Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 12:
Characteristics
of Prayer
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 699:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik Al-Ansari:
Allah's Apostle
rode a horse and fell down and the right side of
his body was injured. On that day he prayed one of
the prayers sitting and we also prayed behind him
sitting. When the Prophet finished the prayer with
Taslim, he said, "The Imam is to be followed
and if he prays standing then pray standing, and
bow when he bows, and raise your heads when he
raises his head; prostrate when he prostrates; and
if he says "Sami'a-l-lahu Liman hamida",
you should say, "Rabbana wa-laka-l hamd.:
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 700:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
fell from a horse and got injured so he led the
prayer sitting and we also prayed sitting. When he
completed the prayer he said, "The Imam is to
be followed; if he says Takbir then say Takbir,
bow if he bows; raise your heads when he raises
his head, when he says, 'Sami' a-l-lahu Liman
hamida say, 'Rabbana laka-l-hamd', and prostrate
when he prostrates."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 701:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"The Imam is to be followed. Say the Takbir
when he says it; bow if he bows; if he says 'Sami
a-l-lahu Liman hamida', say, ' Rabbana
wa-laka-l-hamd', prostrate if he prostrates and
pray sitting altogether if he prays sitting."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 702:
Narrated Salim bin
'Abdullah:
My father said,
"Allah's Apostle used to raise both his hands
up to the level of his shoulders when opening the
prayer; and on saying the Takbir for bowing. And
on raising his head from bowing he used to do the
same and then say "Sami a-l-lahu Liman hamida,
Rabbana walaka-l-hamd." And he did not do
that (i.e. raising his hands) in prostrations.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 703:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
I saw that whenever
Allah's Apostle stood for the prayer, he used to
raise both his hands up to the shoulders, and used
to do the same on saying the Takbir for bowing and
on raising his head from it and used to say,
"Sami a-l-lahu Liman hamida". But he did
not do that (i.e. raising his hands) in
prostrations.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 704:
Narrated Abu Qilaba:
I saw Malik bin
Huwairith saying Takbir and raising both his hands
(on starting the prayers and raising his hands on
bowing and also on raising his head after bowing.
Malik bin Huwairith said, "Allah's Apostle
did the same."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 705:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
I saw Allah's
Apostle opening the prayer with the Takbir and
raising his hands to the level of his shoulders at
the time of saying the Takbir, and on saying the
Takbir for bowing he did the same; and when he
said, "Sami a-l-lahu Liman hamida ", he
did the same and then said, "Rabbana wa
laka-l-hamd." But he did not do the same on
prostrating and on lifting the head from it."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 706:
Narrated Nafi':
Whenever Ibn 'Umar
started the prayer with Takbir, he used to raise
his hands: whenever he bowed, he used to raise his
hands (before bowing) and also used to raise his
hands on saying, "Sami a-l-lahu Liman hamida",
and he used to do the same on rising from the
second Rak'a (for the 3rd Rak'a). Ibn 'Umar said:
"The Prophet used to do the same."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 707:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sa'd:
The people were
ordered to place the right hand on the left
forearm in the prayer. Abu Hazim said, "I
knew that the order was from the Prophet ."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 708:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "You see me facing the Qibla; but, by
Allah, nothing is hidden from me regarding your
bowing and submissiveness and I see you from
behind my back."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 709:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said,
"Perform the bowing and the prostrations
properly. By Allah, I see you from behind me (or
from behind my back) when you bow or
prostrate."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 710:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet, Abu
Bakr and 'Umar used to start the prayer with
"Al-hamdu lil-lahi Rabbil-'ala-min (All
praises are for Allah the Lord of the
Worlds)."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 711:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
used to keep silent between the Takbir and the
recitation of Qur'an and that interval of silence
used to be a short one. I said to the Prophet
"May my parents be sacrificed for you! What
do you say in the pause between Takbir and
recitation?" The Prophet said, "I say, 'Allahumma,
ba'id baini wa baina khatayaya kama ba'adta
baina-l-mashriqi wa-l-maghrib. Allahumma, naqqim
min khatayaya kama yunaqqa-ththawbu-l-abyadu mina-ddanas.
Allahumma, ighsil khatayaya bil-ma'i wa-th-thalji
wal-barad (O Allah! Set me apart from my sins
(faults) as the East and West are set apart from
each other and clean me from sins as a white
garment is cleaned of dirt (after thorough
washing). O Allah! Wash off my sins with water,
snow and hail.)"
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 712:
Narrated Asma' bint
Abi Bakr:
The Prophet once
offered the eclipse prayer. He stood for a long
time and then did a prolonged bowing. He stood up
straight again and kept on standing for a long
time, then bowed a long bowing and then stood up
straight and then prostrated a prolonged
prostration and then lifted his head and
prostrated a prolonged prostration. And then he
stood up for a long time and then did a prolonged
bowing and then stood up straight again and kept
on standing for a long time. Then he bowed a long
bowing and then stood up straight and then
prostrated a prolonged prostration and then lifted
his head and went for a prolonged prostration. On
completion o the prayer, he said, "Paradise
became s near to me that if I had dared, I would
have plucked one of its bunches for you and Hell
became so near to me that said, 'O my Lord will I
be among those people?' Then suddenly I saw a
woman and a cat was lacerating her with it claws.
On inquiring, it was said that the woman had
imprisoned the cat till it died of starvation and
she neither fed it no freed it so that it could
feed itself."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 713:
Narrated Abu Ma'mar:
We asked Khabbab
whether Allah's Apostle used to recite (the Qur'an)
in the Zuhr and the 'Asr prayers. He replied in
the affirmative. We said, "How did you come
to know about it?" He said, "By the
movement of his beard."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 714:
Narrated Al-Bara:
(And Al-Bara was
not a liar) Whenever we offered prayer with the
Prophet and he raised his head from the bowing, we
used to remain standing till we saw him
prostrating .
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 715:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Abbas:
Once solar eclipse
occurred during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle.
He offered the eclipse prayer. His companions
asked, "O Allah's Apostle! We saw you trying
to take something while standing at your place and
then we saw you retreating." The Prophet
said, "I was shown Paradise and wanted to
have a bunch of fruit from it. Had I taken it, you
would have eaten from it as long as the world
remains."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 716:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet led us
in prayer and then went up to the pulpit and
beckoned with both hands towards the Qibla of the
mosque and then said, "When I started leading
you in prayer, I saw the display of Paradise and
Hell on the wall of the mosque (facing the Qibla).
I never saw good and bad as I have seen
today." He repeated the last statement
thrice.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 717:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said,
"What is wrong with those people who look
towards the sky during the prayer?" His talk
grew stern while delivering this speech and he
said, "They should stop (looking towards the
sky during the prayer); otherwise their eye-sight
would be taken away."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 718:
Narrated 'Aisha:
I asked Allah's
Apostle about looking hither and thither in
prayer. He replied, "It is a way of stealing
by which Satan takes away (a portion) from the
prayer of a person."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 719:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Once the Prophet
prayed on a Khamisa with marks on it and said,
"The marks on it diverted my attention, take
this Khamisa to Abu Jahm and bring an Inbijaniya
(from him.)"
