“Bebalanced in prostration; none of you should prostrate with his armsspread out like a dog.”

“Rabbighfir li, Rabbighfir li (O Lordforgiveme, O Lord forgive me).”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)addressed us and explained the Sunnah for us, and he taught us ourprayer. He said: ‘When you perform prayer, and you are sitting, letthe first thing you say be: At-Tahiyyatut-tayyibatus-salawatu lillah;as-salamu ‘alayka ayyuhan-Nabiyyu wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu;as-salamu ‘alayna wa ‘ala ‘ibadillahis-salihin. Ashhadu an lailaha illallah wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa Rasuluhu (Allcompliments, good words and prayers are due to Allah; peace be uponyou, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; peace beupon us and upon the righteous slaves of Allah. I bear witness thatnone has the right to be worshipped but Allah and I bear witness thatMuhammad is His slave and Messenger). Seven phrases which are thegreeting of the prayer.’”

“We said: ‘O Messengerof Allah! We know what it means to send greetings upon you, but whatdoes it mean to send peace and blessings upon you?’ He said: ‘Say:“Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammadin ‘abdika wa Rasulika kamasalayta ‘ala Ibrahima, wa barik ‘ala Muhammad (wa ‘ala aliMuhammadin) kama barakta ‘ala Ibrahima [O Allah, send Your grace,honor and mercy upon Muhammad, Your slave and Messenger, as You sentYour (grace, honour and mercy) upon Ibrahim, and send Your blessingsupon Muhammad (and the family of Muhammad) as You sent Your blessingsupon Ibrahim].”

“O MessengerofAllah! We have been commanded to send peace and blessings upon you.How should we send peace and blessings upon you?” He said: “Say:Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammadin wa azwajihi wa dhurriyatihi, kamasallayta ‘ala Ibrahim; wa barik ‘ala Muhammadin wa azwajihi wadhurriyatihi kama barakta ‘ala ali Ibrahim fil-‘alamin, innakaHamidumMajid (O Allah, send Your grace, honour and mercy uponMuhammad andhis wives and offspring, as You sent Your grace, honourand mercy uponIbrahim. O Allah, send Your blessings upon Muhammadand his wives andoffspring, as You sent Your blessings upon thefamily of Ibrahim amongthe nations, You are indeed Praiseworthy,Most Glorious).”

“I heard ‘Abdullahbin ‘Amir bin Rabi’ah narrating from his father that the Prophet(ﷺ)said: “There is no Muslim who sends peace and blessings uponme, butthe angels will send peace and blessings upon him as long ashe sendspeace and blessings upon me. So let a person do a little ofthat or alot.”

“Ali led us in prayer on the dayof(the battle of) the Camel, in a way that reminded us of the prayerofthe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Either we had forgotten it or we hadabandoned it. He said the Salam to his right and to his left.”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘There are two characteristics which no Muslim manacquires but he will enter Paradise. They are easy but those who dothem are few. At the end of every prayer he should glorify Allah (bysaying Subhan Allah) ten times, extol Him (by saying Allahu Akbar)tentimes, and praise Him (by saying Al-Hamdu Lillah) ten times.’ Isawthe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) counting them on his hand. ‘Thatis onehundred and fifty (after all the prayers of the day) on thetongue,and one thousand and five hundred on the Scale. And when hegoes tohis bed, let him glorify Allah and praise Him and extol Himonehundred times. That will be one hundred on the tongue and onethousandon the Scale. Who among you does two thousand and fivehundred evilactions in one day?’ They said: ‘Who would not bekeen to do that?’ Hesaid: ‘But the Shaitan comes to anyone ofyou while he is performingprayer and says: ‘Remember such andsuch, remember such and such,”until the person becomes distractedand does not understand (what heis saying). And he comes to him whenhe is in his bed, and makes himsleepy such that he sleeps.’”

“It was said to the Prophet(ﷺ) andperhaps (one of the narrators) Sufyan said: I said: OMessenger ofAllah! Those who have property and wealth have surpassedus inreward. They say the same as we do, and they spend but we do notspend.’ He said to me: ‘Shall I not tell you something which, ifyoudo it, you will catch up with those who have surpassed you andyouwill excel over those who come after you? Praise Allah (by sayingAl-Hamdu Lillah) after every prayer, and glorify Him (by sayingSubhan-Allah) and extol Him (by saying Allahu Akbar), thirty-three,thirty-three, and thirty-four times.’” Sufyan said: “I do notknow which ofthem was to be recited thirty-four times.”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) used to raise his hands at every Takbir (saying Allahu Akbar)inthe obligatory prayer.”

“When the Prophet (ﷺ)stood up to offer a prescribed prayer, he said Allahu Akbar andraisedhis hands until they were parallel to his shoulders. When hewanted tobow he did likewise; when he raised his head from bowing hedidlikewise; and when he stood up after the two prostrations he didlikewise.”*

“When the Imam says: ‘Sami’ Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hearsthose who praise Him),’ say: ‘Rabbana wa lakal-hamd (O our Lord,toYou is the praise).’”

“When the Imam says: ‘Sami’ Allahu limanhamidah(Allah hears those who praise Him),’ say: ‘Allahumma,Rabbana walakal-hamd (O Allah! O our Lord! To You is the praise).’”

It wasnarrated from Maimunah that when the Prophet (ﷺ) prostrated,hewould hold his forearms away from his sides, such that if a lambwanted to pass under his arms, it would be able to do so.

“I havebeen commanded to prostrate on seven bones.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘O ‘Ali, donot squat like a dog.’”

“When we performedprayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) we said: ‘Peace be upon Allah fromHisslaves, peace be upon Jibra’il and Mika’il and so-and-so andso-and-so.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard us and said: ‘Donot say peace(Salam) be upon Allah, for He is As-Salam. When you sit(duringprayer) say: At-Tahiyyatu lillahi was-salawatu wat-tayyibatu;as-salamu ‘alayka ayyuhan-Nabiyyu wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu;as-salamu ‘alayna wa ‘ala ‘ibadillahis-salihin (Allcompliments, prayersand good words are due to Allah; peace be uponyou, O Prophet, and themercy of Allah and His blessings; peace beupon us and upon therighteous slaves of Allah).” For as you saythat it will reach everyrighteous slave in the heavens and on earth.(Then say:) “Ashhadu anla ilaha illallah wa ashhadu annaMuhammadan ‘abduhu wa Rasuluhu (Ibear witness that none has theright to be worshipped but Allah, and Ibear witness that Muhammad isHis slave and Messenger).”(Another chain) with similar wording. (Another chain) that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said: "The Prophet (ﷺ) used to teach us the Tashahhud." And he mentioned similarly.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)saidto a man: ‘What do you say during your Salat?’ He said: ‘TheTashah-hud, then I ask Allah for Paradise, and I seek refuge with Himfrom Hell, but I do not understand what you and Mu’adh murmur(duringSalat). He said: ‘Our murmuring revolves around the samethings.’”

‘Abdul-Muhaimin bin ‘Abbas bin Sahl bin Sa’d As-Sa’idinarrated fromhis father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ)said one Taslim to the front.

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) commanded us to greet our Imam with Salam, and to greet oneanother with Salam.”