A’ishah wife of the Prophet(ﷺ) and Umm Salamah said “Abu Hudaifah bin ‘Utbah bin Rabi’ah bin ‘Abd Shams adopted Salim as his son and married him to his niece Hind, daughter of Al Walid bin ‘Utbah bin Rabi’ah. He (Salim) was the freed slave of a woman from the Ansar (the Helpers) as the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) adopted Zaid as his son. In pre Islamic days when anyone adopted a man as his son, the people called him by his name and he was given a share from his inheritance. Allaah, the Exalted, revealed about this matter “Call them by (the name of) their fathers, that is juster in the sight of Allaah. And if ye know not their fathers, then (they are) your brethren in the faith and your clients. They were then called by their names of their fathers. A man, whose father was not known, remained under the protection of someone and considered brother in faith. Sahlah daughter of Suhail bin Amr Al Quraishi then came and said Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ), we used to consider Salim(our) son. He dwelled with me and Abu Hudhaifah in the same house, and he saw me in the short clothes, but Allaah the Exalted, has revealed about them what you know, then what is your opinion about him? The Prophet (ﷺ) said give him your breast feed. She gave him five breast feeds. He then became like her foster son. Hence, A’ishah(may Allaah be pleased with her) used to ask the daughters of her sisters and the daughters of her brethren to give him breast feed five times, whom A’ishah wanted to see and who wanted to visit her. Though he might be of age; he then visited her. But Umm Salamah and all other wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) refused to allow anyone to visit them on the basis of such breast feeding unless one was given breast feed during infancy. They told A’ishah by Allaah we do not know whether that was a special concession granted by the Prophet (ﷺ) to Salim exclusive of the people.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 12, Hadith 16
"The inhabitants of the Fire will suffer from a hunger equal to the punishment they experience, so they will seek relief, and be given to eat of Dari; which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger. So they will (again) seek food to relieve (their hunger), and they will be given to eat of a food that causes one to choke. Then they will remember that they used remedy for choking in the world by drinking something. So they will seek relief from drink. Then they will be given Hamim with meat hooks, so when it comes toward their faces it melts their faces, and when it enters their insides it cuts up what is inside of them. So (some of them) say: 'Call the keepers of Hell' so they say: Did there not come to you your Messengers with clear signs? They say: 'Yes!' They say: 'Then call as you like.' And the invocation of the disbelievers is nothing but in vain." He said: "They will say: 'Call Malik.' So they say: O Malik! Let your Lord make an end of us!'" He said: "So he answers them: Verily you shall abide forever. Al-A'mash said: "I was informed that there is a thousand years between their calling him, and Malik's answering them." He said: "They say: 'Call your Lord, for there is none better than your Lord.' So they will say: Our Lord! Our wretchedness over came us, and we were (an) erring people. Our Lord! Bring us out of this. If we ever return (to evil), indeed we shall be wrong doers."He said: "So the reply to them is: You remain in it in ignominy! And do not speak to Me." He said: "So with that, they loose hope of any good, and with that they are taken to moaning, despair and severe ruin."
Jami` at-Tirmidhi Book 39, Hadith 14
"There was an eclipse of the sun and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered a man to call out: As-salatu jami'ah (prayer is about to begin in congregation). The people gathered and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led them in prayer. He said the takbir, then he recited at length. Then he said the takbir and bowed for a long time, as long as he had recited or longer. Then he raised his head and said: Sami Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears those who praise Him) Then he recited at length, but it was shorter than the first time, then he said the takbir and bowed for a long time, but it was shorter than the first time. Then he raised his head and said: 'Sami Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears those who praise Him). Then he said the takbir and prostrated for a long time, as long as he had bowed or longer. Then he said the takbir and raised his head, then he said the takbir and prostrated. Then he said the takbir and stood up, and recited for a long time that was shorter than the first time. Then he said the takbir and bowed for a long time that was shorter than the first time. Then he raised his head and said: Sami' Allahu liman hamidah. (Allah hears those who praise Him). Then he recited for a long time that was shorter than the first recitation in the second standing. Then he said the takbir and bowed for a long time that was shorter than the first time. Then he raised his head and said: Sami Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears those who praise Him). Then he said the takbir and prostrated for a long time that was shorter than the first time. Then he recited the tashahhud, then he said the taslim. Then he stood before them and praised and glorified Allah, then he said: 'The sun and the moon do not become eclipsed for the death or birth of anyone, but they are two of the signs of Allah (SWT). Whichever of them becomes eclipsed, turn to Allah (SWT), the Mighty and Sublime, and pray.'"
