On That D A Y

The DAY:

3:106 - On the day when some faces will be (lit up with) white and some faces will be (in the gloom of) black; to those whose faces will be black (will be said): "Did ye reject faith after accepting it? Taste then the penalty for rejecting faith. 432

7:54 - Your guardian-Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six days

11:98 –He will go before his people on the Day of Judgment and lead them into the Fire (as cattle are led to water): but woeful indeed will be this leading (and) the place led to! 1600

11:99 - And they are followed by a curse in this (life) and on the Day of Judgment: and woeful is the gift which shall be given (unto them)!

11:103 - In that is a Sign for those who fear the Penalty of the Hereafter: that is a Day for which mankind will be gathered together: that will be a Day of Testimony. 1604

11:105 - The day it arrives no soul shall speak except by His leave: of those (gathered) some will be wretched and some will be blessed. 1605 1606

14:42 - Verily from (the Light of) their Lord that Day will they be veiled. 6018

14:48 - One day the Earth will be changed to a different Earth and so will be the Heavens and (men) will be marshalled forth before Allah the One the Irresistible; 1925

14:49 - And thou wilt see the Sinners that day bound together in fetters 1926

17:12 - We have made the Night and the Day as two (of Our) Signs: the Sign of the Night have We obscured while the Sign of the day We have made to enlighten you; that ye may seek Bounty from your Lord and that ye may know the number and count of the years: all things have We explained in detail. 2185 2186

17:13 - Every man's fate We have fastened on his own neck: on the Day of Judgment We shall bring out for him a scroll which he will see spread open. 2187 2188

17:14 - (It will be said to him:) "Read thine (own) record: sufficient is thy soul this day to make out an account against thee." 2189

20:108 - On that Day will they follow the Caller (straight): no crookedness (can they show) him: all sounds shall humble themselves in the presence of (Allah) Most Gracious: nothing shalt thou hear but the tramp of their feet (as they march). 2632 2633

20:109 - On that Day shall no intercession avail except for those for whom permission has been granted by (Allah) Most Gracious and whose word is acceptable to Him. 2634

22:47 - Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment! But Allah will not fail in His promise. Verily a day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your reckoning. 2826

25:22 - The Day they see the angels no joy will there be to the sinners that Day: the (angels) will say: "There is a barrier forbidden (to you) altogether!" 3079

25:24 - The Companions of the Garden will be well that Day in their abode and have the fairest of places for repose. 3081

25:25 - The Day the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds and angels shall be sent down descending (in ranks) 3082

25:26 - That Day the dominion as of right and truth shall be (wholly) for (Allah) Most Merciful: it will be a day of dire difficulty for the Misbelievers. 3083

25:27 - The Day that the wrongdoer will bite at his hands He will say "Oh! would that I had taken a (straight) path with the Apostle! 3084

26:61 - Are (these two) alike? one to whom We have made a goodly promise and who is going to reach its (fulfillment) and one to whom we have given the good things of this life but who on the Day of Judgment is to be among those brought up (for punishment)? 3392

27:83 - One Day We shall gather together from every people a troop of those who reject Our Signs and they shall be kept in ranks

27:86 - See they not that We have made the Night for them to rest in and the Day to give them light? Verily in this are Signs for any people that believe! 3316

27:87 - And the Day that the Trumpet will be sounded then will be smitten with terror those who are in the heavens and those who are on earth except such as Allah will please (to exempt): and all shall come to His (Presence) as beings conscious of their lowliness. 3317

27:89- If any do good good will (accrue) to them therefrom; and they will be secure from terror that Day.

28:62 - That Day Allah will call to them and say: "Where are my `partners'? whom ye imagined)?"

3394 Cf. x. 28 False worship often names others, but really it is the worship of Self. The others whom they name will have nothing to do with them when the awful Penalty stands in the sight of both. Then each wrong-doer will have to look to his own case. The wicked will then realise the gravity of the situation and wish that they had accepted the true guidance of Allah's Messengers. (28.63)

3395 Now we come to the examination of those who rejected or persecuted Allah's Messengers on the earth. It may be the same men as those mentioned in xxviii. 62-64, but this is a different count in the charge. (28.65)

28:65 - That Day (Allah) will call to them and say: "What was the answer ye gave to the apostles?" 3395

28:66 - Then the (whole) story that day will seem obscure to them (like light to the blind) and they will not be able (even) to question each other.

