Prayers (Salat)

كتاب الصلاة

Chapter 89: The mosques which are on the way to Al-Madina and the places where the Prophet (pbuh) had offered Salat (Prayers)

And the places where the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah Allaah be upon him) prayed.
Narrated Fudail bin Sulaiman

Musa bin `Uqba said, "I saw Salim bin `Abdullah looking for some places on the way and prayed there. He narrated that his father used to pray there, and had seen the Prophet (ﷺ) praying at those very places." Narrated Nafi` on the authority of Ibn `Umar who said, "I used to pray at those places." Musa the narrator added, "I asked Salim on which he said, 'I agree with Nafi` concerning those places, except the mosque situated at the place called Sharaf Ar-Rawha."

Chapter 1: How As-Salat (the Prayer) was prescribed on the night of Al-Isra (miraculous night journey) of the Prophet (pbuh) to Jerusalem (and then to the heavens)

Ibn 'Abbas said, Abu Sufyan told me in the hadith of Heraclius, and he said, "He commands us – meaning the Prophet – Allah peace be upon him to pray, be honest and be chaste."
Narrated `Aisha

the mother of believers: Allah enjoined the prayer when He enjoined it, it was two rak`at only (in every prayer) both when in residence or on journey. Then the prayers offered on journey remained the same, but (the rak`at of) the prayers for non-travelers were increased.

Chapter 4: To offer As-Salat (the prayers) with a single garment wrapped round the body

Al-Zuhri said in his speech Al-Multhaf Al-Mutawashih, which is the violation between his two parties on his shoulders, which is to include his shoulders. um Hani said the Prophet (Allah peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) wore a garment and violated between the two ends of it on his shoulders.
Narrated `Umar bin Abi Salama

I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) offering prayers in a single garment in the house of Um-Salama and he had crossed its ends around his shoulders.

Narrated `Umar bin Abi Salama

In the house of Um-Salama I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) offering prayers, wrapped in a single garment around his body with its ends crossed round his shoulders.

Chapter 18: (It is permissible) to offer Salat (prayer) on roofs, a pulpit or wood

Abu 'Abd al-Allah said, "Al-Hasan did not see anything wrong with praying on the rigid and arches, even if urine ran underneath them, on top of them, or in front of them, if there was a jacket between them." Abu Huraira prayed on the back of the mosque with the imam's prayer. Ibn 'Umar prayed on the snow.
Narrated Abu Hazim

Sahl bin Sa`d was asked about the (Prophet's) pulpit as to what thing it was made of? Sahl replied: "None remains alive amongst the people, who knows about it better than I. It was made of tamarisk (wood) of the forest. So and so, the slave of so and so prepared it for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . When it was constructed and place (in the Mosque), Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood on it facing the Qibla and said 'Allahu Akbar', and the people stood behind him (and led the people in prayer). He recited and bowed and the people bowed behind him. Then he raised his head and stepped back, got down and prostrated on the ground and then he again ascended the pulpit, recited, bowed, raised his head and stepped back, got down and prostrate on the ground. So, this is what I know about the pulpit." Ahmad bin Hanbal said, "As the Prophet (ﷺ) was at a higher level than the people, there is no harm according to the above-mentioned Hadith if the Imam is at a higher level than his followers during the prayers."

Narrated Anas bin Malik

Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) fell off a horse and his leg or shoulder got injured. He swore that he would not go to his wives for one month and he stayed in a Mashruba [??] (attic room) having stairs made of date palm trunks. So his companions came to visit him, and he led them in prayer sitting, whereas his companions were standing. When he finished the prayer, he said, "Imam is meant to be followed, so when he says 'Allahu Akbar,' say 'Allahu Akbar' and when he bows, bow and when he prostrates, prostrate and if he prays standing pray, standing. After the 29th day the Prophet (ﷺ) came down (from the attic room) and the people asked him, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! You swore that you will not go to your wives for one month." He said, "The month is 29 days."

Chapter 21: To offer As-Salat (the prayers) on a Khumra (a small mat, hardly sufficient for the face and hands while prostrating during Salat)

Narrated Maimuna

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to pray on Khumra.

Chapter 22: To offer As-Salat (the prayers) on the bed

Anas prayed on his scars. Anas said: We were praying with the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and one of us will be prostrated on his garment.
Narrated Abu Salama

`Aisha the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I used to sleep in front o Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and my legs were opposite his Qibla and in prostration he pushed my legs and I withdrew then and when he stood, I stretched them.' `Aisha added, "In those days the houses were without lights."

Chapter 28: Superiority of (praying) facing the Qiblah with the toes toward it as well

He receives with the tips of his feet. Abu Hamid said of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah Allaah be upon him).
Narrated Anas bin Malik

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever prays like us and faces our Qibla and eats our slaughtered animals is a Muslim and is under Allah's and His Apostle's protection. So do not betray Allah by betraying those who are in His protection."

Chapter 30: The Statement of Allah " And take you (people) the Maqam (place) of Ibrahim (Abraham) (or the stone on which Abrahim stood while he was building the Kabah as a place of prayer (for some of your Salat e.g., two Raka after the Tawaf of Kabah)"

Narrated Ibn `Abbas

When the Prophet (ﷺ) entered the Ka`ba, he invoked Allah in each and every side of it and did not pray till he came out of it, and offered a two-rak`at prayer facing the Ka`ba and said, "This is the Qibla."

