Category:The Book of Prayer Kitab AlSalat in Sunan Abu Dawoud

The Book of Prayer Kitab AlSalat in Sunan Abu Dawoud Key Points

1. He prayed the noon prayer with me when the sun had passed the meridian to the extent of the thong of a sandal he prayed the afternoon prayer with me when the shadow of everything was as long as itself he prayed the sunset prayer with me when one who is fasting breaks the fast he prayed the night prayer with me when the twilight had ended and he prayed the dawn prayer with me when food and drink become forbidden to one who is keeping the fast . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27370 Category:Chapter on The Times Of The Prophet Prayers And How He Used To Pray Them in Sunan Abu Dawoud
2. Urwah then replied I heard Bashir Bin Abu Masud say that he heard Abu Masud AlAnsari say that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say Gabriel came down and informed me of the time of prayer and I prayed along with him then prayed along with him then I prayed along with him then I prayed along with him then I prayed along with him reckoning with his fingers five times of the prayer . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27371 Category:Chapter on The Time For Zurh Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
3. Sometimes he would delay it when it was sever heat and I witnessed that he prayer the Asr prayer when the sun was high and bright before the yellowness had overcome it then a man could go off after the prayer and reach Dh AlHulaifah before the sunset and he would pray Maghrib when the sun had set and he would pray the Isha prayer when darkness prevailed over the horizon sometime he would delay it until the people assembled and once he prayer the fair prayer in the darkness of dawn and at another time he prayed it when it became fairly light but later on he continued to pray in the darkness of dawn until his death he never prayed it again in the light of the dawn . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27371 Category:Chapter on The Time For Zurh Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
4. Abdullah Bin Amr reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying The time of the Zuhr prayer is as along as the time of the Asr prayer has not come the time of the Asr prayer is as long as the sun has not become yellow the time of the Maghrib prayer is as long as the twilight has not ended the time of the Isha prayer is up to midnight and the time of the Fajr prayer is as long as the sun has not risen . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27372 Category:Chapter on The Time For Asr Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
5. Abu Barzah reported The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would offer the Zuhr prayer when the sun had passed the meridian he would offer Asr prayer after which one of us would visit the skirts of Medina and return him while the sun was still bright I forgot what he said about the Maghrib prayer he did not fear postponing the Isha prayer until a third of night had passed or he said until the midnight had passed . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27374 Category:Chapter on The Time For The Later Isha in Sunan Abu Dawoud
6. Abu Huraira reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying When the heat is violent offer the Zuhr prayer when it becomes fairly cool for the violent heat comes from the bubbling over the Hell . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27378 Category:Chapter on Whoever Sleeps Through The Prayer Time Or Forgets To Pray in Sunan Abu Dawoud
7. He said I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say This is how hypocrites pray this is how hypocrites pray this is how hypocrites pray He sits watching the sun and when it becomes yellow and is between the horns of the devil or is on the horns of the devil he rises and prays for rakahs quickly remembering Allah only seldom during them . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27389 Category:Chapter on Spitting In A Masjid Is Disliked in Sunan Abu Dawoud
8. Narrated Abu Ayoub Marthad Ibn Abdullah said When Abu Ayoub came upon us to fight the infidels and in those days Uqbah Ibn Amir was the Governor of Egypt he Uqbah delayed the sunset prayer . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27391 Category:Chapter on The Places In Which Prayer Is Not Allowed in Sunan Abu Dawoud
9. If anyone performs ablution for them well offers them at their right time and observes perfectly their bowing and submissiveness in them it is the guarantee of Allah that He will pardon him if anyone does not do so there is no guarantee for him on the part of Allah He may pardon him if He wills and punish him if He wills . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27399 Category:Chapter on What Is Required Of The Muadhdhin Regarding Kepping Track Of Time in Sunan Abu Dawoud
10. He who prays the five times prayer regularly with the ablution for them with their bowing with their prostration and their right times keeps fast during Ramadan performs Hajj pilgrimage to the House Kabah provided he has the ability for its passage pays Zakat happily and fulfills the trust he will enter Paradise . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27405 Category:Chapter on What Has Been Narrated Concerning The Supplication Made After The Adhan in Sunan Abu Dawoud
11. Narrated Abu Qatadah Ibn Ribiy Allah the Exalted said I made five times prayers obligatory on your people and I took a guarantee that if anyone observes them regularly at their times I shall admit him to Paradise if anyone does not offer them regularly there is no such guarantee of Mine for him . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27405 Category:Chapter on What Has Been Narrated Concerning The Supplication Made After The Adhan in Sunan Abu Dawoud
12. Abu Dharr said The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked me How will you act Abu Dharr when you are under rulers who kill prayer or delay it beyond its proper time I said Messenger of Allah what do you command me He replied Offer the prayer at its proper time and if you say it along with them say it for it will be a supererogatory prayer for you . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27405 Category:Chapter on What Has Been Narrated Concerning The Supplication Made After The Adhan in Sunan Abu Dawoud
13. Neither the Prophet ﷺ nor Bilal nor any of his Companions could get up till the sunshine struck them . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27410 Category:Chapter on Leaving The Masjid After The Adhan in Sunan Abu Dawoud
14. Abu Dawud said This tradition has been narrated by Malik Sufyan Bin Uyainah AlAwzai and Abd AlRazzaq from Mamar and Ibn Ishaq none of them made a mention of the call for prayer adman in this version of the tradition narrated by AlZuhri and none of them attribute this tradition to him except AlAwzai and Aban AlAttar on the authority of Mamar . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27412 Category:Chapter on The Tathwib in Sunan Abu Dawoud
15. Khalid Bin Sumair said Abdullah Bin Rabah AlAnsari whom the Ansar called faqih juries came to us from Medina and reported us on the authority of Abu Qatadah AlAnsari the horseman of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a military expedition consisting of the chief Companions . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27414 Category:Chapter on The Severity Of Not Attending The Congregational Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
16. Ibn Umar reported The pillars of the mosque of the Prophet ﷺ during the life time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were made of the trunks of the palm tree they covered from the above by twigs of the palm tree they decayed during the caliphate of Abu Bakr . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27423 Category:Chapter on On Having Two Congregations In The Masjid in Sunan Abu Dawoud
