Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 79
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 79 Humility in S al a t When the members of his family were asleep, H u du r sa would get up quietly and occupy himself in prayer and worship. Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra relates that once she woke up during the night and found him absent. She thought that H u du r sa had gone to some other wife. Searching for him she found him prostrating. There was mud on his forehead and he was on ground praying َ َﺳُﺒْﺤَﺎﻧَک ٰوَحبَِﻤْﺪِک ََ ﻻَاِﻟ اِﻻَّاَﻧْﺖ. "O All a h, Holy art Thou with Your attributes. There is none worthy of worship except You". Seeing this she felt remorseful at her presumption that the Prophet sa of God was in another world while she was entertaining doubts in her mind. 38 At night when everyone would be asleep, H u du r sa would quietly leave and go to a desolate graveyard and engage in supplication. Once out of curiosity Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra followed him; he was standing in Jannatul Baq i ‘ and was busy offering endearments to his Lord. He said to Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra , "Why did you think that I am being cruel to you (meaning going to another wife)" and then he said, "Gabriel encouraged me to come and pray for forgiveness for the people buried in Jannatul Baq i ‘. I thought you were asleep so I did not wake you up. " 39 There is another narration by Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra in which she tells us that once during H u du r sa 's turn at her place, he went outside. "I