Sunan an-Nasa'i Book 16, Hadith 39
When the Prophet (ﷺ) intended to perform the `Umra he sent a person to the people of Mecca asking their
permission to enter Mecca. They stipulated that he would not stay for more than three days and would
not enter it except with sheathed arms and would not preach (Islam) to any of them. So `Ali bin Abi-
Talib started writing the treaty between them. He wrote, "This is what Muhammad, Apostle of Allah
has agreed to." The (Meccans) said, "If we knew that you (Muhammad) are the Messenger of Allah, then
we would not have prevented you and would have followed you. But write, 'This is what Muhammad
bin `Abdullah has agreed to..' " On that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "By Allah, I am Muhammad bin
`Abdullah, and, by Allah, I am Apostle of 'Allah." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used not to write; so he asked `Ali
to erase the expression of Apostle of Allah. On that `Ali said, "By Allah I will never erase it." Allah's
Apostle said (to `Ali), "Let me see the paper." When `Ali showed him the paper, the Prophet (ﷺ) erased
the expression with his own hand. When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had entered Mecca and three days had
elapsed, the Meccans came to `Ali and said, "Let your friend (i.e. the Prophet) quit Mecca." `Ali
informed Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about it and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Yes," and then he departed.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 58, Hadith 26
`Abdullah (bin `Abdullah) bin `Umar said to his father, "Stay here, for I am afraid that it (affliction
between Ibn Zubair and Al-Hajjaj) might prevent you from reaching the Ka`ba." Ibn `Umar said, "(In
this case) I would do the same as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did, and Allah has said, 'Verily, in Allah's Messenger (ﷺ),
you have a good example (to follow).' So, I make you, people, witness that I have made `Umra
compulsory for me." So he assumed lhram for `Umra. Then he went out and when he reached Al-
Baida', he assumed Ihram for Hajj and `Umra (together) and said, "The conditions (requisites) of Hajj
and `Umra are the same." He, then brought a Hadi from Qudaid. Then he arrived (at Mecca) and
performed Tawaf (between Safa and Marwa) once for both Hajj and `Umra and did not finish the
lhram till he had finished both Hajj and `Umra.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 25, Hadith 172
Uyaynah ibn Hisn and Aqra' ibn Habis came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). They begged from him. He commanded to give them what they begged. He ordered Mu'awiyah to write a document to give what they begged. Aqra' took his document, wrapped it in his turban, and went away.
As for Uyaynah, he took his document and came to the Prophet (ﷺ) at his home, and said to him: Muhammad, do you see me? I am taking a document to my people, but I do not know what it contains, just like the document of al-Mutalammis. Mu'awiyah informed the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) of his statement.
Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: He who begs (from people) when he has sufficient is simply asking for a large amount of Hell-fire. (An-Nufayl (a transmitter) said elsewhere: "embers of Hell".)
They asked: Messenger of Allah, what is a sufficiency? (Elsewhere an-Nufayl said: What is a sufficiency which makes begging unfitting?)
He replied: It is that which would provide a morning and an evening meal. (Elsewhere an-Nufayl said: It is when one has enough for a day and night, or for a night and a day.) He (an-Nufayl) narrated to us this tradition briefly in the words that I have mentioned.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 9, Hadith 74
Salamah said “We went out (on an expedition) with Abu Bakr. The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) appointed him commander over us. We attacked Fazarah and took them from all sides. I then saw a group of people which contained children and women. I shot an arrow towards them, but it fell between them and the mountain. They stood; I brought them to Abu Bakr. There was among them a woman of Fazarah. She wore a skin over her and her daughter who was the most beautiful of the Arabs was with her. Abu Bakr gave her daughter to me as a reward. I came back to Madeenah. The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) met me and said to me “Give me the woman, Salamah. I said to him, I swear by Allaah, she is to my liking and I have not yet untied he garment. He kept silence, and when the next day came the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) met me in the market and said to me “Give me the woman, Salamah, by Allaah, your father. I said the Apostle of Allaah, I have not yet untied her garment. I swear by Allaah, she is now yours. He sent her to the people of Makkah who had (some Muslims) prisoners in their hands. They released them for this woman.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 15, Hadith 221
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that he was asked
about the suckling of an older person. He said, ''Urwa ibn az-Zubayr
informed me that Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba ibn Rabia, one of the
companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, who was present at Badr, adopted Salim (who is called
Salim, the mawla of Abu Hudhayfa) as the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, adopted Zayd ibn Haritha. He thought of
him as his son, and Abu Hudhayfa married him to his brother's sister,
Fatima bint al-Walid ibn Utba ibn Rabia, who was at that time among
the first emigrants. She was one of the best unmarried women of the
Quraysh. When Allah the Exalted sent down in His Book what He sent
down about Zayd ibn Haritha, 'Call them after their true fathers. That
is more equitable in the sight of Allah. If you do not know who their
fathers were then they are your brothers in the deen and your mawali,'
(Sura 33 ayat 5) people in this position were traced back to their
fathers. When the father was not known, they were traced to their
mawla.