Chapter 33: To scrape off the sputum from the mosque with the hand (using some tool or other, or using n tool)

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw sputum on the wall of the mosque in the direction of the Qibla and scraped it off. He faced the people and said, "Whenever any one of you is praying, he should not spit in front of him because in the prayer Allah is in front of him."

Chapter 34: To scrape the nasal secretion off the mosque with gravel

Ibn Abbas said that if you slowed down a dirty dirt, then wash it, and if it is dressed, then it is not.
Narrated Abu Huraira and Abu Sa`id

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw some expectoration on the wall of the mosque; he took gravel and scraped it off and said, "If anyone of you wanted to spit he should neither spit in front of him nor on his right but he could spit either on his left or under his left foot."

Chapter 40: Preaching of the Imam to the people regarding the proper offering of As-Salat (the prayers) and the mention of the Qiblah (Kabah at Makkah)

Narrated Abu Huraira

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do you consider or see that my face is towards the Qibla? By Allah, neither your submissiveness nor your bowing is hidden from me, surely I see you from my back."

Chapter 46: About (taking) the mosques in the houses

Al-Baraa bin Azib prayed in his mosque in his house in congregation.
Narrated `Itban bin Malik

who was one of the companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and one of the Ansar's who took part in the battle of Badr: I came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) I have weak eyesight and I lead my people in prayers. When it rains the water flows in the valley between me and my people so I cannot go to their mosque to lead them in prayer. O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I wish you would come to my house and pray in it so that I could take that place as a Musalla. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said. "Allah willing, I will do so." Next day after the sun rose high, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr came and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked for permission to enter. I gave him permission and he did not sit on entering the house but said to me, "Where do you like me to pray?" I pointed to a place in my house. So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood there and said, 'Allahu Akbar', and we all got up and aligned behind him and offered a two-rak`at prayer and ended it with Taslim. We requested him to stay for a meal called "Khazira" which we had prepared for him. Many members of our family gathered in the house and one of them said, "Where is Malik bin Al-Dukhaishin or Ibn Al-Dukhshun?" One of them replied, "He is a hypocrite and does not love Allah and His Apostle." Hearing that, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do not say so. Haven't you seen that he said, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah' for Allah's sake only?" He said, "Allah and His Apostle know better. We have seen him helping and advising hypocrites." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Allah has forbidden the (Hell) fire for those who say, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah' for Allah's sake only."

Chapter 48: Is it permissible to dig the graves of pagans of the period of Ignorance, and to use that place as a mosque?

To say the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him: “God cursed the Jews, took the graves of their prophets.” And what is devoted from prayer in the graves. And Omar, Anas ibn Malik, saw that he prayed at a grave, and he said the grave grave. He did not command him to be returned.
Narrated `Aisha

Um Habiba and Um Salama mentioned about a church they had seen in Ethiopia in which there were pictures. They told the Prophet (ﷺ) about it, on which he said, "If any religious man dies amongst those people they would build a place of worship at his grave and make these pictures in it. They will be the worst creature in the sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection."

Chapter 55: Chapter

Narrated `Aisha and `Abdullah bin `Abbas

When the last moment of the life of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came he started putting his 'Khamisa' on his face and when he felt hot and short of breath he took it off his face and said, "May Allah curse the Jews and Christians for they built the places of worship at the graves of their Prophets." The Prophet (ﷺ) was warning (Muslims) of what those had done.

Chapter 58: Sleeping of a men in the mosque

Abu Qalabah said about Anas, who was a cursed one of the eating of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and they were in the class. Abd al -Rahman ibn Abi Bakr said that the companions of the row were the poor.
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to Fatima's house but did not find `Ali there. So he asked, "Where is your cousin?" She replied, "There was something between us and he got angry with me and went out. He did not sleep (midday nap) in the house." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked a person to look for him. That person came and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! He (Ali) is sleeping in the mosque." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went there and `Ali was lying. His upper body cover had fallen down to one side of his body and he was covered with dust. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) started cleaning the dust from him saying: "Get up! O Aba Turab. Get up! O Aba Turab (literally means: O father of dust).

Narrated Abu Huraira

I saw seventy of As-Suffa men and none of them had a Rida' (a garment covering the upper part of the body). They had either Izars (only) or sheets which they tied round their necks. Some of these sheets reached the middle of their legs and some reached their heels and they used to gather them with their hands lest their private parts should become naked.

Chapter 59: To offer As-Salat (the prayer) whe returning from a journey

Ka'b ibn Malik said that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah Allaah be upon him) used to say that if he came from a journey that began in the mosque, he would pray there.
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah

I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) in the mosque (the sub-narrator Mas`ar thought that Jabir had said, "In the forenoon.") He ordered me to pray two rak`at. He owed me some money and he repaid it to me and gave more than what was due to me.

Chapter 60: If one entered a mosque, one should offer two Rak'a (Tahayyat-al-Masjid) before sitting

Narrated Abu Qatada Al-Aslami

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you enters a mosque, he should pray two rak`at before sitting."