A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ In a hadits , it is recorded that, one night, the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) was taking his wudhu’ , to perform his tahajjud at the home of Sayyidatina Maymunah bint al-Harits al-Hillaliyyah ( r.a. ).  He was heard to proclaim “ Labbayk ,” meaning, “Here I am,” and “ Nuswirtu ,” also three times, meaning “I helped you.”  Sayyidatina Maymunah ( r.a. ) asked the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) whom he had been talking to since there was no one present.  He replied, “I was talking to the rajiz , from the tribe of Bani Ka’b.  He asked for help from me against the Quraysh.”  The rajiz , Sayyidina Ya’mar ibn Hazn al-Himmani ar-Rajiz, was the chief poet of the tribe. Sayyidatina Maymunah ( r.a. ) said that when she finished swalah al-fajr , the next morning, she heard the rajiz calling out in the streets of Madina, “ Ya Rasulullah !  Help us and call the servants of Allah to help us.”   Imam Yusuf ibn Isma’il an-Nabhani ( q.s. ) cited ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ It is related by Sayyidina ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas ( r.a. ) that he once stayed the night as a guest of Sayyidatina Maymunah bint al-Harits al-Hillaliyyah ( r.a. ), who was his aunt, and the Prophet ( s.a.w. ).   They slept on their blanket lengthways, and he slept at the end, crossways.   After they had all slept for a while, the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) rose in the middle of the night to pray tahajjud , and Sayyidina ibn ‘Abbas ( r.a. ) joined him. They both performed wudhu , and he prayed eleven rak’ah with the Prophet ( s.a.w. ).   Then they both went back to sleep again until dawn.   Sayyidina Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi ( r.a. ) called the adzan and the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) did another two short rak’ah , before going into the mosque to lead swalah al-fajr . Sayyidina ibn ‘Abbas ( r.a. ) said that one of the ud’iyyah that the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) made during this night was, “O Allah, Place light in my heart, light in my tongu...