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 720:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet saw
expectoration in the direction of the Qibla of the
mosque while he was leading the prayer, and
scratched it off. After finishing the prayer, he
said, "Whenever any of you is in prayer he
should know that Allah is in front of him. So none
should spit in front of him in the prayer."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 721:
Narrated Anas:
While the Muslims
were offering the Fajr prayer, Al lah's Apostle
suddenly appeared before them by living the
curtain of the dwelling place of 'Aisha, looked
towards the Muslims who were standing in rows. He
smiled with pleasure. Abu Bakr started retreating
to join the row on the assumption that the Prophet
wanted to come out for the prayer. The Muslims
intended to leave the prayer (and were on the
verge of being put to trial), but the Prophet
beckoned them to complete their prayer and then he
let the curtain fall. He died in the last hours of
that day.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 722:
Narrated Jabir bin
Samura:
The People of Kufa
complained against Sa'd to 'Umar and the latter
dismissed him and appointed 'Ammar as their chief
. They lodged many complaints against Sa'd and
even they alleged that he did not pray properly. 'Umar
sent for him and said, "O Aba Ishaq! These
people claim that you do not pray properly."
Abu Ishaq said, "By Allah, I used to pray
with them a prayer similar to that of Allah's
Apostle and I never reduced anything of it. I used
to prolong the first two Rakat of 'Isha prayer and
shorten the last two Rakat." 'Umar said,
"O Aba Ishaq, this was what I thought about
you." And then he sent one or more persons
with him to Kufa so as to ask the people about
him. So they went there and did not leave any
mosque without asking about him. All the people
praised him till they came to the mosque of the
tribe of Bani 'Abs; one of the men called Usama
bin Qatada with a surname of Aba Sa'da stood up
and said, "As you have put us under an oath;
I am bound to tell you that Sa'd never went
himself with the army and never distributed (the
war booty) equally and never did justice in legal
verdicts." (On hearing it) Sa'd said, "I
pray to Allah for three things: O Allah! If this
slave of yours is a liar and got up for showing
off, give him a long life, increase his poverty
and put him to trials." (And so it happened).
Later on when that person was asked how he was, he
used to reply that he was an old man in trial as
the result of Sa'd's curse. 'Abdul Malik, the sub
narrator, said that he had seen him afterwards and
his eyebrows were over-hanging his eyes owing to
old age and he used to tease and assault the small
girls in the way.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 723:
Narrated 'Ubada bin
As-Samit:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Whoever does not recite Al-Fatiha in
his prayer, his prayer is invalid."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 724:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
entered the mosque and a person followed him. The
man prayed and went to the Prophet and greeted
him. The Prophet returned the greeting and said to
him, "Go back and pray, for you have not
prayed." The man went back prayed in the same
way as before, returned and greeted the Prophet
who said, "Go back and pray, for you have not
prayed." This happened thrice. The man said,
"By Him Who sent you with the Truth, I cannot
offer the prayer in a better way than this.
Please, teach me how to pray." The Prophet
said, "When you stand for Prayer say Takbir
and then recite from the Holy Qur'an (of what you
know by heart) and then bow till you feel at ease.
Then raise your head and stand up straight, then
prostrate till you feel at ease during your
prostration, then sit with calmness till you feel
at ease (do not hurry) and do the same in all your
prayers
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 725:
Narrated Jabir bin
Samura:
Sa'd said, "I
used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of
Allah's Apostle (the prayer of Zuhr and 'Asr)
reducing nothing from them. I used to prolong the
first two Rakat and shorten the last two Rak'at."
'Umar said to Sa'd "This was what we thought
about you."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 726:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Abi Qatada:
My father said,
"The Prophet in Zuhr prayers used to recite
Al-Fatiha along with two other Suras in the first
two Rakat: a long one in the first Rak'a and a
shorter (Sura) in the second, and at times the
verses were audible. In the 'Asr prayer the
Prophet used to recite Al-Fatiha and two more
Suras in the first two Rakat and used to prolong
the first Rak'a. And he used to prolong the first
Rak'a of the Fajr prayer and shorten the second.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 727:
Narrated Abu Ma'mar:
I asked Khabbab
whether the Prophet used to recite the Qur'an in
the Zuhr and the 'Asr prayers. He replied in the
affirmative. We said, "How did you come to
know that?" He said, "From the movement
of his beard."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 728:
Narrated Abu Ma'mar:
I asked Khabbab bin
Al-Art whether the Prophet used to recite the
Qur'an in the Zuhr and the 'Asr prayers. He
replied in the affirmative. I said, "How did
you come to know that?" He replied,
"From the movement of his beard."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 729:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Abi Qatada:
My father said,
"The Prophet used to recite Al-Fatiha along
with another Sura in the first two Rakat of the
Zuhr and the 'Asr prayers and at times a t verse
or so was audible to us."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 730:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
(My mother)
Umu-l-Fadl heard me reciting "Wal Mursalati 'Urfan"
(77) and said, "O my son! By Allah, your
recitation made me remember that it was the last
Sura I heard from Allah's Apostle. He recited it
in the Maghrib prayer. "
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 731:
Narrated Marwan bin
Al-Hakam:
Zaid bin Thabit
said to me, "Why do you recite very short
S&ras in the Maghrib prayer while I heard the
Prophet reciting the longer of the two long Suras?"
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 732:
Narrated Jubair bin
Mut'im:
My father said,
"I heard Allah's Apostle reciting "At-Tur"
(52) in the Maghrib prayer."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 733:
Narrated Abu Rafi:
I offered the 'Isha'
prayer behind Abu Huraira and he recited, "Idha-s-Sama'u-n-Shaqqat"
(84) and prostrated. On my inquiring, he said,
"I prostrated behind Abu-l-Qasim (the
Prophet) (when he recited that Sura) and I will go
on doing it till I meet him."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 734:
Narrated Al-Bara:
The Prophet was on
a journey and recited in one of the first two
Rakat of the 'Isha' prayer "Wat-tini
waz-zaituni." (95)
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 735:
Narrated Abu Rafi':
Once I prayed the 'Isha'
prayer with Abu Huraira and he recited, "Idha-s-Sama'
u-nShaqqat" (84) and prostrated. I said,
"What is that?" He said, "I
prostrated behind Abu-l-Qasim, (the Prophet) (when
he recited that Sura) and I will go on doing it
till I meet him."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 736:
Narrated Al-Bara:
I heard the Prophet
reciting wat-tini wazzaituni" (95) in the 'Isha'
prayer, and I never heard a sweeter voice or a
better way of recitation than that of the Prophet.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 737:
Narrated Jabir bin
Samura:
'Umar said to Sa'd,
"The people complained against you in
everything, even in prayer." Sa'd replied,
"Really I used to prolong the first two Rakat
and shorten the last two and I will never shorten
the prayer in which I follow Allah's
Apostle." 'Umar said, "You are telling
the truth and that is what I think a tout
you."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 738:
Narrated Saiyar bin
Salama:
My father and I
went to Abu Barza-al-Aslami to ask him about the
stated times for the prayers. He replied,
"The Prophet used to offer the Zuhr prayer
when the sun just declined from its highest
position at noon; the 'Asr at a time when if a man
went to the farthest place in Medina (after
praying) he would find the sun still hot (bright).