3396 In their utter confusion and despair their minds will be blank. The past will seem to them unreal, and the present unintelligible, and they will not even be able to consult each other, as every one's state will be the same. (28.66)

28:72 - Say: see ye? If Allah were to make the Day perpetual over you to the Day of Judgment what god is there other than Allah who can give you a Night in which ye can rest? Will ye not then see? 3400

3400 In verse 71 was mentioned a "perpetual Night," for which the faculty of "hearkening" was appropriate, as all light was shut out. In this verse a perpetual Day is mentioned, for which the faculty of "seeing" is appropriate. Through many doors can the higher knowledge enter our souls. Shall we not use each of them as the occasion demands? (28.72)

30:12 - On the Day that the Hour will be established the guilty will be struck dumb with despair. 3518

30:14 - On the Day that the Hour will be established that Day shall (all men) be sorted out. 3520

30:55 - On the Day that the Hour (of reckoning) will be established the transgressors will swear that they tarried not but an hour: thus were they used to being deluded! 3573

30:56 - But those endued with knowledge and faith will say: "Indeed ye did tarry within Allah's Decree to the Day of Resurrection and this is the Day of Resurrection: but ye ye were not aware!" 3574

30:57 - So on that Day no excuse of theirs will avail the Transgressors nor will they be invited (then) to seek grace (by repentance). 3575

31:33 - O mankind! do your duty to your Lord and fear (the coming of) a Day when no father can avail aught for his son nor a son avail aught for his father. Verily the promise of Allah is true: let not then this present life deceive you nor let the Chief Deceiver deceive you about Allah. 3623 3624

32:5 - He rules (all) affairs from the heavens to the earth: in the end will (all affairs) go up to Him on a Day the space whereof will be (as) a thousand years of your reckoning. 3634

34:30 - Say: "The appointment to you is for a day which ye cannot put back for an hour nor put forward." 3833

36:54 - Then on that Day not a soul will be wronged in the least and ye shall but be repaid the meeds of your past Deeds. 4000

36:55 - Verily the Companions of the Garden shall that Day have joy in all that they do; 4001

36:59 - And O ye in sin! get ye apart this Day! 4005

40:16 - The Day whereon they will (all) come forth: Not a single thing concerning them is hidden from Allah. Whose will be the dominion that Day? That of Allah the One the Irresistible! 4379

40:17 - That Day will every soul be requited for what it earned; no injustice will there be that Day for Allah is Swift in taking account. 4380

40:18 - Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near when the Hearts will (come) right up to the Throats to choke (them); no intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrongdoers have who could be listened to. 4381 4382

41:12 - So He completed them as seven firmaments in two Days

44:40 - Verily the Day of Sorting Out is the time appointed for all of them 4718

44:41 - The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught and no help can they receive. 4719

45:27 - To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and the Day that the Hour of Judgment is established that Day will the dealers in Falsehood perish! 4765

45:28 - And thou wilt see every sect bowing the knee: every sect will be called to its Record: "This Day shall ye be recompensed for all that ye did! 4766

45:34 - It will also be said: "This Day We will forget you as ye forgot the meeting of this Day of yours! And your abode is the Fire and no helpers have ye! 4771

45:35 - "This because ye used to take the Signs of Allah in jest and the life of the world deceived you." (From) the Day therefore they shall not be taken out thence nor shall they be received into Grace. 4772

50:30 - One Day We will ask Hell "art thou filled to the full?" It will say "are there any more (to come)?" 4967

50:34 - "Enter ye therein in Peace and Security; this is a Day of Eternal Life!" 4971

52:9 - On the day when the firmament will be in dreadful commotion.

54:6 - Therefore (O Prophet) turn away from them. The day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair. 5132 5133

54:8 - Hastening with eyes transfixed towards the Caller! "Hard is this Day!" the Unbelievers will say.

