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Musnad Ahmad 571 (Book 5, Hadith 10) #34236
Encouraging Prayer

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) encouraging Ali to wake up and pray, and his response that Allah will wake them up if He wills.

It was narrated from 'Ali bin Husain that his father said: I heard 'Ali say: The Messenger of Allah came to me when Fatimah and I were sleeping, and that was at the time before dawn. He stood at the door and said, "Why don't you get up and pray?' I answered him: O Messenger of Allah , our souls are in the hand of Allah and if He wills. He will wake us up. The Messenger of Allah went back and did not say anything else (to me), but I heard him, as he was leaving strike his hand against his thigh and say: "But, man is ever more quarrelsome than anything' al-Kahf 18:54.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي كَرِيمَةَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا، يَقُولُ أَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَأَنَا نَائِمٌ وَفَاطِمَةُ وَذَلِكَ مِنْ السَّحَرِ حَتَّى قَامَ عَلَى الْبَابِ فَقَالَ أَلَا تُصَلُّونَ فَقُلْتُ مُجِيبًا لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا نُفُوسُنَا بِيَدِ اللَّهِ فَإِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَنَا قَالَ فَرَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَى الْكَلَامِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ حِينَ وَلَّى يَقُولُ وَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ‏{‏وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلًا‏}‏‏.‏

TOPICS
prayer  *  encouragement  *  allah

QUICK LESSONS:
Strive for good deeds such as prayer despite difficulty due to human nature

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's encouragement for Ali to wake up and pray. Ali responded by saying that their souls are in the hand of Allah, so if He wills, He will wake them up. The Prophet then left without saying anything else but was heard striking his hand against his thigh and reciting a verse from the Quran which speaks of man's quarrelsome nature. This hadith teaches us that we should always strive to do good deeds such as prayer even though it may be difficult at times due to our human nature. We should also remember that ultimately everything is in God's hands, so we must trust Him with our fate and not worry too much about what may happen in life.

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