Humaid reported: I asked Thabit al-Bunani whether it was permissible for a man to talk after the qamah had been pronounced. He narrated a tradition on the authority of Anas: (once) the Iqamah was pronounced, and a person came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and detained him after the Iqamah had been pronounced.
Read More..Awn bin Kahmas reported on the authority of his father Kahmas: we stood for praying at Mina when the Imam had not come out. Some of us sat down (and I too). An old man from Kufah said to me: Why did you down? I said: Ibn Buraidah, this is Sumud (i. e., waiting for the Imam in the standing condition). The old man then narrated a tradition from Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Awaajah on the authority of al-Bara bin Azib: We would stand in rows during the time of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم for a long time before he pronounced Takbir. He further said; Allah, the Exalted and Mighty, sends blessings and the angles invoke blessings for those who are nearer to the front rows. No step is more liking to Allah than a step which one takes to join the row (of the prayer).
Read More..Anas reported: the Iqamah was pronounced (for the night prayer) and the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم remained engaged in talking (to a person) in the corner of the mosque. He did not begin prayer until the people slept.
Read More..Abu al-Nadr said: when the Iqamah was pronounced and the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم saw that they (the people) were small in number, he would sit down, nd would not pray; but when he saw them (the people) large in number, he would pray
Read More..This tradition has been transmitted through a different chain of narrators in a similar way by Ali bin Abi Talib.
Read More..Narrated Abud Darda: I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: If there are three men in a village or in the desert among whom prayer is not offered (in congregation), the devil has got the mastery over them. So observe (prayer) in congregation), for the wolf eats only the straggling animal. Saib said: By the word Jama'ah he meant saying prayer in company or in congregation.
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