17. But this version has the word forgive in the verse instead of the word help . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27429 Category:Chapter on On Women Action As Imam in Sunan Abu Dawoud
18. He then asked Who among you is Muhammad The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting leaning upon something among them . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27458 Category:Chapter on If A Person Takes Off His Sandals For Prayer Where Should He Place Them in Sunan Abu Dawoud
19. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Amr Ibn AlAs The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said Command your children to pray when they become seven years old and beat them for it prayer when they become ten years old and arrange their beds to sleep separately . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27463 Category:Chapter on Rows Between The Pillars in Sunan Abu Dawoud
20. If it is the morning prayer you must pronounce prayer is better than sleep prayer is better than sleep Allah is most great there is no god but Allah . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27476 Category:Chapter on The Command To The One Who Is Praying To Block Others From Crossing In Front Of Him in Sunan Abu Dawoud
21. in congregation so much so that I intended to send people to the houses to announce the time of prayer and I also resolved that I should order people to stand at the tops of the forts and announce the time of the prayer for Muslims and they struck the bell or were about to strike the bell to announce the time for prayer . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27478 Category:Chapter on What Breaks The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
22. They would stand in prayer along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ some in standing position others bowing some sitting and some praying along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Ibn AlMuthanna reported from Amr from Hussain Bin Abi Laila saying Until Muadh came . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27479 Category:Chapter on The Sutrah Of The Imam Acts As A Sutrah For Those behind Him in Sunan Abu Dawoud
23. So turn thy face toward the Inviolable Place of Worship and ye O Muslims wherever ye may be turn your face when ye pray toward it ii . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27482 Category:Chapter on Whoever Said That A Dog Does Not Nullify The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
24. If someone wished to keep the fast he would keep the fast if someone wished to abandon the fast he would feed an indigent every day it would do for him . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27483 Category:Chapter on Whoever Said That Nothing Nullifes The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
25. Hence the fast was prescribed for the one who was present in the month of Ramadan and the traveller was required to atone for them feeding the indigent was prescribed for the old man and woman who were unable to fast . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27483 Category:Chapter on Whoever Said That Nothing Nullifes The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
26. four times each and the words of iqamah were pronounced once in pairs twice each except that the phrase The time for prayer has come would be pronounced twice . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27483 Category:Chapter on Whoever Said That Nothing Nullifes The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
27. Then I began to ask Should I utter iqamah Messenger of Allah But he began to look at the direction of the east waiting for the break of dawn and said No . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27484 Category:Chapter on Raising The Hands In The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
28. Narrated Abu Huraira The Prophet ﷺ said The muadhdhin will receive forgiveness to the extent to which his voice reaches and every moist and dry place will testify on his behalf and he who attends the congregation of prayer will have twenty five prayers recorded for him and will have expiation for sins committed between every two times of prayer . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27484 Category:Chapter on Raising The Hands In The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
29. When the second call to prayer iqamah is made he turns his back and when the second call is finished he turns round and suggest notions in the mind of the man at prayer to distract his attention saying remember such and such referring to something the man did not have n mind with the result that he does not know how much he has prayed . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27484 Category:Chapter on Raising The Hands In The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
30. Narrated A woman from Banu AlNajjar Urwah Ibn AlZubair reported on the authority of a woman from Banu AlNajjar . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27484 Category:Chapter on Raising The Hands In The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
31. Umar Bin Alkhattab reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying When the MUADHDHIN says Allah is most great Allah is most great and one of you says in response Allah is most great Allah is most great then says I testify tht there is no god but Allah and he says in response I testify that there is no god but Allah then say I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and he makes the response I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah then says Come to prayer and he makes the response There is no might and no power except in Allah then says Allah is most great Allah is most great and he makes the response Allah is most great then says There is no god but Allah if he says this from his heart he enter Paradise . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27487 Category:Chapter on Those Who Did Not Mentiong Raisin The Hands After Ruku in Sunan Abu Dawoud
32. I Yazid Bin Yazid said I asked Yazid Bin AlAsamm Abu Awuf did he mean Friday prayer or any other He replied may my ears become deaf if I have not heard Abu Huraira narrating it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ He did not mention Friday prayer or any other . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27508 Category:Chapter on The Completion Of The Takbir in Sunan Abu Dawoud
33. You would abandon the Sunnah practice of your prophet and if you were Abandon the Sunnah Practice of your Prophet you would become an unbeliever . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27509 Category:Chapter on How Should One Place His Knees Before His Hands While Going Into Prostration in Sunan Abu Dawoud
34. This is because when any of you performs ablution and does it perfectly and goes out to the mosque having no intention except praying and nothing moves him except prayer then at every step which he takes his rank is elevated by one degree on account of this walking and one sin is remitted from him for this walking till he enters the mosque . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27520 Category:Chapter on The Supplication During The Ruku And Prostration in Sunan Abu Dawoud
35. The angels keep on invoking blessing on any of you so long as he remains seated in the place he prayer saying O Allah forgive him O Allah have mercy on him O Allah accept his repentance so long as he does not harm anyone or breaks his ablution . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27520 Category:Chapter on The Supplication During The Ruku And Prostration in Sunan Abu Dawoud
36. Narrated Kaab Ibn Ujrah Abu Thumamah AlHannat said that Kaab Ibn Ujrah met him while he was going to the mosque one of the two companions met his companion on his way to the mosque And he met crossing the fingers of my both hands . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27523 Category:Chapter on The Limbs Upon Which One Should Prostrate in Sunan Abu Dawoud
37. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say If any one of you performs ablution and performs it very well and goes out for prayer he does not take his right step but Allah records a good work or blessing for him and he does not take his left step but Allah remits one sin from him . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27525 Category:Chapter on Prostrating On The Nose And Forehead in Sunan Abu Dawoud
38. Narrated Abu Huraira The Prophet ﷺ said whoever performs ablution and performs his ablution perfectly and then goes to the mosque and finds that the people had finished the prayer in congregation Allah will give him a reward like one who prayed in congregation and attended it The reward of those who prayed in congregation will not be curtailed . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27527 Category:Chapter on Concession In This Regard When There Is A Need in Sunan Abu Dawoud
39. Abdullah Bin Masud reported the prophet ﷺ as saying it is more excellent for a woman to pray in her house than in her courtyard and more excellent for her to pray in her private chamber than in her house . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27530 Category:Chapter on The Whispering Of The Soul Or The Wandering Of One Thoughts Are Disliked During Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
40. Abu Masud AlBadri reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying The one of you who is most versed in the Books of Allah should act as imam for the people and the one who is the earliest of them in reciting the Quran if they are equally versed in reciting it then the earliest of them to emigrate to Medina if they emigrated at the same time then the oldest of them . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27540 Category:Chapter on Saying Amin Behind The Imam in Sunan Abu Dawoud
41. This tradition has been transmitted through a different chain by Abu Masud This version has words If they are equally versed in recitation then the one who has most knowledge of the Sunnah if they are equal with regard to the knowledge of the Sunnah then the earliest of them to emigrate to medina . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27544 Category:Chapter on A Person Prays In The State Of Ikhitsar in Sunan Abu Dawoud
42. I wore a small yellow mantle which when I prostrated myself went up on me and a woman of the clan said Cover the back side of your leader from us . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27549 Category:Chapter on Tawarruk Sitting On One Buttock In The Fourth Rakah in Sunan Abu Dawoud
43. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Umar The Prophet ﷺ said There are three types of people whose prayer is not accepted by Allah One who goes in front of people when they do not like him a man who comes dibaran which means that he comes to it too late and a man who takes into slavery an emancipated male or female slave . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27559 Category:Chapter on The Takbir After The Salat in Sunan Abu Dawoud
44. Abu Huraira reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying Does he who raises his head while the Imam is prostrating not fear that Allah may change his head into a donkeys or his face into a donkeys face . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27579 Category:Chapter on The Expiation Of One Who Leaves It in Sunan Abu Dawoud
45. Narrated Buraydah Ibn AlHasib The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited us to pray in a sheet of cloth without crossing both its ends and he also prohibited us to pray in a wrapper without putting on a sheet . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27585 Category:Chapter on If Eid Occurs On A Friday in Sunan Abu Dawoud
46. A man said to him the prophet Messenger of Allah why did you order him to perform ablution He said he was praying with lower garment trailing and does not accept the prayer of a man who lets his lower garment trail . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27587 Category:Chapter on The Clothes That Should Be Worn For Friday Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
47. Zaid Bin Qunfudh said that his mother asked Umm Salamah In how many clothes should a woman pray She replied she would pray wearing a veil and a long shirt which covers the surface of her feet . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27587 Category:Chapter on The Clothes That Should Be Worn For Friday Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
48. Umm Salamah said that she asked the prophet ﷺ Can a woman pray in a shirt and veil without wearing a lower garment He replied if the shirt is ample and covers the surface of her feet . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27587 Category:Chapter on The Clothes That Should Be Worn For Friday Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
49. He began to recite Surah AlMu minin and while he came to description of Moses and Aaron or the description of Moses and Jesus the narrator Ibn Abbad doubts or other narrators differed amongst themselves on this word the prophet ﷺ coughed and gave up recitation and then bowed Abdullah Bin AlSaib was present seeing all this incident . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27594 Category:Chapter on The Imam Talking To Someobe During His Khutbah in Sunan Abu Dawoud
50. jabir Bin Samurah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying Why do you stand in rows as the angels do in the presence of their Lord We asked how do the angles stand in rows in the presence of their Lord He replied they make the first row complete and keep close together in the row . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27611 Category:Chapter on A Person Praying Behind The Imam While There Is A Wall Between Them in Sunan Abu Dawoud
51. AlNuman Bin Bashir said the Messenger of Allah ﷺ paid attention to the people and said three times straighten your rows in prayer by Allah you must straighten your rows or Allah will certainly put your faces in contrary directions . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27611 Category:Chapter on A Person Praying Behind The Imam While There Is A Wall Between Them in Sunan Abu Dawoud
52. If anyone joins up a row Allah will join him up but if anyone breaks a row Allah will cut him off . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27611 Category:Chapter on A Person Praying Behind The Imam While There Is A Wall Between Them in Sunan Abu Dawoud
53. Narrated Anas Ibn Malik The Prophet ﷺ said Stand close together in your rows bring them near one another and stand neck to neck for by Him in Whose hand my soul is I see the devil coming in through openings in the row just like a small black sheep . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27613 Category:Chapter on The Eid Prayers in Sunan Abu Dawoud
54. Abu Huraira reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying the best of the mens row is the first and the worst of them is the last but the best of the womens rows is the last and the worst of them is the first . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27622 Category:Chapter on Going To The Eid Prayer From One Path And Returning From Another in Sunan Abu Dawoud
55. Abu Dawud said Sufyan AlThawri said A person arrogantly walks in front of me while I am praying so I stop him and a weak person passes so I dont stop him . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27647 Category:Chapter on Spitting In A Masjid Is Disliked in Sunan Abu Dawoud
56. Abu Dawud Sufyan AlThawri said If a man passes proudly in front of me while I am praying I shall stop him and if a weak man passes I shall not stop him . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27649 Category:Chapter on The Places In Which Prayer Is Not Allowed in Sunan Abu Dawoud
57. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas Ikrimah reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas saying I think the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said When one of you prays without a sutrah a dog an ass a pig a Jew a Magian and a woman cut off his prayer but it will suffice if they pass in front of him at a distance of over a stone throw . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27652 Category:Chapter on How The Adhan Began in Sunan Abu Dawoud
58. He said I relate to you a tradition but do not narrate it to anyone so long as I am alive The Messenger of Allah ﷺ encamped at Tabuk near a date palm and he said This is our qiblah direction for praying . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27661 Category:Chapter on What Should Be Said When One Hears The Muadhdhin in Sunan Abu Dawoud
59. Abu Humaid AlSaidi once told a company of ten of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Abu Qatadah was one of them I am one among you who is more informed of the way the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27687 Category:Chapter on On Women Action As Imam in Sunan Abu Dawoud
60. He said When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up to pray he raised his hands so as to bring them opposite his shoulders and uttered the takbir Allah is the most great until every bone rested in its place properly then re recited some verses from the Quran then he uttered the takbir Allah is most great raising his hands so as to bring them opposite his shoulders then he bowed placing the palms of his hands on his knees and keeping himself straight neither raising nor lowering his head then raised his head saying Allah listens to him who praise Him then raised his hands so as to bring them exactly opposite to his shoulders then uttered Allah is most great then lowered himself to the ground in prostration keeping his arms away from his sides then raised his head bent his left foot and sat on it and opened the toes when he prostrated then he uttered Allah is most great then raised his head bent his left foot and sat on it so that every bone returned to its place properly then he did the same in the second rakah . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27687 Category:Chapter on On Women Action As Imam in Sunan Abu Dawoud
61. He then uttered Allah is most great then he prostrated himself and rested on his palms knees and the end of his toes while prostrating then he uttered the Takbir Allah is most great and sat down on his hips and raised his other foot then he uttered the takbir and prostrated himself then he uttered takbir and stood up but did not sit on his hips . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27691 Category:Chapter on A Visitor Being Imam in Sunan Abu Dawoud
62. He further said Then he sat down at the end of two rakahs when he was about to stand after two rakahs he uttered the takbir then he offered the last two rakahs of the prayer . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27692 Category:Chapter on On The Imam Standing In A Location Above The Level Of Congregation in Sunan Abu Dawoud
63. Nafi said on the authority of Ibn Umar that when he began prayer he uttered the takbir Allah is most great and raised his hands and when he bowed he raised his hands and when he said Allah listens to him who praises Him he raised his hands and when he stood up at the end of two rakahs he raised his hands . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27700 Category:Chapter on On Beginning And End Of The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
64. Narrated Ali Ibn Abu Talib Abu Juhayfah said Ali said that it is a sunnah to place one hand on the other in prayer below the navel . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27708 Category:Chapter on If The Qamis Is Tight He Should Wrap It Around His Lower Body in Sunan Abu Dawoud
65. I have wronged myself but I acknowledge my sin so forgive me all my sins Thou Who alone canst forgive sins and guide me to the best qualities . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27711 Category:Chapter on A Woman Praying Without A Khimar in Sunan Abu Dawoud
66. Shuaib Bin Abi Hamzah said Ibn AlMunkadir Ibn Abi Farwah and a number of jurists of Madina said to me When you recite the supplication I am first of the Muslims say instead I am one of the Muslims . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27716 Category:Chapter on If A Person Takes Off His Sandals For Prayer Where Should He Place Them in Sunan Abu Dawoud
67. He the Prophet said Allah is altogether great Allah is altogether great Allah is altogether great and praise be to Allah in abundance and praise be to Allah is abundance and praise be to Allah in abundance . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27717 Category:Chapter on Praying On A Khumr Small Mat in Sunan Abu Dawoud
68. Narrated Aisha Ummul Muminin Aasi m Ibn Humayd said I asked Aisha By what words the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would begin his supererogatory prayer at night She replied You ask me about a thing of which no one asked me before you . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27718 Category:Chapter on Praying On A Hasir Large Mat in Sunan Abu Dawoud
69. When he stood up be uttered the takbir Allah is most great ten times and uttered Praise be to Allah ten times and uttered Glory be to Allah ten times and uttered There is no god but Allah ten times and sought forgiveness ten times and said O Allah forgive me and guide me and give me sustenance and keep me well and he sought refuge in Allah from the hardship of standing before Allah on the Day of Judgment . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27718 Category:Chapter on Praying On A Hasir Large Mat in Sunan Abu Dawoud
70. She said When he stood up at night he began his prayer by saying O Allah Lord of Jibrail Lord of Mikail and Lord of Israfil Creator of the Heavens and the Earth the Knower of what is seen and of what is unseen Thou decides between Thy servants in which they used to differ . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27718 Category:Chapter on Praying On A Hasir Large Mat in Sunan Abu Dawoud
71. Ibn Abbas said When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up for praying at midnight he said o Allah be praise to Thee Thou art the light of the heavens and the earth and to Thee be praise Thou are the maintainer of the heavens and the earth and to Thee be praise Thou art the heavens and the earth and what is between them Thou art the truth and Thy statement is truth and Thy promise is the truth and the visitation with Thee is true and the Paradise is true and the Hell fire is true and the Hour is true O Allah to Thee I turned my attention and by Thee I disputed and to Thee I brought forth my case so forgive me my former and latter sins and my secret and open sins Thou art my deity there is no deity but Thou . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27724 Category:Chapter on Rows For Women And Their Distance From The First Row in Sunan Abu Dawoud
72. And when he raised his head after bowing he did not prostrate himself until he stood up straight and when he raised his head after prostration he did not prostrate the second time until he sat down properly and he recited Altahiyat after every pair of rakahs and when he sat he spread out his left foot and raised his right . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27737 Category:Chapter on The Sutrah Of The Imam Acts As A Sutrah For Those behind Him in Sunan Abu Dawoud
