“What is wrong with one of you that hestandsfacing Him (meaning his Lord) and spits in front of Him? Wouldanyonelike to be faced by someone who spits in his face? If anyone ofyouneeds to spit, then let him spit to his left, or let him do likethisin his garment.”Then Ismail (Abu Bakr bin Abu Shuaibah) showed me how he spat in his garment then rubbed it.

“O Shabath! Do not spit in front of you, forthe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to forbid that, and he said: ‘Whenaman stands up to perform prayer, Allah turns His Face towards himuntil he turns away or he commits an evil Hadath.’”** In Injah Al-Hajah, 'Abdul-Ghani Dehlawi said: "Meaning he does a matter that negatesthe Khushu'(submissiveness) and attentiveness of his prayer. Or, the meaning ofHadath is invalidating the ablution. The only reason that he described it as 'evil' isbecause in most cases, its occurrence during prayer is from Shaitan."

It wasnarrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)spaton his garment while he was performing prayer, then he rubbed it.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:“Whoever smoothes the pebbles, then he has engaged in Laghw.”**Meaning he has done what is not suitable.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said,concerning smoothing the pebbles during prayer: ‘If you must dothat, then do it only once.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:‘When anyone of you gets up to perform prayer, then indeed mercyisfacing him, so he should not smooth the pebbles.’”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)used to perform prayer on a Khumrah.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)performed prayer on a reed mat.”

“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.”

“The Prophet(ﷺ) came to us and led us in prayer in the mosque of Banu‘Abdul-Ashhal, and I saw him putting his hands on his garment whenheprostrated.”

It wasnarrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Thabit binSamit,from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) performed prayer among Banu ‘Abdul-Ashhal, wearing a cloakinwhich he was wrapped and putting his hands on it to protect themfromthe cold of the pebbles.

“We used to perform prayerwiththe Prophet (ﷺ) when it was very hot. When one of us could notplace his forehead firmly on the ground, he would spread his garmentand prostrate on it.”

“The Tasbih (saying Subhan-Allah) is for men and clapping is forwomen.”

“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.”

“My grandfather, Aws, used toperform prayer, and sometimes he would make a gesture while praying,and I would give him his sandals. He said: ‘I saw the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) performing prayer in his sandals.’”

“I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performingprayer both barefoot, and while wearing sandals.”

“We saw the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) performing prayer wearing sandals and leather slippers.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “I wascommanded not to tuck up my hair or my garment.”**Drawing together during prostration to protect it from the dirt.

“We were ordered to not (tuck upour) hair (nor garment) and not to repeat ablution for what westeppedon.”