Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 446
CHAPTER 18 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa as a Patron and a Great Teacher 446 Fajr prayer after the sunrise. H u du r sa called Safw a n and asked if he forbade his wife from fasting? He replied that it was true. He was a young man and his wife used to fast. (This prevented him from having conjugal relationship. ) He further said that he did not beat her up because of her S al a t. The real reason was that she recited two long S u rahs in every rak‘ a t and prolonged her S al a t. As far as his offering the Fajr S al a t after sunrise was concerned, he was suffering from chronic headache and this was an inherited disease. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa listened to both of them and gave the verdict, "A woman should not fast without her husband's permission. " Regarding the recitation of two S u rahs he said, "The S al a t is complete by reciting only one S u rah" and about the delay in S al a t due to illness he advised Safw a n, "You must offer S al a t as soon as you wake up. " 62 Once Hadrat ‘Al i ra become angry with Hadrat F at imah ra. He went to the mosque and laid down on the floor. When the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa heard of it, he came to the mosque. He saw Hadrat ‘Al i ra lying near the wall with dust on his back. H u du r sa lovingly dusted his back, addressed him Ab u Tur a b, meaning, ‘father of dust’ and asked him to get up and go home. With love he managed the elimination of angry feelings. 63