peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The prayer of the oft-repentant is performed when the young camels lift their feet from the scorching ground.” In other words, it is best prayed at the moment the weanling camels rise because the earth has grown unbearably hot. For this reason the scholars hold that delaying the two rakʿahs of ḍuḥā until the end of their time is superior to offering them earlier, just as the Prophet ﷺ liked to postpone the ʿIshāʾ prayer to the latter part of its time—unless doing so would cause difficulty.

In short, Allah has opened before man many doors that lead to good, and every deed he carries out through these doors is rewarded tenfold, up to seven hundred times, and even more, manifold beyond calculation. Allah is the One who grants success.

119 — Third narration: On his authority it is reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “The deeds of my community were laid before me, their good and their bad. I discovered among their good deeds the removal of harm from the road, and I discovered among their bad deeds phlegm left in the mosque without being buried.” Related by Muslim.

[Explanation]
The author—may Allah have mercy on him—cites the words of Abu Dharr, in which the Prophet ﷺ said, “The deeds of my community were laid before me, their good and their bad.” “Were laid before me” means they were conveyed to him and shown to him; the One who showed them to him is Allah, for Allah alone declares what is lawful, what is unlawful, and what is obligatory. Thus Allah presented to our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ the virtuous and the blameworthy deeds of the ummah, and he found among