73. Narrated Uthman Ibn Affan Yazid AlFarisi said I heard Ibn Abbas say I asked Uthman Ibn Affan What moved you to put the Surah AlBaraah which belongs to the miin surahs containing one hundred verses and the Surah AlAnfal which belongs to the mathani Surahs in the category of AlSabu AlTiwal the first long surah or chapters of the Quran and you did not write In the name of Allah the Compassionate the Merciful between them Uthman replied When the verses of the Quran were revealed to the Prophet ﷺ he called someone to write them down for him and said to him Put this verse in the surah in which such and such has been mentioned and when one or two verses were revealed he used to say similarly regarding them . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27738 Category:Chapter on Whoever Said That the Woman Does Not Nullify The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
74. He the prophet said Muadh are you a trouble maker Recite such an d such recite such and such surahs The narrator Abu AlZubair said recite Glorify the name of the most high lord surah lxxxvii . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27744 Category:Chapter on Those Who Mentioned That He Should Raise His Hands After Standing Up After Two Rakah in Sunan Abu Dawoud
75. Jabir narrated the story of muadh and said The prophet ﷺ said to a youth My nephew what do you do in prayer He replied I recited fatihat Alkatab and I ask Allah for paradise and seek his refuge from hell fire I do not understand well your sound and the sound of muadh . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27747 Category:Chapter on The Supplication With Which The Prayer Should Be Started in Sunan Abu Dawoud
76. Ammar Bin Yasir said I heard the apostle of Allah ﷺ say A man returns after saying his prayer while a tenth part of his prayer or a ninth part or an eight part or a seventh part or a sixth part or a fifth part or a third part or half of it is recorded for him . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27749 Category:Chapter on Remaining Silent After The Beginning Of The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
77. He did not command anything to us Banu Hashim specially excluding other people except three points he commanded us to perform ablution perfectly and not to accept charity sadaqah and not to make pairing of donkey with horse . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27756 Category:Chapter on Shorting The Last Two Rakah in Sunan Abu Dawoud
78. When the servant says Guide us to the Straight Path the path of those whom thou hast favoured not the path of those who earn thine anger nor of those who go astray Allah says This is for My servant and My servant will receive what he asks . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27762 Category:Chapter on The One Who Did Not Recite The Faithah In His Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
79. The Book of Allah is one and among you are the red and among you are the white and among you are the black . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27777 Category:Chapter on What A Person Should Say In His Ruku And Prostration in Sunan Abu Dawoud
80. The above mention tradition has also been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Humaid but he did not mention the word Supererogatory prayer This version has AlHasan AlBasri would recite fatihat Alkitab in the noon and afternoon prayers while he led in prayer or he was behind the imam and would glorify Allah and would repeatedly say Allah is most great and There is no god but Allah i . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27781 Category:Chapter on The Limbs Upon Which One Should Prostrate in Sunan Abu Dawoud
81. Abu bakr Bin Abdulrahman and abu Salamah said Abu Huraira would utter the takbir in every prayer whether obligatory or non obligatory He would utter the takbir when he stood and he would utter the takbir when he bowed then he would say Allah listens to him who praises Him he then would say before prostrating himself Our Lord to Thee be praise then he would say while falling in prostration Allah is most great he then would utter the takbir when he raised his head after prostration and then utter the takbir when he prostrated and then utter takbir the takbir when he stood up at the end of two rakahs after sitting down . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27785 Category:Chapter on Concession In This Regard When There Is A Need in Sunan Abu Dawoud
82. Muammil said in his version In all the heavens and in all the earth and in all that it pleases Thee to create afterwards . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27798 Category:Chapter on Saying Amin Behind The Imam in Sunan Abu Dawoud
83. O thou Who art worthy of praise and glory most worthy of what a servant says and we are all thy servants no one can withhold what thou givest or give what Thou withholdest . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27798 Category:Chapter on Saying Amin Behind The Imam in Sunan Abu Dawoud
84. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas The Prophet ﷺ used to say between the two prostrations O Allah forgive me have mercy on me guide me heal me and provide for me . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27801 Category:Chapter on Touching The Pebbles During The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
85. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said Allah listens to him who praises Him he stood long we thought that he had omitted something then he say takbir Allah is most great and prostrate and would sit between the two prostrations so long that we thought that he had omitted something . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27801 Category:Chapter on Touching The Pebbles During The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
86. I found his standing like his bowing and prostration and his moderation in bowing was like that of his prostration and his sitting between the two prostration and his prostration and his sitting between the salutation and going away after finishing the prayer were nearly equal to one another . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27801 Category:Chapter on Touching The Pebbles During The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
87. Abu Dawud said Mousaddad said His bowing and his moderation in bowing and prostration and his prostration and his sitting between the two prostrations and his prostration and sitting between the salutation and going away after finishing the prayer were nearly equal . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27801 Category:Chapter on Touching The Pebbles During The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
88. He said When you get up to pray utter the takbir Allah is most great then recite a convenient portion of the Quran then bow and remain quietly in that position then sit and remain quietly in that position then raise yourself and stand erect then prostrate yourself and remain quietly in that position then sit and remain quietly in that position then do that throughout all your prayer . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27803 Category:Chapter on A Person Prays While Leaning On A Stick in Sunan Abu Dawoud
89. Then he said Allah listens to him who praises Him then he stood up so that everything returned properly to its place then he said the takbir and prostrated and put the palms of his hands on the ground he kept his elbow arms away from his sides so that everything returned to its proper place . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27813 Category:Chapter on It Is Disliked To Lean On The Hand During The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
90. Our Lord the Exalted will say to the angels though He knows better Look into the prayer of My servant and see whether he has offered it perfectly or imperfectly . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27814 Category:Chapter on Shortening The Sitting in Sunan Abu Dawoud
