Volume 2, Book 23, Number 454:
Narrated Masruq:
‘Aisha said that a Jewess came to her and mentioned the punishment in the grave, saying to her,
“May Allah protect you from the punishment of the grave.” ‘Aisha then asked Allah’s Apostle about
the punishment of the grave. He said, “Yes, (there is) punishment in the grave.” ‘Aisha added, “After
that I never saw Allah’s Apostle but seeking refuge with Allah from the punishment in the grave in
every prayer he prayed.”
Volume 2, Book 21, Number 232:
Narrated Masruq:
I asked ‘Aisha which deed was most loved by the Prophet. She said, “A deed done continuously.” I
further asked, “When did he used to get up (in the night for the prayer).” She said, “He used to get up
on hearing the crowing of a cock.”
Volume 2, Book 21, Number 240:
Narrated Masruq:
I asked Aisha about the night prayer of Allah’s Apostle and she said, “It was seven, nine or eleven
Rakat besides the two Rakat of the Fajr prayer (i.e. Sunna). “
Volume 2, Book 17, Number 133:
Narrated Masruq:
One day I went to Ibn Masud who said, “When Quraish delayed in embracing Islam, the Prophet I
invoked Allah to curse them, so they were afflicted with a (famine) year because of which many of
them died and they ate the carcasses and Abu Sufyan came to the Prophet and said, ‘O Muhammad!
You came to order people to keep good relation with kith and kin and your nation is being destroyed,
so invoke Allah I ? So the Prophet I recited the Holy verses of Sirat-Ad-Dukhan: ‘Then watch you For
the day that The sky will Bring forth a kind Of smoke Plainly visible.’ (44.10) When the famine was
taken off, the people renegade once again as nonbelievers. The statement of Allah, (in Sura “Ad-
Dukhan”-44) refers to that: ‘On the day when We shall seize You with a mighty grasp.’ (44.16) And
that was what happened on the day of the battle of Badr.” Asbath added on the authority of Mansur,
“Allah’s Apostle prayed for them and it rained heavily for seven days. So the people complained of the
excessive rain. The Prophet said, ‘O Allah! (Let it rain) around us and not on us.’ So the clouds dis –
persed over his head and it rained over the surroundings.”
Volume 2, Book 17, Number 121:
Narrated Masruq:
We were with ‘Abdullah and he said, “When the Prophet saw the refusal of the people to accept Is –
lam he said, “O Allah! Send (famine) years on them for (seven years) like the seven years (of famine
during the time) of (Prophet) Joseph.” So famine overtook them for one year and destroyed every
kind of life to such an extent that the people started eating hides, carcasses and rotten dead animals.
Whenever one of them looked towards the sky, he would (imagine himself to) see smoke because of
hunger. So Abu Sufyan went to the Prophet and said, “O Muhammad! You order people to obey Allah
and to keep good relations with kith and kin. No doubt the people of your tribe are dying, so please
pray to Allah for them.” So Allah revealed: “Then watch you For the day that The sky will bring forth
a kind Of smoke Plainly visible … Verily! You will return (to disbelief) On the day when We shall
seize You with a mighty grasp. (44.10-16) Ibn Masud added, “Al-Batsha (i.e. grasp) happened in the
battle of Badr and no doubt smoke, Al-Batsha, Al-Lizam, and the verse of Surat Ar-Rum have all
passed .