Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Alaq, Ayah 10

Al-Alaq · Ayah 10 · View Ayah
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
A servant when he prays?

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

A slave) i.e. Muhammad (pbuh) (when he prayeth) to Allah?

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a servant namely Muhammad (s) when he prays?

Related Hadiths

Sunan Abu Dawud#875

The nearest a servant come to his Lord is when he is prostrating himself, so make supplication often.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:
Sahih Muslim#1404Sahih

The servant is constantly in prayer so long as he is in a place of worship waiting for the prayer (to be observed in congregation), and the angels invoke (blessings upon him in these words): O Allah! ...

Narrated by Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Sunan Abu Dawud#891Sahih

when a servant (of Allah) prostrates himself, the seven limbs, i.e, his face, his palms, his knees and his feet prostrate along with him.

Narrated by ‘Abbas b. ‘Abd al-Muttalib said that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:
Sunan Abu Dawud#4680Hasan

Between a servant and unbelief there is the abandonment of prayer.

Narrated by Jabir reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :
Sahih Muslim#763Sahih

" He (the man saying the prayer) does not know how much he has prayed.

Narrated by A hadith like it has been narrated by Abu Huraira but for these words:
Sunan Abu Dawud#183Sahih

"during the prayer"

Narrated by The tradition has also been reported by Qais b. Talq through a different chain of narrators. This version adds the wording:
Sunan Ibn Majah#1359Sahih

“The prayer, and those whom your hands possess.”* And he kept on saying it until his tongue could no longer utter any words.

Narrated by It was narrated from Umm Salamah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say, during the illness that would be his last:
Sahih Muslim#6750Sahih

You would not be able to get a servant from us. May I not direct you to what is better than the servant for you? Recite Subhaana Allah thirty-three times, al- Hamdu li-Allah thirty-three times and All...

Narrated by Abu Huraira reported that Fatima came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and asked for a servant and told him of the hardship of household work. He said:
Sahih Muslim#7297Sahih

The servant speaks words that he does not understand its repercussions but he sinks down in Hell-Fire farther than the distance between the east and the west.

Narrated by Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Sahih Muslim#136Sahih

When the slave runs away from his master, his prayer is not accepted.

Narrated by Jarir b. Abdullah reported it from the Holy Prophet:

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