Make your Salat (prayer) long and your sermon short

`Ammar bin Yasir (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:

I heard Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saying:

"Prolonging Salat (prayer) and shortening the Khutbah (religious talk) indicate the religious knowledge of the person. Make your Salat long and your sermon short.''

[Muslim]

Commentary: 

A prolonged Salat (prayer) by no means implies a disregard of worshipper's constraints. It is indeed forbidden. Rather the Imam is emphatically told to perform a brief and concise Salat because his followers also include, amongst others, the weak, the aged and the sick people. Herein an emphasis is laid on prolonging Salat instead of Khutbah (religious talk). The Friday Khutbah is meant to be brief. It must not be too lengthy in relation to a brief Salat offered heedlessly and in sheer haste. Salat must be offered in all humility and with full attention and concentration of mind. Furthermore, a worshippper ought to maintain a well-paused equilibrium in different postures of its performance. Brevity should be kept in view of Khutbah.

Riyad-us-Saliheen – Hadith No : 700    

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No one has the power to change the decision of Allah

Ibn Abbas (RadhiAllahu 'anhu) said:

One day, I was riding behind the Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) when he said,

"O boy! I will instruct you in some matters. Be watchful of Allah (Commandments of Allah), He will preserve you.

Safeguard His Rights, He will be ever with you.

If you beg, beg of Him Alone;

and if you need assistance, supplicate to Allah Alone for help.

And remember that if all the people gather to benefit you, they will not be able to benefit you except that which Allah had foreordained (for you);

and if all of them gather to do harm to you, they will not be able to afflict you with anything other than that which Allah had pre-destined against you.

The pens had been lifted and the ink had dried up".

[At-Tirmidhi]


Another narration is: Messenger of Allah  (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "Safeguard the Commandments of Allah, you will find Him before you. Remember Him in prosperity and He will remember you in adversity. Be sure that which you miss, was not to hit you; and what hits you, was never to miss you. Remember that the Help of Allah is obtained with patience, and relief emerges after distress, prosperity follows adversity, and hardship is followed by ease".


Commentary:
1. No one has the power to change the Decision of Allah.

2. Whatever trouble one has to suffer in this world, it does not last for ever. Every trouble is followed by prosperity, pleasure and happiness.

3. One should never ask other than Allah anyone's help in supernatural way because it amounts to ascribing partnership with Allah. If a person is mindful of the Rights of Allah, then Allah, in return takes care of his needs and helps him.

Riyad-us-Saliheen – Hadith No: 62

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The Prophet (pbuh): Hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly-guided Caliphs

`Irbad bin Sariyah (RadhiAllahu 'anhu) reported: 

One day, Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) delivered a very effective speech, as a result, eyes shed tears and hearts became softened.

A man said: "O Prophet of Allah! (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) It sounds as if this is a farewell speech, so advise us.''

He (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "I admonish you to fear Allah, and to listen and obey even if a black slave has been appointed as your leader. For whoever among you lives after me will see much discord. So hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs who will come after me. Adhere to them and hold fast to them. Beware of Bid`ah (in religion) because every Bid`ah is a misguidance.''

[Abu Da wud and At-Tirmidhi]

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