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The Prophet's Fear of Allah, and Intensity of his Worship
The Prophet's fear of Allah, his obedience to Him, and the intensity of his worshipping Allah were rooted in his knowledge of his Lord.
Abu Hurayrah tells us that the Messenger of Allah would say, "If you knew what I know, you would laugh but a little and weep a lot." Abu Dharr added further information telling us that he said, "I see what you do not see, and hear what you do not. The heaven cries out, and it cries out rightfully. There is not a single place in it, the width of four fingers that, does not contain an angel whose forehead is prostrating to Allah. By Allah, if you know what I know, you would laugh but a little and weep a lot, and you would not have enjoyed women in your beds, rather you would have gone out to the high places screaming to Allah…. "Abu Dharr commented, "Would that I were a fallen tree!"
Lady Ayesha, wife of the Prophet, Mother of Believers and several of the Companions including Abu Hurayrah tell us that the Prophet would stand in prayer so much that his feet became swollen. When he was asked why he burdened himself in such a way when Allah had already given him the status coverage of forgiveness for past and future sins (by protection from sinning) he replied, "Shouldn't I be a grateful worshiper?"
Lady Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, described the Prophet as being steadfast in every thing he did and she asked his Companions, "Who amongst you can do what he could do?"
The Prophet would fast a lot and Lady Ayesha, peace be upon her, tells us, "He would fast until we said, 'he will not stop fasting!' He would also abstain from fasting until we would think, 'He will not fast.'" Abbas' son and Umm Salama said likewise.
Anas said, "If you did not expect to see him praying at night you would find him praying, and if you did not expect he was sleeping you would find him sleeping."
One night Malik's son, Awf was present when the Prophet prepared himself to pray and observed that before the Prophet made his ablution he used a tooth stick (siwak) and thereafter stood in prayer and he prayed alongside the Prophet During his recitation of the chapter "The Cow" he would stop and supplicate to Allah after he had recited a verse pertaining to mercy and after he recited a verse pertaining to punishment he would stop and seek refuge with Allah. His bowing was the length of his standing and he would say, "Exaltations be to the Owner of the worldly earth and the entire universe with its angels, of Greatness and Might." Thereafter he prostrated and said something similar. Then he recited the Chapter "The House of Imran" and so on, chapter by chapter. Hudhayfa said likewise adding
The Prophet's fear of Allah, his obedience to Him, and the intensity of his worshipping Allah were rooted in his knowledge of his Lord.
Abu Hurayrah tells us that the Messenger of Allah would say, "If you knew what I know, you would laugh but a little and weep a lot." Abu Dharr added further information telling us that he said, "I see what you do not see, and hear what you do not. The heaven cries out, and it cries out rightfully. There is not a single place in it, the width of four fingers that, does not contain an angel whose forehead is prostrating to Allah. By Allah, if you know what I know, you would laugh but a little and weep a lot, and you would not have enjoyed women in your beds, rather you would have gone out to the high places screaming to Allah…. "Abu Dharr commented, "Would that I were a fallen tree!"
Lady Ayesha, wife of the Prophet, Mother of Believers and several of the Companions including Abu Hurayrah tell us that the Prophet would stand in prayer so much that his feet became swollen. When he was asked why he burdened himself in such a way when Allah had already given him the status coverage of forgiveness for past and future sins (by protection from sinning) he replied, "Shouldn't I be a grateful worshiper?"
Lady Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, described the Prophet as being steadfast in every thing he did and she asked his Companions, "Who amongst you can do what he could do?"
The Prophet would fast a lot and Lady Ayesha, peace be upon her, tells us, "He would fast until we said, 'he will not stop fasting!' He would also abstain from fasting until we would think, 'He will not fast.'" Abbas' son and Umm Salama said likewise.
Anas said, "If you did not expect to see him praying at night you would find him praying, and if you did not expect he was sleeping you would find him sleeping."
One night Malik's son, Awf was present when the Prophet prepared himself to pray and observed that before the Prophet made his ablution he used a tooth stick (siwak) and thereafter stood in prayer and he prayed alongside the Prophet During his recitation of the chapter "The Cow" he would stop and supplicate to Allah after he had recited a verse pertaining to mercy and after he recited a verse pertaining to punishment he would stop and seek refuge with Allah. His bowing was the length of his standing and he would say, "Exaltations be to the Owner of the worldly earth and the entire universe with its angels, of Greatness and Might." Thereafter he prostrated and said something similar. Then he recited the Chapter "The House of Imran" and so on, chapter by chapter. Hudhayfa said likewise adding