you in prayer." Anas bin Malik said: "I went to a Hasir of ours that had turned black from long use, and sprinkled it with water, then the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) stood on it, and the orphan and I stood behind him, and the old lady behind us, and the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) led us in praying two Rak'ah, then he left."

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِى طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ جَدَّتَهُ مُلَيْكَةَ دَعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- لِطَعَامٍ صَنَعَتْهُ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ « قُومُوا فَأُصَلِّىَ لَكُمْ ». قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى حَصِيرٍ لَنَا قَدِ اسْوَدَّ مِنْ طُولِ مَا لُبِسَ فَنَضَحْتُهُ بِمَاءٍ فَقَامَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَصَفَفْتُ أَنَا وَالْيَتِيمُ وَرَاءَهُ وَالْعَجُوزُ مِنْ وَرَائِنَا فَصَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ.

It was narrated from Abu At-Tayyah, from Anas bin Malik who said: "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) had the best behavior of the people. Sometimes the time for prayer would come when he was in our house, so he would order that the mat beneath him be swept, then water sprinkled on it, then the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) would lead the prayer; we would stand behind him and he would lead us in prayer." He said: "And their mat was made of palm leaves."

وَحَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ وَأَبُو الرَّبِيعِ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ شَيْبَانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِى التَّيَّاحِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ خُلُقًا فَرُبَّمَا تَحْضُرُ الصَّلاَةُ وَهْوَ فِى بَيْتِنَا فَيَأْمُرُ بِالْبِسَاطِ الَّذِى تَحْتَهُ فَيُكْنَسُ ثُمَّ يُنْضَحُ ثُمَّ يَؤُمُّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَنَقُومُ خَلْفَهُ فَيُصَلِّى بِنَا وَكَانَ بِسَاطُهُمْ مِنْ جَرِيدِ النَّخْلِ.

It was narrated from Thabit, from Anas who said: "The Prophet (s.a.w) entered upon us, and there was no one there but myself, my mother and Umm Haram, my maternal aunt. He said: 'Get up and I will lead you in prayer.' And that was not at the time for (prescribed) prayer. So he led us in prayer." - A man said to Thabit: "Where did he make Anas stand?" He said: "He made him stand on his right." - "Then he supplicated for us, the members of the household asking for the best for us in this world and in the Hereafter. My mother said: 'O Messenger of Allah, your little servant, pray to Allah for him.' He prayed for all good things for me, and at the end of his supplication for me he said: 'O Allah, increase his wealth and his children, and bless them for him."'

حَدَّثَنِى زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ دَخَلَ النَّبِىُّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- عَلَيْنَا وَمَا هُوَ إِلاَّ أَنَا وَأُمِّى وَأُمُّ حَرَامٍ خَالَتِى فَقَالَ « قُومُوا فَلأُصَلِّىَ بِكُمْ ». فِى غَيْرِ وَقْتِ صَلاَةٍ فَصَلَّى بِنَا. فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ لِثَابِتٍ أَيْنَ جَعَلَ أَنَسًا مِنْهُ قَالَ جَعَلَهُ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ. ثُمَّ دَعَا لَنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ بِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ مِنْ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ فَقَالَتْ أُمِّى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ خُوَيْدِمُكَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ لَهُ. قَالَ فَدَعَا لِى بِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَكَانَ فِى آخِرِ مَا دَعَا لِى بِهِ أَنْ قَالَ « اللَّهُمَّ أَكْثِرْ مَالَهُ وَوَلَدَهُ وَبَارِكْ لَهُ فِيهِ ».

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) led him and his mother, or maternal aunt in prayer. He said: "He made me stand on his right, and he made the woman stand behind us."

وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِى حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُخْتَارِ سَمِعَ مُوسَى بْنَ أَنَسٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- صَلَّى بِهِ وَبِأُمِّهِ أَوْ خَالَتِهِ. قَالَ فَأَقَامَنِى عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَأَقَامَ الْمَرْأَةَ خَلْفَنَا.

It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Shaddad said: "Maimunah, the wife of the Prophet (s.a.w) told me: 'The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) used to pray with me while I was opposite him, and sometimes his garment would touch me when he prostrated. And he used to pray on a Khumrah (small mat)."'

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِىُّ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِى شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ كِلاَهُمَا عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِىِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِى مَيْمُونَةُ زَوْجُ النَّبِىِّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يُصَلِّى وَأَنَا حِذَاءَهُ وَرُبَّمَا أَصَابَنِى ثَوْبُهُ إِذَا سَجَدَ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّى عَلَى خُمْرَةٍ.

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'A man's prayer in congregation is more valuable than his prayer in his house or his marketplace by twenty-odd degrees. That is because if one of you performs Wudu' and performs it well, then he comes to the Masjid, with no other motive or purpose than to pray, then he does not take any step but he will be raised one degree in status thereby, and one sin will be erased thereby, until he enters the Masjid. When he enters the Masjid, he is in a state of prayer so long as the prayer is what is keeping him there, and the Angels send Salat upon any one of you so long as he remains in the place where he prayed, saying: 'O Allah, have mercy on him; O Allah, forgive him; O Allah, accept his repentance.' So long as he does not offend anyone or commit Hadath."

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِى شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ أَبِى مُعَاوِيَةَ - قَالَ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ - عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِى صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « صَلاَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِى جَمَاعَةٍ تَزِيدُ عَلَى صَلاَتِهِ فِى بَيْتِهِ وَصَلاَتِهِ فِى سُوقِهِ بِضْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ لاَ يَنْهَزُهُ إِلاَّ الصَّلاَةُ لاَ يُرِيدُ إِلاَّ الصَّلاَةَ فَلَمْ يَخْطُ خَطْوَةً إِلاَّ رُفِعَ لَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةٌ وَحُطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةٌ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ كَانَ فِى الصَّلاَةِ مَا كَانَتِ الصَّلاَةُ هِىَ تَحْبِسُهُ وَالْمَلاَئِكَةُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مَا دَامَ فِى مَجْلِسِهِ الَّذِى صَلَّى فِيهِ يَقُولُونَ اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ اللَّهُمَّ تُبْ عَلَيْهِ مَا لَمْ يُؤْذِ فِيهِ مَا لَمْ يُحْدِثْ فِيهِ ».