Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

كتاب الصلاة

Chapter 237: Raising The Hands While On The Minbar

'Umarah b. Ruwaibah said that he saw Bishr b. Marwan (on the pulpit) praying on Friday (by raising his hands). 'Umarah said

May Allah reject these hands! I have seen the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the pulpit gesturing no more than this pointing with his forefinger.

Narrated Sahl ibn Sa'd

I never saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raising his hands and praying on the pulpit or otherwise. But I saw him saying (doing) this way, and he would point with his forefinger making a circle by joining the middle finger with his thumb.

Chapter 238: Shortening The Khutbah

Narrated Ammar ibn Yasir

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to shorten the speeches.

Narrated Jabir ibn Samurah as-Suwa'i

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would not lengthen the sermon on Friday. He would say a few words.

Chapter 239: Coming Close To The Imam During The Admonition

Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Attend the sermon (on Friday) and sit near the imam, for a man keeps himself away until he will be left behind at the time of entering Paradise though he enters it.

Chapter 240: The Imam Interrupting The Khutbah Due To An Incident

Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delivered a speech to us; meanwhile al-Hasan and al-Husayn came upon there stumbling, wearing red shirts. He came down from the pulpit, took them and ascended it with them. He then said: Allah truly said: "Your property and your children are only trial" (Ixiv.15). I saw both of them, and I could not wait. Afterwards he resumed the speech.

Chapter 241: Sitting In The Ihtiba Position While The Imam Gives Khutbah

Narrated Anas ibn Malik

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited to sit on hips by erecting feet, sticking them to the stomach and holding them with hands on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon.

Ya'la b. Shaddad b. Aws said

Abu Dawud said: Ibn 'Umar used to sit in ihtiba position while the imam gave the Friday sermon. Anas b. Malik, Shuraih, Sa'sa'ah b. Sawhan, Sa'id b. al-Musayyib, Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, Makhul, Isma'il, Ismail b. Muhammad b. Sa'd, and Nu'aim b. Sulamah said: There is no harm in sitting in ihtiba position.

Abu Dawud said: I do not know whether anyone considered it disapproved except 'Ubadah b. Nasayy.

Chapter 242: Speaking While The Imam Delivers The Khutbah

Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying

When you tell (your brother on Friday) to be silent while the imam is giving the sermon you are guilty of idle talk.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Three types of people attend Friday prayer; One is present in a frivolous way and that is all he gets from it; another comes with a supplication, Allah may grant or refuse his request as He wishes; another is present silently and quietly with-out stepping over a Muslim or annoying anyone, and that is an atonement for his sins till the next Friday and three days more, the reason being that Allah, the Exalted, says: "He who does a good deed will have ten times as much" (vi.160).

Chapter 243: Should The One Who Commits Hadath (Breaks His Wudu') Ask Permission From The Imam To Leave ?

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you becomes defiled during prayer, he should hold his nose and then turn away.

Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Hammad b. Salamah and Abu Usamah from Hisham on the authority of his father from the Prophet (Saws). They did not mention the name of 'Aishah.

Chapter 244: If A Person Enters While The Imam Is Delivering The Khutbah

Jabir said

A man came (to the mosque) while the Prophet (ﷺ) was giving the (Friday) sermon. He asked: Did you pray, so-and-so? He replied: No. He (ﷺ) said: Stand and pray.

Jabir and Abu Salih reported on the authority of Abu Hurairah

Sulaik al-Ghatafani came (to the mosque) while the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was giving the (Friday) sermon. He asked him: Did you pray something ? He said: No. He said: Offer two rak'ahs and make them short.

This tradition has also been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Jabir b. 'Abd Allah. This version adds

He (the Prophet) turned to the people and said: When one of you comes (on Friday) while the imam is preaching, he should pray two rak'ahs and make them short.

Chapter 245: Stepping Over People's Neck On Friday

Abu al-Zahiriyyah said

We were in the company of 'Abd Allah b. Busr, the Companion of the Prophet (ﷺ), on a Friday. A man came and stepped over the people. 'Abd Allah b. Busr said: A man came and stepped over the people while the Prophet (ﷺ) was giving the sermon on Friday. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Sit down, you have annoyed (the people).

Chapter 246: A Person Yawns When The Imam Delivers The Khutbah

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When any of you dozes in the mosque (on Friday), he should change his place.

Chapter 247: The Imam Speaking After He Comes Down From The Minbar

Narrated Anas ibn Malik

I saw the Apostle (ﷺ) would descend from the pulpit and a man stop him for his need. He would remain standing with him until his need was fulfilled. Then he would stand and pray.

Abu Dawud said: This tradition is not well known from the narrator Thabit. Jarir b. Hazim is the only narrator of this tradition.

Chapter 248: One Who Catches One Rak'ah Of The Friday Prayer

Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying

If anyone obtains a rak'ah in the prayer (along with the imam), he has obtained the whole prayer.

Chapter 249: What Should Be Recited During The Friday Prayer

Al-Nu'man b. Bashir said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite at the two 'Ids (festivals) and on Friday, "Glorify the name of your most high Lord." (87) and "Has the story of the overwhelming reached you?" (88) He said: When a festival ('Id) and a Friday coincided, he recited them both (at the two prayers).

Al-Dahhak b. Qais asked al-Nu'man b. Bashir

What did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited on Friday after reciting the Surah al-Jumu'ah (62). He replied: He used to recite, "Had the story of overwhelming event reached you ?" (88).