Volume 8, Book 75, Number 349:
Narrated ‘Ikrima:
Ibn ‘Abbas said, “Preach to the people once a week, and if you won’t, then preach them twice, but if
you want to preach more, then let it be three times (a week only), and do not make the people fed-up
with this Qur’an. If you come to some people who are engaged in a talk, don’t start interrupting their
talk by preaching, lest you should cause them to be bored. You should rather keep quiet, and if they
ask you, then preach to them at the time when they are eager to hear what you say. And avoid the
use of rhymed prose in invocation for I noticed that Allah’s Apostle and his companions always
avoided it.”
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Volume 8, Book 75, Number 350:
Narrated Anas:
Allah’s Apostle said, “When anyone of you appeal to Allah for something, he should ask with de –
termination and should not say, ‘O Allah, if You wish, give me.’, for nobody can force Allah to do
something against His Will.
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 351:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “None of you should say: ‘O Allah, forgive me if You wish; O Allah, be merciful
to me if You wish,’ but he should always appeal to Allah with determination, for nobody can force
Allah to do something against His Will.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 352:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “The invocation of anyone of you is granted (by Allah) if he does not show im –
patience (by saying, “I invoked Allah but my request has not been granted.”)
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 337:
Narrated Abu Dhar:
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Whenever the Prophet lay on his bed, he used to say: “Allahumma bismika amutu wa ahya,” and
when he woke up he would say: “Al-hamdu lil-lahilladhi ahyana ba’da ma an atana, wa ilaihi an-
nushur.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 338:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr:
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq said to the Prophet, “Teach me an invocation with which I may invoke (Allah)
in my prayer.” The Prophet said, “Say: Allahumma inni zalamtu nafsi zulman kathiran wala yagh –
firudh-dhunuba illa anta, Faghfirli maghfiratan min indika war-hamni, innaka antalGhafur-
Rahim.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 339:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Verse: ‘Neither say your prayer aloud, nor say it in a low tone.’ (17.110) was revealed as re –
gards invocation.
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 340:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
We used to say in the prayer: ‘AsSalam be on Allah, As-Salam be on so-and so.’ So one day the
Prophet said to us, “Allah Himself is As-Salam; when anyone of you sits during his prayer, he should
say: ‘At-tah, iyyatu-lillahi,’ up to ‘As-Salihin,’ (All the compliments are for Allah …righteous people)
for when he recites this, then he says his Salam to all the righteous people present in the heavens and
on the earth. Then he should say, ‘I testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and
that Muhammad is His slave and His Apostle,’ and then he can select whatever he likes to celebrate
(Allah’s) Praises.”