The Book on Salat (Prayer)

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Chapter 158: What Has Been Related About the Length Of The Sitting After The First Two Rak'ah

Ubaidullah bin Abdullah bin Mas'ud narrated from his father (Abdullah bin Mas'ud) that he said

"When Allah's Messenger sat for the first two Rak'ah it was as if he was on hot stones." Shu'bah (one of the narrators) said: "Then Sa'd's lips moved (saying) something. So I said: 'Until he stood?' He said: 'Until he stood.'"

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

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 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.'"

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 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.'"

Chapter 175: What Has Been Related About Killing The Two Black Things In Salat

Abu Hurairah narrated

"Allah's Messenger (S) ordered killing the two black things in Salat; the snake and the scorpion."

Chapter 184: What Has Been Related About A Man Sneezing During Salat

Muadh bin Rifa'ah narrated that his father said

"I prayed behind Allah's Messenger (S). I sneezed and said: Al-Hamdulillah, hamdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan fih, mubarakan alaihi kama yuhibbu Rabbana Wa Yarda (All praise is due to Alah, many good blessed praises, blessings for Him as our Lord loves and is pleased with.) When Allah's Messenger (S) prayed and turned (after finishing) he said: 'Who was the speaker during the Salat?' No one spoke. Then he said it a second time: 'Who was the speaker during the Salat?' But no one spoke. Then he said it a third time: 'Who was the speaker during the Salat?'" So Rifa'ah bin Rafi bin Afra said: "It was I, O Messenger of Allah (S)." He said: "What did you say?" He said: "I said: 'Al-Hamdulillah, hamdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan fih, mubarakan alaihi kama yuhibbu Rabbana Wa Yarda. The Prophet (S) said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! I saw thirty-some angels competing over which of then would ascend with it."

Chapter 186: What Has Been Related About Salat With Repentance

Asma bin Al-Hakam Al-Fazari said

"I heard Ali saying: 'Indeed I am a man who, when I heard a Hadith from Allah's Messenger (S) then Allah causes me to benefit from it as much as He wills for me to benefit from it. When a man among his Companions narrated to me I ask him to swear an oath to me about it, and when he swears an oath to me I trust him. And Abu Bakr narrated to me - and Abu Bakr told the truth - he said: "I heard Allah's Messenger (S) saying: 'There is no man who commits a sin, then makes Wudu, then performs Salat, then seeks forgiveness from Allah, except that Allah forgives him.' Then he recited this Ayah: Those who when they have committed Fahishah or wronged themselves with eveil, remember Allah. (3:135) until the end of the Ayah."

Chapter 190: What Has Been Related About At-Tasbih At The End Of Salat

Ibn Abbas narrated

"Some of the poor people came to Allah's Messenger (S) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah (S)! The rich pray as we pray, they fast as we fast, but they have wealth with which they free slaves and which they give in charity.' He said: 'When you perform Salat, then say: 'Subhan Allah' thirty-three times, and: 'Al-Hamdulillah' thirty-three times, and: 'Allahu Akbar' thirty-four times, and 'La ilaha illallah' ten times. With that you will have surprassed them, and none would surpass you afterwards.'"

Chapter 195: What Has Been Related About The Virtue Of The Two Rak'ah (Before) Fajr

Aishah narrated that

Allah's Messenger (S) said: "The two Rak'ah of Fajr are better than the world and what is in it."

Chapter 205: Something Else About That

Umm Habibah narrated that

Allah's Messenger (S) said: "Whoever prays four before Az-Zuhr and four after, Allah makes him prohibited for the Fire."

Chapter 208: What Has Been Related About Him (S) Praying Them In The House

Ibn Umar narrated

"I prayed two Rak'ah after Al-Maghrib with the Prophet (S) in his house."

Ibn Umar

has a similar narration

Chapter 179: Regarding One Who Has Doubts Over Addition Or A Omission

Abu Hurairah narrated that

Allah's Messenger (S) said: "Indeed the Shaitan comes to one of you in his Salat confusing him until he does now know how much he has prayed. When one of you experiences that then let him perform two prostrations while sitting."

Chapter 183: [What Has Been Related] About Not Performing The Qunut

Abu Malik Al-Ashjai narrated

"I said to my father: 'O my father! You offered Salat behind Allah's Messenger (S), Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali bin Abi Talib here in Al-Kufah for about five years. Did they say the Qunut?' He said: 'It is a newly invented matter my son.'"

Chapter 187: What Has Been Related About When A Boy Is Ordered To Perform Salat

(Sabrah bin Ma'bad al-Juhni) narrated that

Allah's Messenger (S) said: "Teach the boy Salat when he is seven years old, and beat him (if he does not pray) when he is ten."

Chapter 192: What Has Been Related About Striving With The Salat

Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah narrated

"Allah's Messenger (S) performed Salat until his feet were swollen, so it was said to him: 'You burden yourself like this, while your past and future sins have been forgiven?' He said: 'Shouldn't I be a grateful worshipper?'"

Chapter 197: What Has Been Related About Talking After The Two Rak'ah (Before) Fajr

Aishah narrated

"When Allah's Messenger (S) prayed the two Rak'ah (before) Fajr if he needed something from me he would talk to me, if not, he would go to Salat."