Mujaahid (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “When one of
them stood in prayer, he would be too fearful of his Lord to allow his eyes to
be drawn to anything, or to turn aside or to fidget by playing with pebbles or
anything else or to think of any worldly matter, unless he forgot, during
prayer.”
When Ibn al-Zubayr stood up to pray, he would be like a
stick (i.e., immobile) with khushoo’. Once he was prostrating when a missile
from a catapult was launched at him, when Makkah was being besieged, and part
of his garment was torn away whilst he was praying, and he did not even raise
his head.
Muslimah ibn Bashshaar was praying in the mosque when part
of it collapsed, and the people got up [and fled], but he was praying and did
not even notice.
When the time for prayer came, ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib would be
visibly shaken, and the color of his face would change. It was said to him, “what
is the matter with you?’ He said, “By Allah, there has come the time of the
amaanah (trust)
which Allah offered to the heavens and the earth, and the mountains, but
they declined to bear it and were afraid of it, but I bore it (referring to
ayah of Surah Al-Ahzaab 33:72).”
When Sa’eed al-Tanookhi prayed, there would be tears rolling
down his cheeks onto his beard.
One of the Taabi’een, when he stood up to pray, his color
would change, and he would say, “Do you know before Whom I am going to stand
and with Whom I am going to talk?”
They said to ‘Aamir ibn ‘Abd al-Qays, “Do you think to
yourself during prayer?” He said, “Is there anything I like to think about more
than the prayer?” They said, “We think to ourselves during prayer.” He said,
“About Paradise and al-hooralin and so on?” They said, “No; about our families
and our wealth.” He said, “If I were to be run through with spears, it would be
dearer to me than thinking to myself about worldly matters during prayer.”
Sa’d ibn Mu’aadh said: “I have three qualities, which I wish
I could keep up all the time, then I would really be something. When I am
praying, I do not think about anything except the prayer I am doing; if I hear
any hadeeth from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him), I do not have any doubts about it; and when I attend a janaazah
(funeral), I do not think about anything except what the janaazah says and what
is said to it.”
Haatim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “I carry out what
I am commanded; I walk with fear of Allah in my heart; I start with the
[correct] intention; I magnify and glorify Allah; I recite at a slow and
measured pace, thinking about the meaning; I bow with khushoo’; I prostrate
with humility; I sit and recite the complete tashahhud; I say salaam with the
[correct] intention; I finish with sincerity towards Allah; and I come back
fearing lest [my prayer] has not been accepted from me, so I continue to strive
until I die.”
Abu Bakr al-Subghi said: “I lived through the time of two
imaams (leaders) although I was not fortunate enough to hear them in person:
Abu Haatim al-Raazi and Muhammad ibn Nasr al-Marwazi. As for Ibn Nasr, I do not
know of any prayer better than his. I heard that a hornet stung him on his
forehead and blood started flowing down his face, but he did not move.” Muhammad ibn Ya’qoob al-Akhram said: “I have never seen any
prayer better than that of Muhammad ibn Nasr. Flies used to land on his ears,
and he did not shoo them away. We used to marvel at how good his prayer and
khushoo’ were. His fear [of Allah] in prayer was so great that he would put his
chin on his chest as if he were a piece of wood standing up.”
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him), when
he started to pray, used to tremble so much that he would lean right and left.
Source: 33 Ways of developing Khushoo’ in Salaah By Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
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