The Book on Salat (Prayer)

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Chapter 180: What Has Been Related About A Man Who Says The Taslim After Two Rakah During The Zuhr Or Asr Prayers

Abu Hurairah narrated

"The Prophet (S) turned (finished the prayer) after two (Rak'ah), so Dhul-Yadain said: 'Has the prayer been shortened or have you forgotten O Messenger of Allah?" The Prophet (S) said: 'Is what Dhul-Yadain said the truth?' The people said yes, so Allah's Messenger (S) stood to perform the last two (Rakah) of Salat, then he said the Taslim. Then he said the Takbir and prostrated in a manner the same or longer than his (normal) prostrations."

Chapter 185: [What Has Been Related] About The Abrogation Of Speech During The Salat

Zaid bin Arqam narrated

"We used to talk behind Allah's Messenger (S) during the Salat, a man among us would talk to his companions next to him until (the following) was revealed: And stand before Allah with obedience. (2:238) So we were ordered to be silent and prohibited from talking."

Chapter 188: What Has Been Related About A Man Who Commites Hadath After The Tashah-hud

Abdullah bin Amr narrated that

Allah's Messenger (S) said: "When he commits Hadath - meaning a man - and he is sitting in the end of his Salat before saying the Taslim, then his Salat is acceptable."

Chapter 191: What Has Been Related About Salat On The Riding Animal During Muddy And Rainy Conditions

Amr bin Uthman bin Ya'la bin Murrah narrated from his father, from his grand-father that

They were with the Prophet (S) on a journey. They wound up in a narrow area when Salat became due. Then it began raining from the sky above them, and it was wet beneath them. So Allah's Messenger (S) called the Adhan while he was on his mount, and then the Iqamah, going forward on his mount. He let them in Salat by making gestures, making his prostrations lower than his bowing.

Chapter 193: What Has Been Related About 'The First Thing The Slave (Of Allah) Will Be Reckoned For On The Day Of Judgement Is The Salat'

Huraith bin Qabisah narrated

"I arrived in Al-Madinah and said: 'O Allah! Facilitate me to be in a righteous gathering.'" He said: "I sat with Abu Hurairah and said: 'Indeed I asked Allah to provide me with a righteous gathering. So narrate a hadith to me which you heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) so that perhaps Allah would cause me to benefit from it.' He said: 'I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: "Indeed the first deed by which a servant will be called to account on the Day of Resurrection is his Salat. If it is complete, he is successful and saved, but if it is defective, he has failed and lost. So if something is deficient in his obligatory (prayers) then the Lord, Mighty and Sublime says: 'Look! Are there any voluntary (prayers) for my worshipper?' So with them, what was deficient in his obligatory (prayers) will be completed. Then the rest of his deeds will be treated like that."

Chapter 194: What Has Been Related About One Who Prays Twelve Rak'ah Of Sunnah In A and Night, And What Virtues He Will Have For That

Aishah narrated that Allah's Messenger (S) said

"Whoever is regular with twelve Rak'ah of Sunnah (prayer), Allah will build a house for him in Paradise: Four Rak'ah before Zuhr, two Rak'ah after it, two Rak'ah after Maghrib, two Rak'ah after Isha, and two Rak'ah before Fajr."

Chapter 200: What Has Been Related About 'When The Iqamah Has Been Called For Salat Then There Is No Salat But The Obligatory'

Abu Hurairah narrated that

Allah's Messenger (S) said: "When the Iqamah has been called for the Salat then there is no Salat except the obligatory."

Chapter 201: What Has Been Related About One Who Misses The Two Rak'ah Before Fajr Praying Them After The Subh Prayer

Qais narrated

"Allah's Messenger (S) went out and the Iqamah was called for the Salat so I prayed As-Subh with him. Then the Prophet (S) turned and found me performing Salat so he said: 'Easy O Qais! Are there two prayers together?' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I did not perform the two Rak'ah (before) Fajr.' He said: 'Then there is no harm.'"

Chapter 203: What Has Been Related About The Four Rak'ah Before Az-Zuhr

Ali narrated

"The Prophet (S) would pray four Rak'ah before Az-Zuhr and two Rak'ah after it."

Chapter 206: What Has Been Related About The Four (Rak'ah) Before Asr

Ali narrated

"Allah's Messenger (S) would pray four Rak'ah before Al-Asr separating between them with At-Taslim upon the angels that are close (to Allah) and those who follow them among the Muslims and the believers."

Chapter 211: What Has Been Related About The Salat Of The Night Is Two By Two

Ibn Umar narrated that

The Prophet (S) said: "Salat in the night is two by two. So when you fear the dawn (is near) then make it odd by one, and make that the last of your Salat odd."

Chapter 213: What Has Been Related About The Description Of The Night Prayer Of The Prophet (S)

Sa'eed bin Abi Sa'eed Al-Maqburi narrated that

Sa'eed bin Abi Sa'eed Al-Maqburi narrated that Abu Salamah informed him that he had asked Aishah: "How was the Salat of Allah's Messenger (A) [at night] during Ramadan?" She said: "Allah's Messenger (S) would pray - neither in Ramadan nor in any other month - more than eleven Rak'ah. He would pray four, and do not ask about their excellence or length, then he would pray four, and do not ask about their excellence or length, then he would pray three." Aishah said: "I asked: 'O Messenger of Allah! Do you sleep before having performed Witr?" He said: 'O Aishah! Indeed my eyes sleep but my heart does not sleep.'"

Chapter 214: Something Else About That (Night Prayer)

Ibn Abbas narrated

"The Prophet (S) would pray thirteen Rak'ah at night."

Chapter 215: Something Else About That (Night Prayer)

Aishah narrated

"The Prophet (S) would pray nine Rak'ah in the night."

Narrator not mentioned

(Another chain with similar narration)

Chapter 219: What Has Been Related About The Virtue Of Voluntary Salat In The House

Zaid bin Thabit narrated that

The Prophet (S) said: "The most virtuous prayer of yours is in your homes, except for the obligatory."

Chapter 213: What Has Been Related About The Description Of The Night Prayer Of The Prophet (S)

Narrator mot mentioned

Another chain with similar narration

Chapter 217: [What Had Been Related] About The Lord Blessed And Exalted Is He, Descending To The Earth's Heaven Every Night

Abu Hurairah narrated that

Allah's Messenger (S) said: "Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, descends to the earth's heaven every night when the first third of the night has passed. He says: "I am the Sovereign. Is there any who calls upon Me so that I may respond to him? Is there any who asks of Me that I may give him? Is there any who seeks forgiveness from Me so that I may forgive him?' He continues in that until the illumination of Al-Fajr."

Chapter 218: What Has Been Related About The Recitation During The Night

Abdullah bin Abi Qais narrated

"I asked Aishah how the recitation of the Prophet (S) was at night. [Would he recite silently o audibly?] So she said: 'He would do both of those. Sometimes he was silent with his recitation and sometimes it was audible.' So I said: 'All praise is due to Allah, the One who made the matter broad.'"

Chapter 219: What Has Been Related About The Virtue Of Voluntary Salat In The House

Ibn Umar narrated that

The Prophet (S) said: "Offer Salat in your homes and do not turn them into graves."