Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

كتاب الأذان

Chapter 132: If one does not perform the prostrations perfectly

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 (ﷺ) Muhammad."

Chapter 136: To tie the clothes and wrap them properly [in Salat (prayer)]; and whoever gathered his clothes for fear that his private parts may become exposed.

And he who has joined his garment is afraid that his nakedness will be revealed.
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d

The people used to pray with the Prophet (ﷺ) 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.

Chapter 138: One should not tuck up his garment in As-Salat (the prayer)

Narrated Ibn `Abbas

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I have been ordered to prostrate on seven (bones) and not to tuck up the hair or garment."

Chapter 141: One should not put the forearms on the ground during prostrations

Abu Hamid said that the Prophet (Allah peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) prostrated himself and laid his hands unfolded and unclutched.
Narrated Anas bin Malik

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Be straight in the prostrations and none of you should put his forearms on the ground (in the prostration) like a dog."

Chapter 143: How to support oneself on the ground while standing after finishing the Rak'a (after the two prostrations)

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.

Chapter 151: No cleaning (rubbing) one's forehead and nose till one has completed As-Salat (the prayer)

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri

I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prostrating in mud and water and saw the mark of mud on his forehead.

Chapter 157: The staying of the Imam at his Musalla (praying place) after (finishing the prayer with) Taslim

Narrated Um Salama

"The Prophet (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) finished the prayer with Taslim, the women would depart and enter their houses before Allah's Apostle departed."

Chapter 160: What has been said about uncooked garlic, onion and leek.

And the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: “Whoever eats garlic, or the garment of hunger or otherwise, then do not bring our mosques.”
Narrated Ibn `Umar

During the holy battle of Khaibar the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever ate from this plant (i.e. garlic) should not enter our mosque."

Narrated `Abdul `Aziz

A man asked Anas, "What did you hear from the Prophet (ﷺ) about garlic?" He said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Whoever has eaten this plant should neither come near us nor pray with us."

Chapter 161: The ablution for boys (youngsters). When they should perform Ghusl (take a bath) and Tuhur (purification). Their attendance at congregational prayers and their rows in the prayers.

And when they are washed, the heaven, their presence, the group, the two days, the budget, and their ranks.
Narrated Sulaiman Ash-Shaibani

I heard Ash-Shu`bi saying, "A person who was accompanying the Prophet (ﷺ) passed by a grave that was separated from the other graves told me that the Prophet (ﷺ) 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."

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Ghusl (taking a bath) on Friday is compulsory for every Muslim reaching the age of puberty."

Narrated `Aisha

Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) delayed the `Isha' prayer till `Umar informed him that the women and children had slept. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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.

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 (ﷺ) it would not have been possible for me to do so (for he was too young). The Prophet (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) and Bilal came to the house."

Chapter 162: Going of women to the mosqu at night and in darkness

Narrated `Aisha

Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) delayed the `Isha' prayer till `Umar informed him that the women and children had slept. The Prophet (ﷺ) 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.

Chapter 163: The waiting of the people for the religious learned Imam to get up (after the prayer to depart)

Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada Al-Ansari

My father said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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."

Chapter 164: The Salat (prayer) of women behind men

Narrated Anas

The Prophet (ﷺ) prayed in the house of Um Sulaim; and I, along with an orphan stood behind him while Um Sulaim (stood) behind us.

Chapter 167: Women praying behind men

Narrated Umm Salama

Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) completed the Salat with Taslim, the women used to get up immediately and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) would remain at his place for sometime before getting up. The subnarrator (Az-Zuhri) said, "We think, and Allah knows better, that he did so, so that the women might leave before the men could catch up with them."

Chapter 54: A slave or a manumitted slave can lead the Salat (prayer)

'Aisha was led by her servant Dhakwan from the Qur'an. The prostitute, the Arabist and the boy who did not occupy were born, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah Allaah be upon him) said: "I will lead them to read the Book of Allah."
Narrated Ibn `Umar

When the earliest emigrants came to Al-`Usba [??] a place in Quba', before the arrival of the Prophet- Salim, the slave of Abu Hudhaifa, who knew the Qur'an more than the others used to lead them in prayer.

Narrated Anas

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Listen and obey (your chief) even if an Ethiopian whose head is like a raisin were made your chief."

Chapter 56: Offering prayers behind a man who is a victim of Al-Fitan (trials and affections) or a heretic.

Al -Hasan said, "He prayed with him,"
Narrated 'Ubaid-Ullah bin Adi bin Khiyar

I went to 'Uthman bin Affan while he was besieged, and said to him, "You are the chief of all Muslims in general and you see what has befallen you. We are led in the Salat (prayer) by a leader of Al-Fitan (trials and afflictions etc.) and we are afraid of being sinful in following him." 'Uthman said. "As-Salat (the prayers) is the best of all deeds so when the people do good deeds do the same with them and when they do bad deeds, avoid those bad deeds." Az-Zuhri said, "In our opinion one should not offer Salat behind an effeminate person unless there is no alternative."