◽️Benefit:

Fasting in Ramaḍān was made obligatory in the second year after Hijrah and so Rasūlullah ﷺ witnessed Ramaḍān 9 times in his lifetime.

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Hadith

حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ، وَهَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَيْلِيُّ، قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَخْرٍ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ إِسْحَاقَ، مَوْلَى زَائِدَةَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَقُولُ ‏

‏ الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ وَالْجُمُعَةُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ وَرَمَضَانُ إِلَى رَمَضَانَ مُكَفِّرَاتٌ مَا بَيْنَهُنَّ إِذَا اجْتَنَبَ الْكَبَائِرَ ‏"

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Abu Huraira reported:

Verily the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The five (daily) prayers and from one Friday prayer to the (next) Friday prayer, and from Ramadhan to Ramadhan are expiations for the (sins) committed in between (their intervals) provided one shuns the major sins.

Sahih Muslim 233c
In-book : Book 2, Hadith 19
USC-MSA web (English) : Book 2, Hadith 450  (deprecated)
Sahih Muslim

Imagine the ajr of the combined virtues of Friday and Ramadan!


“Hasanaat and sayi’aat are multiplied in a special place such as Makkah, Madeenah and Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem), and in the mosques; and at special times such as on Fridays, during the sacred months and in Ramadaan. With regard to the multiplication of hasanaat, this is a matter concerning which there is no scholarly difference of opinion.."

Mataalib Uli al-Nuha (2/385)

The Special Hour on Friday within Ramadan

There are certain occasions when Duʿās are accepted, some are more likely than others. Furthermore, if more than one occasion comes together, the acceptance is even more likely, such as Fridays when Duʿā at the time of breaking the fast and the last hour [of Friday] come together.

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Making Du’a before Maghrib is a very good habit to have in the evening of your Friday.

When the time came for making Du’a in the evening of Fridays, a number of the distinguished early pious scholars would not even converse to people because they were so preoccupied with remembering Allah and making Du’a.

For example, when al-Mufadhdhil ibn Fudhalah would perform ‘Asr on Friday, he would seclude himself in one corner of the masjid and would subsequently engage in du’a until the sun would set. (1)

Similarly, when Tawus ibn Kaysan would perform ‘Asr on Friday, he would face the qiblah [engaging in worship] and would not converse with anyone until the sun would set. (2)

Ibn Asakir, an author from the sixth hijra century, mentions in his book: “Al-Salt ibn Bustam, one of the righteous people, was afflicted with blindness, so his brothers sat down and began making du’a for him at the time of ‘Asr on Friday. As sunset approached, al-Salt sneezed, and his sight returned.” (3)

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(1) - [Akhbar al-Qudhat]
(2) - [Tarikh Wasit]
(3) - [Tarikh Dimashq]

So, the answering of Du’a is more likely due to 3: Fasting, Ramadan, & last hour. May Allah accept our Ā’diyah.

💎_Gems From Salaf

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A SUMMARY OF HOW THE PROPHET ﷺ PRAYED WITR

(a) He (ﷺ) does not sit (for Tashahhud) and say the Taslīm in the 8th Rak'ah if offering 9 Raka'āt. Rather, he recites the Tashahhud in the 9th Rak'ah and says the Taslīm.

(b) If praying 7 Raka'āt, he (ﷺ) does sit in the 6th Rak'ah but without saying the Taslīm. Then he sits in the 7th Rak'ah for it.

(c) Not sitting except in the 5th Rak'ah, if offering 5 Rak'ah of Witr.

(d) If he (ﷺ) prays 3 Raka'āt of Witr, this was done in two ways:
First: Saying the Taslīm after two Raka'āt, then praying one Rak’ah on its own, i.e; separately.
Second: To pray 3 Raka'āt in a continuous manner.

No problem arises in the first way. However, in the second way, there is no sitting (for Tashahhud) except in the last Tashahhud. This is due to this Hadīth of the Prophet ﷺ concerning Witr.
« لاَ تَشَبَّهُوا بِصَلاَةِ المَغْرِبِ »
"Do not make it (Witr) resemble Maghrib."

Narrated by Ibn Hibbān, Dāraqutnī, Al-Hākim and Al-Bayhaqī. There's no problem in the chain of transmitters.

◾️The minimum number of Raka'āt for a perfect Witr is 3.

(e) However, praying 1 Rak'ah of Witr is also proven.

