حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Women of the Salaf: Ibn Abi al-Dunya, may God have mercy on him, said: Abu al-Walid, may God have mercy on him, told me: I sometimes saw Fatima bint Bazi’, may God have mercy on her, praying from the beginning of the night until its end. Abu al-Walid also told me: I sometimes saw Ghudna and ‘Aliya, may God have mercy on them both, one of them standing in the night and reciting Surah al-Baqarah, Al ‘Imran, An-Nisa’, Al-Ma’idah, Al-An’am, and Al-A’raf in one rak’ah. Muhammad ibn al-Husayn had narrated these hadiths to me on the authority of Abu al-Walid, so I met Abu al-Walid and he told me about them. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya’s Encyclopedia 1/270]

Women of the Salaf: Umm Talq, may God have mercy on her, used to pray four hundred rak'ahs every day and night, and recite from the Qur'an as much as God willed. [Ibn Abi Al-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/276].

Women of the Salaf: On the authority of Al-Haytham bin Jammar, he said: I had a wife who did not sleep at night, and I could not bear to stay up with her. So when I became drowsy, she would sprinkle water on me when I was in the deepest sleep, and wake me up with her foot and say, “Aren’t you ashamed before God! Why are you snoring?” By God, I was ashamed of what she did. [Ibn Abi Al-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/282].

Women of the early Muslims: Riyah al-Qaysi married a woman and consummated the marriage. In the morning she attended to her dough. He said: You could find a woman to spare you this work. She replied: I married Riyah al-Qaysi; I did not think I had married a stubborn tyrant. At night he slept to test her. She stood in prayer for a quarter of the night, then called him: Get up, Riyah. The night has passed, and the doers of good have mustered while you sleep. If only I knew who deceived me about you, Riyah. He said: She stood in prayer for the remaining quarter. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/282].

Women of the Salaf: On the authority of Ibrahim bin Uqba, he said: I heard Umm Khalid bint Khalid bin Saeed bin Al-Aas, may God have mercy on her, say to her women at night: Untie the knots of Satan, this is not a time for sleep. [Ibn Abi Al-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/310].