Partial Translation
of Sunan Abu-Dawud:
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about
Ramadan
Book 6, Number 1370:
Narrated AbuDharr:
We fasted with the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) during Ramadan, but he did not make
us get up at night for prayer at any time during the
month till seven nights remained; then he made us get up
for prayer till a third of the night had passed. When
the sixth remaining night came, he did not make us get
up for prayer. When the fifth remaining night came, he
made us stand in prayer till a half of the night had
gone.
So I said: Apostle of Allah, I wish you had led us in
supererogatory prayers during the whole of tonight.
He said: When a man prays with an imam till he goes
he is reckoned as having spent a whole night in prayer.
On the fourth remaining night he did not make us get up.
When the third remaining night came, he gathered his
family, his wives, and the people and prayed with us
till we were afraid we should miss the falah (success).
I said: What is falah? He said: The meal before
daybreak. Then he did not make us get up for prayer
during the remainder of the month.
Book 6, Number 1374:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Unays:
I was present at the gathering of Banu Salamah, and I
was the youngest of them.
They (the people) said: Who will ask the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him) for us about Laylat al-Qadr?
That was the twenty-first of Ramadan. I went out and
said the sunset prayer along with the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him). I then stood at the door of his
house.
He passed by me and said: Come in. I entered (the
house) and dinner was brought for him. I was prevented
from taking food as it was scanty.
When he finished his dinner, he said to me: Give me
my shoes. He then stood up and I also stood up with him.
He said: Perhaps you have some business with me.
I said: Yes. Some people of Banu Salamah have sent me
to you to ask you about Laylat al-Qadr. He asked: Which
night: Is it tonight?
I said: Twenty-second. He said: This is the very
night. He then withdrew and said: Or the following
night, referring to the twenty-third night.
Book 6, Number 1375:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Unays al-Juhani:
I said to the Apostle of Allah: I have a place in the
desert where I live and in which I pray, with the praise
of Allah; but give me command about a night when I come
to this mosque.
He replied: Come on the twenty third night.
I (a sub-narrator, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim) said to his
(Abdullah ibn Unays's) son: How would your father act?
He replied: He used to enter the mosque when he had
offered the afternoon prayer, and did not leave it for
any purpose till he prayed the morning prayer. Then when
he had prayed the morning prayer, he found his riding
beast at the door of the mosque, mounted it and got back
to his desert.
Book 6, Number 1378:
Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Seek it (laylat
al-Qadr) in the last ten days of Ramadan. Seek it on the
ninth, seventh and fifth night. I (AbuNadrah) said: You
know counting better than us, AbuSa'id. He said: Yes. I
asked: What do you mean by the ninth, seventh and fifth
night? He said: When the twenty-first night passes, the
night which follows it is the night; when the
twenty-third night passes, the night which follows it is
the seventh; when the twenty-fifth passes, the night
which follows it is the fifth.
Book 6, Number 1379:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said to us:
Seek it (laylat al-Qadr) on the seventeenth night of
Ramadan, and on the twenty first night, and on the
twenty-third night. He then kept silence.
Book 6, Number 1385:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
Yazid ibn Abdullah said that Abdullah ibn Amr asked
the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him): In how many days should
I complete the recitation of the whole Qur'an, Apostle
of Allah?
He replied: In one month.
He said: I am more energetic to complete it in a
period less than this. He kept on repeating these words
and lessening the period until he said: Complete its
recitation in seven days.
He again said: I am more energetic to complete it in
a period less than this.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who finishes
the recitation of the Qur'an in less than three days
does not understand it.
Book 6, Number 1388:
Narrated Aws ibn Hudhayfah:
We came upon the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
in a deputation of Thaqif. The signatories of the pact
came to al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah as his guests. The
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) made Banu-Malik
stay in a tent of his.
Musaddad's version says: He was in the deputation of
Thaqif which came to the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him). He used to visit and have a talk
with us every day after the night prayer.
The version of AbuSa'id says: He remained standing
for such a long time (talking to us) that he put his
weight sometimes on one leg and sometimes on the other
due to his long stay. He mostly told us how his people,
the Quraysh, behaved with him.
He would say: We were not equal; we were weak and
degraded at Mecca (according to Musaddad's version).
When we came over to Medina the fighting began between
us; sometimes we overcome them and at other times they
overcome us. One night he came late and did not come at
the time he used to come.
We asked him: You came late tonight? He said: I could
not recite the fixed part of the Qur'an that I used to
recite every day. I disliked to come till I had
completed it.
Aws said: I asked the companions of the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him): How do you divide the Qur'an
for daily recitation? They said: Three surahs, five
surahs, eleven surahs, thirteen surahs' mufassal surahs.
Book 6, Number 1389:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who recites
the Qur'an in a period less than three days does not
understand it.
Book 6, Number 1390:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
Wahb ibn Munabbih said: Abdullah ibn Amr asked the
Prophet (peace_be_upon_him); In how many days should one
complete the recitation of the Qur'an? He said: In forty
days. He then said: In one month. He again said: In
twenty days. He then said: In fifteen days. He then
said: In ten days. Finally he said: In seven days.
Book 6, Number 1391:
Narrated Ibn Mas'ud:
Alqamah and al-Aswad said: A man came to Ibn Mas'ud.
He said: I recite the mufassal surahs in one rak'ah. You
might recite it quickly as one recites verse (poetry)
quickly, or as the dried dates fall down (from the
tree).
But the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) used to recite
two equal surahs in one rak'ah; he would recite (for
instance) surahs an-Najm (53) and ar-Rahman (55) in one
rak'ah, surahs Iqtarabat (54) and al-Haqqah (69) in one
rak'ah, surahs at-Tur (52) and adh-Dhariyat (51) in one
rak'ah, surahs al-Waqi'ah (56) and Nun (68) in one
rak'ah, surahs al-Ma'arij (70) and an-Nazi'at (79) in
one rak'ah, surahs al-Mutaffifin (83) and Abasa (80) in
one rak'ah, surahs al-Muddaththir (74) and al-Muzzammil
(73) in one rak'ah, surahs al-Insan (76) and al-Qiyamah
(75) in one rak'ah, surahs an-Naba' (78) and al-Mursalat
(77) in one rak'ah, and surahs ad-Dukhan (44) and at-Takwir
(81) in one rak'ah.
Book 6, Number 1393:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone prays
at night reciting regularly ten verses, he will not be
recorded among the negligent; if anyone prays at night
and recites a hundred verses, he will be recorded among
those who are obedient to Allah; and if anyone prays at
night reciting one thousand verses, he will be recorded
among those who receive huge rewards.
Book 6, Number 1394:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr:
A man came to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
and said: Teach me to read the Qur'an, Apostle of Allah.
He said: Read three surahs which begin with A.L.R. He
said: My age is advanced, my mind has become dull (i.e.
memory has grown weak), and my tongue has grown heavy).
So he said: Then read three surahs which begin with H.M.
He repeated the same words. So he said: Read three
surahs which begin with the "Glorification of Allah".
But he repeated the same excuse. The man then said:
Teach me a comprehensive surah, Apostle of Allah. The
Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) taught him Surah (99). "When
the Earth is shaken with her earthquake". When he
finished it, the man said: By Him Who sent you with
truth, I shall never add anything to it. Then man then
went away.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said twice: The man
received salvation.
Book 6, Number 1395:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A surah of the
Qur'an containing thirty verses will intercede its
reader till he will be forgiven. That is: "Blessed is He
in Whose Hand is the sovereignty" (Surah 67).
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