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„May you lose your mothers, why are you staring at me?‟ Then they
started clapping their hands on their legs so he understood they
wanted him to be silent, so he restrained himself. Once the prayer
was over, the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, drew
attention to the incident. „May my father and mother be the ransom
of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,' said Mu'awiah, „I
have never known a better instructor before him or after him. When
he finished the prayer, he did not rebuke, beat, or reprove me. He
said, „During prayer talk is not permissible because it is only for
praise, glorification and recitation of the Koran.‟ Or he said
something similar to that.
Mu'awiah said, „O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon
him, I have just emerged from ignorance and Allah has favored us
with Islam. There are still some among us who consult fortune
tellers.‟ The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, replied, „They
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started clapping their hands on their legs so he understood they
wanted him to be silent, so he restrained himself. Once the prayer
was over, the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, drew
attention to the incident. „May my father and mother be the ransom
of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,' said Mu'awiah, „I
have never known a better instructor before him or after him. When
he finished the prayer, he did not rebuke, beat, or reprove me. He
said, „During prayer talk is not permissible because it is only for
praise, glorification and recitation of the Koran.‟ Or he said
something similar to that.
Mu'awiah said, „O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon
him, I have just emerged from ignorance and Allah has favored us
with Islam. There are still some among us who consult fortune
tellers.‟ The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, replied, „They
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