(All these numbers [number of Raka'āt in Witr] are proven from Ahādīth in Sahīh Muslim)

~This is a translation of the summary which Shaykh al-Muhaddith Abdullāh as-Sa'd wrote after providing the dalīl concerning the subject~

~Galandhaanu

English translation by: صدقة الجارية

Alhamdulillah

How has your Ramadan been so far?

Imām Az-Zuhri (رحمه الله) said:

‏"تَسْبِيْحَةٌ فِيْ رَمَضَانَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ تَسْبِيْحَةٍ فِيْ غَيْرِهِ".

“A single tasbeeh in Ramadan is better than a thousand of it in other months”.

[‏فَضَائِلُ رَمَضَانَ ص٢٣]

🍃The Virtue of Praying Tarāwīh behind the Imām

At-Tirmithī reported from the way of Hannād, from Muḥammad Ibn Fudayl, from Dāwūd Ibn Abī Hind, from Al-Walīd ibn 'Abdur-Rahmān, from Jubayr Ibn Nufayr who reported from Abū Dharr who narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said:

«مَنْ قَامَ مَعَ الإِمَامِ حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ كُتِبَ لَهُ قِيَامُ لَيْلَةٍ»
Whoever stands in prayer (Tarāwīh) with the Imām until he departs will have written for him the standing of the whole night (meaning in prayer; Qiyām-ul-Layl).

🔸In the Sharh of Bulūgh al-Marām, under 649th Hadīth, Shaykh Al-Muhaddith al-'Alwān said: this chain is Hassan.

🔸He also said in the Sharh of Sunan at-Tirmithī: this was reported by Abū Dāwūd with a strong chain (what this means is to pray behind the Imām till he has finished, and when he prays Witr, to pray that too with him. And for the one who intends to pray more in the night, they can pray in 2 units, and brought dalīl for this*)
[https://youtu.be/1uOijn-QF1U]

🔸As-Shaykh, Al-Muhaddith 'Abdul 'Azīz ibn Ibrāhīm al-Khudayr said:
The chain is Hassan and this has been declared so by at-Tirmithī, Ibn Jārūd, Ibn Khuzaymah, Ibn Hibbān and even At-Tūsī.
[ https://twitter.com/Azizooo1/status/1127704575471955970?s=19 ]

🔸As-Shaykh Al-Muhaddith 'Abdullah As-Sa'd said:
The Hadīth is Sahīh.
[ https://youtu.be/SlyCy_oGOgE ]

🔸As-Shaykh, Al-Muhaddith Mustafah al-'Adawi said: it is Sahīh.
[ https://youtu.be/VJxCXZ5JuNQ ]

~ Galandhaanu [Ustādh Muḥammad al-Māldīfī (حفظه الله)]

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Note from KnowYourProphet admin:

*At-Tirmidhi (may Allāh have mercy on him) said:

The scholars differed concerning the one who prays Witr at the beginning of the night then prays qiyām at the end of the night…

Some of the scholars among the companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others said: If he prays Witr at the beginning of the night, then sleeps, then gets up at the end of the night, he may offer whatever prayers he likes, but he should leave his Witr as it was. This is the view of Sufyān ath-Thawri, Mālik ibn Anas, Ibn al-Mubārak, ash-Shāfa‘i, the scholars of Kūfah, and Ahmad.

This is more correct, because it was narrated via more than one isnād that the Prophet ﷺ prayed after Witr.

End quote from Sunan at-Tirmidhi (2/334)
[ Taken from Islamqa.info Fatwā No. 232790 ]

In his series on Qiyām-ul-Layl, Shaykh Abū Ubādah Harīth ash-Shiraida حفظه الله explains the strangeness of the same Hadīth (of praying behind the Imām), yet as you can see from the above, the scholars quoted do accept that Hadīth.

And he (Abū Ubādah) also mentions in the second part of this series that the best time is at the last portion of the night. These are differences of opinion among the scholars, do your research and act according to what seems to be more according to the Qur'ān and Sunnah.

And Allāh ta'ālā knows best.

May Allāh have mercy on our ulamah and our students of knowledge and preserve them. May Allāh guide us.

Question: When is the best time to pray Taraweeh in Ramadan, after Isha or the last third of the night? If it is after Isha is it better to pray in the Masjid with an Imam?

Answered by Shaykh Musa Jibril حفظه الله | https://news.1rj.ru/str/LightOfTheTruth