Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة فيها
Chapter 10: The recitation for the ‘Isha’ Prayer
“Recite ‘By the sun and its brightness,’[Al-Shams(91)]‘Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,’ [Al-A’la(87)] ‘By thenight as it envelops,’ [Al-Lail (92)] or, ‘Read!In the Name of yourLord Who has created.’” [Al-‘Alaq (96)]
Chapter 11: Reciting behind the Imam
“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever performs a prayer in whichhedoes not recite Ummul Qur’an (the Mother of the Qur’an, i.e.,Al-Fatihah), it is deficient; not complete.’” I said: ‘O AbuHurairah,sometimes I am behind the Imam. He pressed my forearm andsaid: ‘OPersian! Recite it to yourself.’”
Chapter 12: The two pauses of the Imam
“There are two pauseswhich I memorized from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but `Imran binHusain denied that. We wrote to Ubayy bin Ka`b in Al-Madinah, andhewrote that Samurah had indeed memorized them.”(One of the narrators) Sa`eed said: "We said to Qatadah: 'What are these two pauses?' He said: 'When he started his prayer, and when he finished reciting.'Then later he said: 'And when he recited: 'Not (the way) of those who earned your anger, nor of those who went astray.' They used to like (for the Imam) when he had finished reciting to remain silent until he had caught his breath.'"
Chapter 13: When the Imam is reciting, then listen attentively
“I heard Abu Hurairah say:‘TheProphet (ﷺ) led his Companions in a prayer; we think it was theSubh. He said: “Did anyone among you recite?” A man said: “Idid.” Hesaid: “I was saying to myself, what is wrong with methat someone isfighting to wrest the Qur’an from me?”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)ledus in prayer,” and he mentioned a similar report, and added to it,and he said: “And after that they were quiet in the prayers inwhichthe Imam recites aloud.”
Chapter 14: Saying Amin aloud
“When the reciter says Amin, then say Amin, for the angels sayAmin,and if a person’s Amin coincides with the Amin of the angels,hisprevious sins will be forgiven.”
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:“When the reciter says Amin, then say Amin, for if a person’sAmincoincides with the Amin of the angels, his previous sins will beforgiven.”
“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)saying ‘Amin’ after he said, ‘nor of those who wentastray.’[1:7]
“The Jews do not envy you for anything more than they envy youforthe Salam and (saying) Amin, so say Amin a great deal.”
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Chapter 1: The opening of the Prayer
“Subhanak Allahumma wa bi hamdika, wa tabarakas-muka wata’ala jadduka, wa la ilaha ghayruk (Glory and praise is toYou, OAllah, blessed is Your Name and exalted is Your majesty, nonehas theright to be worshipped but You).”
Chapter 3: Placing the right hand on the left during Prayer
“The Prophet (ﷺ)passed by me, and I was putting my left hand on my right. He tookholdof my right hand and put it on my left.”
Chapter 4: Starting the recitation
It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) used tostart hisrecitation with ‘All the praises and thanks are to Allah,the Lordof all that exists’ (Al-hamdu Lillahi Rabbil-‘Alamin),’ [1:2]
“Ihave rarely seen a man for whom innovation in Islam was harder tobearthan him. He heard me reciting: ‘In the Name of Allah, theMostGracious, the Most Merciful’ Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim [1:1]and hesaid: ‘O my son, beware of innovation, for I prayed with theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ), and with Abu Bakr, and with ‘Umar, andwith ‘Uthman,and I never heard any of them saying this. When you(begin to) recite,say: ‘All the praises and thanks are to Allah,the Lord of all thatexists.’ (Al-hamdu Lillahi Rabbil-‘Alamin).’”[1:2]
Chapter 6: The recitation in the Fajr Prayer on Fridays
“For theFajr prayer on Fridays, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite‘Alif-Lam-Mim. The revelation...’ [32:1] and ‘Has there notbeen overman...’” [76:1]
Chapter 7: The recitation for the Zuhr and the ‘Asr
“I said to Khabbab: ‘How didyourecognize that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was reciting in theZuhrand the ‘Asr?’ He said: ‘From the movement of his beard.’”
Chapter 9: The recitation for the Maghrib Prayer
“(She was) Lubabah”that she heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting ‘By the windssent forth one after another...’[Al-Mursalat (77)] in the Maghrib.
“I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting At-Tur (52) in the Maghrib.”In a different narration, Jubair said: “And when I heard himrecite:‘Were they created by nothing? Or were they themselves thecreators?’up to: ‘Then let their listener produce some manifestproof’,[52:35-38] it was as if my heart were about to take flight.”
Chapter 11: Reciting behind the Imam
“Thereis no prayer for the one who does not recite Fatihatil-Kitab init.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘There is no prayer for the one who does not recite in everyRak’ah: Al-Hamd (Al-Fatihah) and a Surah whether in an obligatoryprayer or another.’”