Gardens of the Righteous — Page 98
98. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS at that time. When the shadow lengthens you may pray, for salat is attended and testified to by angels till the time of Asr Prayer. After Asr Prayer refrain from Prayer till the sun has set, for it sets between the two horns of Satan and the pagans prostrate themselves before it at that time. . Then I said: Prophet of Allah, tell me about ablutions. He said: When a person begins the ablutions and washes out his mouth and nose the sins of his mouth and nose are washed out. Then as he washes his face as Allah has commanded, the sins of his face are washed out from the sides of his beard with the water. Then he washes his hands up to his elbows and the sins of his hands are washed out through his digits with the water. Then he passes his wet hands over his head and the sins of the head are washed out through the ends of his hair with the water. Then he washes his feet up to the ankles and the sins of his feet are washed out through his toes with the water. Then if he stands up for Prayer and praises Allah and glorifies Him and proclaims. His greatness according to His worthiness and devotes his heart wholly to Allah, he emerges from his sins in a condition of purity as the one in which his mother bore him. . When Amr ibn Abasah related this to Abu Umamah, companion of the Holy. Prophet, the latter said to him: Have a care, Amr ibn Abasah, about what you relate at one place about all that is bestowed upon such a person. Amr answered him: Abu Umamah, I have reached old age, my bones have become dry, my death is approaching and there is no need for me to tell lies concerning Allah and His Messenger. Had I not heard this from the Holy. Prophet once, twice, three times (and he counted up to seven) I would never have related it. Indeed I have heard this even oftener (Muslim). 442. Abu Musa Ash'ari has related that the Holy Prophet said: When. Allah determines upon mercy for a people He takes custody of the soul of its. Prophet before it and makes him a herald for it and a storehouse for it in the hereafter, and when He determines upon the ruin of a people He chastises it while its Prophet is alive and destroys it while he is alive and watches it and delights in its destruction because they rejected him and disobeyed his directions (Muslim). 52. . On Exaltation of Hope. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 161. I commit my cause to Allah, surely Allah is watchful of His servants. So Allah safeguarded him against the mischief of that which they contrived (40. 45-46). 443. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah says: I am towards every servant of Mine as he conceives Me to be. I am with him