On the fourth night the Mosque was overwhelmed with people and could not accommodate them, but the Prophet ﷺ came out only for the morning prayer | |
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innovation in religion this is; but the prayer which they do not perform, but sleep at its time is better than the one they are offering | Do you sleep before praying the witr? let them pray in congregation! Do you sleep before offering the witr prayer? Allah's Messenger ﷺ came out and the people prayed behind him |
When the morning prayer was finished he recited Tashah-hud and addressing the people said, "Amma ba'du, your presence was not hidden from me but I was afraid lest the night prayer Qiyam should be enjoined on you and you might not be able to carry it on.
14' He meant the prayer in the last part of the night | Then on another night I went again in his company and the people were praying behind their reciter |
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In those days people used to pray in the early part of the night | My eyes sleep but my heart remains awake'! So, he made up his mind to congregate them behind Ubai bin Ka'b |
My eyes sleep but my heart does not sleep.
In the morning, the people spoke about it and then a large number of them gathered and prayed behind him on the second night | On that, 'Umar remarked, 'What an excellent Bid'a i |
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