عائشة
كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم إذا كان رمضان قام و نام فإذا دخل العشر شد المئزر و اجتنب النساء و اغتسل بين الأذانين و جعل العشاء سحورا 

Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said ,” That during Ramadan Allah’s messenger would sleep , wake up and pray. However when the last ten days came he would burn the midnight oil, avoid relations with his wives, perform a Ghusl between Maghrib and Isha and have dinner at the time of Sahur.”

Collected by : Ibn Abee ‘Asim. Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali (795 H ) graded the isnad for this hadeeth as being Hasan.

Points of benefit;

Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali mentioned his book “Taif Al-Muarif” that performing Ghusl between Maghrib and Isha is a Sunnah to be performed during the last ten days of Ramadan.

Ibn Jarir said about this hadeeth, “ The Salaf used to considered it Sunnah to take Ghusl every night during the last ten days of Ramadan .An-Nakhaee used to wash every night, while others used to wash and dap cologne o­n their bodies o­n the night they hoped was Laylutul Qadr. It has been reported that Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) o­n the 24^th night of Ramadan took a bath, put o­n some nice fragrance, and wore his best izar. The next morning he took it off, folded it up and didn’t wear it again until next Ramadan o­n the same occasion.

Ayyub As-Sakhtayanni (may Allah be pleased with him) used to bathe o­n the 23^rd and 24^th night , wear new clothes and burn incense to perfume his clothes.

Hamad ibn Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “ Thabit Bananee and Humayd At-Tawheel used to wear their best clothes, best fragrance and burn incense and spray aroma in the masjid during the night in which the hoped to be Laylutul Qadr.

Tameem Ad-Daree (may Allah be pleased with him) bought an Izar for 1,000 Dirhams. He used to wear it o­n the night in which he anticipated was Laylutul Qadr.

Ibn Jarir-said,” Therefore based o­n these acts from the Salaf, it establishes that it is recommended for the night in which a person thinks is Layultul Qadr to dress up, wear nice fragrance, and take a bath. This is similar to the Sunnah for Jumu’ah and both Eed.

Translated by Abu Aaliyah Abdullah ibn Dwight Lamont Battle

Taken from Taif Al-Muarif by Ibn Rajbn Al-Hanbali (may Allah rest him in Jannah)

Doha, Qatar 19-9-1429 ©

Submitted by Haneef Davis