56:50 - "All will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointed for a Day Well-known. 5246

57:12 - One Day shalt thou see the believing men and the believing women how their Light runs forward before them and by their right hands: (their greeting will be): "Good News for you this Day! Gardens beneath which flow rivers! To dwell therein for aye! this is indeed the highest Achievement!" 5288 5289

57:13 - One day will the Hypocrites men and women say to the Believers: "Wait for us! let us borrow (a light) from your Light!" It will be said: "turn ye back to your rear! then seek a light (where ye can)!" So a wall will be put up betwixt them with a gate therein. Within it will be Mercy throughout and without it all alongside will be (wrath and) Punishment! 5290 5291

62:9 - O ye who believe! when the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday (the Day of Assembly) hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah and leave off business (and traffic): that is best for you if ye but knew! 5461 5462 5463

64:9 - The Day that He assembles you (all) for a day of Assembly that will be a day of mutual

loss and gain among you

68:42 - The Day that the shin shall be laid bare

70:4 - The angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years: 5677 5678

70:6 - They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event):

70:8 - The Day that the sky will be like molten brass 5681

70:11 - Though they will be put in sight of each other the sinner's desire will be: would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day by (sacrificing) his children 5684

73:14 - One Day the earth and the mountains will be in violent commotion and the mountains will be as a heap of sand poured out and flowing down. 5766

75:1 - I do call to witness the Resurrection Day; 5809

75:6 - He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?

75:10 - On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

75:12 - Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

75:13 - On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

75:22 - On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

75:24 - And that day will other faces be despondent,

75:30 - That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!

77:12 - For what day is the time appointed?

77:13 - For the Day of Decision.

77:14 - And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is!

77:15 - Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:19 - Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:24 - Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:28 - Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:34 - Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:35 - This is a day wherein they speak not,

77:37 - Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:38 - This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together.

77:40 - Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:43 - (Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what ye did.

77:45 - Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

77:46 - Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.

77:47 - Woe unto the repudiators on that

77:48 - When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!

77:49 - Woe unto the repudiators on that day

77:50 - In what statement, after this, will they believe?

78:11 - And made the day as means of subsistence? 5892

78:17- Verily the Day of Sorting Out is a thing appointed 5896

78:18 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded and ye shall come forth in crowds; 5897

78:38 - The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand forth in ranks

78:39 - That Day will be the sure Reality:

79:35 - The Day when Man shall remember (all) that he strove for 5942

80:34 - That Day shall a man flee from his own brother.

80:37 - Each one of them that Day will have enough concern (of his own) to make him

indifferent to the others. 5967

80:38 - Some Faces that Day will be beaming.

80:40 - And other faces that Day will be dust-stained; 5968

82:15 - Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment. 6008

82:17 - And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?

82:18 - Again what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is? 6009

82:19 - (It will be) the Day when no soul shall have power (to do) aught for another: for the Command that Day will be (wholly) with Allah. 6010

83:5 - On a Mighty Day

83:6 - A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?

83:10 - Woe that Day to those that deny

83:11 - Those that deny the Day of Judgment. 6015

83:15 - Verily from (the Light of) their Lord that Day will they be veiled. 6018

89:1 - By the Break of Day 6108

101:1 - The (Day) of Noise and Clamor: 6251

101:2 - What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamor?

101:3 - And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamor is?

101:4 (It is) a Day whereon Men will be like moths Scattered about 6252

SEE:

Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 2.125

The virtues of Jumu'ah, Friday prayer

Friday (Jumu'ah) is the best day of the week.

Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 2.126

Making many prayers and salutations upon the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam during the night and the day of Jumu'ah

Aus ibn Aus reports that the Prophet said: "The most virtuous of your days is Jumu'ah. On that day, Adam was created and on that day he died, (on that day) the horn will be blown and the people will be dumbfounded! Increase your prayers upon me as your prayers upon me will be presented to me." The people said: "O Messenger of Allah, how will our prayers be presented to you when you have passed away?" He said: "Allah has prohibited the earth from eating the bodies of the Prophets." This is related by the five, except for at-Tirmidhi.(etc)

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 9.373 Narrated by
Tariq bin Shihab

A Jew said to 'Umar, "O Chief of the Believers, if this verse: 'This day I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favors upon you, and have chosen for you, Islam as your religion.' (5.3) had been revealed upon us, we would have taken that day as an 'Id (festival) day." 'Umar said, "I know definitely on what day this Verse was revealed; it was revealed on the day of 'Arafat, on a Friday."

