“Allahummainni a’udhu bika minash-Shaitanir-rajim, wa hamzihi wanafkhihi wanafthihi (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the accursedSatan, fromhis madness, his pride, and his poetry).”

“I saw the Prophet (ﷺ)performing prayer, and he took hold of his left hand with his right.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), AbuBakr, ‘Umar and ‘Uthman used to start their recitation with “Allpraises and thanks are to Allah, the Lord of all that exists.(Al-hamdu Lillahi Rabbil-‘Alamin).’” [1:2]

“I performed prayer withtheProphet (ﷺ) when he was reciting in the Fajr, and it is as if Icanhear him reciting: ‘So verily, I swear by the planets that recede.And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.’”[81:15-16]

It wasnarrated from Abu Barzah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)used torecite between sixty and one hundred (Verses) in Fajr prayer.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)usedto lead us in prayer, and he would lengthen the first Rak’ah oftheZuhr and shorten the second Rak’ah, and he would do likewise intheSubh.”

“I asked Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudriaboutthe prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: ‘There isnothing good in that for you.’* I said: ‘Explain it, may Allahhavemercy on you.’ He said: ‘The Iqamah would be given for theZuhr prayerfor the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), then one of us would goout to Al-Baqi’, relieve himself, then come back and performablution, and hewould find the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) still in thefirst Rak’ah ofZuhr.’”

“Thirty of theCompanions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who had been at Badr cametogether and said: ‘Come, let us estimate the length of therecitationof the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for the prayer in whichQur’an is notrecited out aloud.’ No two men among themdisagreed, and theyestimated the length of his recitation in thefirst Rak’ah of the Zuhrto be thirty Verses and in the secondRak’ah to be half of that. Theyestimated his recitation in ‘Asrto be half of the last two Rak’ah ofZuhr.”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) used to lead us for the Zuhr, and we would hear him reciting aVerse after the Verses from Surat Luqman (31) and Adh-Dhariyat (51).”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used torecitein the Maghrib: ‘Say: O you disbelievers!’[Al-Kafirun (109)]and‘Say: He is Allah, (the) One.’”[Al-Ikhlas (112)]

“Ihave never heard any man with a better voice or who recites betterthan him.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Every prayer in which the Ummul-Kitab (the Mother of the Book) is not recited is deficient.’”

“Should Irecite when the Imam is reciting?” He said: “A man asked theProphet(ﷺ) whether there was recitation in every prayer. TheMessenger ofAllah (ﷺ) said: ‘Yes.’ A man among the peoplesaid: ‘It has becomeobligatory.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘The Imam has been appointed to be followed, so when he saysAllahu Akbar, then say Allahu Akbar, when he recites, then listenattentively; when he says: Not (the way) of those who earned Youranger, nor of those who went astray,[1:7] then say Amin; when he bowsthen bow; when he says Sami’ Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hearsthosewho praise Him), then say Allahumma Rabbana wa lakal-hamd (OAllah,our Lord, to You is the praise);” when he prostrates thenprostrate;and if he prays sitting down then all of you pray sittingdown.’”

“The Jewsdonot envy you for anything more than they envy you for the Salam and(saying) ‘Amin’.”

“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) used to start his prayer by saying: ‘Subhanaka Allahummawabi hamdika, wa tabarakas-muka, wa ta’ala jadduka, wa la ilahaghairuka (Glory and praise be to You, O Allah, blessed be Your Nameand exalted be Your majesty, none has the right to be worshipped butyou).”

“And tall date palms, with ranged clusters” [50:10] intheSubh.

“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) recited Al-Mu’minun [Al-Mu’minun 23] in the Subh prayer,and when he came to the mention of ‘Eisa, he was overcome with acough, so he bowed in Ruku’.”

It wasnarrated from ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud that for the Subh prayer onFridays, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite “Alif-Lam-Mim.The revelation...” [32:1] and “Has there not been over man..”[76:1]

“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite when leading us in thefirsttwo Rak’ah of the Zuhr prayer, and sometimes he would recitesuchthat we could hear the Verse.”