(The sub narrator said: I have forgotten what Abu
Barza said about the Maghrib prayer). The Prophet
never found any harm in delaying the 'Isha' prayer
to the first third of the night and he never liked
to sleep before it and to talk after it. He used
to offer the morning prayer at a time when after
finishing it one could recognize the person
sitting beside him and used to recite between 60
to 100 verses in one or both the Rakat."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 739:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Qur'an is
recited in every prayer and in those prayers in
which Allah's Apostle recited aloud for us, we
recite aloud in the same prayers for you; and the
prayers in which the Prophet recited quietly, we
recite quietly. If you recite "Al-Fatiha"
only it is sufficient but if you recite something
else in addition, it is better.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 740:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet set out
with the intention of going to Suq 'Ukaz (market
of 'Ukaz) along with some of his companions. At
the same time, a barrier was put between the
devils and the news of heaven. Fire commenced to
be thrown at them. The Devils went to their
people, who asked them, "What is wrong with
you?" They said, "A barrier has been
placed between us and the news of heaven. And fire
has been thrown at us." They said, "The
thing which has put a barrier between you and the
news of heaven must be something which has
happened recently. Go eastward and westward and
see what has put a barrier between you and the
news of heaven." Those who went towards
Tuhama came across the Prophet at a place called
Nakhla and it was on the way to Suq 'Ukaz and the
Prophet was offering the Fajr prayer with his
companions. When they heard the Qur'an they
listened to it and said, "By Allah, this is
the thing which has put a barrier between us and
the news of heaven." They went to their
people and said, "O our people; verily we
have heard a wonderful recital (Qur'an) which
shows the true path; we believed in it and would
not ascribe partners to our Lord." Allah
revealed the following verses to his Prophet (Sura
'Jinn') (72): "Say: It has been revealed to
me." And what was revealed to him was the
conversation of the Jinns.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 741:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet recited
aloud in the prayers in which he was ordered to do
so and quietly in the prayers in which he was
ordered to do so. "And your Lord is not
forgetful." "Verily there was a good
example for you in the ways of the Prophet."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 742:
Narrated Abu Wa'il:
A man came to Ibn
Mas'ud and said, "I recited the Mufassal (Suras)
at night in one Rak'a." Ibn Mas'ud said,
"This recitation is (too quick) like the
recitation of poetry. I know the identical Suras
which the Prophet used to recite in pairs."
Ibn Mas'ud then mentioned 20 Mufassal Suras
including two Suras from the family of (i.e. those
verses which begin with) AL, HA, MIM (which the
Prophet used to recite) in each Rak'a.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 743:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Abi Qatada:
My father said,
"The Prophet uses to recite Al-Fatiha
followed by another Sura in the first two Rakat of
the prayer and used to recite only Al-Fatiha in
the last two Rakat of the Zuhr prayer. Sometimes a
verse or so was audible and he used to prolong the
first Rak'a more than the second and used to do
the same in the 'Asr and Fajr prayers."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 744:
Narrated Abu Ma'mar:
We said to Khabbab
"Did Allah's Apostle used to recite in Zuhr
and 'Asr prayers?" He replied in the
affirmative. We said, "How did you come to
know about it?" He said, "By the
movement of his beard."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 745:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Abi Qatada:
My father said,
"The Prophet used to recite Al-Fatiha along
with another Sura in the first two Rakat of the
Zuhr and 'Asr prayers. A verse or so was audible
at times and he used to prolong the first Rak'a."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 746:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Abi Qatada:
My father said,
"The Prophet used to prolong the first Rak'a
of the Zuhr prayer and shorten the second one and
used to do the same in the Fajr prayer."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 747:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Say Amin" when the Imam says it and if
the Amin of any one of you coincides with that of
the angels then all his past sins will be
forgiven." Ibn Shihab said, "Allah's
Apostle used to Say "Amin."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 748:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "If any one of you says, "Amin"
and the angels in the heavens say "Amin"
and the former coincides with the latter, all his
past sins will be forgiven."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 749:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Say Amen' when the Imam says "Ghair-il-maghdubi
'alaihim wala-ddal-lin; not the path of those who
earn Your Anger (such as Jews) nor of those who go
astray (such as Christians); all the past sins of
the person whose saying (of Amin) coincides with
that of the angels, will be forgiven.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 750:
Narrated Abu Bakra:
I reached the
Prophet in the mosque while he was bowing in
prayer and I too bowed before joining the row
mentioned it to the Prophet and he said to me,
"May Allah increase your love for the good.
But do not repeat it again (bowing in that
way)."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 751:
Narrated Imran bin
Husain:
I offered the
prayer with 'Ali in Basra and he made us remember
the prayer which we used to pray with Allah's
Apostle. 'Ali said Takbir on each rising and
bowing.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 752:
Narrated Abu Salama:
When Abu Huraira
led us in prayer he used to say Takbir on each
bowing and rising. On the completion of the prayer
he used to say, "My prayer is more similar to
the prayer of Allah's Apostle than that of anyone
of you."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 753:
Narrated Mutarrif
bin 'Abdullah:
'Imran bin Husain
and I offered the prayer behind Ali bin Abi Talib.
When 'Ali prostrated, he said the Takbir, when he
raised his head, he said the Takbir and when he
got up for the third Rak'a he said the Takbir. On
completion of the prayer Imran took my hand and
said, "This (i.e. 'Ali) made me remember the
prayer of Muhammad" Or he said, "He led
us in a prayer like that of Muhammad."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 754:
Narrated 'Ikrima:
I saw a person
praying at Muqam-lbrahim (the place of Abraham by
the Ka'ba) and he was saying Takbir on every
bowing, rising, standing and sitting. I asked Ibn
'Abbas (about this prayer). He admonished me
saying: "Isn't that the prayer of the
Prophet?"
