What are hadiths about submissive humbleness (khushūʿ)? Examples of hadiths about submissive humbleness (khushūʿ)…
According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “Verily, Allah does not look at your physical appearances and your wealth but He looks at your hearts and your deeds.” (M6543, Muslim, al-Birr, 34)
It was reported from Hisham b. Ishaq, who was ʿAbd Allah b. Kinana’s son, that his father said, “Al-Walid b. ʿUqba, the governor of Medina, sent me to ask Ibn ʿAbbas (ra) about how the Messenger of Allah (saw) would perform prayer of al-Istisqāʾ. I went to him and he said, ‘the Messenger of Allah (saw) would go out in modest dress, humbly, imploring, until he reached the place of prayer, an wide-open area. He would not give this khuṭba of yours; rather, he would continue supplicating and imploring, saying the takbīr, and pray two rakʿas, just as he would pray for the festival.’” (al-Tirmidhi, al-Jum’a, 43; al-Nasaʾi, al-Istisqaʾ, 3)
ʿAli b. Abi Talib (ra) narrated that whenever the Messenger of Allah (saw) would stand for prayer, he would say, “O Allah, to You I have bowed, and in You I believe, and to You have I submitted. My hearing, my sight, my brain, my bones and my sinew are humbled to you.” (al-Tirmidhi, al-Daʿawat, 32; D760, Abu Daʾud, al-Salat, 118-119)
Al-Fadl b. al-ʿAbbas (ra) reported that Allah’s Messenger (saw) said, “Ritual prayer is two and two, with a tashahhud (recitation of the affirmation of faith) for every two rakʿas, with humility, imploring, having a sense of tranquility, pleading and showing helplessness and stretching out your hand.”
(al-Tirmidhi, al-Salat, 166; Ibn Hanbal, I, 211)
Zayd b. Arqam (ra) said, “I am not narrating to you other than what the Prophet (saw) narrated! He said, ‘…O Allah, I take refuge in you from useless knowledge, a heart without taqwa, an insatiable ego, and an unaccepted prayer.’” (Muslim, al-Dhikr, 73; al-Nasaʾi, al-Istiʿadha, 65)
Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths
Hadiths About Taqwa
