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the bare earth.
Yusuf ibn Asbat used to say: “Young men, take advantage of your good health,
before you become infirm, for I no longer envy anybody except a man who
completes his bowing and prostration in prayer, now that my own time is too
short for that.”
Sa‟id ibn Jubayr said: “I look to nothing in this world for consolation except to
prostration in prayer.”
Uqba ibn Muslim said: “No quality in a man is dearer to Allah than the longing to
meet Him. At no moment is a man closer to Allah than when he sinks down in
prostration.”
Abu Hurayra said: The worshiper is nearest to Allah when he prostrates himself
in prayer, so that is the time to make many supplications.”
Chapter Two
Yusuf ibn Asbat used to say: “Young men, take advantage of your good health,
before you become infirm, for I no longer envy anybody except a man who
completes his bowing and prostration in prayer, now that my own time is too
short for that.”
Sa‟id ibn Jubayr said: “I look to nothing in this world for consolation except to
prostration in prayer.”
Uqba ibn Muslim said: “No quality in a man is dearer to Allah than the longing to
meet Him. At no moment is a man closer to Allah than when he sinks down in
prostration.”
Abu Hurayra said: The worshiper is nearest to Allah when he prostrates himself
in prayer, so that is the time to make many supplications.”
Chapter Two