Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة فيها
Chapter 44: Two are a congregation
“I stayed overnight with mymaternal aunt Maimunah, and the Prophet (ﷺ) got up during the nightto perform prayer. So I got up and stood on his left. He took me bythe hand and made me stand on his right.”
“I heard Jabir bin ‘Abdullah say: ‘The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) was performing Maghrib, and I came and stood on his left,buthe made me stand on his right.’”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led awomanof his household and myself in prayer. I stood to his right andthewoman stood behind us.”
Chapter 45: Who is preferred to stand closest to the Imam
“Comeforward and follow me, and let those who are behind you followyourlead. If people continue to lag behind, Allah will put themback.”
Chapter 48: Whoever leads people (in Prayer), let him make it short
“Mu’adh bin Jabal Al-Ansari led hiscompanions in the ‘Isha’ prayer and he made it long. A man amonguswent away and prayed by himself. Mu’adh was told about that andhesaid: ‘He is a hypocrite.’ When the man heard about that, hewent tothe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and told him what Mu’adh hadsaid to him.The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Do you want to be a cause ofFitnah (trial,tribulation), O Mu’adh? When you lead the people inprayer, recite “Bythe sun and its brightness,”[Ash-Shams 91] and“Glorify the Name ofyour Lord the Most High,” [Al-A’la 87] and“By the night as itenvelopes,” [Al-Lail 92] and “Recite in theName of yourLord.’”[Al-‘Alaq]
Chapter 49: The Imam should make the Prayer short if something happens
“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said: ‘I start prayer and I want to make it long, but then Ihearan infant crying, so I make my prayer short, because I know thedistress caused to the mother by his crying.’”
“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘I get up to perform prayer and Iintend to make it long, but then I hear an infant crying, so I makeitshort, because I do not like to cause distress to his mother.’”
Chapter 50: Straightening the rows
“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said: ‘Make your rows straight, for straightening the rows ispartof completing the prayer.’”
Chapter 53: Prayer between two pillars in a row
“Wewereforbidden to form a row between two pillars at the time of theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ), and we would be repelled from themforcefully.”
Chapter 55: The virtue of the right side of the row
“When we performed prayer behind theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) (One of the narrators) Mis’ar said: ‘Oneofthe things we liked, or one of the things I liked’ ‘was tostand tohis right.’”
Chapter 58: “Whoever eats garlic, let him not come near the mosque”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:‘Whoever eats anything from this plant, let him not come to themosque.’”
Chapter 63: Performing Prayer upon a Khumrah
“When Ibn ‘Abbas was inBasrah, he performed prayer on his rug, then he told his companionsthat the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to perform prayer on his rug.”
Chapter 65: The Tasbih is for men during the Prayer and clapping is for women
“The Tasbih is for men and clapping is for women.”
“Ibn ‘Umar said: ‘TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) granted a concession for the women to clap,and for the men to say the Tasbih.”
Chapter 66: Prayers in sandals
“I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performingprayer both barefoot, and while wearing sandals.”
Chapter 67: Tucking up the hair and garments during Prayer
“We were ordered to not (tuck upour) hair (nor garment) and not to repeat ablution for what westeppedon.”
Chapter 69: Prayer in a single garment
“A man came to the Prophet(ﷺ)and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! One of us performs prayer in asingle garment.’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Does everyone have twogarments?’”
“I saw the Prophet (ﷺ)performing the Zuhr and the ‘Asr in a single garment, wrapping itaround his chest.”
Chapter 71: The number of prostrations in the Qur’an
“Abu Darda’ told me that he dideleven prostrations* with the Prophet (ﷺ), including An-Najm.”*Eleven Ayaat of prostrations.
It wasnarrated from ‘Amr bin ‘As that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)taught him fifteen prostrations in the Qur’an, including three intheMufassal and two in Al-Hajj.