The Book on Salat (Prayer)

كتاب الصلاة

Chapter 159: What Has Been Related About Making Signals During Salat

Ibn Umar narrated

"I said to Bilal: 'How did the Prophet (S) reply to them when they gave him Salams and he was performing Salat?' He said: 'He would motion with his hand.'"

Chapter 160: What Has Been Related About The 'The Tasbih Is For The Men And Clapping Is For The Women'

Abu Hurairah narrated that

Allah's Messenger said: "The Tasbih is for the men and clapping is for the women."

Chapter 161: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked to Yawn During Salat

Abu Hurairah narrated that theProphet (ﷺ) said

"Yawning in prayer (salah) is from the Shaitan, so when one of you yawns then let him suppress (it) as much as possible."

Chapter 162: What Has Been Related About The Salat While Sitting Is Half Of The Salat While Standing

Imran bin Husain narrated

"I asked Allah's Messenger (S) about the Salat for a man who is sitting. He said: 'Whoever performs Salat while standing then that is more virtuous. And whoever performs Salat while sitting, then he gets half the rewards of the one standing, and whoever performs Salat while lying down, then he gets half the rewards of the one sitting.'"

This Hadith has been related from Ibrahim bin Tahman with this chain. Except that he said

"From Imran bin Husain who said: 'I asked Allah's Messenger (S) about Salat for a sick person. He said: "He performs Salat standing, if he is not able then sitting, if he is not able then on his side."

Chapter 163: [What Has Been Related] About Voluntary Prayers While Sitting

Hafsah, the wife of the Prophet (S), narrated

"I did not see Allah's Messenger (S) praying voluntary prayers sitting until the year before he died. Then he would perform Salat for the voluntary prayers sitting, and he would recite a Surah and prolong it such that it would be longer than the longest of them."

Aishah narrated

"The Prophet (S) would perform Salat while sitting. And he would recite while sitting. When about thirty or forty Ayah of his recitation remained he would standup and recite while he was standing, then he would bow and prostrate. Then he would do the same in the second Rak'ah."

Abdullah bun Shaqiq narrated from Aishah, he said

"I asked her about the voluntary Salat of Allah's Messenger (S), she said: 'He would pray long into the night standing, and long into the night sitting. So when he recited and he was standing, he would bow and prostrate whole he was standing, and when he recited while he was sitting, he bowed and prostrated while he was sitting.'"

Chapter 164: What Has Been Related About The Prophet (S) Saying: "I Hear The Crying Of A Small Boy During Salat and Shorten It"

Anas bin Malik narrated that

Allah's Messenger said: "Indeed I hear the crying of a small boy while I am in Salat, so I shorten it in fear that his mother may be tormented."

Chapter 165: What Has Been Related About 'The Salat Of A Woman Who Has Reached The Age Of Menstruation Is Not Accepted Without A Khimar'

Aishah narrated that

Allah's Messenger said: "The Salat of a women who has reached the age of menstruation is not accepted without a Khimar"

Chapter 166: What Has Been Related About As-Sadl Being Disliked During Salat

Abu Hurairah narrated

"Allah's Messenger (S) prohibited As-Sadl in the Salat."

Chapter 167: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked To Smooth The Pebbled During Salat

Abu Dharr narrated that

the Prophet (S) said: "When one of you stands for Salat then he should not smoothen the pebbles, for indeed it is mercy that he is facing."

Mu'aiqib narrated

"I asked Allah's Messenger (S) about smoothening the pebbles during Salat. He said: 'If you must do so, then let it be only once.'"

Chapter 168: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked To Blow During Salat

Umm Salamah narrated

"The Prophet (S) saw a boy of ours - called Aflah - blowing when he prostrated. So he said: 'O Aflah! Put your face in the dirt.'"

(Another chain) in which Abu Hamzah narrated

"A boy of ours named Rabah."

Chapter 169: What Has Been Related About The Prohibition Of Al-Ikhtisar (Holding The Hip) In Salat

Abu Hurairah narrated

"The Prophet (S) prohibited than a man to pray with his hands on his hip."

Chapter 170: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked To Gather The Hair During Salat

Abu Rafi narrated that

He passed by Al-Hasan bin Ali while he was performing Salat and he had gathered his locks at the back of his head, so he (Abu Rafi) undid them, and Al-Hasan turned to him angrily. He said: "Resume your Salat and do not be angry, for indeed I heard Allah's Messenger (S) saying: 'That is the seat of Ash-Shaitan.'"

Chapter 171: What Has Been Related About Having Khushu' During Salat

Al-Fadl bin Al-`Abbas narrated that

Allah's Messenger (S) said: "As-Salat is two and two, with a Tashahhud for every two Rak`ah, with humility, imploring, having a sense of tranquility, pleading and showing helplessness and stretching out your hand" - he said: raising them - "to your Lord, with the insides of them facing your face, saying: 'O Lord! O Lord! And whoever does not do this, then it is like this or that."

Chapter 172: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked to Intertwine The Fingers During Salat

Ka'b bun Ujrah narrated that

Allah's Messenger (S) said: "When one of you performs Wudu and does so well, then he leaves intending to go to the Masjid, then let him not intertwine his fingers, for indeed he is in Salat."

Chapter 173: What Has Been Related About The Lengthy Standing During Salat

Jabir narrated

"It was said to the Prophet (S): 'Which Salat is most virtuous?' He said: 'That with the longest Qunut.'"