قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Qaaloo lam naku minal musalleen
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
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74:43Ayah 156
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They will say ‘We were not of those who prayed.
Related Hadiths
“We did not take a Qailulah nor
eat Ghada’ until after Friday (prayer).”*
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led us in prayer, and we did not hear him recite: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. And Abu Bakr and Umar led us in prayer and we did not hear it from them either."
That (the Holy Prophet) did not say that he had no concern but said: He is not one of us.
“We would greet others during
the
prayer, and it was said to us: ‘During the prayer one is
preoccupied.’”
"The Messenger of Allah would not pray in our blankets."
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