The Book on Traveling

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Chapter 20: What Has Been Related About The One Who Prays The Obligatory Prayer, Then Leads The People In Prayer After That

Jabir bin Abdullah narrated

'Mu'adh bin Jabal would pray Al-Maghrib with the Messenger of Allah, then he would return to his people to lead them (in prayer)."

Chapter 21: What Has Been Mentioned About The Permission To Prostrate On The Clothing During The Heat And Cold

Anas bin Malik narrated

"When we prayed behind the Prophet in the midday heat, we would prostrate on our garments as a protection against the heat."

Chapter 22: What Has Been Mentioned About What Is Recommended When Sitting After The Subh Prayer Until The Sun Has Risen

Jabir bin Samurah narrated

"When the Prophet prayed Fajr he would remain seated where he had prayed until the sun had risen."

Anas bin Malik narrated that

the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever prays Fajr in congregation, then sits remembering Allah until the sun has risen, then he prays two Rak'ah, then for him is the reward like that of a Hajj and Umrah." He said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'Complete, complete, complete.'"

Chapter 23: What Has Been Mentioned About Looking Around During Salat

Ibn Abbas narrated

"The Messenger of Allah would glance toward the right and the left during Salat but he would not turn his neck to look behind him."

Sa'eed bin Abi Hind narrated from some of the companions of Ikrimah

"The Prophet would glance during Salat" and he mentioned a similar narration.

Anas narrated

"The Messenger of Allah said to me: 'O my son! Beware of looking around during the Salat, for indeed looking around during Salat is destruction. If you must do so, then in the voluntary (prayers), not in the obligatory (prayers).'" (Da'if)

Aishah narrated

"I asked the Messenger of Allah about looking around during the Salat. He said: 'It is a portion which the Shaitan snatches during a man's prayer.'"

Chapter 24: What Has Been Mentioned About A Man Who Catches Up With The Imam (While He Is) In Prostration, What Should He Do?

Mu'adh bin Jabal narrated that

the Messenger of Allah said: "When one of you comes to the Salat and (finds) the Imam is in a position, then do as the Imam is doing."

Chapter 25: About It Being Disliked For The People To Wait For The Imam While They Are Standing At The Beginning Of The Prayer

Abdullah bin Abi Qatadah narrated from his father that

the Messenger of Allah said: "When the Iqamah is called for the prayer, then do not stand until you see that I have come out."

Chapter 26: What Has Been Mentioned About Praising Allah And Sending Salat Upon The Prophet Before Supplicating

Abdullah said

"I was prayed and the Prophet, Abu Bakr, and Umar were there, so when I sat, I started off with praising Allah, then sending Salat upon the Prophet, then supplicating for myself. So the Prophet said: 'Ask, your request will be granted, ask, your request will be ranted.'"

Chapter 27: What Has Been Mentioned About Scenting The Masjid

Aishah narrated

"The Prophet ordered the construction of Masajid in all Dur and that they be kept clean and scented."

(Another chain) from Hisham bin Urwah, from his father

"That the Prophet ordered." And he mentioned similarly.

(Another chain) from Hisham from Urwah, from his father

"That the Prophet ordered." And he mentioned similarly.

Chapter 28: What Has Been Related About The Salat During The Night And The Day Is Two And Two

Ibn Umar narrated that

the Prophet said: "The Salat during the night and the day is two and two."

Chapter 29: How The Prophet Performed Voluntary Prayers During The Day

Asim bin Damrah said

"We asked Ali about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah during the day. He said: 'You will not be able to do that.' We said: 'Whoever among is able (he will)?' So he said: 'When the sun appeared over there (east) like it appears here (west) at Asr, the Messenger of Allah would pray two Rak'ah, and when the sun appeared over there (east) like it appears here (west) at Zuhr, he would pray four Rak'ah. And he would pray four before Zuhr and two after it, and four before Asr separating between every two Rak'ah with At-Taslim upon the angels that are close (to Allah) and those who follow them among the believers, and the Muslims."

(Another chain) from Ali

from the Prophet similarly (no. 598).

Chapter 30: About Prayer In A Woman's Cover Being Disliked

Aishah narrated

"The Messenger of Allah would not pray in women's covers."

Chapter 31: (Mentioning) What Is Allowed From Walking And Actions During Voluntary Salat

Urwah narrated that Aishah said

"I came while the Messenger of Allah was praying in the house and the door was closed. So he walked until he opened the door for me, then he returned to his place." And she described the door to be in the direction of the Qiblah.

Chapter 32: What Has Been Mentioned About Reciting Two Surat In A Rak'ah

Abu Wa'il said

"A man asked Abdullah bin Mas'ud about this phrase: 'Ghairi asin' or is it Yasin? So he said: 'You can recite all of the Quran besides this [phrase]?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Indeed a people recite it, disbursing it like Ad-Daqqa are dispersed, without it passing their throats. Indeed I am aware of the surahs that are comparable which the Messenger of Allah would recite together.'" He said: "So we told Alqamah to ask him (what they were). He said: "Twenty surahs from the Mufassal from which the Prophet would combine, reciting every two Surah in a Rak'ah.'"