Another Hadith At-Tirmidhi recorded that Ubayy bin Ka`b said: "When two
thirds of the night had passed, the Messenger of Allah would get up and say,
«يَاأَيُّهَا
النَّاسُ اذْكُرُوا اللهَ، اذْكُرُوا اللهَ، جَاءَتِ الرَّاجِفَةُ تَتْبَعُهَا
الرَّادِفَةُ، جَاءَ الْمَوْتُ بِمَا فِيهِ، جَاءَ الْمَوْتُ بِمَا فِيه»
(O people, remember Allah, remember Allah, the first blast of the Trumpet has
come and will be followed by the second blast, death has come with all its
horrors, death has come with all its horrors.)'' Ubayy said, "I said, `O
Messenger of Allah, I send a lot of Salah upon you, how much of my prayer should
be Salah upon you' He said,
«مَا شِئْت»
(Whatever you want.) I said, `A quarter' He said,
«مَا شِئْتَ، فَإِنْ
زِدْتَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَك»
(Whatever you want, but if you increase it, it will be better for you.) I
said, `Half' He said,
«مَا شِئْتَ، فَإِنْ
زِدْتَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَك»
(Whatever you want, but if you increase it, it will be better for you.) I
said, `Two thirds' He said,
«مَا شِئْتَ، فَإِنْ
زِدْتَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَك»
(Whatever you want, but if you increase it, it will be better for you.) I
said, `Should I make my whole prayer for you' He said,
«إِذَنْ تُكْفَى
هَمُّكَ، وَيُغْفَرُ لَكَ ذَنْبُك»
(This would be sufficient to relieve your distress and earn you forgiveness
of your sins.)'' Then he said: "This is a Hasan Hadith.''
Another Hadith I
Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Talhah said that the Messenger of Allah came one
day looking happy. They said, "O Messenger of Allah, we see that you look
happy.'' He said,
«إِنَّهُ أَتَانِي
الْمَلَكُ فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَمَا يُرْضِيكَ أَنَّ رَبَّكَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
يَقُولُ: إِنَّهُ لَا يُصَلِّي عَلَيْكَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ إِلَّا صَلَّيْتُ
عَلَيْهِ عَشْرًا، وَلَا يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْكَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ إِلَّا
سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ عَشْرًا، قُلْتُ: بَلَى»
(The angel came to me and told me, "O Muhammad, would it not please you if
your Lord, may He be glorified, says: `No member of your Ummah sends Salah upon
you but I send Salah upon him tenfold, and no member of your Ummah sends
greetings of Salam upon you but I send greetings of Salam upon him tenfold''' I
said, "Of course.'') This was also recorded by An-Nasa'i.
Another Hadith II - another chain of narration
Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Talhah Al-Ansari said: "One morning the
Messenger of Allah was in a cheerful mood and looked happy. They said, `O
Messenger of Allah, this morning you are in a cheerful mood and look happy.' He
said,
«أَجَلْ أَتَانِي آتٍ
مِنْ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَقَالَ: مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ صَلَاةً،
كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ بِهَا عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ وَمَحَا عَنْهُ عَشْرَ سَيِّئَاتٍ،
وَرَفَعَ لَهُ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ، وَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَهَا»
(Of course just now someone [an angel] came to me from my Lord and said,
"Whoever among your Ummah sends Salah upon you, Allah will record for him ten
good deeds and will erase for him ten evil deeds, and will raise his status by
ten degrees, and will return his greeting with something similar to it.'')''
This is also a good chain, although they (Al-Bukhari and Muslim) did not report
it.
Another Hadith III
Muslim, Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa'i recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may
Allah be pleased with him, said: "The Messenger of Allah said:
«مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ
وَاحِدَةً صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ بِهَا عَشْرًا»
(Whoever sends one Salah upon me, Allah will send ten upon him.) At-Tirmidhi
said: "This is a Sahih Hasan Hadith. On the same topic, narrations come from
`Abdur-Rahman bin `Awf, `Amir bin Rabi`ah, `Ammar, Abu Talhah, Anas and Ubayy
bin Ka`b.''
Another Hadith IV
Imam Ahmad recorded from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet said:
«صَلُّوا عَلَيَّ،
فَإِنَّهَا زَكَاةٌ لَكُمْ، وَسَلُوا اللهَ لِيَ الْوَسِيلَةَ، فَإِنَّهَا دَرَجَةٌ
فِي أَعْلَى الْجَنَّةِ، لَا يَنَالُهَا إِلَّا رَجُلٌ، وَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ
أَنَا هُو»
(Send Salah upon me, for this is Zakah for you, and ask Allah to grant me
Al-Wasilah, for it is a position in the highest part of Paradise which only one
man will attain, and I hope that I will be the one.) This was recorded only by
Ahmad.
Another Hadith V
Imam Ahmad recorded that Al-Husayn bin `Ali said that the Messenger of Allah
said:
«الْبَخِيلُ مَنْ
ذُكِرْتُ عِنْدَهُ ثُمَّ لَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَي»
(The miser is the one in whose presence I am mentioned, then he does not send
Salah upon me.) Abu Sa`id said:
«فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ
عَلَي»
(...and he does not send Salah upon me.) This was also recorded by
At-Tirmidhi, who then said: "This Hadith is Hasan Gharib, Sahih.''
Another Hadith VI
At-Tirmidhi recorded that Abu Hurayrah said: "The Messenger of Allah said:
«رَغِمَ أَنْفُ
رَجُلٍ ذُكِرْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيَّ، وَرَغِمَ أَنْفُ رَجُلٍ دَخَلَ
عَلَيْهِ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ انْسَلَخَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُغْفَرَ لَهُ، وَرَغِمَ
أَنْفُ رَجُلٍ أَدْرَكَ عِنْدَهُ أَبَوَاهُ الْكِبَرَ فَلَمْ يُدْخِلَاهُ
الْجَنَّة»
(May he be humiliated, the man in whose presence I am mentioned and he does
not send Salah upon me; may he be humiliated, the man who sees the month of
Ramadan come and go, and he is not forgiven; may he be humiliated, the man whose
parents live to old age and they do not cause him to be granted admittance to
Paradise.)'' Then he (At-Tirmidhi) said: "Hasan Gharib.''