"Sahla bint Suhayl who was the wife of Abu Hudhayfa,
and one of the tribe of Amr ibn Luayy, came to the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, 'Messenger of
Allah! We think of Salim as a son and he comes in to see me while I am
uncovered. We only have one room, so what do you think about the
situation?' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, 'Give him five drinks of your milk and he will be mahram
by it.' She then saw him as a foster son. A'isha umm al-muminin took
that as a precedent for whatever men she wanted to be able to come to
see her. She ordered her sister, Umm Kulthum bint Abi Bakr as-Siddiq
and the daughters of her brother to give milk to whichever men she
wanted to be able to come in to see her. The rest of the wives of the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, refused to let
anyone come in to them by such nursing. They said, 'No! By Allah! We
think that what the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, ordered Sahla bint Suhayl to do was only an indulgence
concerning the nursing of Salim alone. No! By Allah! No one will come
in upon us by such nursing!'
"This is what the wives of the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, thought about the
suckling of an older person."
Muwatta Malik Book 30, Hadith 13
The commencement of the Divine Inspiration to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in the form of good righteous
(true) dreams in his sleep. He never had a dream but that it came true like bright day light. He used to
go in seclusion (the cave of) Hira where he used to worship(Allah Alone) continuously for many
(days) nights. He used to take with him the journey food for that (stay) and then come back to (his
wife) Khadija to take his food like-wise again for another period to stay, till suddenly the Truth
descended upon him while he was in the cave of Hira. The angel came to him in it and asked him to
read. The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "I do not know how to read." (The Prophet (ﷺ) added), "The angel caught me
(forcefully) and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it anymore. He then released me and again
asked me to read, and I replied, "I do not know how to read," whereupon he caught me again and
pressed me a second time till I could not bear it anymore. He then released me and asked me again to
read, but again I replied, "I do not know how to read (or, what shall I read?)." Thereupon he caught
me for the third time and pressed me and then released me and said, "Read: In the Name of your Lord,
Who has created (all that exists). Has created man from a clot. Read and Your Lord is Most
Generous...up to..... ..that which he knew not." (96.15)
Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) returned with the Inspiration, his neck muscles twitching with terror till he
entered upon Khadija and said, "Cover me! Cover me!" They covered him till his fear was over and
then he said, "O Khadija, what is wrong with me?" Then he told her everything that had happened and
said, 'I fear that something may happen to me." Khadija said, 'Never! But have the glad tidings, for by
Allah, Allah will never disgrace you as you keep good reactions with your Kith and kin, speak the
truth, help the poor and the destitute, serve your guest generously and assist the deserving, calamityafflicted
ones." Khadija then accompanied him to (her cousin) Waraqa bin Naufal bin Asad bin
`Abdul `Uzza bin Qusai. Waraqa was the son of her paternal uncle, i.e., her father's brother, who
during the Pre-Islamic Period became a Christian and used to write the Arabic writing and used to
write of the Gospels in Arabic as much as Allah wished him to write. He was an old man and had lost
his eyesight. Khadija said to him, "O my cousin! Listen to the story of your nephew." Waraqa asked,
"O my nephew! What have you seen?" The Prophet (ﷺ) described whatever he had seen.
