It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the Salat al-Khawf (prayer of fear) in such a way that he made one group stand behind him and had them perform one bowing (ruku) and two prostrations (sujood), while the other group stood facing the enemy. Then the group that had prayed one rak’ah with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) left, and the other group came. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had them also perform one bowing and two prostrations, and then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said the salam (ended the prayer). After that, every person from both groups stood up and completed one rak’ah with two prostrations by himself.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty accepts the servant’s repentance even before the state of agony of death overtakes him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was on a journey or a military expedition and night would fall, he would supplicate: "O earth, my Lord and your Lord is Allah. I seek refuge in Allah from your evil, the evil within you, the evil of what has been created in you, and the evil of what walks upon you. I seek refuge in Allah from every lion and every black creature, from snakes and scorpions, from the evil of the people of the town, and from the evil of father and offspring."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "My cistern (Hawd) is as large as the distance between Aden and Oman. Its water is colder than ice, sweeter than honey, and more fragrant than musk. Its drinking vessels are as numerous as the stars in the sky. Whoever drinks a single sip from it will never feel thirsty again. The first to arrive at this cistern will be the destitute emigrants." Someone asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Who are those people?" He replied: "Those with disheveled hair, sunken faces, and dirty, tattered clothes, for whom the doors of the world are not opened, whose proposals are not accepted by girls brought up in luxury, and who fulfill every responsibility but do not claim their rights."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began the prayer by saying the takbeer, and when he performed bowing and prostration, he would raise his hands up to the level of his shoulders.

The previous hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) through this second chain of transmission.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered me to bring a knife. I brought it, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent it to be sharpened. After that, handing me the knife, he said: "Bring this knife to me in the morning." I did so. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out with his companions (may Allah be pleased with them) to the markets of Madinah, where wineskins imported from Syria were hanging. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took the knife from my hand and cut open every wineskin that came into view. After that, he gave the knife to me and ordered the companions present with him (may Allah be pleased with them) to go with me and assist me. He said to me: "Go around all the markets, and wherever you find any wineskin of wine, cut it open." So I did so, and I did not leave any wineskin in the markets without cutting it open.

Zaid bin Aslam narrates from his father that once I went with Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) to Abdullah bin Muti’, he welcomed Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) and ordered the people to present him a cushion. Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) said: I have come to narrate to you a hadith which I heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever withdraws his hand from obedience to the rightful ruler, no argument will be accepted from him on the Day of Resurrection, and whoever dies having separated from the“community”dies the death of ignorance.

This prophetic saying is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that envy (desire) is not permissible towards anyone except two persons: one is the person whom Allah has granted the wealth of the Qur'an and he remains engaged in its recitation day and night; and the other is the person whom Allah has granted wealth and property and has enabled him to spend it in the path of truth.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once we were sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was mentioning tribulations (fitan). He (peace and blessings be upon him) described them in considerable detail, and in the midst of this, he also mentioned the "Fitnah of Ahlaas." Someone asked, "O Messenger of Allah! What is meant by the Fitnah of Ahlaas?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It refers to the tribulation of fleeing and fighting." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the Fitnah of Sarra’ and said: "Its smoke will rise from beneath the feet of a man from my household. He will think that he is from me, but he will have nothing to do with me. My friends are only the righteous. Then people will unite behind a man who will be like a rib on a camel’s side. After that, there will be the Fitnah of Duhayma, which will not leave any person of this Ummah without slapping him. Whenever people say that this tribulation is over, it will become even more intense. In that time, a man will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening, until people will be divided into two camps: one camp of faith in which there will be no hypocrisy, and the other camp of hypocrisy in which there will be no faith. When such a time comes upon you, then await the Dajjal, for he will emerge that day or the next."

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