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There's something about a society of qiyam
and Ibn Umar radiAllahu ta'ala Anhuma
He said that it's the first thing that is taken away
from the community in terms of worship.
at-Tahajjud al layl is the night prayer
and raf as-sawt the raising of the voices
in qira'ah
and the raising of the voices and recitation.
And this is something that you even read about in history
subhanAllah with Salahuddin al Ayyubi Rahimahullah
That it's very famously narrated, that he did not go forth
towards Jerusalem until he walked at night.
And he saw all of the tents were alive with qiyam.
And the time of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
he wanted to make sure that all
of the homes were alive with qiyam, including your house.
Now obviously, as you're praying, you're thinking
about who is greater
than the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
watching you, you're praying to Allah
and you have the angels that are coming to you.
But if you were there
and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
was almost listening to you,
what would that do to you?
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First and foremost, you want it to listen
to his qira'at
Umm Hani radiAllahu ta'ala Anha
she said I used to sit on my roof and I used to listen
to the Qiraʼat of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
But then the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
would go out and he would start to walk the streets.
And he would start to hear the recitation
of his companions.
Sometimes without letting them know that he was there.
So Abu Qatadah Rahimahullah ta'ala
he narrates that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
he went out one night and he found
Abu Bakr as-Siddiq radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu who praying
in a very low voice.
And then the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
by the house of Umar radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
And of course the voice of Umar
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhuwas loud.
So the next day, when they met the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam together as was common,
Rasulullah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and Abu Bakr and Umar,
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
commented on their Qiraʼat.
He said, "Ya Aba Bakr."
He said, "I passed by your house last night.
And you were praying in such a low voice."
His response to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
Ya Rasulullah, 'O messenger of Allah',
as ma' tuman na'ajaitu
He said, "I made Him hear
with whom I was holding that intimate conversation."
So Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la could hear me
even if my voice was very low.
Then the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
said to Umar radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu,
"yeah, Umar your voice was too loud
as I passed by your house."
He said, Ya Rasulullah,
Ouqidul wasnaan wa 'athrhudhu Shaitan
He said "Ya Rasulullah "I'll wake up
those who are lazy and I'll run out the shayatin."
So it's just like what you would expect
from Abu Bakr and Umar radiAllahu ta'ala Anhuma
and the beautiful complementary behavior
and character that they both had.
So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
says to Abu Bakr radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
to raise his voice.
And the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
says to Umar radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
to lower his voice.
And by the way that's why when the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was dying
and he appointed Abu Bakr to lead,
Aisha and Hafsa believed that Umar
was better fit to lead because his voice was so loud
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
And he would truly wipe out the shayatin
with his qira'ah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu.
There's another incident where Aisha
radiAllahu ta'ala Anha that she was late returning
to the house after Salatul Isha.
So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
asked her, "where were you?"
And she said to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
This is Aisha radiAllahu Anha
She said, "I was listening
to the recitation of one of your companions.
And I've never heard a voice like that recitation."
So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
got up and I got up with him,
and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"let's go listen to him together."
So Aisha radiAllahu Anha
and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
are leaving the house to go
and hear this particular Qiraʼat
at night.
And when they went to the house that Aisha
radiAllahu ta'ala Anha identified,
and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
heard his voice,
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"this is Salim Mawla Abi Hudhayfa
The freed slave of Abu Hudhayfa.
And he said,
Alhamdulillahilladzi ja'lafi ummathi mithrahadha
All praises be to Allah, who has put in my ummah,
like this man.
subhanAllah, would he say that about you
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam as he was passing
by your house?
This is such a beautiful testimony.
You find other narrations, one of
Abu Musa Ash'ari radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
Where the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam tells
Abu Musa, he said, "if you would have seen me last night,
I was listening to your recitation of the Quran
and I was standing outside your door
and I was enjoying your recitation."
And Abu Musa says, Ya Rasulullah
"had I known, I would have beautified my voice further."
And the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said
that you've been given mizmaar
you've been given a sweet voice,
like the sweet voice of Dawud Alayhi Salaam,
the Prophet David.
And then my favorite narration of them all,
because there's a dua'a involved, is the one where
Umar radiAllahu Anhu says that, "I, Abu Bakr
and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
were walking at night
and we had finished some of our affairs."
So they were doing something else.
And then they were walking back
to their homes and we passed by the house
of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
The one who would take the Quran fresh from the mouth
of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam stopped,
so we stopped with him.
And we stood outside the house
of Ibn Mas'ud radiAllahu Anhu
and we started to listen to his beautiful recitation.
Remember ibn Mas'ud was the one who made
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
cry with his recitation of Surat-an Nisa.
And he doesn't know that outside his door
are the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
and Abu Bakr and Umar.
So ibn Mas'ud radiAllahu Anhu is reciting
and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
is not moving.
He's listening to the whole recitation of ibn Mas'ud.
And then ibn Mas'ud goes into
his rukuu
and he goes into sujud
And then ibn Mas'ud radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
and who starts to make dua.
And they know that ibn Mas'ud is starting to make dua
and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
says, sal tuh'ta.
"Go ahead and ask and you will be given,
go ahead and ask, and you will be given."
And ibn Mas'ud radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
who was making dua,
he says,
Allahumma inni as-aluka imanan la yartad wa na'iman la
yanfad wa murafaqata Nabi Muhammadan sallallahu 'alayhi wa
sallam fi a'ala janatil khuld'
"O Allah, I ask you for faith that is not taken away,
for blessings that do not expire,
and for the companionship
of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
in the highest level of Jannatul Firdous,
And Rasullulah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said "ameen".
And Umar radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu says the next day,
I was so excited to go to ibn Mas'ud
and tell him," do you know
that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
said 'Ameen' to this dua'a of yours
when we were listening to you last night?
And as I got to ibn Mas'ud radiAllahu Anhu
he said, Abu Bakr already beat you to it.
And Umar radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu said
subhanAllah
"There is no good deed, except that Abu Bakr
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu beat me to it."
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