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 755:
Narrated 'Ikrima:
I prayed behind a
Sheikh at Mecca and he said twenty two Takbirs
(during the prayer). I told Ibn 'Abbas that he
(i.e. that Sheikh) was foolish. Ibn 'Abbas
admonished me and said, "This is the
tradition of Abu-l-Qasim." And narrated Abu
Huraira: Whenever Allah's Apostle stood for the
prayer, he said Takbir on starting the prayer and
then on bowing. On rising from bowing he said,
"Sami' a-l-lahu liman hamida," and then
while standing straight he used to say, "Rabbana
laka-l hamd" (Al-Laith said, "(The
Prophet said), 'Walaka-l-hamd'." He used to
say Takbir on prostrating and on raising his head
from prostration; again he would Say Takbir on
prostrating and raising his head. He would then do
the same in the whole of the prayer till it was
completed. On rising from the second Rak'a (after
sitting for At-Tahiyyat), he used to say Takbir.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 756:
Narrated Mus'ab bin
Sa'd:
I offered prayer
beside my father and approximated both my hands
and placed them in between the knees. My father
told me not to do so and said, "We used to do
the same but we were forbidden (by the Prophet) to
do it and were ordered to place the hands on the
knees."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 757:
Narrated Zaid
binWahb:
Hudhaifa saw a
person who was not performing the bowing and
prostrations perfectly. He said to him, "You
have not prayed and if you should die you would
die on a religion other than that of
Muhammad."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 758:
Narrated Al-Bara:
The bowing, the
prostration the sitting in between the two
prostrations and the standing after the bowing of
the Prophet but not Qiyam (standing in the prayer)
and Qu'ud (sitting in the prayer) used to be
approximately equal (in duration).
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 759:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Once the Prophet
entered the mosque, a man came in, offered the
prayer and greeted the Prophet. The Prophet
returned his greeting and said to him, "Go
back and pray again for you have not prayed."
The man offered the prayer again, came back and
greeted the Prophet. He said to him thrice,
"Go back and pray again for you have not
prayed." The man said, "By Him Who has
sent you with the truth! I do not know a better
way of praying. Kindly teach Me how to pray."
He said, "When you stand for the prayer, say
Takbir and then recite from the Qur'an what you
know and then bow with calmness till you feel at
ease, then rise from bowing till you stand
straight. Afterwards prostrate calmly till you
feel at ease and then raise (your head) and sit
with Calmness till you feel at ease and then
prostrate with calmness till you feel at ease in
prostration and do the same in the whole of your
prayer."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 760:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used to
say in his bowing and prostrations, "Subhanaka-Allahumma
Rabbana wa-bihamdika Allahumma-ighfirli.' (I honor
Allah from all what (unsuitable things) is
ascribed to Him. O Allah Our Lord! And all the
praises are for You. O Allah! Forgive me)."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 761:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
When the Prophet
said, "Sami' a-l-lahu Liman hamida,"
(Allah heard those who sent praises to Him), he
would say, "Rabbana wa-laka-l-hamd." On
bowing and raising his head from it the Prophet
used to say Takbir. He also used to say Takbir on
rising after the two prostrations. (See Hadith No.
656).
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 762:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "When the Imam says, "Sami' a-l-lahu
Liman hamida," you should say, "Allahumma
Rabbana laka-l-hamd." And if the saying of
any one of you coincides with that of the angels,
all his past sins will be forgiven."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 763:
Narrated Anas:
The Qunut used to
be recited in the Maghrib and the Fajr prayers.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 764:
Narrated Rifa'a bin
Rafi AzZuraqi:
One day we were
praying behind the Prophet. When he raised his
head from bowing, he said, "Sami'a-l-lahu
Liman hamida." A man behind him said, "Rabbana
walaka-l hamd hamdan Kathiran taiyiban mubarakan
fihi" (O our Lord! All the praises are for
You, many good and blessed praises). When the
Prophet completed the prayer, he asked, "Who
has said these words?" The man replied,
"I." The Prophet said, "I saw over
thirty angels competing to write it first."
Prophet rose (from bowing) and stood straight till
all the vertebrae of his spinal column came to a
natural position.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 765:
Narrated Thabit:
Anas used to
demonstrate to us the prayer of the Prophet and
while demonstrating, he used to raise his head
from bowing and stand so long that we would say
that he had forgotten (the prostration).
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 766:
Narrated Al-Bara':
The bowing, the
prostrations, the period of standing after bowing
and the interval between the two prostrations of
the Prophet used to be equal in duration .
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 767:
Narrated Aiyub:
Abu Qilaba said,
"Malik bin Huwairith used to demonstrate to
us the prayer of the Prophet at times other than
that of the compulsory prayers. So (once) he stood
up for prayer and performed a perfect Qiyam
(standing and reciting from the Holy Qur'an) and
then bowed and performed bowing perfectly; then he
raised his head and stood straight for a
while." Abu Qilaba added, "Malik bin
Huwairith in that demonstration prayed like this
Sheikh of ours, Abu Yazid." Abu, Yazid used
to sit (for a while) on raising his head from the
second prostration before getting up.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 768:
Narrated Abu Bakr
bin 'Abdur Rahman Ibn Harith bin Hisham and Abu
Salama bin 'Abdur Rahman:
Abu Huraira used to
say Takbir in all the prayers, compulsory and
optional -- in the month of Ramadan or other
months. He used to say Takbir on standing for
prayer and on bowing; then he would say, "Salmi'a-l-lahu
Liman hamida," and before prostrating he
would say "Rabbana walaka-l-hamd." Then
he would say Takbir on prostrating and on raising
his head from the prostration, then another Takbir
on prostrating (for the second time), and on
raising his head from the prostration. He also
would say the Takbir on standing from the second
Rak'a. He used to do the same in every Rak'a till
he completed the prayer. On completion of the
prayer, he would say, "By Him in Whose Hands
my soul is! No doubt my prayer is closer to that
of Allah's Apostle than yours, and this was His
prayer till he left this world." And Abu
Huraira said, "When Allah's Apostle raised
his head from (bowing) he used to say "Sami'
a-l-lahu Liman hamida, Rabbana walakal-hamd."
He Would invoke Allah for some people by naming
them: "O Allah! Save Al-Walid bin Al-Walid
and Salama bin Hisham and 'Aiyash bin Abi Rabi'a
and the weak and the helpless people among the
faithful believers O Allah! Be hard on the tribe
of Mudar and let them suffer from famine years
like that of the time of Joseph." In those
days the Eastern section of the tribe of Mudar was
against the Prophet.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 769:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
fell from a horse and the right side of his body
was injured. We went to enquire about his health
meanwhile it was time for the prayer and he led
the prayer sitting and we also prayed while
sitting. On completion of the prayer he said,
"The Imam is to be followed; say Takbir when
he says it; bow when he bows; rise when he rises
and when he says "Sami'a-l-lahu Liman hamida,"
say, "Rabbana walaka-lhamd", and
prostrate if he prostrates." Sufyan narrated
the same from Ma'mar. Ibn Juraij said that his
(the Prophet's) right leg had been injured.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 770:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The people said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Shall we see our Lord on
the Day of Resurrection?" He replied,
"Do you have any doubt in seeing the full
moon on a clear (not cloudy) night?" They
replied, "No, O Allah's Apostle!" He
said, "Do you have any doubt in seeing the
sun when there are no clouds?" They replied
in the negative. He said, "You will see Allah
(your Lord) in the same way. On the Day of
Resurrection, people will be gathered and He will
order the people to follow what they used to
worship. So some of them will follow the sun, some
will follow the moon, and some will follow other
deities; and only this nation (Muslims) will be
left with its hypocrites. Allah will come to them
and say, 'I am Your Lord.' They will say, 'We
shall stay in this place till our Lord comes to us
and when our Lord will come, we will recognize
Him. Then Allah will come to them again and say,
'I am your Lord.' They will say, 'You are our
Lord.' Allah will call them, and As-Sirat (a
bridge) will be laid across Hell and I (Muhammad)
shall be the first amongst the Apostles to cross
it with my followers. Nobody except the Apostles
will then be able to speak and they will be saying
then, 'O Allah! Save us. O Allah Save us.'