Al-Muwatta Hadith
Hadith 18.55

Fasting The "Day of Doubt"

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard the people of knowledge telling people not to fast on the day in Shaban when there was doubt (about whether it was Shaban or Ramadan), if they intended by it the fast of Ramadan . They considered that whoever fasted on that day without having seen (the new moon) had to make up that day if it later became clear that it was part of Ramadan. They did not see any harm in voluntary fasting on that day.

Malik said, "This is what we do, and what I have seen the people of knowledge in our city doing."

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 1362 Narrated by
AbuHurayrah

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The promised day is the Day of Resurrection, the day which is witnessed is the day of Arafah, and the witness is Friday, on no more excellent day than which has the sun risen or sent. It contains a time at which no believing worshipper will supplicate Allah for what is good without Allah answering him, or seek refuge from something without His giving him refuge from it."

Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it, the latter saying that this is a gharib tradition known only among the traditions of Musa ibn Ubaydah who is declared to be weak.

Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 3736 Narrated by
Zubayr ibn Uthman

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The wedding feast on the first day is a duty, that on the second is a good practice, but that on the third day is to make men hear of it and show it to them. Qatadah said: A man told me that Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab was invited (to a wedding feast on the first day and he accepted it. He was again invited on the second day, and he accepted. When he was invited on the third day, he did not accept; he said: They are the people who make men hear of it and show it to them.

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 4.693 Narrated by
Abu Huraira

The Prophet said, "We are the last (to come) but we will be the foremost on the Day of Resurrection, nations were given the Book (i.e. Scripture) before us, and we were given the Holy Book after them. This (i.e. Friday) is the day about which they differed. So the next day (i.e. Saturday) was prescribed for the Jews and the day after it (i.e. Sunday) for the Christians. It is incumbent on every Muslim to wash his head and body on a Day (i.e. Friday) (at least) in every seven days."

Dawn

DAWN:

2:187 - Permitted to you on the night of the fasts is the approach to your wives. They are your garments. And ye are their garments. Allah knoweth what ye used to do secretly among yourselves; but He turned to you and forgave you; so now associate with them and seek what Allah hath ordained for you and eat and drink until the white thread of dawn appear to you distinct from its black thread; then complete your fast till the night appears; but do not associate with your wives while ye are in retreat in the mosques. Those are limits (set by) Allah; approach not nigh thereto. Thus doth Allah make clear His signs to men that they may learn self-restraint. 195 196 197 198 199 200

20:130 – Therefore be patient with what they say and celebrate (constantly) the praises of thy Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting; yea celebrate them for part of the hours of the night and at the sides of the day: that thou mayest have (spiritual) joy. 2654 2655

2655 Taraf, plural atraf, may mean sides, ends, extremities. If the day be compared to a tubular figure standing erect, the top and bottom are clearly marked, but the sides are not so clearly marked: they would be atraf (plural), not tarafain (dual). Now the prayer before sunrise is clearly Fajr; that before sunset is Asr: "part of the hours of the night" would indicate Magrib (early night, just after sunset), and Isha, before going to bed. There is left Zuhr, which is in the indefinite side or middle of the day : it may be soon after the sun's decline from noon, but there is considerable latitude about the precise hour. The majority of Commentators interpret in favour of the five Canonical prayers, and some include optional prayers. But I think the words are even more comprehensive. A good man's life is all one sweet Song of Praise to Allah. (20.130)

32:15 – Only those believe in Our Signs who when they are recited to them fall down in adoration and celebrate the praises of their Lord nor are they (ever) puffed up with pride. 3647

3647 "In adoration": Sujjadan, or in a posture of prostration, expressive of deep humility and faith. This is the keyword of the Sura, which bears the title of Sajda. All the Signs of Allah lead our thoughts upwards towards Him, and when they are expounded, our attitude should be one of humble gratitude to Allah. At this passage it is usual to make a prostration. (32.15)

32:16- Their limbs do forsake their beds of sleep the while they call on their Lord in Fear and Hope: and they spend (in charity) out of the sustenance which We have bestowed on them. 3648 3649

3648 Men and women "breathless with adoration" shun soft, comfortable beds, and luxurious sleep. Their limbs are better exercised in offices of devotion and prayer, especially by night. Commentators specially refer this to Prayers called Tahajjud, which are offered after midnight in the small hours of the morning. (32.16)

