21 – “Indeed, Friday is the chief of all days … and they remain apprehensive of Friday.”
Reported by Aḥmad, J, and Abū Nuʿaym on the authority of Abū Lubābah ibn ʿAbd al-Mundhir.
Sound: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ (2279).
Later ruled weak: al-Silsila al-Ḍaʿīfa (3726).
22 – “You will never return to Allah with anything better than that which came from Him.”
Reported by al-Tirmidhī on the authority of Abū Umāmah.
Authentic: al-Silsila al-Ṣaḥīḥa (961).
Later ruled weak: al-Silsila al-Ḍaʿīfa (1957).
23 – “One night the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, felt something. When morning came it was said, ‘Messenger of Allah, the marks of pain are plainly visible on you.’ He replied, ‘As you see, praise be to Allah, I recited the Seven Lengthy Chapters last night.’”
Reported by Ibn Khuzaymah, Ibn Ḥibbān, al-Ḥākim, and Abū Yaʿlā on the authority of Anas.
Authentic: Ṣifat al-Ṣalāh, p. 118, 3rd ed.
Later ruled weak: al-Silsila al-Ḍaʿīfa (3995).