Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

كتاب الأمور المنهي عنها

Chapter 337: Prohibition of raising one's Head before the Imam

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Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Does he who raises up his head before the Imam not fear that Allah will make his head that of a donkey or make his appearance similar to that of donkey?"[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 338: Prohibition of Placing the hands on the sides during As-Salat (The Prayer)

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Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

We are prohibited from placing the hand on the side during As-Salat (the prayer).[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 339: Abomination of Joining As-Salat (The Prayer) when the Food is ready or when one is in desperate need to answer the call of Nature

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'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "No Salat (prayer) should be performed when the food has been served, nor should it be performed when a person is in need of relieving himself."[Muslim].

Chapter 340: Prohibition of raising one's Eyes towards the sky during As-Salat (The Prayer)

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Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "How is it that some people raise their eyes towards the sky during As-Salat (the prayer)?" He stressed (this point) and added, "People must refrain from raising their eyes towards heaven in Salat (prayer), or else their sights will certainly be snatched away."[Al-Bukhari].

Chapter 341: Undesirability of Glancing in one Direction of the other during Prayer

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'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said

I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about random looks in Salat (prayer), and he replied, "It is something which Satan snatches from the slave's Salat."[Al-Bukhari].

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Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, "Beware of looking around in Salat (prayer), because random looks in Salat are a cause of destruction. If there should be no help from it, it is permissible in the voluntary and not in obligatory Salat."[At-Tirmidhi].

Chapter 342: Prohibition of facing the Graves during Salat (Prayer)

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Abu Marthad Kannaz bin Husain (May Allah be pleased with him) said

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: "Do not offer Salat (prayer) facing the graves and do not sit on them."[Muslim].

Chapter 343: Prohibition of passing in front of a Worshipper while he is offering Salat (Prayer)

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Abul-Juhaim 'Abdullah bin Al-Harith (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "If the person who passes in front of a praying person, realizes the enormity of the sinfulness of this act, it will have been better for him to wait forty than to pass in front of him."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].[The narrator was not sure whether the Prophet (ﷺ) said forty days, months or years.]

Chapter 344: Undesirability of offering optional Prayer after the announcement of Iqamah

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Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When the Iqamah is called, no prayer should be performed except the obligatory prayer."[Muslim].

Chapter 345: Abomination of Selecting Friday for Fasting

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Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not choose the Friday night among all other nights for standing in (Tahajjud) prayer, and do not choose Friday among all other days for Saum (fasting) except that one you have accustomed to."[Muslim].

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Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: "None of you should observe fast on Friday except that he should observe fast either one day before it or one day after it."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

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Muhammad bin 'Abbad (May Allah be pleased with him) said

I asked Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him). Did the Prophet (ﷺ) prohibit fasting on Friday?" He said, "Yes."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

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Juwairiyah bint Al-Harith (May Allah be pleased with her), the Mother of the Believers, said that the Prophet (ﷺ) visited her on a Friday and she was observing fast. He asked, "Did you observe fast yesterday?" She said, "No." He asked, "Do you intend to observe fast tomorrow?" She said, "No." He said, "In that case, give up your fast today."[Al-Bukhari].

Chapter 346: Prohibition of Extending Fast beyond one Day

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Abu Hurairah and 'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with them) said

The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited observing continuous voluntary fasts beyond one day.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

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Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited observing continuous fasts beyond one day. The Companions submitted: "But you do it." He replied, "I am not like you. I am given to eat and to drink (from Allah)."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Chapter 347: Prohibition of Sitting on the Graves

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Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "It is much better for one of you to sit on a live coal, which will burn his clothes and get to his skin than to sit on a grave."[Muslim].

Chapter 348: Prohibition of Plastering and Building over the Graves

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Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that the graves should be plastered (made into permanent structures), used as sitting places (for the people) or building over them.[Muslim].

Chapter 349: Prohibition for a Slave to run away from his Master

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Jarir bin Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "If a slave runs away from his master, his responsibility to him is absolved."[Muslim].

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Jarir bin Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) said

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When the slave runs away from his master, his Salat (prayer) will not be accepted."[Muslim].Another narration is: "He is guilty of disbelief (i.e., in case he believes in the lawfulness of doing so)."

Chapter 350: Undesirability of Intercession in Hudud

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'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported

The Quraish were anxious about a woman from Banu Makhzum who had committed theft and asked : "Who will speak to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about her?" Then they said: "No one will be bold enough to do so except Usamah bin Zaid, the (Companion who was) dearly loved by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)." So Usamah (May Allah be pleased with him) spoke to him and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (angrily) said, "Are you interceding regarding one of the punishments prescribed by Allah?" He then got up and delivered an address in which he said, "Indeed what destroyed the people before you was just that when a person of high rank among them committed a theft, they spared him; but if the same crime was done by a poor person they inflicted the prescribed punishment on him. I swear by Allah that if Fatimah daughter of Muhammad should steal, I would have her hand cut off."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].In another narration 'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: (Upon hearing the intercession of Usamah), the face of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) changed color (because of anger) and he said, "Do you dare to intercede in matters prescribed by Allah?" Usamah pleaded: "O Messenger of Allah! Pray for my forgiveness." 'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) added: Thereafter the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave orders to have that woman's hand cut off.