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| Everyone closed up with the call for prayer. |
Hadhrat Abdullah bin 'Umar once visited
the marketplace. He noticed that at the time of Solah, everybody
closed his shop and went to the masjid. He remarked: "These are
people about whom Allah has remarked:
"Everyone closed up
with the call for prayer. The call comes over a
loudspeaker and all shops must close by law
for prayer."
"Men, whom neither business nor
sale distracts from remembrance of Allah, and establishing Solah and
paying of Zakat. They fear a day when hearts and eyeballs will be
overturned.
(ie. The Day of Qiyaamah) (SXXIV: V37)"
Hadhrat Ibn Abbas says: "These
people were completely absorbed in their business, but when they
heard Azan, they left everything and rushed towards the masjid."
He once remarked: "By Allah, they were such businessmen whose
trade did not stop them from the remembrance of Allah ."
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood once
happened to be in the marketplace when the Azan was called out. He
noticed everybody leaving their shops and proceeding to the masjid.
He remarked:
"These are surely the persons of
whom Allah
says:
"Men, whom neither business nor
sale distracts from remembrance of Allah, and establishing Solah and
paying of Zakaat.
(SXXIV: V37)"
Indeed, as the prayer time gets
closer, more and more curtains
are placed over the shop
windows and the streets are
almost deserted by men.
Another Hadith says: “When all the
people shall be gathered on the Day of Qiyaamah, it will be asked,
'Who are those who glorified Allah in good and bad times?' A group
will arise and enter Jannat without any questions. Again it will be
asked, 'Who are those who kept away from their beds and passed their
nights in worshipping Allah.' Another group will arise and enter
Jannat without any questions. The Malaaikah will ask yet again,
'Where are those whom business did not stop from remembering Allah ',
and yet another group will arise and enter Jannat without any
questions. After these three groups have departed, questioning would
start for the rest of the people."