91. He then began his prayer and recited Surah AlBaqarah then he bowed and he paused in bowing as long as he stood up he said while bowing Glory be to my mighty Lord Glory be to my mighty Lord then he raised his head after bowing then he stood up and he paused as long as he paused in bowing and said Praise be to my Lord then he prostrated and paused in prostration as long as he paused in the standing position he said while prostrating Glory be to my most high Lord then he raised his head after prostration and sat as long as he prostrated and said while sitting O my Lord forgive me . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27824 Category:Chapter on Those Who Said He Should Complete The Prayers Based Upon His Strongest Judgement in Sunan Abu Dawoud
92. Narrated Aisha Ummul Muminin The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to make supplication during the prayer saying O Allah I seek refuge in Thee from the punishment of the grave I seek refuge in Thee from the trial of the Antichrist I seek refuge in Thee from the trial of life and the trial of death O Allah I seek refuge in Thee from sin and debt . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27831 Category:Chapter on A Person Voluntary Prayer In His House in Sunan Abu Dawoud
93. Zaid Bin Khalid AlJuhani reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying Anyone who performs ablution and performs his ablution well and then he offers two rakahs of prayers in a way that he does not forget anything in it will be forgiven all his past sins . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27840 Category:Chapter on Not Attending The Congregational Prayer On A Cold Night Or A Rainy Day in Sunan Abu Dawoud
94. Abu Huraira reported the prophet ﷺ as saying when the imam recites not of those with whom thou art angry nor of those who go astray surah Alfatihah verse say Amin for if ones words utterance of amin synchronise with those of the angles he will be forgiven his past sins . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27884 Category:Chapter on The Obligation To Perform The Salat Prayers in Sunan Abu Dawoud
95. Abu Huraira reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying When the Imam says Amin say Amin for if anyones utterance of Amin synchronnises with that of the angles he will be forgiven his past sins Ibn shihab AlZuhrl said The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say Amin At the end of the Fatihah . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27884 Category:Chapter on The Obligation To Perform The Salat Prayers in Sunan Abu Dawoud
96. When he finished the prayer he said Abu Bakr what prevented you staying at your place when I already commented you to do so Abu Bakr said it was not befitting for the son of Abu Quhafah Abu Bakr to lead the prayer in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27895 Category:Chapter on On The Reward Of Building Masajid in Sunan Abu Dawoud
97. He replied his prayer in standing condition is better than his prayer in sitting condition and his prayer in sitting condition is half the prayer he offers in standing condition and his prayer in lying condition is half the prayer he offers in sitting condition . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27904 Category:Chapter on Announcing Lost Items In The Masjid Is Disliked in Sunan Abu Dawoud
98. Aisha said The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray standing at night for a long time and used to pray sitting at night for a long time . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27906 Category:Chapter on An Idolater Entering The Masajid in Sunan Abu Dawoud
99. There is another chain reported from Yahya who said I heard AlQasim saying Abdullah Bin Abdullah informed me that he heard Abdullah Bin Umar saying From the Sunnah of the prayer is to lay your left foot on the ground and raise your right foot . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27908 Category:Chapter on Praying In Camel Resting Areas in Sunan Abu Dawoud
100. He said When he the Prophet sat up the two rakahs he sat on his left foot and when sat up after the last rakah he put out his left foot and sat on his hip . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27909 Category:Chapter on When A Boy Should Be Ordered To Offer AlSalat in Sunan Abu Dawoud
101. When you say that it reaches every upright servant in heavens and earth or between heavens and earth . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27916 Category:Chapter on Calling The Adhan From Atop A Minaret in Sunan Abu Dawoud
102. He said He used to teach us also some other words but he did not teach them as he taught us the tashahhud O Allah join our hearts mend our social relationship guide us to the path of peace bring us from darkness to light save us from obscenities outward or inward and bless our ears our eyes our hearts our wives our children and relent toward us Thou art the Relenting the Merciful . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27918 Category:Chapter on Regarding The Supplication Between The Adhan And The Iqamah in Sunan Abu Dawoud
103. And make us grateful for Thy blessing and make us praise it while accepting it and give it to us in full . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27918 Category:Chapter on Regarding The Supplication Between The Adhan And The Iqamah in Sunan Abu Dawoud
104. When he says Allah listens to the one who praises Him say O Allah our Lord to Thee be praise Allah be praised Allah will listen to you for Allah the Exalted said by the tongue of His Prophet ﷺ Allah listens to the one who praises Him . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27922 Category:Chapter on What Should Be Said For The Maghrib Adhan in Sunan Abu Dawoud
105. O Allah grant favours to Muhammad and Muhammads family as Thou didst grant favours to Abraham Thou art indeed praiseworthy and glorious . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27929 Category:Chapter on People Sitting After The Iqamah While Waiting For The Imam If He Has Not Come in Sunan Abu Dawoud
106. Abu Humaid AlSaid said Some people asked Messenger of Allah how should we invoke blessings on you He said Say O Allah bless Muhammad his wives and his off springs as Thou didst bless Abrahams family and grant favours to Muhammads family his wives and off springs as Thou didst grant favours to Abrahams family . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27933 Category:Chapter on What Has Been Narrated About The Blessings Of Walking To The Masjid In Darkness in Sunan Abu Dawoud
107. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas The Prophet ﷺ used to say after the tashahhud O Allah I seek refuge in Thee from the punishment in Hell and I seek refuge in Thee from the punishment in the grave and I seek refuge in Thee from the trial of antichrist and I seek refuge in Thee from the trial of life and death . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27936 Category:Chapter on What Has Been Narrated Concerning Women Leaving Their House For The Masjid in Sunan Abu Dawoud
108. Abdullah Bin AlZubair said When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat during the prayer at the tashahhud he placed his left foot under his right thigh and shin and spread his right foot and placed his left hand on his left knee and placed his right hand on his right thigh and he pointed with his forefinger . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27941 Category:Chapter on If One Prays In A Congregation Then Catches Another Congregation Should He Repeat in Sunan Abu Dawoud
109. Ibn Abbas said To raise the voice for making the mention of Allah after the people had finished their obligatory prayer was for in vogue the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Ibn Abbas said I used to know by it when they finished the prayer and would listen to it making the mention of Allah . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27946 Category:Chapter on A Person Who Is The Imam Of A Group That Dislikes Him in Sunan Abu Dawoud
110. Narrated Abu Saeed AlKhudri The Prophet ﷺ said When one of you prays and he does not know whether he prayed more or less rakahs than those prescribed by the Shariah he should perform two prostrations while he is sitting . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27979 Category:Chapter on Rows Between The Pillars in Sunan Abu Dawoud