40:55 – Patiently then persevere: for the Promise of Allah is true: and ask forgiveness for thy fault and celebrate the Praises of thy Lord in the evening and in the morning. 4427 4428 4429

4429 Cf. iii. 41. Evening and morning are the best times for contemplation and prayer. But the phrase "evening and morning" may mean "at all times". (40.55)

50:39 - Bear then with patience all that they say and celebrate the praises of thy Lord before the rising of the sun and before (its) setting 4978

4978 Allah should be remembered at all times. But the best time for individual adoration is early in the morning before sunrise, late in the day before sunset, and a portion of the night, when there is stillness in the air, and man's spirit loves to commune with things spiritual. Those who would connect this with the five canonical prayers, instituted at a later stage in Madinah, would take the Fajr for the prayer before sunrise, the Zuhr and, the Asr for the afternoon prayers before sunset and the Magrib and the Ishaa for the night prayers. (50.39)

51:18 - And in the hours of early dawn They (were found) praying for Forgiveness; 5000

5000 They were up early before dawn, ready for their devotions. The praying for Forgiveness and Mercy does not necessarily imply that they had committed fresh sins. Indeed they began the day with such devotions, showing their great humility before Allah and their anxious care for others, for whom they prayed as much as for themselves. See the last sentence of n. 21 to i. 5. (51.18)

54:34 – We sent against them a violent tornado with showers of stones (which destroyed them) except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn 5154

74:34 - And in the hours of early dawn They (were found) praying for Forgiveness; 5000

81:18 - And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness 5987

5987The slow "breathing out" of the darkness by the Dawn, shows us, by beautiful imagery, that these wonderful operations, of which people in their ignorance are frightened if they have to do with darkness, are really beneficent operations of Allah. They have nothing to do with evil spirits, or witches, or magic. For three questions were actually raised about the holy Prophet's Ministry by the ignorant. (1) Did his wonderful works come from himself and not from Allah? (2) Was he possessed of an evil spirit? In other words, was he mad? For that was the theory of madness then current. (3) Was he a soothsayer, or necromancer, or magician? For he had virtues, powers and eloquence, so extraordinary that they could not understand him. (81.18)

113:1 - Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the Dawn 6301 6302

6302and the manifestation of light. This may be understood in various senses: (1) literally, when the darkness of the night is at its worst, rays of light pierce through and produce the dawn; (2) when the darkness of ignorance is at its worst, the light of Allah pierces through the soul and gives it enlightenment: xxiv. 35; (3) non-existence is darkness, and life and activity may be typified by light. The author and source of all true light is Allah, and if we seek Him, we are free from ignorance, superstition, fear, and every kind of evil. (113.1)

Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 1.88a

The Time of the Morning Prayer (Fajr)

The time of the morning prayer begins with the true dawn and lasts until sunrise. It is preferred to pray it early in its permissible time. Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari reported that the Messenger of Allah prayed the morning prayer in the darkness (of the dawn). Another time, he prayed it when the dawn was shining (or glowing). Then after that, he always prayed in the darkness (of the dawn) until he died." (Related by Abu Dawud and al-Baihaqi. Its chain is sahih.) Said 'Aishah, "Believing women would pray the morning prayer with the Prophet, upon whom be peace, being enveloped in their clothing. They would return to their homes after the prayer and no one could recognize them due to the darkness (of the dawn)." (Related by "the group.")

Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 3.130b

Fasting, the time for the pre-dawn meal

The time for the pre-dawn meal is between the middle of the night and dawn. It is considered best to delay it (that is, as close to dawn a possible). Zaid ibn Thabit reported: "We ate the pre-dawn meal with the Messenger of Allah and then we got up for the prayer. He was asked: 'What was the amount of time between the two?' He responded: '[The time it would take to recite] fifty verses.' " This is recounted by al-Bukhari and Muslim.

'Amr ibn Maimun adds: "The companions of Muhammad, upon whom be peace, would be the first to break the fast and the last to eat their pre-dawn meals." This is recorded by al-Baihaqi with a sahih chain.