There will be hooks
like the thorns of Sa'dan in Hell. Have you seen
the thorns of Sa'dan?" The people said,
"Yes." He said, "These hooks will
be like the thorns of Sa'dan but nobody except
Allah knows their greatness in size and these will
entangle the people according to their deeds; some
of them will fall and stay in Hell forever; others
will receive punishment (torn into small pieces)
and will get out of Hell, till when Allah intends
mercy on whomever He likes amongst the people of
Hell, He will order the angels to take out of Hell
those who worshipped none but Him alone. The
angels will take them out by recognizing them from
the traces of prostrations, for Allah has
forbidden the (Hell) fire to eat away those
traces. So they will come out of the Fire, it will
eat away from the whole of the human body except
the marks of the prostrations. At that time they
will come out of the Fire as mere skeletons. The
Water of Life will be poured on them and as a
result they will grow like the seeds growing on
the bank of flowing water. Then when Allah had
finished from the Judgments amongst his creations,
one man will be left between Hell and Paradise and
he will be the last man from the people of Hell to
enter paradise. He will be facing Hell, and will
say, 'O Allah! Turn my face from the fire as its
wind has dried me and its steam has burnt me.'
Allah will ask him, "Will you ask for
anything more in case this favor is granted to
you?' He will say, "No by Your (Honor)
Power!" And he will give to his Lord (Allah)
what he will of the pledges and the covenants.
Allah will then turn his face from the Fire. When
he will face Paradise and will see its charm, he
will remain quiet as long as Allah will. He then
will say, 'O my Lord! Let me go to the gate of
Paradise.' Allah will ask him, 'Didn't you give
pledges and make covenants (to the effect) that
you would not ask for anything more than what you
requested at first?' He will say, 'O my Lord! Do
not make me the most wretched, amongst Your
creatures.' Allah will say, 'If this request is
granted, will you then ask for anything else?' He
will say, 'No! By Your Power! I shall not ask for
anything else.' Then he will give to his Lord what
He will of the pledges and the covenants. Allah
will then let him go to the gate of Paradise. On
reaching then and seeing its life, charm, and
pleasure, he will remain quiet as long as Allah
wills and then will say, 'O my Lord ! Let me enter
Paradise.' Allah will say, May Allah be merciful
unto you, O son of Adam! How treacherous you are!
Haven't you made covenants and given pledges that
you will not ask for anything more that what you
have been given?' He will say, 'O my Lord! Do not
make me the most wretched amongst Your creatures.'
So Allah will laugh and allow him to enter
Paradise and will ask him to request as much as he
likes. He will do so till all his desires have
been fulfilled . Then Allah will say, 'Request
more of such and such things.' Allah will remind
him and when all his desires and wishes; have been
fulfilled, Allah will say "All this is
granted to you and a similar amount besides."
Abu Said Al-Khudri, said to Abu Huraira, 'Allah's
Apostle said, "Allah said, 'That is for you
and ten times more like it.' "Abu Huraira
said, "I do not remember from Allah's Apostle
except (his saying), 'All this is granted to you
and a similar amount besides." Abu Sahd said,
"I heard him saying, 'That is for you and ten
times more the like of it."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 771:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Malik bin Buhaina:
Whenever the
Prophet used to offer prayer he used to keep arms
away (from the body) so that the whiteness of his
armpits was visible.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 772:
Narrated Abu Wail:
Hudhaifa said,
"I saw a person not performing his bowing and
prostrations perfectly. When he completed the
prayer, I told him that he had not prayed." I
think that Hudhaifa added (i.e. said to the man),
"Had you died, you would have died on a
tradition other than that of the Prophet
Muhammad."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 773:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet was
ordered (by Allah) to prostrate on seven parts and
not to tuck up the clothes or hair (while
praying). Those parts are: the forehead (along
with the tip of nose), both hands, both knees, and
(toes of) both feet.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 774:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"We have been ordered to prostrates on seven
bones and not to tuck up the clothes or
hair."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 775:
Narrated Al-Bara'
bin 'Azib:
(and he was not a
liar) We used to pray behind the Prophet and when
he said, "Sami' a-l-lahu Liman hamida",
none of us would bend his back (to go for
prostration) till the Prophet had placed his,
forehead on the ground.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 776:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"I have been ordered to prostrate on seven
bones i.e. on the forehead along with the tip of
the nose and the Prophet pointed towards his nose,
both hands, both knees and the toes of both feet
and not to gather the clothes or the hair."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 777:
Narrated Abu Salama:
Once I went to Abu-
Sa'id Al-Khudri and asked him, "Won't you
come with us to the date-palm trees to have a
talk?" So Abu Said went out and I asked him,
"Tell me what you heard from the Prophet
about the Night of Qadr." Abu Said replied,
"Once Allah's Apostle performed I'tikaf
(seclusion) on the first ten days of the month of
Ramadan and we did the same with him. Gabriel came
to him and said, 'The night you are looking for is
ahead of you.' So the Prophet performed the
I'tikaf in the middle (second) ten days of the
month of Ramadan and we too performed I'tikaf with
him. Gabriel came to him and said, 'The night
which you are looking for is ahead of you.' In the
morning of the 20th of Ramadan the Prophet
delivered a sermon saying, 'Whoever has performed
I'tikaf with me should continue it. I have been
shown the Night of "Qadr", but have
forgotten its date, but it is in the odd nights of
the last ten nights. I saw in my dream that I was
prostrating in mud and water.' In those days the
roof of the mosque was made of branches of
date-palm trees. At that time the sky was clear
and no cloud was visible, but suddenly a cloud
came and it rained. The Prophet led us in the
prayer and I saw the traces of mud on the forehead
and on the nose of Allah's Apostle. So it was the
confirmation of that dream."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 778:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sa'd:
The people used to
pray with the Prophet tying their Izars around
their necks because of their small sizes and the
women were directed that they should not raise
their heads from the prostrations till the men had
sat straight.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 779:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet was
ordered to prostrate on seven bony parts and not
to tuck up his clothes or hair.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 780:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"I have been ordered to prostrate on seven
(bones) and not to tuck up the hair or
garment."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 781:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used to
say frequently in his bowing and prostrations
"Subhanaka-Allahumma Rabbana Wabihamdika,
Allahumma Ighfir-li" (I honor Allah from all
what (unsuitable things) is ascribed to Him, O
Allah! Our Lord! All praises are for You. O Allah!
