UNFAMILIAR WITH SALAH The son of Abu Sufyan, Muawiya had recently converted. He did not know that speaking is not allowed during salah and one day at a congregation prayer behind the prophet Muhammad (PBUH), he spoke. He said to a person who sneezed: “May Allah have mercy upon you.” Muslims worried that the prayer would be invalidated and they wanted to silence him with hand signals and glancing. This exited Muawiya more. And he continued to speak. “Why are you looking? I did not understand anything.” This time, Muslims silenced Muawiya by stroking their legs with their hands. At last, the prayer finished. However, Muawiya was drenched in perspiration because of the sense of guiltiness. The prophet Muhammad (PBUH) came up to him. “It is not allowed to speak about world matters while praying. Salah consists of, tasbih, takbir and the Qur’an.” After years of this incident, Muawiya narrated it as follows; I had never seen a better teacher than Him. He neither scolded me nor was angry with me”. (8)
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