Being Tagged! “When in the masjid”

As salamu alaykum wa’ rahmatullahi wa’ barakatuhu!

Yesterday I’ve been tagged by Umm Ibrahim … she did it

But honestly? It’s a great idea mash’Allah! It gives the chance to each sister to look for some hadeeths and remember them insh’Allah!

I’ll talk about what I “live” when I go to the mosque in Streatham (where I’ve been for the Eid Prayer mash’Allah).

First thing I can think about is the greeting, greeting your sisters in Islam. Some of us still meet each other on the street or in the mosque and forget to say “As salamu alaykum”. I know some are shy, so I would like to remind it mentioning this hadeeth:

Abu Hurayra said: “A man passed by the Messenger of Allah (sallAllahu alayhi wa’ sallam) while he was in an assembly and said, ‘Peace be upon you.’ The Prophet said, ‘Ten good deeds.’ Another men passed by and said, ‘Peace be upon you and mercy of Allah.’ The Prophet said, ‘Twenty good deeds.’ Then another man passed by and said, ‘Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessing.’ The Prophet said, ‘Thirty good deeds.’ Then a man in the assembly got up (to leave) and did not give the greeting. The Messenger of Allah (sallAllahu alayhi wa’ sallam) said, ‘How quickly your companion forgets! When one of you comes to an assembly, he should give the greeting. If he desires to sit down, he sits down. When he stands up to leave, he gives the greeting. Neither is a more meritorious duty than the other.’ ” [Al-Bukhaari 986 - The Virtue of Greeting]

Then what about the children (I mean babies)? There’s nothing wrong in taking them to the masjid, the Sahabyaat used to pray in the masjid too. But I’ve noticed that some sisters feel embarassed when the kids cry during the prayer or khutba. I understand why: as soon as your baby starts to cry… tack! Everybody turns the head looking at you! Like if you are doing something wrong… sab’r sisters… It’s the Eid prayer and everybody should have the chance to attend it, insh’Allah!

Narrated by Abu Said Al-Khudri, the Prophet (sallAllahu alayhi wa’ sallam) said, ‘Nobody can be given a blessing better and greater than patience’. [Al-Bukhari 1386]

Then, one very important thing, I guess, is the huge gaps that we have while standing in prayer. We give chance to the Shaytaan subhan’Allah! Something nice happened to me while standing for the Eid prayer. I was the last of the row on the left and I pushed myself to the right, being closer in this way to the other sister, and there was enough space left on my left. So a little girl came to join the row but I guess she was shy and kept far from me mash’Allah. So I pulled her towards me and she put straight away her foot close to mine and same for her shoulder, mash’Allah tabarakAllah!

It was narrated from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllahu alayhi wa’ sallam) said: “Make your rows straight, stand shoulder to shoulder and close the gaps, and do not resist your brothers’ hands. Do not leave any gaps for the Shaytaan. Whoever complete a row, Allaah will reward him, and whoever breaks a row, Allaah will forsake him.

Abu Dawood said: What is meant by “Do not resist your brothers’ hands” is that a man should be easy-going if his brother pushes him forwards or backwards to make the row straight. (‘Awn al-Ma’bood).

[Narrated by Abu Dawood, 666; al-Nasaa’i, 819. Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood, 620.]

Well, that’s what came to my mind thinking about the last time I’ve been at the masjid. Now I should tag someone else but I don’t know who I guess everybody has been tagged now…