“TheMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The covenant that distinguishesbetween us andthem is prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committedKufr.’”

“TheProphet(ﷺ) said: ‘Friday is the chief of days, the greatest daybeforeAllah. It is greater before Allah then the Day of Adha and theDay ofFitr. It has five characteristics: On it Allah created Adam; onitAllah sent down Adam to this earth; on it there is a time duringwhich a person does not ask Allah for anything but He will give it tohim, so long as he does not ask for anything that is forbidden; on itthe Hour will begin. There is no angel who is close to Allah, noheaven, no earth, no wind, no mountain, and no sea that does not fearFriday.’”

“From one Friday to the next is an expiation for whatever wascommitted in between, so long as one does not commit any major sin.”

“O people, youeattwo plants that I find are nothing but obnoxious; this garlic andthisonion. At the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), if a foulodourwas detected from a man, I would see him seized by the arm andtakenout to Al-Baqi’. Whoever must eat them, let him cook them todeath.”

“We would greet others duringtheprayer, and it was said to us: ‘During the prayer one ispreoccupied.’”

“We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on a journey, andthesky was overcast so it was difficult for us to determine theQiblah.So we performed prayer, and we marked the location.* Later,when thesun reappeared, we realized that we had prayed facing adirectionother than the Qiblah. We mentioned that to the Prophet(ﷺ), thenthe Words were revealed: ‘So wherever you turn there isthe Face ofAllah.’” [2:115]

“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.

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

“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.

“I heard Abu Sa’d, a man from the people ofMadinah,say: ‘I saw Abu Rafi’, the freed slave of the Messengerof Allah(ﷺ), when he saw Hasan bin ‘Ali performing prayer, withhis hairbraided. He undid it, or told him not to do that, and said:“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade a man from performing prayerwith hishair braided.”

“A woman used to perform prayerbehind the Prophet (ﷺ), and she was one of the most beautiful ofpeople. Some of the people used to go into the first row so that theywould not see her, and some of them used to lag behind so that theywould be in the last row, and when they bowed, they would do likethisso that they could see her from beneath their armpits. ThenAllahrevealed: “And indeed, We know the first generations of youwho hadpassed away, and indeed, We know the present generations ofyou(mankind), and also those who will some afterwards.” [15:24]concerning her matter.

AbuSa’eed Al-Khudri narrated that he entered upon the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) when he was performing prayer in a single garment,wrapping himself in it.

“Isaw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performing prayer at Bi’r ‘Ulya,in a garment.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘When a son of Adam recites a Sajdah* and prostrates, Satanwithdraws weeping, saying: ‘Woe is me! The son of Adam wascommandedto prostrate and he prostrated, and Paradise will be his; Iwascommanded to prostrate and I refused, so I am doomed to Hell.’”* An Ayah indicating prostration.

“I was with the Prophet (ﷺ),anda man came to him and said: ‘Last night while I was sleeping, Isawthat I was praying towards the base of a tree. I recited (an Ayahof)prostration and prostrated, and the tree prostrated when I did,and Iheard it saying: Allahummah-tut anni biha wizran, waktub li bihaajran, waj’al-ha li ‘indaka dhukhran (O Allah, reduce my burdenof sinthereby, reward me for it and store it for me with You).’Ibn ‘Abbassaid: “I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) recite (an Ayah of)prostration andthen prostrate, and I heard him saying in hisprostration somethinglike that which the man had told him the treesaid.”

“I performed elevenprostrationswith the Prophet (ﷺ) of which there were none in theMufassal.Al-A’raf, Ar-Ra’d, An-Nahl, Bani Isra’il, Maryam, Al-Hajj,theprostration in Al-Furqan, Surat An-Naml (mentioning) Sulaiman,As-Sajdah, Sad, and the Ha-Mim Surah.”

“I asked ‘Umar binKhattab: ‘Allah says: “And when you travel in the land, there isnosin on you if you shorten the prayer if you fear that thedisbelieversmay put you in trial (attack you), verily, thedisbelievers are everto you open enemies,” [4:101] but now thereis security and people aresafe.’ He said: ‘I found it strangejust as you do, so I asked theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) about that,and he said: “It is charity thatAllah has bestowed upon you, soaccept His charity.”

“Allah enjoined the prayer uponthe tongue of your Prophet (ﷺ): Four Rak’ah while a resident andtwoRak’ah when traveling.”

It wasnarrated from Mujahid, Sa’eed bin Jubair, ‘Ata’ bin Abi Rabahand Tawus that Ibn ‘Abbas told them that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)used to combine the Maghrib and ‘Isha’ when traveling,although therewas nothing to make him hurry and no enemy pursuinghim, and he wasnot afraid of anything.