Abu Dharr al-Ghafari related that the Prophet said: "My nation will always retain some goodness as long as they hasten breaking the fast and delay eating the pre-dawn meal." This hadith has in its chain one Sulaim ibn Abu Uthman who is unknown.

Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 2.19

Al-Qunut in salatul fajr

It is not correct to make qunut in the dawn prayer except during times of calamity, in which case it may be made in any of the five daily prayers. Abu Malik al-Ashja'i said: "My father prayed behind the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam when he was sixteen years old, and he prayed behind Abu Bakr, 'Umar, and 'Uthman. I asked him, 'Did they make the qunut'?' He said, 'No, son, it is something that has been innovated."' This is related by Ahmad, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, and at-Tirmidhi who calls it sahih. Anas said that the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam would not make the qunut in fajr unless he was supplicating for a people or supplicating against a people. This is related by Ibn Hibban, al-Khatib, and Ibn Khuzaimah who said it is sahih.

It is also related that az-Zubair, Abu Bakr, 'Umar, and 'Uthman did not make the qunut in the dawn prayer. This is the opinion of the Hanafiyyah, the Hanbaliyyah, Ibn al-Mubarak, al-Thauri, and Ishaq. The followers of Shaf'i are of the opinion that the qunut is to be made after the ruku' of the second rak'ah in the obligatory dawn prayer. This opinion is based on the following two reports. Ibn Sireen narrates that Anas ibn Malik was asked: "Did the Prophet make the qunut in the dawn prayer?" He answered: "Yes." They asked him: "Before the ruku' or after it?" He replied: "After it." This is related by the group save at-Tirmidhi.

There is a report from Anas which says: "The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alehi wasallam did not stop making qunut during the dawn prayer until he left this world." This is related by Ahmad, al-Bazzar, adDaraqutni, al-Baihaqi, and al-Hakim who says it is sahih.

However, there remains some doubt concerning this evidence since the qunut which they asked Anas about, as is clear in the narrations of al Bukhari and Muslim, was the qunut during the time of calamities. Concerning the latter hadith (the one mentioned in support of their stand), in its chain of narrators there is Abu Ja'far ar-Razi who is not a credible source and, thus, one cannot build a case upon his hadith. How could it be that the Messenger of Allah never stopped performing this qunut until his death, and yet, the rightly guided caliphs did not perform it? It is even confirmed that Anas himself did not make the qunut in the dawn prayer! If we must accept this latter hadith as authentic, it would mean that the Prophet always made supplications and remembrance ( dhikr), after the ruku', until his death. This would also come under qunut and, in this sense, it would be more befitting. Still, this is one of the matters in which it is acceptable to have differences of opinion, and one may either do it or leave it. The best guidance is that of Muhammad sallallahu alehi wasllam.

Hadith Qudsi
Hadith Qudsi 35

Our Lord (glorified and exalted be He) descends each night to the earth's sky when there remains the final third of the night, and He says: Who is saying a prayer to Me that I may answer it? Who is asking something of Me that I may give it him? Who is asking forgiveness of Me that I may forgive him? And thus He continues till [the light of] dawn shines.

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 6.241 Narrated by
Ibn Al Musaiyab

Abu Huraira said, "The Prophet said, 'A prayer performed in congregation is twenty-five times more superior in reward to a prayer performed by a single person. The angels of the night and the angels of the day are assembled at the time of the Fajr (Morning) prayer." Abu Huraira added, "If you wish, you can recite: 'Verily! The recitation of the Qur'an in the early dawn (Morning prayer) is ever witnessed (attended by the angels of the day and the night).' " (17.78)

Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 1270 Narrated by
Ali ibn AbuTalib

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) would offer two rak'ahs after every obligatory prayer except the dawn and the afternoon prayer.

Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 1253 Narrated by
AbuHurayrah

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do not omit them (the two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer) even if you are driven away by the horses.

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 1113 Narrated by
Abdullah ibn Umar

I observed the Prophet (peace be upon him) for a month reciting chapters 109 and 112 in the two rak'ahs before the dawn Prayer.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 1.461 Narrated by
Nafi

Ibn 'Umar said, "While the Prophet was on the pulpit, a man asked him how to offer the night prayers. He replied, 'Pray two Rakat at a time and then two and then two and so on, and if you are afraid of the dawn (the approach of the time of the Fajr prayer) pray one Rak'a and that will be the witr for all the Rakat which you have offered." Ibn 'Umar said, "The last Rakat of the night prayer should be odd for the Prophet ordered it to be so.

