Gardens of the Righteous — Page 162
162. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 128. . . On Sitting in Company 828. Ibn Umar relates that the Holy Prophet said: Let no one ask another to give up his seat to him; but make room and sit at ease. If a person gave up his seat for Ibn Umar he would not take it (Bokhari and Muslim). 829. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: When someone gets up from among company and returns to it he is the best entitled to occupy the seat he had left (Muslim). 830. Jabir ibn Samurah relates: When we came to the Holy Prophet we sat down at the extremity of the company (Abu Daud). 831. Salman Farisi relates that the Holy Prophet said: If a person takes a bath on Friday, cleans himself thoroughly, oils his hair, uses such perfume as is available, sets forth for the mosque, does not intrude between two persons, offers the prescribed portion of the Prayer and listens in silence to the Imam his sins committed since the previous Friday are forgiven (Bokhari). 832. Amr ibn Shuaib relates on the authority of his father and grandfather that the Holy Prophet said: It is not permissible for a person to intrude between two people without their consent (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). . Abu Daud's version is: No one should sit between two persons without their permission. 833. Huzaifah ibn Yaman relates that the Holy Prophet cursed a person who should sit in the middle of a circle (Abu Daud). Tirmidhi's version on the authority of Mijlaz is: Someone went and sat in the middle of a circle, whereupon Huzaifah said: Cursed is, according to Muhammad, or Allah has cursed through Muhammad, one who sits in the middle of a circle. 834. Abu Sa'id Khudri relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: The best companies are those in which there is plenty of room (Abu Daud). 835. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: If a person sits in company which indulges in vain talk and before leaving it supplicates: Holy art Thou, O Allah, and Thine is the praise: I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship save Thyself; I ask Thy forgiveness and turn to Thee; he is forgiven his participation in that company (Tirmidhi). 836. Abu Barzah relates that towards the end the Holy Prophet when he was about to leave a company would supplicate: Holy art Thou, O Allah, and. Thine is the praise; I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship save. Thyself; I ask Thy forgiveness and turn to Thee. Someone said to him:. Messenger of Allah, you have taken to saying something you used not to say before. He said: This is an expiation of that which goes on in the company (Abu Daud and Muslim). 837. Ibn Umar relates that it was seldom that the Holy Prophet would leave a company without supplicating in these terms: Allah, bestow upon us of. Thy fear that should serve as a barrier between us and our sins; and of Thy obedience that should serve to carry us to Thy Paradise; and of the certainty of