Gardens of the Righteous — Page 193
RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 193 1055. Jarir ibn Abdullah Bajali relates: We were with the Holy Prophet one night when the moon was full. He looked at it and said: You will surely behold your Lord as you are beholding this moon without any perturbation. If you can so manage that you should not neglect the Prayer before sunrise and the Prayer before sunset, do it (Bokhari and Muslim). 1056. Buraidah relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who misses the afternoon Prayer renders his works vain (Bokhari). 188. . On the Excellence of Walking to the Mosque 1057. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: For him who proceeds to the mosque, morning or evening, Allah prepares an entertainment in. Paradise every time he proceeds, morning or evening (Bokhari and Muslim). 1058. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who makes his ablutions at home and then walks to one of the houses of Allah to discharge an obligation imposed on him by Allah, one step of his wipes out a sin and another step raises his status (Muslim). 1059. 1060. This hadith is the same as No. 136. . This hadith is the same as No. 137. 1061. Abu Musa relates that the Holy Prophet said: The person whose. Prayer brings him the highest reward is the one who walks farthest to it; and he who waits so that he might say his Prayer in congregation has a higher reward than one who says it alone and goes to bed (Bokhari and Muslim). 1062. Buraidah relates that the Holy Prophet said: To those who walk to the mosque in dark nights give glad tidings of full light on the Day of Judgment (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). 1063. This hadith is the same as No. 131. . 1064. Abu Sa'id Khudri relates that the Holy Prophet said: When you see a person frequenting the mosque, bear witness to his faith, for Allah, the Lord of honour and glory has said: He alone can service the mosques of Allah who believes in Allah and the Last Day (9. 18) (Tirmidhi). 189. . On the Excellence of Waiting for Prayer 1065. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: So long as you continue in the mosque for the purpose of Prayer and are not able to return home solely because of Prayer you will be deemed to be occupied in Prayer (Bokhari and. Muslim).