Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة فيها
Chapter 30: Responding to the Imam’s Salam
“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) commanded us to greet our Imam with Salam, and to greet oneanother with Salam.”
Chapter 31: The Imam should not supplicate for himself only
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘Noperson should lead others in prayer, then supplicate onlyfor himselfand not for them. If he does that, he has betrayed them.’”
Chapter 32: What is to be said after the Salam
“When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said the Salam, he would sit only for as long as it took to say:‘Allahumma Antas-Salam wa minkas-salam. Tabarakta ya Dhal-jalaliwal-ikram. (O Allah, You are As-Salam, From You is all peace, blessedareYou O Possessor of majesty and honour).’”
‘Allahummainnias’aluka ‘ilman nafi’an, wa rizqan tayyiban, wa ‘amalanmutaqabbalan (O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, goodlyprovision and acceptable deeds).’”
“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.”
“Allahumma Antas-Salam wa minkas-salam tabarakta ya Dhal-jalaliwal-ikram” (O Allah, You are As-Salam and from You is all peace,Blessedare You O Possessor of majesty and honour).”
Chapter 33: Departing after completing the Prayer
“TheProphet(ﷺ) led us (in prayer), and he used to depart from bothsides.(i.e. from either side).”
“ ‘Abdullah (bin Mas’ud) said: ‘Noneof you should apportion within himself a part (of his prayer)thinkingthat it is a right of Allah upon him that he must only turnto hisright to leave after finishing the prayer. I saw the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) and most of the time he turned to his left.’”
“I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) departing to his rightandto his left when he finished the prayer.”
“When the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said the Salam, the women would stand up when he finished hisTaslim,and he would stay where he was for a little while beforestanding up.(i.e. to depart).”
Chapter 34: If the time for Prayer comes when food has been served
“If food is served and the Iqamah for prayer is given, thenstartwith the food.”
“The Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) said: ‘If food is served and the Iqamah for prayer isgiven, then start with the food.”He said: "Ibn 'Umar ate dinner one night while he could hear the Iqamah."
“Iffood is ready and the Iqamah is being given, then start with thefood.”
Chapter 35: Prayer in congregation on a rainy night
“I went out on a rainy night(forcongregational prayer), and when I came back I asked for the doortobe opened. My father said: ‘Who is this?’ I said: ‘Abu Malih.’Hesaid: ‘We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at Hudaybiyahand itrained a little, such that the soles of our sandals did notget wet.The announcer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called out:‘Performyour prayer at your camps.’”
“On rainy nights or on coldwindynights, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would summon his announcertocall out: ‘Perform your prayer at your camps.’”
“Perform your prayer at your camps.”
“Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Ashhadu an lailahaillallah, Ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasulullah (Allah is the MostGreat,Allah is Most Great, I bear witness that none has the right tobeworshipped but Allah, I bear witness that Muhammad is theMessenger ofAllah).” Then he (Ibn ‘Abbas) said: “Proclaim tothe people that theyshould pray in their houses.” The people saidto him: “What is thisthat you have done?” He said: “One who isbetter than me did that. Areyou telling me that I should bring thepeople out of their houses andmake them come to me wading throughthe mud up to their knees?”
Chapter 36: What suffices as a Sutrah (screen) for one performing Prayer
“We usedtoperform prayer while the beasts were passing in front of us. Thatwasmentioned to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said: ‘Ifsomething like the hand of a saddle* is placed in front of anyone ofyou, it will not matter whoever passes in front of him.”* It is the piece of wood on the camel saddle which is held on to (to climb onto the camel).
“A small spear (Harbah) would bebrought out to the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was travelling; he wouldplant it (in the ground) to perform prayer while facing it.”