“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out to us and said: ‘Whoever has someneed from Allah or from any of His creation, let him perform ablutionand pray two Rak’ah, then let him say: La ilahaillallahul-Halimul-Karim. Subhan-Allahi Rabbil-‘arshil-‘azim.Al-hamdu LillahiRabbil-‘Alamin. Allahumma inni as’aluka mujibatrahmatika, wa ‘aza’imamaghfiratika, wal-ghanimata min kullibirrin, was-salamata min kulliithmnin. As’aluka alla tada’a lidhanban illa ghafartahu, wa la hammanilla farrajtahu, wa la hajahhiya laka ridan illa qadaitaha li (Nonehas the right to beworshipped but Allah, the Forbearing, the MostGenerous. Glory is toAllah, the Lord of the Mighty Throne. Praise isto Allah, the Lord ofthe worlds. O Allah, I ask You for the means ofYour mercy andforgiveness, the benefit of every good deed and safetyfrom all sins.I ask You not to leave any sin of mine but You forgiveit, or anydistress but You relieve it, or any need that is pleasingto You butYou meet it). Then he should ask Allah for whatever hewants in thisworld and in the Hereafter, for it is decreed.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)saidto ‘Abbas: ‘O uncle, shall I not give you a gift, shall I notbenefit you, shall I not uphold my ties of kinship with you?’ Hesaid:‘Of course, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said: ‘Pray fourRak’ah, andrecite in each Rak’ah the Opening of the Book(Al-Fatihah) and aSurah. When you have finished reciting, say:Subhan-Allah wal-hamduLillah wa la ilaha illallah wa Allahu Akbar(Glory is to Allah, praiseis to Allah, none has the right to beworshipped but Allah and Allahis the Most Great) fifteen timesbefore you bow in Ruku’. Then bow andsay it ten times; then raiseyour head and say it ten times; thenprostrate and say it ten times;then raise your head and say it tentimes; then prostrate and say itten times; then raise your head andsay it ten times before you standup. That wil be seventy-five timesin each Rak’ah and three hundredtimes in the four Rak’ah, and even ifyour sins are like the grainsof sand, Allah will forgive you forthem.’ He said: ‘O Messengerof Allah, what if someone cannot say itin one day?’ He said: ‘Thensay it once in a week; if you cannot, thensay it once in a month’until he said: ‘Once in a year.’”

“While we were sitting in the mosque, a manenteredriding a camel; he made it kneel in the mosque, then hehobbled itand said to them: ‘Which of you is Muhammad?’ The MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) was reclining among them, so they said: ‘Thisfair-skinned man who is reclining.’ The man said to him: ‘O sonof ‘Abdul-Muttalib!’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘I am listening toyou.’ The mansaid: O Muhammad! I am asking you and will be sternin asking, so donot bear any ill-feelings towards me.’ He said:‘Ask whatever youthink.’ The man said: ‘I adjure you by yourLord and the Lord of thosewho came before you, has Allah sent you toall of mankind?’ TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘By Allah,yes.; He said: ‘I adjure youby Allah, has Allah commanded you topray the five prayers each dayand night?’ The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘By Allah, yes.’ Hesaid: ‘I adjure you by Allah,has Allah commanded you to fast thismonth of each year?’ TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘By Allah,yes.’ He said: ‘Iadjure you by Allah, has Allah commanded you to takethis charityfrom our rich and distribute it among our poor?’ TheMessenger ofAllah (ﷺ) said: ‘By Allah, yes.’ The man said: ‘Ibelieve inwhat you have brought, and I am the envoy of my people whoare behindme. I am Dimam bin Tha’labah, the brother of Banu Sa’d binBakr.’”

“When Sulaiman bin Dawud finished building Baitil-Maqdis, he askedAllah for three things: judgment that was in harmony with Hisjudgment, a dominion that no one after him would have, and that nooneshould come to this mosque, intending only to pray there, but hewouldemerge free of sin as the day his mother bore him.” TheProphet (ﷺ)said: “Two prayers were granted, and I hope that thethird was alsogranted.”

“I prayed onenight with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he kept standing until Ithought of doing something bad.” I said: “What was that?”Hesaid: “Ithought of sitting down and leaving him.”

“Thefirstthing for which a person will be brought to account on the DayofResurrection will be his prayer. If it is complete, then thevoluntary (prayers) will also be recorded for him (as an increase).Ifit is not complete then Allah will say to His angels: ‘Look andseewhether you find any voluntary prayers for My slave, and takethem tomake up what is lacking from his obligatory prayers.’ Thenall hisdeeds will be reckoned in like manner.”

“Isanyoneof you incapable, when he prays, of stepping forwards orbackwards,or to his right or left?” meaning in order to offer avoluntaryprayer.

“The Imam should not pray in the place where heofferedthe obligatory prayer, until he moves aside.”Another chain from Mughirah, from the Prophet (ﷺ) with similar wording.

“The Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) forbade three things: Pecking like a crow, spreading (theforearms) like a beast of prey, and a man having a place in themosquein which he usually offers the prayer, like a camel has aplace towhich it usually goes.”

“I saw the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) praying on the Day of the Conquest, and he put hisshoeson his left.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘Keep your shoes on your feet. If you take them off thenplacethem between your two feet; do not place them to your right, orto theright of your companions, or behind you, for they may annoywhoever isbehind you.’”