Hadith Narrated by Ubai bin Kab

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) led us in the dawn prayer one day. And he said: Is so and so present? They said: No. He (again) asked: Is so and so present? They replied: No. He then said: These two prayers are the ones which are most burdensome to hypocrites. If you knew what they contain (i.e. blessings), you would come to them, even though you had to crawl on your knees. The first row is like that of the angels, and if you knew the nature of its excellence, you would race to join it. A man's prayer said along with another is purer than his prayer said alone, and his prayer with two men is purer than his prayer with one, but if there are more it is more pleasing to Allah, the Almighty, the Majestic.

"One day the Messenger of Allah (saw) prayed Fajr, then he said: 'Did so-and-so attend the prayer?' They said: 'No.' He said: '(What about) so-and-so?' They said: 'No.' He said: 'These two prayers are the most burdensome for the hypocrites. If they knew what (virtue) is in them, they would come, even if they had to crawl. And the virtue of the first row is like that of the row of the angels. If you knew its virtue, you would compete for it. A man's prayer with another man is greater in reward than his prayer alone. And a man's prayer with two other men is greater in reward than his rayer with one other man; the more people there are, the more beloved that is to Allah, the Mighty and Sublime.'" (Hasan)

narrated that the Prophet (SAW) said, "There is adevil for ablution called Walahan. So, beware of temptations caused about water." [Ahmed21297, Abu Dawud 547, Ibn e Majah 421]

said that in early Islam bath was Fard only when there was an emission. This was a concession granted but it was withdrawn. [Ahmed21158, Ibn e Majah 609, Abu Dawud 214]

"That was a concession that was granted in the early days of Islam, then we were commanded to have a bath after that." (Sahih)

"The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: "The first person with whom Allah will shake hands will be Umar, (and he is) the first person to be greeted with the Salam, and the first person who will be taken by the hand and admitted into Paradise.'" (Daif)

that the Messenger of Allah (saw) called for water and performed ablution washing each part once. He said: "This is the miminun requirement of ablution' or he said: 'The ablution of one who, if he does not perform this ablution, Allah will not accept his prayer." Then he performed ablution washing each part twice, and he said: 'This is the ablution of one who, if he performs it, Allah will give him two shares of reward." Then he performed ablution washing each part three times, and said: 'This is my ablution and the ablution of the Messengers who were sent before me." (Daif)

"The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: 'There is a devil for ablution who is called Walahan, so be on guard against the insinuating thoughts (Waswas) about water.'"* (Daif) *Meaning: "That prompt you to waste water."

"There was a man among the Ansar whose house was the furthest house in Al-Madinah, yet he never missed prayer with the Messenger of Allah (saw). I felt sorry for him and said: 'O so-and-so, why do you not buy a donkey to spare yourself the heat of the scorching sand, to carry you over the stony ground, and keep you away from the vermin on the ground?' He said: 'By Allah! I do not want to live so close to Muhammad (SAW) (saw).' This troubled me until I came to the house of the Prophet (saw) and mentioned that to him. He called (that man) and asked him, and he said something similar, and said that he was hoping for the reward for his steps. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, 'You will have that (reward) that you sought.'" (Sahih)

"The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: 'The prayer of a man in congregation is higher than his prayer on his own by twenty four or twenty five levels." (Hasan)