Waraqa said, "This is the same Namus (i.e., Gabriel, the Angel who keeps the secrets) whom Allah
had sent to Moses. I wish I were young and could live up to the time when your people would turn
you out." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked, "Will they turn me out?" Waraqa replied in the affirmative and said:
"Never did a man come with something similar to what you have brought but was treated with
hostility. If I should remain alive till the day when you will be turned out then I would support you
strongly." But after a few days Waraqa died and the Divine Inspiration was also paused for a while
and the Prophet (ﷺ) became so sad as we have heard that he intended several times to throw himself from
the tops of high mountains and every time he went up the top of a mountain in order to throw himself
down, Gabriel would appear before him and say, "O Muhammad! You are indeed Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in
truth" whereupon his heart would become quiet and he would calm down and would return home. And
whenever the period of the coming of the inspiration used to become long, he would do as before, but
when he used to reach the top of a mountain, Gabriel would appear before him and say to him what he
had said before. (Ibn `Abbas said regarding the meaning of: 'He it is that Cleaves the daybreak (from
the darkness)' (6.96) that Al-Asbah. means the light of the sun during the day and the light of the
moon at night).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 91, Hadith 1
Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said, "The first
person to deduct zakat from allowances was Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan."
(i.e. the deduction being made automatically) .
Malik said,
"The agreed sunna with us is that zakat has to be paid on twenty
dinars (of gold coin), in the same way as it has to be paid on two
hundred dirhams (of silver)."
Malik said, "There is no zakat
to pay on (gold) that is clearly less than twenty dinars (in weight)
but if it increases so that by the increase the amount reaches a full
twenty dinars in weight then zakat has to be paid. Similarly, there is
no zakat to pay on (silver) that is clearly less than two hundred
dirhams (in weight), but if it increases so that by the increase the
amount reaches a full two hundred dirhams in weight then zakat has to
be paid. If it passes the full weight then I think there is zakat to
pay, whether it be dinars or dirhams." (i.e. the zakat is assessed by
the weight and not the number of the coins.)
Malik said,
about a man who had one hundred and sixty dirhams by weight, and the
exchange rate in his town was eight dirhams to a dinar, that he did
not have to pay any zakat. Zakat had only to be paid on twenty dinars
of gold or two hundred dirhams.
Malik said, in the case of a
man who acquired five dinars from a transaction or in some other way
which he then invested in trade, that, as soon as it increased to a
zakatable amount and then a year elapsed, he had to pay zakat on it,
even if the zakatable amount was reached one day before or one day
after the passing of a year. There was then no zakat to pay on it from
the day the zakat was taken until a year had elapsed over it.
Malik said, in the similar case of a man who had in his possession ten
dinars which he invested in trade and which reached twenty dinars by
the time one year had elapsed over them, that he paid zakat on them
right then and did not wait until a year had elapsed over them,
(counting) from the day when they actually reached the zakatable
amount. This was because a year had elapsed over the original dinars
and there were now twenty of them in his possession. After that there
was no zakat to pay on them from the day the zakat was paid until
another year had elapsed over them.
Malik said, "What we are
agreed upon (here in Madina) regarding income from hiring out slaves,
rent from property, and the sums received when a slave buys his
freedom, is that no zakat is due on any of it, whether great or small,
from the day the owner takes possession of it until a year has elapsed
over it from the day when the owner takes possession of it."
Malik said, in the case of gold and silver which was shared between
two co-owners, that zakat was due from any one whose share reached
twenty dinars of gold, or two hundred dirhams of silver, and that no
zakat was due from anyone whose share fell short of this zakatable
amount. If all the shares reached the zakatable amount and the shares
were not equally divided, zakat was taken from each man according to
the measure of his share. This applied only when the share of each man
among them reached the zakatable amount, because the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had said, "There is no
zakat to pay on less than five awaq of silver."
Malik
commented, "This is what I prefer most out of what I have heard about
the matter."
Malik said, "When a man has gold and silver
dispersed among various people he must add it all up together and then
take out the zakat due on the total sum ."
Malik said, "No
zakat is due from some one who acquires gold or silver until a year
has elapsed over his acquisition from the day it became his."
Muwatta Malik Book 17, Hadith 7
Malik bin Sasaa said that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) described to them his Night Journey saying, "While I was
lying in Al-Hatim or Al-Hijr, suddenly someone came to me and cut my body open from here to
here." I asked Al-Jarud who was by my side, "What does he mean?" He said, "It means from his throat
to his pubic area," or said, "From the top of the chest." The Prophet (ﷺ) further said, "He then took out my
heart. Then a gold tray of Belief was brought to me and my heart was washed and was filled (with
Belief) and then returned to its original place. Then a white animal which was smaller than a mule and
bigger than a donkey was brought to me." (On this Al-Jarud asked, "Was it the Buraq, O Abu
Hamza?" I (i.e. Anas) replied in the affirmative). The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The animal's step (was so wide
that it) reached the farthest point within the reach of the animal's sight. I was carried on it, and Gabriel
set out with me till we reached the nearest heaven.
