Gardens of the Righteous — Page 194
194. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 1066. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: The angels call down blessings on everyone of you who continues in his place of Prayer in a state of purity after the Prayer is finished, saying: Allah, forgive him; Allah have mercy on him (Bokhari). 1067. Anas relates that on one occasion the Holy Prophet was delayed coming to the mosque for the evening Prayer till midnight. After the Prayer finished he turned to us and said: Some people said their Prayer and went and slept, but you who waited were accounted as if you were occupied with Prayer throughout (Bokhari). 190. . On the Excellence of Congregational Prayer 1068. Ibn Umar relates that the Holy Prophet said: Prayer with the congregation is twenty seven times more beneficent than Prayer performed by oneself (Bokhari and Muslim). 1069. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: The Prayer of a person with the congregation is twenty five times more beneficent than his Prayer at home or in his shop, and that is because when he performs his ablutions carefully and then proceeds to the mosque for the sole purpose of the Prayer, every step that he takes raises his status and wipes out his sin. While he is in his place of. Prayer in a state of purity the angels keep calling down blessings on him saying:. Allah, send down blessings on him; Allah, have mercy on him. He is deemed to be occupied in Prayer while he waits for it (Bokhari and Muslim). 1070. Abu Hurairah relates that a blind person came to the Holy. Prophet and submitted: Messenger of Allah, I have no one to guide me to the mosque; and he asked his permission that he might say his Prayers at home. . The Holy Prophet gave him leave but as soon as he turned away the Holy. Prophet called him and asked him: Can you hear the call to Prayer? He answered: Yes. The Holy Prophet said: Then respond to it (Muslim). 1071. Ibn Umm Maktum relates that he said to the Holy Prophet:. Messenger of Allah, Medina abounds in reptiles and wild beasts and being blind I cannot see my way to the mosque. He said: If you can hear the words of the call:. Come to Prayer; Come to Salvation; then respond to them (Abu Daud). 1072. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: By Him in Whose hands is my life, I have sometimes thought that I would ask for fuel to be collected and the Azan to be called, and would appoint someone to lead the Prayer and then go to those who absent themselves from Prayer and set fire to their houses before their eyes (Bokhari and Muslim). 1073. Ibn Mas'ud said: He who would love to meet Allah tomorrow in a state of obedience to His will should take care of these Prayers when he is summoned for them. Allah has expounded to your Prophet the ways of guidance and these Prayers are a part of them. If you were to say these Prayers at home as