(218) اللهُمَّ فأَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ سَبَبْتُهُ فَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ لهُ قُرْبةً إليكَ يَوْمَ القِيَامةِ. Allahumma fa-ayyuma mu/minin sababtuhu fajAAal thalika lahu qurbatan ilayka yawmal-qiyamah. ‘O Allah, to any believer whom I have insulted, let that be cause to draw him near to You on the Day of Resurrection.’

(219) He said: ‘If anyone of you is impelled to praise his brother, then he should say: ‘I deem so-and-so to be…and Allah is his reckoner…and I don’t praise anyone, putting it (i.e. my praising) forward, in front of Allah’s commendation, however I assume him so and so’…if he knows […]

(220) The Prophet used to say between the Yemeni corner and the black stone: رَبَّنَا آتِنَا في الدُّنْيَا حسَنَةً وفي الآخِرَةِ حسَنةً وقِنَا عذَابَ النَّارِ Rabbana atina fee alddunya hasanatan wafee al-akhirati hasanatan waqina  AAathaba alnnar  [Al-Baqarah: 201] ‘O our Lord, grant us the best in this life and the […]

(221) Jabir said when describing the Prophet’s pilgrimage: ‘…and when he approached mount Safa he recited: إِنَّ الصَّفَا والمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعائرِ الله… Innas-safa wa-almarwata min shaAAa-iri Allah …. أَبْدَأُ بِمَا بَدَأَ اللهُ بِهِ. Abda-o bima badaal-lahu bih. ‘Indeed Safa and Marwah are from the places of worship of Allah…’ ‘I […]

(223) Jabir said: ‘He rode Al-Qaswa until he reached Al-MashAAar Al-Haram, he then faced the qiblah, supplicated to Allah, and extoled His greatness and oneness.  He stood until the sun shone but left before it rose.’ Al-Qaswa: The name of the Prophet’s camel.

i.e. Stoning the three areas at Mina during Hajj. (224)    Every time the Prophet threw a pebble at any of the three jamarat, he would say: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ. Allahu akbar. ‘Allah is the greatest’ …on completion of the first jamarah, he advanced a little, stood facing the qiblah, raised […]

(225) ‘The Prophet circled the KaAAbah on a camel, every time he reached the black stone he would point to it with his staff and say: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ. Allahu akbar ‘Allah is the greatest’

(226) اللَّهُمَّ مُنْزِلَ الكِتَابِ سَريعَ الحِسابِ اهْزِمَ الأَحْزَابَ اللَّهُمَّ اهْزِمْهُمْ وَزَلْزِلْهُمْ. Allahumma munzilal-kitab, sareeAAal-hisab, ihzimil-ahzab, allahummah-zimhum wazalzilhum. ‘O Allah, Revealer of the Book, Swift at reckoning, defeat the confederates. O Allah, defeat them and convulse them.’

(227)    اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِيهِمْ بِما شِئْتَ. Allahummak-fineehim bima shi/t. ‘O Allah, protect me from them with what You choose.’

(228)    سُبْحَانَ اللهِ! Subhanal-lah!. ‘How perfect Allah is.’ (229) اللهُ أَكْبرُ! Allahu akbar. ‘Allah is the greatest.’