and pierced his body after injuring him. He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ performed Ruku’ and Sujood and completed his Salah. After completing Salah he woke his companion up. When the infidel saw that the blessed companion رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ was not alone, but his companions were also near him, he immediately ran away.

When the Muhajir companion رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ saw this condition of his companion,   he took out the arrows quickly and asked, ‘Why didn’t you wake me when the enemy attacked you?’ The Ansari companion رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ (who was a devotee of Quran and Salah’) replied, ‘I started a Surah in Salah. I did not like to break the Salah after leaving the Surah incomplete. By Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! If the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم had not given me the responsibility of keeping watch, I must have completed the Surah even by giving my life. Since the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم ordered me to keep a watch, it was my responsibility to carry it out in a proper way. When I found myself seriously injured, I cut my Salah short due to the same sense of responsibility and woke you up so that the enemy may not attack any more.

(‘Uyoon-ul-Hikayaat, part 1, pp. 33)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! May I be sacrificed for them! These blessed personalities had such a great devotion to Salah and Quran that they did not care for their lives and remained busy with Salah. On the other hand, we do not offer Salah, and if we do, we are preoccupied with our home or business so much that we offer Salah extremely quickly, as though we offer it in haste. Remember! Due to offering Salah hastily, sometimes we make such mistakes during Salah which may invalidate our Salah.

Sayyiduna Huzayfah Bin Yamaan رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ saw a person who would not perform Ruku and Sujood completely during Salah. He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ said to him: ‘If you die whilst offering Salah in the way you have just offered, you will not die in accordance with the teachings of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.’

(Sahih Bukhari, vol. 1, pp. 284, Hadees 808)