Narrated Al-Aswad: That he asked `Aisha What did the Prophet use to do in his house? She replied, He used to keep himself busy serving his family and when it was the time for prayer he would go for it.
Read More..Narrated Aiyub: Abu Qilaba said, Malik bin Huwairith came to this Mosque of ours and said, 'I pray in front of you and my aim is not to lead the prayer but to show you the way in which the Prophet used to pray.' I asked Abu Qilaba, How did he use to pray?' He replied, (The Prophet used to pray) like this Sheikh of ours and the Sheikh used to sit for a while after the prostration, before getting up after the first rak`a.
Read More..Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet became sick and when his disease became aggravated, he said, Tell Abu Bakr to lead the prayer. `Aisha said, He is a softhearted man and would not be able to lead the prayer in your place. The Prophet said again, Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer. She repeated the same reply but he said, Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer. You are the companions of Joseph. So the messenger went to Abu Bakr (with that order) and he led the people in prayer in the lifetime of the Prophet.
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: the mother of the believers: Allah's Apostle in his illness said, Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer. I said to him, If Abu Bakr stands in your place, the people would not hear him owing to his (excessive) weeping. So please order `Umar to lead the prayer. `Aisha added I said to Hafsa, Say to him: If Abu Bakr should lead the people in the prayer in your place, the people would not be able to hear him owing to his weeping; so please, order `Umar to lead the prayer. Hafsa did so but Allah's Apostle said, Keep quiet! You are verily the Companions of Joseph. Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in the prayer. Hafsa said to `Aisha, I never got anything good from you.
Read More..Narrated Az-Zuhri: Anas bin Malik Al-Ansari, told me, Abu Bakr used to lead the people in prayer during the fatal illness of the Prophet till it was Monday. When the people aligned (in rows) for the prayer the Prophet lifted the curtain of his house and started looking at us and was standing at that time. His face was (glittering) like a page of the Qur'an and he smiled cheerfully. We were about to be put to trial for the pleasure of seeing the Prophet, Abu Bakr retreated to join the row as he thought that the Prophet would lead the prayer. The Prophet beckoned us to complete the prayer and he let the curtain fall. On the same day he died.
Read More..Narrated Anas: The Prophet did not come out for three days. The people stood for the prayer and Abu Bakr went ahead to lead the prayer. (In the meantime) the Prophet caught hold of the curtain and lifted it. When the face of the Prophet appeared we had never seen a scene more pleasing than the face of the Prophet as it appeared then. The Prophet beckoned to Abu Bakr to lead the people in the prayer and then let the curtain fall. We did not see him (again) till he died.
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