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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Beware! Avoid sitting on the roads." They (the people) said, "O Allah s Apostle!
We can't help sitting (on the roads) as these are (our places) here we have talks." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ' l f
you refuse but to sit, then pay the road its right ' They said, "What is the right of the road, O Allah's
Apostle?" He said, 'Lowering your gaze, refraining from harming others, returning greeting, and
enjoining what is good, and forbidding what is evil."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 79, Hadith 3
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Al-Fadl bin `Abbas rode behind the Prophet (ﷺ) as his companion rider on the back portion of his she
camel on the Day of Nahr (slaughtering of sacrifice, 10th Dhul-Hijja) and Al-Fadl was a handsome
man. The Prophet (ﷺ) stopped to give the people verdicts. In the meantime, a beautiful woman From the
tribe of Khath'am came, asking the verdict of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Al-Fadl started looking at her as her
beauty attracted him. The Prophet (ﷺ) looked behind while Al-Fadl was looking at her; so the Prophet (ﷺ)
held out his hand backwards and caught the chin of Al-Fadl and turned his face (to the owner sides in
order that he should not gaze at her. She said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! The obligation of Performing Hajj
enjoined by Allah on His worshipers, has become due (compulsory) on my father who is an old man
and who cannot sit firmly on the riding animal. Will it be sufficient that I perform Hajj on his behalf?"
He said, "Yes."
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When we prayed with the Prophet (ﷺ) we used to say: As-Salam be on Allah from His worshipers, As-
Salam be on Gabriel, As-Salam be on Michael, As-Salam be on so-and-so. When the Prophet (ﷺ) finished
his prayer, he faced us and said, "Allah Himself is As-Salam (Peace), so when one sits in the prayer,
one should say, 'at-Tahiyatu-li l-lahi Was-Salawatu, Wat-Taiyibatu, As-Salamu 'Alaika aiyuhan-
Nabiyyu wa Rah-matul-iahi wa Barakatuhu, As-Salamu 'Alaina wa 'ala 'Ibadillahi assalihin, for if he
says so, then it will be for all the pious slave of Allah in the Heavens and the Earth. (Then he should
say), 'Ash-hadu an la ilaha illalllahu wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan `Abduhu wa rasulu-hu,' and
then he can choose whatever speech (i.e. invocation) he wishes " (See Hadith No. 797, Vol. 1).