Forgive me). In this way he was acting on what was
explained to him in the Holy Qur'an.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 782:
Narrated Abu Qilaba:
Once Malik bin
Huwairith said to his friends, "Shall I show
you how Allah's Apostle used to offer his
prayers?" And it was not the time for any of
the compulsory congregational prayers. So he stood
up (for the prayer) bowed and said the Takbir,
then he raised his head and remained standing for
a while and then prostrated and raised his head
for a while (sat up for a while). He prayed like
our Sheikh 'Amr Ibn Salama. (Aiyub said, "The
latter used to do a thing which I did not see the
people doing i.e. he used to sit between the third
and the fourth Rak'a). IMalik bin Huwairith said,
"We came to the Prophet (after embracing
Islam) and stayed with him. He said to us, 'When
you go back to your families, pray such and such a
prayer at such and such a time, pray such and such
a prayer at such and such a time, and when there
is the time for the prayer then only of you should
pronounce the Adhan for the prayer and the oldest
of you should lead the prayer."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 783:
Narrated Al-Bara':
The time taken by
the Prophet in prostrations, bowing, and the
sitting interval between the two prostrations was
about the same.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 784:
Narrated Thabit:
Anas said, "I
will leave no stone unturned in making you offer
the prayer as I have seen the Prophet making us
offer it." Anas used to do a thing which I
have not seen you doing. He used to stand after
the bowing for such a long time that one would
think that he had forgotten (the prostrations) and
he used to sit in-between the prostrations so long
that one would think that he had forgotten the
second prostration.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 785:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said,
"Be straight in the prostrations and none of
you should put his forearms on the ground (in the
prostration) like a dog."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 786:
Narrated Malik bin
Huwairith Al-Laithi:
I saw the Prophet
praying and in the odd Rakat, he used to sit for a
moment before getting up.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 787:
Narrated Aiyub:
Abu Qilaba said,
"Malik bin Huwairith came to us and led us in
the prayer in this mosque of ours and said, 'I
lead you in prayer but I do not want to offer the
prayer but just to show you how Allah's Apostle
performed his prayers." I asked Abu Qilaba,
"How was the prayer of Malik bin Huwairith?"
He replied, "Like the prayer of this Sheikh
of ours-- i.e. 'Amr bin Salima." That Sheikh
used to pronounce the Takbir perfectly and when he
raised his head from the second prostration he
would sit for a while and then support himself on
the ground and get up.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 788:
Narrated Said bin
Al-Harith:
Abu Said led us in
the prayer and said the Takbir aloud on arising
from the prostration, and on prostrating, on
rising again, and on getting up from the second
Rak'a. Abu Said said, "I saw the Prophet
doing the same."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 789:
Narrated Mutarrif:
'Imran and I prayed
behind 'Ali bin Abi Talib and he said Takbir on
prostrating, on rising and on getting up after the
two Rakat (i.e. after the second Rak'a). When the
prayer was finished, 'Imran took me by the hand
and said, "He ('Ali) has prayed the prayer of
Muhammad" (or said, "He made us remember
the prayer of Muhammad)."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 790:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Abdullah:
I saw 'Abdullah bin
'Umar crossing his legs while sitting in the
prayer and I, a mere youngster in those days, did
the same. Ibn 'Umar forbade me to do so, and said,
"The proper way is to keep the right foot
propped up and bend the left in the prayer."
I said questioningly, "But you are doing so
(crossing the legs)." He said, "My feet
cannot bear my weight."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 791:
Narrated Muhammad
bin 'Amr bin 'Ata':
I was sitting with
some of the companions of Allah's Apostle and we
were discussing about the way of praying of the
Prophet. Abu Humaid As-Saidi said, "I
remember the prayer of Allah's Apostle better than
any one of you. I saw him raising both his hands
up to the level of the shoulders on saying the
Takbir; and on bowing he placed his hands on both
knees and bent his back straight, then he stood up
straight from bowing till all the vertebrate took
their normal positions. In prostrations, he placed
both his hands on the ground with the forearms
away from the ground and away from his body, and
his toes were facing the Qibla. On sitting In the
second Rak'a he sat on his left foot and propped
up the right one; and in the last Rak'a he pushed
his left foot forward and kept the other foot
propped up and sat over the buttocks "
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 792:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Buhaina:
(he was from the
tribe of Uzd Shan'u'a and was the ally of the
tribe of 'Abdul-Manaf and was one of the
companions of the Prophet): Once the Prophet led
us in the Zuhr prayer and stood up after the
second Rak'a and did not sit down. The people
stood up with him. When the prayer was about to
end and the people were waiting for him to say the
Taslim, he said Takbir while sitting and
prostrated twice before saying the Taslim and then
he said the Taslim."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 793:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Malik bin Buhaina:
Once Allah's
Apostle led us in the Zuhr prayer and got up
(after the prostrations of the second Rak'a)
although he should have sat (for the Tashah-hud).
So at the end of the prayer, he prostrated twice
while sitting (prostrations of Sahu).
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 794:
Narrated Shaqlq bin
Salama:
'Abdullah said,
"Whenever we prayed behind the Prophet we
used to recite (in sitting) 'Peace be on Gabriel,
Michael, peace be on so and so. Once Allah's
Apostle looked back at us and said, 'Allah Himself
is As-Salam (Peace), and if anyone of you prays
then he should say, At-Tahiyatu lil-lahi
wassalawatu wat-taiyibatu. AsSalamu 'alalika
aiyuha-n-Nabiyu wa rahmatu-l-lahi wa barakatuhu.
As-Salam alaina wa ala ibadil-lah is-salihin. (All
the compliments, prayers and good things are due
to Allah: peace be on you, O Prophet and Allah's
mercy and blessings be on you. Peace be on us an
on the true pious slaves of Allah). (If you say
that, it will be for all the slaves in the heaven
and the earth). Ash-hadu an la-ilaha illa-l-lahu
wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa Rasuluhu.
