Sahih Muslim Hadith 1930 – How ‘Amr Bin

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[1930] 294 – (832) It was narrated that Abü Umâmah said: L 'Amr bin 'Abasah As-SulamI said: During the Jâhiliyyah, I used to think that the people were misguided and not following anything real when they worshipped idols. I heard of a man in Makkah who was telling 🙂 stories, so I sat on my mount and went to find him. The Messenger of Allah was in hiding and his JU :JU – ; people were persecuting him. I kept a low profile until I ' managed to enter upon him in Makkah. I said to him: "Who are you?" He said: "I am a Prophet." I said: "What is a Prophet?" He said: "I have been sent by Allah." I said: "With what has He sent you?" He said: "He has sent me to uphold the ties of kinship, to break the idols and to proclaim that Allah is to be singled out (for worship) and that none is to be associated with Him." I said to him: "Who do you have with you?" He said: "A free man and a slave" – at that time he had Abü Bakr and Bilâl with him among those who believed in him. I said: "I want to follow you." He said: "You cannot do that right now. Do you not see my situation and the situation of the people? Go back to your family, then when you hear that I have been granted victory, come to me." So I went to my family, and the Messenger of Allah arrived in A]-Madinah while I was with my family. I started to ask people for news after he arrived in Al-Madinah, until there came to me a group of people from Yallirib – Al- Madinah – and I said: "What did this man who came to Al- Madinah do?" They said: "The people are hastening to follow him, and his people wanted to kill him but they were not able to." I arrived in Al-Madinah and entered upon him, and said: "0 Messenger of Allah, do you recognize me?" He said: "Yes, you are the one who met me in Makkah." I said: "Yes." I said: "0 Prophet of Allah, tell me what Allah has taught you, that I do not know. Tell me about prayer." He said: "Pray the Subh prayer, then refrain from praying until the sun has risen and become high, for when it rises, it rises between the horns of the Shaimn and at that time the disbelievers prostrate to it. Then pray, for the prayer is witnessed and attended until the shadow of a spear falls directly north.113 Then refrain from praying, for at that time Hell is stoked up. Then when the shadow moves forward, pray – for the prayer is witnessed and attended – until you have prayed Asr. Then refrain from praying until the sun has set, for it sets between the horns of the Shaitân and at that time the disbelievers prostrate to it." I said: "0 Prophet of Allah, tell me about Wudâ'." He said: "There is no man among you who brings his Wulâ' water, rinses out his mouth, snuffs water up into his nose and blo' s it out, but the sins of his face, mouth and nostrils drop out. Then when he washes his face as enjoined by 111 Meaning, at noon. Allah, the sins of his face drop out with the water from the end of his beard. Then when he washes his arms up to the elbows, the sins of his hands drop out with the water from his fingertips. Then when he wipes his head, the sins of his head drop out with the water from the ends of his hair. Then when he washes his feet up to the ankles, the sins of his feet drop out with the water from the ends of his toes. Then if he stands and prays, and praises and glorifies Allah as He deserves, and his heart focuses on Allah, then he is cleansed of his sins and is as he was on the day his mother bore him." 'Amr bin 'Abasah narrated this HadIth to Abü Umâmah, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah , and Abü Umâmah said to him: "0 'Amr bin 'Abasah, watch what you are saying; is such a great reward given to a man for one incident?" 'Amr said: "0 Abü Umâmah, I have grown old, my bones have become weak and my end is near. I have no need to tell lies about Allah and His Messenger. If I had heard it only once from the Messenger of Allah , or even two times or three – until he mentioned seven times – I would never have narrated it, but I heard it more often than that." Chapter 53. Do Not Aim To &r" 'l 4t) – ( or Pray When The Sun Is Rising Or Setting (t 'J