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Hatim al Asamm said: I was once too late for congregational prayer and Abu
Ishaq al Bukhari was the only one to commiserate with me. Had I lost a son,
more than ten thousand would have offered me their condolences, for people find
religious misfortune easier to bear than worldly calamity.”
Ibn Abbas said: “If a man hears the crier (Muezzin) and does not respond, he
does not wish for good and no good is to be expected of him.”
Abu Hurayra said: “Better for a human being to have his ear filled with molten
lead than to hear the call and fail to respond.”
It is related that Maymun ibn Mihran once came to the mosque, only to be told
that the people had all left. He quoted from the Koran: “Surely we belong to Allah
and to Him is our return.” Then he said; “Truly the value of this prayer is dearer
to me than the governorship of Iraq.”
Ishaq al Bukhari was the only one to commiserate with me. Had I lost a son,
more than ten thousand would have offered me their condolences, for people find
religious misfortune easier to bear than worldly calamity.”
Ibn Abbas said: “If a man hears the crier (Muezzin) and does not respond, he
does not wish for good and no good is to be expected of him.”
Abu Hurayra said: “Better for a human being to have his ear filled with molten
lead than to hear the call and fail to respond.”
It is related that Maymun ibn Mihran once came to the mosque, only to be told
that the people had all left. He quoted from the Koran: “Surely we belong to Allah
and to Him is our return.” Then he said; “Truly the value of this prayer is dearer
to me than the governorship of Iraq.”