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Authority of the Chosen One
لَوْلَا اَنْ اَشُقَّ عَلٰى اُمَّتِيْ لَاَمَرْتُهُمْ اَنْ يُّـؤََخِّـرُوا الْعِشَاءَ اِلٰى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ اَوْ نِصْفِہٖ - “If I did not consider it burdensome for my Ummah, I would have commanded them to delay ꜤIshā salah until one-third or half of the night.”[1]
وَلَوْلاَ ضَعْفُ الضَّعِيفِ وَسُقْمُ السَّقِيمِ لَاَخَّرْتُ هٰذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ اِلٰى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ - “If not for the frailty of the elderly and the sickness of the ill, I would have delayed this salah (i.e., ꜤIshā) until the middle of the night."[2]
Dear Islamic brothers! These hadith teach us that the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ could have altered the timing of ꜤIshā, making it so that performing it earlier than one-third or half of the night would not have been permissible. Likewise, he could have made miswak obligatory in Wudu, making wudu invalid without it.[3]
Yet, thinking of ease and comfort for his Ummah, he did not do so.
Remember! Miswak is a very beloved Sunnah of our Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ . It is narrated from Umm al-Muʾminīn, Lady ꜤĀishah al-Ṣiddīqah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهَا:
اَنَّ النَّبِیَّ صَلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْہِ وَسَلَّمَ کَانَ اِذَا دَخَلَ بَیْتَہُ بَدَاَ بِالسِّوَاکِ
When the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ entered his home, he would first make use of miswak.[4]
We also know that when awakening from sleep at day or night, he would use miswak before performing wudu.[5]
BOOK TOPIC
- The excellences of sending ṣalāt upon the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Authority of the Chosen One
- Intentions
- Authority of the Chosen One
- The Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم authority and the obligation of Hajj
- Cutting grass in the Ḥaram declared halal
- The Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم authority in excusing salah
- Transforming the expiation into a mercy
- The Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم authority in matters of testimony
- Prophetic authority in rulings of Ꜥidda
- The Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم authority regarding sacrificial animals
- Encouragement for Pious Deed No. 29:
- Madani pearls about maintaining family ties
- Announcement:
- The six ṣalawāt and two duas recited in the Sunna-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat e Islami
- 3. Seventy portals of mercy
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 4. The reward of 600,000 ṣalāt
- 5. Nearness to the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Weekly gathering schedule for 18th September 2025
- Remaining pearls of wisdom on maintaining family ties
- Dua for a peaceful journey upon a mode of transport
- Method of collective accountability (72 Pious Deeds)
- Method of collective accountability (72 pious deeds) daily 56 pious deeds
- Record of qufl e Madinah
- Ten weekly pious deeds
- Three monthly pious deeds
- One yearly pious deed
- Two lifetime pious deeds
- The Amir of Ahl al-Sunna’s dua