111. Abu Dawud said Mamar and Abi Bin AlMubarak mentioned the name Eyad Bin Hilal and AlAwzai mentioned the name of Eyad Bin Abi Zuhair . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27981 Category:Chapter on The Place Of Children In The Rows in Sunan Abu Dawoud
112. When the following verse was revealed So turn thy face towards the inviolable mosque and Ye O Muslims wheresoever ye may be turn your face towards it ii . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27988 Category:Chapter on Praying Towards A Mount in Sunan Abu Dawoud
113. Narrated Ali Ibn Abu Talib Ali said on the pulpit in the mosque of Kufah When Friday comes the devils go to the markets with their flags and involve people in their needs and prevent them from the Friday prayer . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27995 Category:Chapter on The Sutrah Of The Imam Acts As A Sutrah For Those behind Him in Sunan Abu Dawoud
114. Narrated Qudamah Ibn Wabirah The Prophet ﷺ said If anyone omits the Friday prayer without excuse he must give one dirham or half a dirham or one sa or half a sa of wheat in alms . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27998 Category:Chapter on Whoever Said That A Dog Does Not Nullify The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
115. Ibn Abbas said The Friday prayer first offered in Islam after the Friday prayer offered in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is Friday prayer offered at Juwatha a village from the villages of AlBahrain . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-28008 Category:Chapter on Those Who Do Not Say That BismilaahirRahmanirRahim Should Be Said Aloud in Sunan Abu Dawoud
116. Narrated Zayd Ibn Arqam Ilyas Ibn Abu Ramlah AlShami said I witnessed Muawiyah Ibn Abu Sufyan asking Zayd Ibn Arqam Did you offer along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the Friday and Id prayers synchronised on the same day He said Yes . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-28010 Category:Chapter on Making The Prayer Shorter Due To An Unexpected Occurrence in Sunan Abu Dawoud
117. Narrated Muhammad Ibn Yahya Ibn Habban The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said What is the harm if any of you has two garments if he can provide them for Friday prayer in addition to the two garments for his daily work Amr reported from Ibn Habib from Mousa Ibn Saad from Ibn Habban from Ibn Salam who heard this tradition from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the pulpit . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-28019 Category:Chapter on The Recitation Of AlFajr in Sunan Abu Dawoud
118. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Amr Ibn AlAs The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited buying and selling in the mosque announcing aloud about a lost thing the recitation of a poem in it and prohibited sitting in a circle in the mosque on Friday before the prayer . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-28020 Category:Chapter on The One Who Did Not Recite The Faithah In His Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
119. Abu Dawud said Rawh Bin Ubadah reported on the authority of Shubah the name Bint Harithah Bin AlNuman and Ibn Ishaq reported the name of Umm Hisham hint Harithah Bin AlNuman . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-28040 Category:Chapter on What Should One Who Finds The Imam In Prostration Do in Sunan Abu Dawoud
120. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Amr Ibn AlAs The Prophet ﷺ said Three types of people attend Friday prayer One is present in a frivolous way and that is all he gets from it another comes with a supplication Allah may grant or refuse his request as He wishes another is present silently and quietly with out stepping over a Muslim or annoying anyone and that is an atonement for his sins till the next Friday and three days more the reason being that Allah the Exalted says He who does a good deed will have ten times as much vi . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-28049 Category:Chapter on Turning Around In The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
121. When you pray the Friday prayer you must not join another prayer to it till you have engaged in conversation or gone out for the Prophet of Allah ﷺ gave the precise command not to join on prayer till you have engaged in conversation or gone out . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-28058 Category:Chapter on Motioning During The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
122. Ata said When Ibn Umar offered the Friday prayer in Mecca he would go forward and pray two rakahs he would then go forward and pray four rakahs but when he was in Medina he offered the Friday prayer then returned to his house and prayed two rakahs not praying them in the mosque . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-28058 Category:Chapter on Motioning During The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud
123. Ubaid Allah Bin Abdullah Bin Utbah Bin Masud said Umar Bin AlKhattab asked Abu Waqid AlLaithi What did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite during the prayer on the day of sacrifice and on the breaking of the fast He replied He recited at both of them Surah AlQaf By the Glorious Quran and the Surah The Hour is nigh . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-28089 Category:Chapter on A Person Voluntary Prayer In His House in Sunan Abu Dawoud
124. When he finished the prayer he said We shall deliver the sermon he who likes to sit for listening to it may sit and he who likes to go away may go away . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-28089 Category:Chapter on A Person Voluntary Prayer In His House in Sunan Abu Dawoud

Most Postive Sentiment Hadith in The Book of Prayer Kitab AlSalat in Sunan Abu Dawoud

Positive Sentiment may indicate a Permissible, Encouraged Actions or Sunnah

1. Narrated Awuf Ibn Malik AlAshjai: I stood up to pray along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ; he got up and recited Surat AlBaqarah Surah 2. When he came to a verse which spoke of mercy; he stopped and made supplication; and when he came to verse which spoke of punishment; he stopped and sought refuge in Allah; then he bowed and paused as long as he stood reciting Surah AlBaqarah ; and said while bowing; Glory be to the Possessor of greatness; the Kingdom; grandeur and majesty. :Then he prostrated himself and paused as long as he stood up and recited Surat Aal Imran Surah 3 and then recited many surahs one after another. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27850
2. Narrated Hudhayfah: Hudhayfah saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying at night. He said: Allah is most great three times; Possessor of kingdom; grandeur; greatness and majesty. He then began his prayer and recited Surah AlBaqarah; then he bowed and he paused in bowing as long as he stood up; he said while bowing; Glory be to my mighty Lord; Glory be to my mighty Lord ; then he raised his head; after bowing: then he stood up and he paused as long as he paused in bowing and said; Praise be to my Lord ; then he prostrated and paused in prostration as long as he paused in the standing position; he said while prostrating: Glory be to my most high Lord; then he raised his head after prostration; and sat as long as he prostrated; and said while sitting: O my Lord forgive me. He offered four rakahs of prayer and recited in them Surah AlBaqarah; Aal Imran; AlNisa; AlMaidah; or AlAnam. The narrator Shubah doubted. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27851
