Gardens of the Righteous — Page 244
244. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 326. This light now illumines houses which Allah has ordained that they be exalted and in which His name is commemorated. Therein is He glorified morn and eve by men whom neither trade nor traffic beguiles from the remembrance of Allah (24. 37-38). 327. We subjected the people of the mountains to him. . They celebrated the praises of Allah with him morn and eve (38. 19). 1456. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who recites morn and eve: Holy is Allah and all praise belongs to Him; a hundred times, will not be exceeded by any one in good works on the Day of Judgment unless by one who shall have recited the same like him or more (Muslim). 1457. Abu Hurairah relates: A man came to the Holy Prophet and said:. Messenger of Allah, what torment I endured last night from the sting of a scorpion. He told him: Hȧd you said before retiring: I seek the protection of the perfect words of Allah from the mischief of whatever He has created; it would have done you no harm (Muslim). 1458. Abu Hurairah relates that when the Holy Prophet rose in the morning he recited: Allah, with Thy favour have we arrived at the morning and with Thy favour do we live and we die and to Thee is the return; and when he retired in the evening he recited: Allah, with Thy favour have we arrived at the evening and with Thy favour do we live and we die and to Thee is the return (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). 1459. Abu Hurairah relates that Abu Bakr said to the Holy Prophet:. Messenger of Allah, instruct me in that which I should recite morn and eve. He said: Recite: Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Lord of all things and their Master, I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship save Thee, and I seek Thy protection from the evil of my mind and the evil of Satan and his incitement towards setting up Thy equals. The Holy Prophet said: Recite these morn and eve and on retiring to bed (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). 1460. Ibn Mas'ud relates that the Holy Prophet would say in the evening:. We have arrived at the evening and so has the land by the favour of Allah, and all praise belongs to Allah, and there is none worthy of worship save Allah, the. One, Who has no associate. The narrator says: I think he would also say: His is the Kingdom and His the Praise, and He has power over all things. Lord, I ask thee for all the good of this night and the good of that which will follow it, and seek Thy protection against the evils of this night and the evil of that which will follow it. Lord, I seek Thy protection against sloth and the mischief of dotage, and seek Thy protection against the torment of the Fire and the torment of the grave. In the morning he would substitute the word morning for the word evening (Muslim). 1461. Abdullah ibn Khubaib relates that the Holy Prophet said to him: