The Book on Salat (Prayer)

كتاب الصلاة

Chapter 140: What Has Been Related About 'The Salat Is Not severed By Anything'

Ibn Abbas narrated

"I was a companion rider on a female donkey with Al-Fadl. We came while the Prophet and his Companions were performing Salat at Mina." He said: "We dismounted from it and joined the row. The donkey then passed in front of them, and this did not invalidate their Salat."

Chapter 147: What Has Been Related About Salat In Sheep Pens And The Resting Area Of Camels

Abu Hurairah narrated that

Allah's Messenger said: "Perform Salat in sheep pens but do not perform Salat in the camels' resting area."

Chapter 119: What Has Been Related About The Recitation For The Isha Prayer

Abdullah bin Buraidah narrated that his father (Buraidah) said

"Allah's Messenger would recite: By the sun and its brightness, or similar Surah for the latter Isha (prayer)."

Chapter 124: What Has Been Related About 'All Of The Earth Is A Masjid, Except For The Graveyard And Washroom'

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that

Allah's Messenger said: "All of the earth is a Masjid except for the graveyard and the washroom."

Chapter 125: What Has Been Related About The Virtue Of Building A Masjid

It has been related that

the Prophet said: "Whoever builds a Masjid for (the sake of) Allah, be it small or large, then Allah will build a house for him in Paradise."

Chapter 132: What Has Been Related About Walking To The Masjid

(Another chain with a similar narration) from Abu Hurairah,

from the Prophet.

Chapter 138: What Has Been Related About The Sutrah For The One Performing Salat

Muba bin Talhah narrated from his father (Talhah) that

Allah's Messenger said: "When one of you placed something like the post (handle) of the camel saddle in front of him, then let him perform Salat and not concern himself with who passes beyond that."

Chapter 141: What Has Been Related About 'Salat Is Not Severed Except By A Dog, A Donkey, And A Woman'

Abu Dharr said that

Allah's Messenger said: "When a man performs Salat, and there is nothing in front of him like the post of a saddle, or a camel saddle, then his Salat is severed by (passing of) a black dog, a woman, and a donkey." It was said to Abu Dharr: "What is the problem with the black dog rather than the red or white one?" He said: "O my nephew! I asked Allah's Messenger just as you have asked me. He said: 'The black dog is a Shaitan (devil).'"

Chapter 144: What Has Been Related About 'What Is Between The East And The West Is A Qiblah'

Abu Hurairah narrated that

Allah's Messenger said: "What is between the east and the west is Qiblah."

(Another chain narrating that) Abu Hurairah narrated that

Allah's Messenger said: "What is between the east and the west is Qiblah."

Chapter 145: What Has Been Related About A Man Who Prays Facing A Direction Other Than The Qiblah When It Is Cloudy

Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabi'ah narrated from his father who said

"We were with the Prophet on a journey on a very dark night and we did not know the direction of the Qiblah. So each man among us prayed in his own direction. In the morning when we mentioned that to the Prophet, then the following was revealed: So where ever you turn, there is the Face of Allah."

Chapter 147: What Has Been Related About Salat In Sheep Pens And The Resting Area Of Camels

Anas bin Malik narrated

"The Prophet would perform Salat in sheep pens."

Chapter 127: What Has Been Related About Sleeping In The Masjid

Ibn Umar narrated

"We would sleep in the Masjid during the time of Allah's Messenger and we were young men."

Chapter 128: What Has Been Related About The Dislike For Buying, Selling, Loudly Seeking Out A Lost Item And Reciting Poetry In The Masjid

Amr bin Shu'aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather (Abdullah bin Amr Al-As), that

Allah's Messenger prohibited the recitation of poetry in the Masjid, and from selling and buying in it, and (he prohibited) the people from forming circles in it on Friday before the Salat."

Chapter 130: What Has Been Related About The Salat Performed In Masjid Quba

Abu Al-Abrad the freed slave of Banu Khatmah narrated that he heard Usaid bin Zuhair Al-Ansari - and he was one of the Companions of the Prophet - narrated that

the Prophet said: "The Salat in Masjid Quba is like Umrah."

Chapter 132: What Has Been Related About Walking To The Masjid

(Another chain with a similar narration) from Abu Hurairah

[from the Prophet]. And this is more correct than the Hadith of Yazid bin Zurai. (no. 327)

Chapter 133: What Has Been Related About The Virtues Of Sitting In The Masjid And Waiting For The Salat

Abu Hurairah narrated that

Allah's Messenger said: "One of you does not cease to be in Salat as long as he is waiting for it. And the angels do not cease praying for one of you as long as he remains in the Masjid (saying): 'Allah! Forgive him. O Allah! Have mercy upon him' - as long as he does not commit Hadath." A man from Hadramawt said: "And just what is Hadath Abu Hurairah?" He said: "Breaking wind, or passing gas."

Chapter 134: What Has Been Related About Salat On A Khumrah

Ibn Abbas narrated

"Allah's Messenger performed Salat on a Khumrah."

Chapter 139: What Has Been Related About The Dislike for Passing In Front Of The Person Performing Salat

Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhni sent a message to Abu Juhaim asking him what he had heard from Allah's Messenger about passing in front of a person who was performing Salat. Abu Juhaim said

that Allah's Messenger said: "If the one who passed in front of the person performing Salat knew what he was doing, then for him to stop (and wait for forty) would be better for him than to pass in front of him."

Chapter 142: What Has Been Related About Performing Salat In One Garment

Umar bin Abi Salamah narrated that he saw

Allah's Messenger performing Salat in the house of Umm Salamah wrapped in one garment.