66. Witnesses

٦٦۔ كِتَابُ الشَّهَادَاتِ

66.60 [Machine] It is necessary for a person to not exceed in reciting the Quran, performing voluntary prayers, or engaging in any knowledge that distracts them from prayer until its prescribed time comes. According to Imam Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him), this duty is obligatory for him over all voluntary acts.

٦٦۔٦٠ بَابُ: يَنْبَغِي لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ لَا يَبْلُغَ مِنْهُ وَلَا مِنْ غَيْرِهِ مِنْ تِلَاوَةِ الْقُرْآنِ , وَلَا صَلَاةِ نَافِلَةٍ , وَلَا نَظَرٍ فِي عِلْمٍ مَا يَشْغَلُهُ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ وَقْتُهَا قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: " لِأَنَّ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ أَوْجَبُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ النَّوَافِلِ "

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Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah said, 'I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a pious worshipper of Mine. And the most beloved things with which My slave comes nearer to Me, is what I have enjoined upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil (praying or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him, so I become his sense of hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he grips, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he asks My protection (Refuge), I will protect him; (i.e. give him My Refuge) and I do not hesitate to do anything as I hesitate to take the soul of the believer, for he hates death, and I hate to disappoint him." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6502)   

البيهقي:٢٠٩٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْمُزَكِّي إِمْلَاءً ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ كَرَامَةَ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلَالٍ أَخْبَرَنِي شَرِيكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي نَمِرٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَالَ مَنْ عَادَى لِي وَلِيًّا فَقَدْ بَارَزَنِي بِالْحَرْبِ وَمَا تَقَرَّبَ إِلِيَّ عَبْدِي بِشَيْءٍ أَحَبَّ إِلِيَّ مِمَّا افْتَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَمَا يَزَالُ يَتَقَرَّبُ إِلِيَّ بِالنَّوَافِلِ حَتَّى أُحِبَّهُ فَإِذَا أَحْبَبْتُهُ كُنْتُ سَمْعَهُ الَّذِي يَسْمَعُ بِهِ وَبَصَرَهُ الَّذِي يُبْصِرُ بِهِ وَيَدَهُ الَّتِي يَبْطُشُ بِهَا وَرِجْلَهُ الَّتِي يَمْشِي بِهَا وَلَئِنْ سَأَلَنِي عَبْدِي أَعْطَيْتُهُ وَلَئِنِ اسْتَعَاذَنِي لَأُعِيذَنَّهُ وَمَا تَرَدَّدْتُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ أَنَا فَاعِلُهُ تَرَدُّدِي عَنْ نَفْسِ الْمُؤْمِنِ يَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ وَأَكْرَهُ مَسَاءَتَهُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ كَرَامَةَ