When he asked for the gate to be opened, it was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel.' It was
asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has Muhammad
been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent
visit his is!' The gate was opened, and when I went over the first heaven, I saw Adam there. Gabriel
said (to me). 'This is your father, Adam; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the
greeting to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious son and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended
with me till we reached the second heaven. Gabriel asked for the gate to be opened. It was asked,
'Who is it?' Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied,
'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel answered in the affirmative. Then it was
said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened.
When I went over the second heaven, there I saw Yahya (i.e. John) and `Isa (i.e. Jesus) who were
cousins of each other. Gabriel said (to me), 'These are John and Jesus; pay them your greetings.' So I
greeted them and both of them returned my greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious
brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the third heaven and asked for its gate
to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying
you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the
affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed, what an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened,
and when I went over the third heaven there I saw Joseph. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is Joseph; pay
him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said, 'You are welcomed,
O pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the fourth heaven and asked for
its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel' It was asked, 'Who is
accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied
in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed, what an excel lent visit his is!'
The gate was opened, and when I went over the fourth heaven, there I saw Idris. Gabriel said (to me),
'This is Idris; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said,
'You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the fifth
heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It was
asked. 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?'
Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said He is welcomed, what an excellent visit his is! So
when I went over the fifth heaven, there I saw Harun (i.e. Aaron), Gabriel said, (to me). This is Aaron;
pay him your greetings.' I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said, 'You are
welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the sixth heaven
and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked. 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It was asked,
'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel
replied in the affirmative. It was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!'
When I went (over the sixth heaven), there I saw Moses. Gabriel said (to me),' This is Moses; pay him
your greeting. So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O
pious brother and pious Prophet.' When I left him (i.e. Moses) he wept. Someone asked him, 'What
makes you weep?' Moses said, 'I weep because after me there has been sent (as Prophet) a young man
whose followers will enter Paradise in greater numbers than my followers.' Then Gabriel ascended
with me to the seventh heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel
replied, 'Gabriel.' It was asked,' Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was
asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed.
What an excellent visit his is!'
So when I went (over the seventh heaven), there I saw Abraham. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is your
father; pay your greetings to him.' So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said, 'You
are welcomed, O pious son and pious Prophet.' Then I was made to ascend to Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (i.e.
the Lote Tree of the utmost boundary) Behold! Its fruits were like the jars of Hajr (i.e. a place near
Medina) and its leaves were as big as the ears of elephants. Gabriel said, 'This is the Lote Tree of the
utmost boundary) . Behold ! There ran four rivers, two were hidden and two were visible, I asked,
'What are these two kinds of rivers, O Gabriel?' He replied,' As for the hidden rivers, they are two
rivers in Paradise and the visible rivers are the Nile and the Euphrates.'
Then Al-Bait-ul-Ma'mur (i.e. the Sacred House) was shown to me and a container full of wine and
another full of milk and a third full of honey were brought to me. I took the milk. Gabriel remarked,
'This is the Islamic religion which you and your followers are following.' Then the prayers were
enjoined on me: They were fifty prayers a day. When I returned, I passed by Moses who asked (me),
'What have you been ordered to do?' I replied, 'I have been ordered to offer fifty prayers a day.' Moses
said, 'Your followers cannot bear fifty prayers a day, and by Allah, I have tested people before you,
and I have tried my level best with Bani Israel (in vain). Go back to your Lord and ask for reduction to
lessen your followers' burden.' So I went back, and Allah reduced ten prayers for me. Then again I
came to Moses, but he repeated the same as he had said before. Then again I went back to Allah and
He reduced ten more prayers. When I came back to Moses he said the same, I went back to Allah and
He ordered me to observe ten prayers a day. When I came back to Moses, he repeated the same
advice, so I went back to Allah and was ordered to observe five prayers a day.
When I came back to Moses, he said, 'What have you been ordered?' I replied, 'I have been ordered to
observe five prayers a day.' He said, 'Your followers cannot bear five prayers a day, and no doubt, I
have got an experience of the people before you, and I have tried my level best with Bani Israel, so go
back to your Lord and ask for reduction to lessen your follower's burden.' I said, 'I have requested so
much of my Lord that I feel ashamed, but I am satisfied now and surrender to Allah's Order.' When I
left, I heard a voice saying, 'I have passed My Order and have lessened the burden of My Worshipers."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 63, Hadith 112