Crooked Path

CROOKED PATH:

14:3 - Those who love the life of this world more than the Hereafter who hinder (men) from the Path of Allah and seek therein something crooked: they are astray by a long distance. 1873

1873 The Unbelievers are here characterised in three ways: (1) they love this ephemeral life and its vanities more than the true Life which goes into the Hereafter; (2) they not only harm themselves but mislead others, (3) their own crooked minds search for something crooked in Allah's straight Path (Cf. vii. 45). But in doing so, they go farther and farther from the Truth. (14.3)

7:86 - And squat not on every road breathing threats hindering from the path of Allah those who believe in Him and seeking in it something crooked; but remember how ye were little and He gave you increase. And hold in your mind's eye what was the end of those who did mischief. 1055

1055 The Midianites were in the path of a commercial highway of Asia, viz., that between two such opulent and highly organised nations as Egypt and the Mesopotamian group comprising Assyria and Babylonia. Their besetting sins are thus characterised here: (1) giving short measure or weight, whereas the strictest commercial probity is necessary for success, (2) a more general form of such fraud, depriving people of rightful dues, (3) producing mishchief and disorder, whereas peace and order had been established (again in a literal as well as a metaphorical sense); (4) not content with upsetting settled life, taking to highway robbery, literally as well as (5) metaphorically, in two ways, viz., cutting off people from access to the worship of Allah, and abusing religion and piety for crooked purposes, i.e., exploiting religion itself for their crooked ends, as when a man builds houses of prayer out of unlawful gains or ostentatiously gives charity out of money which he has obtained by force or fraud, etc. After setting out this catalogue of besetting sins Shu'aib makes two appeals to the past: (1) You began as an insignificant tribe, and by Allah's favour youncreased and multiplied in numbers and resources: do you not then owe a duty to Allah to fulfil His Law? (2) What was the result in the case of those who fell into sin? Will you not take warning by their example? So Shu'aib began his argument with faith in Allah as the source of all virtue, and ended it with destruction as the result of all sin. In the next verse he pleads with them to end their controversies and come to Allah. (7.86)

14:3 - Those who love the life of this world more than the Hereafter who hinder (men) from the Path of Allah and seek therein something crooked: they are astray by a long distance. 1873

1873 The Unbelievers are here characterised in three ways: (1) they love this ephemeral life and its vanities more than the true Life which goes into the Hereafter; (2) they not only harm themselves but mislead others, (3) their own crooked minds search for something crooked in Allah's straight Path (Cf. vii. 45). But in doing so, they go farther and farther from the Truth. (14.3)

58:8 - Turnest thou not thy sight towards those who were forbidden secret counsels yet revert to that which they were forbidden (to do)? And they hold secret counsels among themselves for iniquity and hostility and disobedience to the Apostle. And when they come to thee they salute thee not as Allah salutes thee (but in crooked ways): and they say to themselves "Why does not Allah punish us for our words?" Enough for them is Hell: in it will they burn and evil is that destination! 5342 5343 534

5342 When the Muslim Brotherhood was acquiring strength in Madinah and the forces of disruption were being discomfited in open fight against the Messenger of Righteousness, the wicked resorted to duplicity and secret intrigues, in which the ringleaders were the disaffected Jews and the Hypocrites, whose machinations have been frequently referred to in the Qur-an. E.g. see ii. 8-16; and iv. 142-145. (58.8)

5343 The salutation of Allah was (and is) "Peace!" But the enemies, who had not the courage to fight openly often twisted the words, and by using a word like "Sam", which meant "Death!" or "Destruction!" instead of "Salam!" (Peace!), they thought they were secretly venting their spite and yet apparently using a polite form of salutation. Cf. ii. 106, and n. 107, where another similar trick is exposed. (58.8)

5344 The enemies derisively enjoyed their trick (see last note) according to their own perverted mentality. They asked blasphemously, "Why does not Allah punish us?" The answer is given: there is a Punishment, far greater than they imagine: it will come in good time: it will be the final Punishment after Judgment: it is delayed in order to give them a chance of repentance and reformation. (58.8)