The Meaning of the Hadith: "Help Me in My Affair with You by Abundant Prostrations"
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Question:
When the Companion (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to accompany him in Paradise, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 489 Is the intention the obligatory prayers or the voluntary ones?
Answer:
The voluntary ones, yes. The obligatory prayer is already fulfilled; it is among the causes of happiness, but the increase is in the voluntary prayers. Abundant prostrations means abundant prayers. No prostration does a servant prostrate to Allah but that Allah raises him thereby a degree and removes from him thereby a sin. And Allah is the One to be sought for help.
When the Companion (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to accompany him in Paradise, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
help me to achieve this for you by devoting yourself often to prostration
أعِنِّي على نفسك بكثرة السجودAnswer:
The voluntary ones, yes. The obligatory prayer is already fulfilled; it is among the causes of happiness, but the increase is in the voluntary prayers. Abundant prostrations means abundant prayers. No prostration does a servant prostrate to Allah but that Allah raises him thereby a degree and removes from him thereby a sin. And Allah is the One to be sought for help.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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