Anas b. Malik reported, Abu Bakr led them in prayer due to the illness of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) of which be died. It was a Monday and they stood in rows for prayer. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) drew aside the curtain of ('A'isha's) apartment and looked at us while he was standing, and his (Prophet's) face was (as bright) as the paper of the Holy Book. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) felt happy and smiled. And we were confounded with joy while in prayer due to the arrival (among our midst) of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), Abu Bakr stepped back upon his heels to say prayer in a row perceiving that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had come out for prayer. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) with the help of his hand signed to them to complete their prayer. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) went back (to his apartment) and drew the curtain. He (the narrator) said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) breathed his last on that very day.
Read More..Anas reported: The last glance that I have had of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (before his death) was that when he on Monday drew the curtain aside. The hadith transmitted by Salih is perfect and complete.
Read More..This hadith is narrated on the authority of Anas b. Malik by another chain of transmitters.
Read More..Anas reported: The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) did not come to us for three days. When the prayer was about to start. Abu Bakr stepped forward (to lead the prayer), and the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) lifted the curtain. When the face of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) became visible to us, we (found) that no sight was more endearing to us than the face of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as it appeared to us. The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) with the gesture of his hand directed Abu Bakr to step forward (and lead the prayer). The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) then drew the curtain, and we could not see him till he died.
Read More..Abu Musa reported: When the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) became ill and illness became serious he ordered Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer. Upon this 'A'isha said: Messenger of Allah, Abd Bakr is a man of tenderly feelings: when he would stand in your place (he would be so much overwhelmed -by grief that) he would not be able to lead the people in prayer. He (the Holy Prophet) said: You order Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer, and added: You are like the female companions of Yusuf. So Abu Bakr led the prayer (during this period of illness) in the life of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ).
Read More..Sahl b. Sa'd al-Sa'idi reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) went to the tribe of Bani Amr b. Auf in order to bring reconciliation amongst (its members), and It was a time of prayer. The Mu'adhdhin came to Abu Bakr and said: Would you lead the prayer in case I recite takbir (tahrima, with which the prayer begins)? He (Abu Bakr) said: Yes. He (the narrator) said: He (Abu Bakr) started (leading) the prayer. The people were engaged in observing prayer when the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) happened to come there and made his way (through the people) till he stood in a row. The people began to clap (their hands), but Abu Bakr paid no heed (to it) in prayer. When the people clapped more vigorously, he (Abu Bakr) then paid heed and saw the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) there. (He was about to withdraw when) the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) signed to him to keep standing at his place. Abu Bakr lifted his hands and praised Allah for what the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had commanded him and then Abu Bakr withdrew himself till he stood in the midst of the row and the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) stepped forward and led the prayer. When (the prayer) was over, he (the Holy Prophet) said: 0 Abu Bakr, what prevented you from standing (at that place) as I ordered you to do? Abu Bakr said: It does not become the son of Abu Quhafa to lead prayer before the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said (to the people) around him: What is it that I saw you clapping so vigorously? (Behold) when anything happens in prayer, say: Subha Allah, for when you would utter it, it would attract the attention, while clapping of hands is meant for women.
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