(I testify that none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah and I also testify that
Muhammad is His slave and His Apostle)."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 795:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the
Prophet) Allah's Apostle used to invoke Allah in
the prayer saying "Allahumma inni a'udhu bika
min adhabil-qabri, wa a'udhu bika min
fitnatil-masihid-dajjal, wa a'udhu bika min
fitnatil-mahya wa fitnatil-mamati. Allahumma inni
a'udhu bika minal-ma thami wal-maghrami. (O Allah,
I seek refuge with You from the punishment of the
grave and from the afflictions of Masi,h Ad-Dajjal
and from the afflictions of life and death. O
Allah, I seek refuge with You from the sins and
from being in debt)." Somebody said to him,
"Why do you so frequently seek refuge with
Allah from being in debt?" The Prophet
replied, "A person in debt tells lies
whenever he speaks, and breaks promises whenever
he makes (them)." 'Aisha also narrated: I
heard Allah's Apostle in his prayer seeking refuge
with Allah from the afflictions of Ad-dajjal.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 796:
Narrated Abu Bakr
As-Siddiq:
I asked Allah's
Apostle to teach me an invocation so that I may
invoke Allah with it in my prayer. He told me to
say, "Allahumma inni zalumtu nafsi zulman
kathiran, Wala yaghfirudhdhunuba illa anta
faghfirli maghfiratan min 'Indika, war-hamni
innaka antal-ghafururrahim (O Allah! I have done
great injustice to myself and none except You
forgives sins, so please forgive me and be
Merciful to me as You are the Forgiver, the
Merciful)."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 797:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
When we prayed with
the Prophet we used to say, "Peace be on
Allah from His slaves and peace be on so and
so." The Prophet said, "Don't say As-Salam
be on Allah, for He Himself is As-Salam, but say,
'At-tahiyatu lil-lahi was-salawatu wat-taiyibatu.
As-salamu 'Alaika aiyuhan-Nabiyu warahmatu-l-lahi
wa barakatuhu. As-salamu 'alaina wa 'ala
ibadillahis-salihin. (If you say this then it will
be for all the slaves in heaven or between heaven
and earth). Ashhadu an la-ilaha illallahu wa
ashhadu anna Muhammadan 'Abduhu wa Rasuluhu.' Then
select the invocation you like best and recite
it." (See Hadith No. 794, 795 & 796).
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 798:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
I saw Allah's
Apostle prostrating in mud and water and saw the
mark of mud on his forehead.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 799:
Narrated Um Salama:
Whenever Allah's
Apostle finished his prayers with Taslim, the
women would get up and he would stay on for a
while in his place before getting up. Ibn Shihab
said, "I think (and Allah knows better), that
the purpose of his stay was that the women might
leave before the men who had finished their
prayer. "
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 800:
Narrated 'Itban bin
Malik:
We prayed with the
Prophet and used to finish our prayer with the
Taslim along with him.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 801:
Narrated Mahmud bin
Ar-Rabi':
I remember Allah's
Apostle and also the mouthful of water which he
took from a bucket in our house and ejected (on
me). I heard from ltban bin Malik Al-Ansari, who
was one from Bani Salim, saying, "I used to
lead my tribe of Bani Salim in prayer. Once I went
to the Prophet and said to him, 'I have weak
eye-sight and at times the rainwater flood
intervenes between me and the mosque of my tribe
and I wish that you would come to my house and
pray at some place so that I could take that place
as a place for praying (mosque). He said,
"Allah willing, I shall do that." Next
day Allah's Apostle along with Abu Bakr, came to
my house after the sun had risen high and he asked
permission to enter. I gave him permission, but he
didn't sit till he said to me, "Where do you
want me to pray in your house?" I pointed to
a place in the house where I wanted him to pray.
So he stood up for the prayer and we aligned
behind him. He completed the prayer with Taslim
and we did the same simultaneously."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 802:
Narrated Abu Ma'bad:
(the freed slave of
Ibn 'Abbas) Ibn 'Abbas told me, "In the
lifetime of the Prophet it was the custom to
celebrate Allah's praises aloud after the
compulsory congregational prayers." Ibn 'Abbas
further said, "When I heard the Dhikr, I
would learn that the compulsory congregational
prayer had ended."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 803:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
I used to recognize
the completion of the prayer of the Prophet by
hearing Takbir.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 804:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Some poor people
came to the Prophet and said, "The wealthy
people will get higher grades and will have
permanent enjoyment and they pray like us and fast
as we do. They have more money by which they
perform the Hajj, and 'Umra; fight and struggle in
Allah's Cause and give in charity." The
Prophet said, "Shall I not tell you a thing
upon which if you acted you would catch up with
those who have surpassed you? Nobody would
overtake you and you would be better than the
people amongst whom you live except those who
would do the same. Say "Sub-han-al-lah",
"Alhamdu-lillah" and "Allahu Akbar"
thirty three times each after every (compulsory)
prayer." We differed and some of us said that
we should say, "Subhan-al-lah" thirty
three times and "Alhamdu lillah" thirty
three times and "Allahu Akbar" thirty
four times. I went to the Prophet who said,
"Say, "Subhan-al-lah" and "Alhamdu
lillah" and "Allahu Akbar" all
together for thirty three times."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 805:
Narrated Warrad:
(the clerk of Al-Mughira
bin Shu'ba) Once Al-Mughira dictated to me in a
letter addressed to Mu'awiya that the Prophet used
to say after every compulsory prayer, "La
ilaha ilallah wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul-mulku
wa-lahul-hamdu, wahuwa ala kulli shai in qadir.
Allahumma la mani 'a lima a'taita, wa la mu'tiya
lima mana'ta, wa la yanfa'u dhal-jaddi
minka-l-jadd. (None has the right to be worshipped
but Allah and He has no partner in Lordship or in
worship or in the Names and the Qualities, and for
Him is the Kingdom and all the praises are for Him
and He is omnipotent. O Allah! Nobody can hold
back what you give and nobody can give what You
hold back. Hard (efforts by anyone for anything
cannot benefit one against Your Will)." And
Al-Hasan said, "Al-jadd' means
prosperity."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 806:
Narrated Samura bin
Jundab:
The Prophet used to
face us on completion of the prayer.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 807:
Narrated Zaid bin
Khalid Al-Juhani:
The Prophet led us
in the Fajr prayer at Hudaibiya after a rainy
night. On completion of the prayer, he faced the
people and said, "Do you know what your Lord
has said (revealed)?" The people replied,
"Allah and His Apostle know better." He
said, "Allah has said, 'In this morning some
of my slaves remained as true believers and some
became non-believers; whoever said that the rain
was due to the Blessings and the Mercy of Allah
had belief in Me and he disbelieves in the stars,
and whoever said that it rained because of a
particular star had no belief in Me but believes
in that star.' "
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 808:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Once the Prophet
delayed the 'Isha' prayer until midnight and then
came to us. Having prayed he faced us and said,
"The people had prayed and slept but you were
in the prayer as long as you were waiting for
it."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 809:
Narrated Um Salama:
"The Prophet
after finishing the prayer with Taslim used to
stay at his place for a while." Ibn Shihab
said, "I think (and Allah knows better), that
he used to wait for the departure of the women who
had prayed." Ibn Shihab wrote that he had
heard it from Hind bint Al-Harith Al-Firasiya from
Um Salama, the wife of the Prophet (Hind was from
the companions of Um Salama) who said, "When
the Prophet finished the prayer with Taslim, the
women would depart and enter their houses before
Allah's Apostle departed."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 810:
Narrated 'Uqba:
I offered the 'Asr
prayer behind the Prophet at Medina. When he had
finished the prayer with Taslim, he got up
hurriedly and went out by crossing the rows of the
people to one of the dwellings of his wives. The
people got scared at his speed . The Prophet came
back and found the people surprised at his haste
and said to them, "I remembered a piece of
gold Lying in my house and I did not like it to
divert my attention from Allah's worship, so I
have ordered it to be distributed (in
charity)."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 811:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
You should not give
away a part of your prayer to Satan by thinking
that it is necessary to depart (after finishing
the prayer) from one's right side only; I have
seen the Prophet often leave from the left side.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 812:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
During the holy
battle of Khaibar the Prophet said, "Whoever
ate from this plant (i.e. garlic) should not enter
our mosque."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 813:
Narrated 'Ata':
I heard Jabir bin
'Abdullah saying, "The Prophet said, 'Whoever
eats (from) this plant (he meant garlic) should
keep away from our mosque." I said,
"What does he mean by that?" He replied,
"I think he means only raw garlic."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 814:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever eats garlic or onion should keep
away from our mosque or should remain in his
house." (Jabir bin 'Abdullah, in another
narration said, "Once a big pot containing
cooked vegetables was brought. On finding
unpleasant smell coming from it, the Prophet
asked, 'What is in it?' He was told all the names
of the vegetables that were in it. The Prophet
ordered that it should be brought near to some of
his companions who were with him. When the Prophet
saw it he disliked to eat it and said, 'Eat. (I
don't eat) for I converse with those whom you
don't converse with (i.e. the angels)."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 815:
Narrated 'Abdul 'Aziz:
A man asked Anas,
"What did you hear from the Prophet about
garlic?" He said, "The Prophet said,
'Whoever has eaten this plant should neither come
near us nor pray with us."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 816:
Narrated Sulaiman
Ash-Shaibam:
I heard Ash-Sha'bi
saying, "A person who was accompanying the
Prophet passed by a grave that was separated from
the other graves told me that the Prophet once led
the people in the (funeral) prayer and the people
had aligned behind him. I said, "O Aba 'Amr!
