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`Abdullah bin `Umar said: I used to sleep in the mosque of the Prophet (ﷺ) while I was young and
unmarried.

who was one of the companions of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and one of the Ansar’s who took part in the battle
of Badr: I came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) I have weak eyesight and I lead my
people in prayers. When it rains the water flows in the valley between me and my people so I cannot
go to their mosque to lead them in prayer. O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I wish you would come to my house and
pray in it so that I could take that place as a Musalla. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said. “Allah willing, I will do
so.” Next day after the sun rose high, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr came and Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) asked
for permission to enter. I gave him permission and he did not sit on entering the house but said to me,
“Where do you like me to pray?” I pointed to a place in my house. So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) stood there and
said, ‘Allahu Akbar’, and we all got up and aligned behind him and offered a two-rak`at prayer and
ended it with Taslim. We requested him to stay for a meal called “Khazira” which we had prepared for
him. Many members of our family gathered in the house and one of them said, “Where is Malik bin
Al-Dukhaishin or Ibn Al-Dukhshun?” One of them replied, “He is a hypocrite and does not love Allah
and His Apostle.” Hearing that, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Do not say so. Haven’t you seen that he said,
‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah’ for Allah’s sake only?” He said, “Allah and His
Apostle know better. We have seen him helping and advising hypocrites.”
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Allah has forbidden the (Hell) fire for those who say, ‘None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah’ for Allah’s sake only.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) went to Fatima’s house but did not find `Ali there. So he asked, “Where is your
cousin?” She replied, “There was something between us and he got angry with me and went out. He
did not sleep (midday nap) in the house.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) asked a person to look for him. That person
came and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! He (Ali) is sleeping in the mosque.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) went there
and `Ali was lying. His upper body cover had fallen down to one side of his body and he was covered
with dust. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) started cleaning the dust from him saying: “Get up! O Aba Turab. Get up!
O Aba Turab (literally means: O father of dust).

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to start every thing from the right (for good things) whenever it was possible in all
his affairs; for example: in washing, combing or wearing shoes.

I saw seventy of As-Suffa men and none of them had a Rida’ (a garment covering the upper part of the
body). They had either Izars (only) or sheets which they tied round their necks. Some of these sheets
reached the middle of their legs and some reached their heels and they used to gather them with their
hands lest their private parts should become naked.

Um Habiba and Um Salama mentioned about a church they had seen in Ethiopia in which there were
pictures. They told the Prophet (ﷺ) about it, on which he said, “If any religious man dies amongst those
people they would build a place of worship at his grave and make these pictures in it. They will be the
worst creature in the sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection.”

I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) in the mosque (the sub-narrator Mas`ar thought that Jabir had said, “In the
forenoon.”) He ordered me to pray two rak`at. He owed me some money and he repaid it to me and
gave more than what was due to me.

When the Prophet (ﷺ) arrived Medina he dismounted at `Awali-i-Medina amongst a tribe called Banu
`Amr bin `Auf. He stayed there For fourteen nights. Then he sent for Bani An-Najjar and they came
armed with their swords. As if I am looking (just now) as the Prophet (ﷺ) was sitting over his Rahila
(Mount) with Abu Bakr riding behind him and all Banu An-Najjar around him till he dismounted at
the courtyard of Abu Aiyub’s house. The Prophet (ﷺ) loved to pray wherever the time for the prayer was
due even at sheep-folds. Later on he ordered that a mosque should be built and sent for some people of
Banu-An-Najjar and said, “O Banu An-Najjar! Suggest to me the price of this (walled) piece of land
of yours.” They replied, “No! By Allah! We do not demand its price except from Allah.” Anas added:
There were graves of pagans in it and some of it was unleveled and there were some date-palm trees
in it. The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered that the graves of the pagans be dug out and the unleveled land be level led
and the date-palm trees be cut down . (So all that was done). They aligned these cut date-palm trees
towards the Qibla of the mosque (as a wall) and they also built two stone side-walls (of the mosque).
His companions brought the stones while reciting some poetic verses. The Prophet (ﷺ) was with them and
he kept on saying, “There is no goodness except that of the Hereafter, O Allah! So please forgive the
Ansars and the emigrants. ”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “If anyone of you enters a mosque, he should pray two rak`at before sitting.”

Anas said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) prayed in the sheep fold.” Later on I heard him saying, “He prayed in the
sheep folds before the construction of the, mosque.”