Gardens of the Righteous — Page 192
192. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS. Messenger and with Islam as my faith; will have his sins forgiven (Muslim). 1045. Anas relates that the Holy Prophet said: A supplication made between the Azan and Iqamah is not rejected (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). 186. . On the Excellence of the Salat. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 281. Prayer shields a votary against indecency and misbehaviour (29. 46). 1046. Abu Hurairah relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: Tell me if one of you had a stream running at his door and he should take a bath in it five times every day would any dirt be left upon him? He was answered: No dirt would be left on him. The Holy Prophet observed: This is the case of the five. Prayers. Allah wipes out all faults in consequence of them (Bokhari and. Muslim). 1047. This hadith is the same as No. 432. 1048. This hadith is the same as No. 437. 1049. This hadith is the same as No. 130. 1050. Uthman ibn Affan relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: For every Muslim who on the approach of the time of a prescribed Prayer makes his ablutions carefully and thereafter bows and prostrates himself in Prayer with humility, this serves as atonement for his past sins so long as he avoids major ones; and this is for always (Muslim). 187. On the Excellence of the Dawn and Afternoon Prayers 1051. Abu Musa relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who is constant in the dawn and afternoon Prayers will enter Paradise (Bokhari and Muslim). 1052. Abu Zuhair. Umarah ibn Ruwaibah relates that he heard the Holy. Prophet say: He who is constant in the Prayer before sunrise and the Prayer before sunset will not enter the Fire (Muslim). 1053. This hadith is the same as No. 392. 1054. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: A succession of angels visits you during the night and also during the day and they get together during the dawn Prayer and the afternoon Prayer. Then those of them who had spent the night among you ascend to heaven and Allah inquires from them (though He knows better than they): What conditions did you leave. My servants in? They answer: They were praying when we came to them and they were praying when we left them (Bokhari and Muslim).