Chapter 308: About Dislike of Chatting after Isha Al Akhirah Prayer

Translation: [ The Muslim should be keen on his time. Man's age is his capital. The Muslim should administer that " rare " capital as economically as possible. It is the capital that cannot be replaced or compensated for. The day that passes will never return.

Translation: This drives us to be as ' stingy ' as possible with time. Stinginess is disliked but in this concern it is liked. The Muslim's age should be allocated entirely for good deeds. One should not waste it in trifle matters such as chatting, watching the obscene indecent programs on the TV.

The Messenger of Allah said:

Translation: Narrated Ibn Omar; ' The Messenger of Allah held my shoulder and said: “ Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveling person and count yourself among the dwellers of the graves. " Mujahid, one of the sub-narrators, said; ' Ibn Omar said to me; ‘ If you entered in the morning, do not wait for the evening. And if you entered in the evening, do not wait for the morning, and take an advantage of being healthy to compensate for what you miss of good deeds when you fall ill and take an advantage of being alive before you die. For, you do not know what would be your name the morrow (you do not know whether you will be alive or dead). '

Translation: For this reason, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to spend night in vain talk. It should be obvious that spending night in studying useful knowledge is not forbidden.

Translation: This is the subject matter of this chapter. So, let us go through it.]

Translation: 995. Narrated Abu-Barzah; ' The Prophet hate sleeping before Isha prayer and nightly chat after it. ' (At-Termizi).

Translation: Abu-Issa said; " The Hadith of Abu-Barzah is Hasan Saheeh and the majority of the people of knowledge dislike sleeping before Isha prayer and nightly chat after it. Some of them see no harm in sleeping before Isha Prayer in Ramadhan. '

Translation: 996. Narrated Abdullah ibn Omar; " The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in the evening Prayer in the last years of his life. When he completed his prayer he rose up and said: " Have you seen that after one hundred year (from this night) there will never be anyone of those living on the earth. " Ibn Omar said; ' The people started debating this while the Messenger of Allah meant that there will not be any living human of the already living people in that night. " (At-Termizi).

Translation: 997. Narrated Homayd; ' Anas was asked; ' Did the Prophet wear a ring? " Anas said; ' Once he delayed Isha Prayer till midnight. Then he came, facing us. It seems as if I am now looking at the glitter of his ring. The Messenger of Allah then said: " The people have offered their prayer and slept but you have been considered in prayer as long as you have been waiting for it. " (Bukhari).