Who told you about it?" He said, "Ibn
Abbas."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 817:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said,
"Ghusl (taking a bath) on Friday is
compulsory for every Muslim reaching the age of
puberty."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 818:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
One night I slept
at the house of my aunt Maimuna and the Prophet
slept (too). He got up (for prayer) in the last
hours of the night and performed a light ablution
from a hanging leather skin. ('Amr, the
sub-narrator described that the ablution was very
light). Then he stood up for prayer and I got up
too and performed the ablution in the same way and
joined him on his left side. He pulled me to the
right and prayed as much as Allah will. Then he
lay down and slept and I heard his breath sounds
till the Mu'adh-dhin came to him to inform him
about the (Fajr) prayer. He left with him for the
prayer and prayed without repeating the ablution.
(Sufyan the subnarrator said: We said to 'Amr,
"Some people say, 'The eyes of the Prophet
sleep but his heart never sleeps.' " 'Amr
said, "'Ubai bin 'Umar said, 'The dreams of
the Prophets are Divine Inspirations. Then he
recited, '(O my son), I have seen in dream that I
was slaughtering you (offering you in
sacrifice).") (37.102)
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 819:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
My grandmother
Mulaika invited Allah's Apostle for a meal which
she had prepared specially for him. He ate some of
it and said, "Get up. I shall lead you in the
prayer." I brought a mat that had become
black owing to excessive use and I sprinkled water
on it. Allah's Apostle stood on it and prayed two
Rakat; and the orphan was with me (in the first
row), and the old lady stood behind us.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 820:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Once I came riding
a she-ass and I, then, had just attained the age
of puberty. Allah's Apostle was leading the people
in prayer at Mina facing no wall. I passed in
front of the row and let loose the she-ass for
grazing and joined the row and no one objected to
my deed.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 821:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Once Allah's
Apostle delayed the 'Isha' prayer till 'Umar
informed him that the women and children had
slept. Then Allah's Apostle came out and said:
"None from amongst the dwellers of earth have
prayed this prayer except you." In those days
none but the people of Medina prayed.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 822:
Narrated 'Abdur
Rahman bin 'Abis:
A person asked Ibn
Abbas, "Have you ever presented yourself at
the ('Id) prayer with Allah's Apostle?" He
replied, "Yes." And had it not been for
my kinship (position) with the Prophet it would
not have been possible for me to do so (for he was
too young). The Prophet went to the mark near the
house of Kathir bin As-Salt and delivered a
sermon. He then went towards the women. He advised
and reminded them and asked them to give alms. So
the woman would bring her hand near her neck and
take off her necklace and put it in the garment of
Bilal. Then the Prophet and Bilal came to the
house."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 823:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Once Allah's
Apostle delayed the 'Isha' prayer till 'Umar
informed him that the women and children had
slept. The Prophet came out and said, "None
except you from amongst the dwellers of earth is
waiting for this prayer." In those days,
there was no prayer except in Medina and they used
to pray the 'Isha' prayer between the
disappearance of the twilight and the first third
of the night.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 824:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet said,
"If your women ask permission to go to the
mosque at night, allow them."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 825:
Narrated Um Salama:
(the wife of the
Prophet) In the lifetime of Allah's Apostle the
women used to get up when they finished their
compulsory prayers with Taslim. The Prophet and
the men would stay on at their places as long as
Allah will. When the Prophet got up, the men would
then get up.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 826:
Narrated 'Aisha:
When Allah's
Apostle finished the Fajr prayer, the women would
leave covered in their sheets and were not
recognized owing to the darkness.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 827:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Abi Qatada Al-Ansari:
My father said,
"Allah's Apostle said, "Whenever I stand
for prayer, I want to prolong it but on hearing
the cries of a child, I would shorten it as I
dislike to put its mother in trouble."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 828:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Had Allah's Apostle
known what the women were doing, he would have
forbidden them from going to the mosque as the
women of Bani Israel had been forbidden. Yahya bin
Said (a sub-narrator) asked 'Amra (another
sub-narrator), "Were the women of Bani Israel
forbidden?" She replied "Yes."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 829:
Narrated Um Salama:
Whenever Allah's
Apostle completed the prayer with Taslim, the
women used to get up immediately and Allah's
Apostle would remain at his place for someone
before getting up. (The sub-narrator (Az-Zuhri)
said, "We think, and Allah knows better, that
he did so, so that the women might leave before
men could get in touch with them)."
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 830:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet prayed
in the house of Um Sulaim; and I, along with an
orphan stood behind him while Um Sulaim (stood)
behind us.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 831:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle
used to offer the Fajr prayer when it was still
dark and the believing women used to return (after
finishing their prayer) and nobody could recognize
them owing to darkness, or they could not
recognize one another.
Volume
1, Book 12, Number 832:
Narrated Salim bin
'Abdullah:
My father said,
"The Prophet said, 'If the wife of any one of
you asks permission (to go to the mosque) do not
forbid her."
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