Narrated Abu Qatadah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم went out at night and found Abu Bakr praying in a low voice, and he passed Umar ibn al-Khattab who was raising his voice while praying. When they both met the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم together, the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: I passed by you, Abu Bakr, when you were praying in a low voice. He replied: I made Him hear with Whom I was holding intimate converse, Messenger of Allah. He (the Prophet) said to Umar: I passed by you when you were praying in a loud voice. He replied: Messenger of Allah, I was awakening the drowsy and driving away the Devil. Al-Hasan added in his version: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Raise your voice a little, Abu Bakr, and he said to Umar: Lower your voice a little.
Read More..This tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. This version dies not mention that the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said to Abu Bakr: Raise your voice a litte ; or he said to Umar: Lower your voice a little. But this version adds: (The Prophet said: ) I heard you, Bilal, (reciting) ; you were reciting partly from this surah and partly from that surah. He said: This is all good speech ; Allah has combined one part with the other; The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: All of you were correct.
Read More..Narrated Aishah: A man got up at night and recited the Quran in a loud voice. When the dawn came, the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: May Allah have mercy on so-and-so who reminded me many verses that I had nearly forgotten. Abu Dawud said: Harun al-Nahwi transmitted from Hammad bin Salamah the Quranic verse of Surah Al-Imran: How many of the prophet fought (in Allah's way) (3: 146)
Read More..Narrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم retired to the mosque. He heard them (the people) reciting the Quran in a loud voice. He removed the curtain and said: Lo! every one of you is calling his Lord quietly. One should not trouble the other and one should not raise the voice in recitation or in prayer over the voice of the other.
Read More..Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir al-Juhani: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: One who recites the Quran in a loud voice is like one who gives alms openly; and one who recites the Quran quietly is one who gives alms secretly.
Read More..Narrated Aishah: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to pray ten rak'ahs during the night, and would observe the witr with one rak'ah, he then prayed two rak'ahs of the dawn prayer. Thus he prayed thirteen rak'ahs in all.
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