3. Abu Said Alkhudri said: The Prophet ﷺ liked the twigs of the date-palm; and he often had one of them in his hand. He entered the mosque and saw phlegm in the wall towards qiblah and he scraped it. He then turned towards people in anger and said: Is any one of you is pleased to spit in his face? When any of you faces qiblah; he indeed faces his Lord; the Majestic the Glorious: the angels are at right side. Therefore; he should not spit on his right side or before him towards qiblah. He should spit towards his left side or beneath his foot. If he is in a hurry; he should do so-and-so. Describing it Ibn Ajlan said: He should spit in his cloth and fold a part of it over the other. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27457
4. aown Bin Kahmas reported on the authority of his father Kahmas : we stood for praying at Mina when the Imam had not come out. Some of us sat down and I too. An old man from Kufah said to me: Why did you down? I said : Ibn Buraidah; this is Sumud i.e.; waiting for the Imam in the standing condition. The old man then narrated a tradition from Abdulrahman Bin Awaajah on the authority of AlBara Bin Azib: We would stand in rows during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for a long time before he pronounced Takbir. He further said; Allah; the Exalted and Mighty; sends blessings and the angles invoke blessings for those who are nearer to the front rows. No step is more liking to Allah than a step which one takes to join the row of the prayer. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27520
5. Rabiah said: A young man from the Ansar sneezed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was praying. He then said: Praise be to Allah; much; good; blessed; till our Lord is pleased with us in the affairs relating to this world and to the other world. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer; he said: Who was the speaker of these words in prayer ? The young man kept silence. He again asked: Who was the speaker of these words? He did not say wrong. He said: Messenger of Allah; I said these words. I did not intend by them but good. He said: These words did not stay below the Throne of the Compassionate Allah. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27751
6. Anas Bin Malik said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: A surah has just been revealed to me. He then recited:In the name of Allah; the Compassionate; the Merciful. Lo! We have given thee Abundance until he finished it. Then he asked: Do you know what Abundance AlKawthar is? They replied: Allah and His Apostle know it better. He said: It is a river of which my Lord; the Exalted; the Majestic has promised me to give in Paradise. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27761
7. Abu said AlKhuri said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah listens to him who praises Him; he also said: O Allah; our Lord; to thee be the praise in all heavens. Muammil said in his version ; In all the heavens; and in all the earth; and in all that it pleases Thee to create afterwards. O thou Who art worthy of praise and glory; most worthy of what a servant says; and we are all thy servants; no one can withhold what thou givest or give what Thou withholdest. The narrators then were agreed on the words: And riches cannot avail a wealthy person with Thee. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27824
8. Narrated Mihjan Ibn AlAdra: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the mosque and saw a man who had finished his prayer; and was reciting the tashahhud saying: O Allah; I ask you; O Allah; the One; the eternally besought of all; He begetteth not; nor was He begotten; and there is none comparable unto Him; that you may forgive me my sins; you are Most Forgiving; Merciful. He the Prophet said: He was forgiven repeating three times. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27963
9. Narrated Ali Ibn Abu Talib: Ali said on the pulpit in the mosque of Kufah: When Friday comes; the devils go to the markets with their flags; and involve people in their needs and prevent them from the Friday prayer. The angels come early in the morning; sit at the door of the mosque; and record that so-and-so came at the first hour; and so-and-so came at the second hour until the imam comes out for preaching. When a man sits in a place where he can listen to the sermon and look at the imam ; where he remains silent and does not interrupt; he will receive a double reward. If he stays away; sits in a place where he cannot listen to the sermon ; silent; and does not interrupt; he will receive the reward only once. If he sits in a place where he can listen to the sermon and look at the imam ; and he does not remain silent; he will have the burden of it. If anyone says to his companion sitting besides him to be silent while the imam is preaching ; he is guilty of idle talk. Anyone who interrupts during the sermon will receive nothing no reward on that Friday. Then he the narrator says in the end of this tradition: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say so.Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by AlWalid Bin Muslim from Ibn Jabir. This version adds: bil-rabaith instead of Alrabaith; needs preventing the people from prayer. Further; this adds: Freed slave of his wife Umm Uthman Bin Ata. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-28029

Most Negative Sentiment Hadith in The Book of Prayer Kitab AlSalat in Sunan Abu Dawoud

Negative Sentiment may indicate a Forbidden, Disliked, or Discouraged Actions

1. aown Bin Kahmas reported on the authority of his father Kahmas : we stood for praying at Mina when the Imam had not come out. Some of us sat down and I too. An old man from Kufah said to me: Why did you down? I said : Ibn Buraidah; this is Sumud i.e.; waiting for the Imam in the standing condition. The old man then narrated a tradition from Abdulrahman Bin Awaajah on the authority of AlBara Bin Azib: We would stand in rows during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for a long time before he pronounced Takbir. He further said; Allah; the Exalted and Mighty; sends blessings and the angles invoke blessings for those who are nearer to the front rows. No step is more liking to Allah than a step which one takes to join the row of the prayer. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27520
2. Narrated Usamah Ibn Umayr AlHuzali: Usamah attended the Prophet ﷺ on the occasion of the treaty of AlHudaybiyah on Friday. The rain fell as little as the soles of the shoes of the people were not set. He the Prophet commanded them to offer Friday prayer in their dwellings. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-28037
3. Abu Saeed AlKhudri reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When one of you prays; he should not let anyone pass in front of him; he should turn him away as far as possible; but if he refuses to go ; he should fight him; for he is only a devil. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27674
4. Abu Salih said: I narrate what I witnesses from Abu Saeed and heard from him. Abu Saeed entered upon Marwan and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: When one of you prays facing any object which conceals him from people; and someone wishes to pass in front of him; he should strike him at his chest; if he refuses to go ; he should fight him; he is only a devil. Abu Dawud said: Sufyan AlThawri said: A person arrogantly walks in front of me while I am praying; so I stop him; and a weak person passes; so I dont stop him. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27677
5. Abdullah Bin AlSaib said; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in the morning prayer at Mecca. He began to recite Surah AlMu;minin and while he came to description of Moses and Aaron or the description of Moses and Jesus the narrator Ibn Abbad doubts or other narrators differed amongst themselves on this word the prophet ﷺ coughed and gave up recitation and then bowed Abdullah Bin AlSaib was present seeing all this incident. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27626
6. Narrated Jabir Ibn Abdullah: I would offer my noon prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and took a handful of gravels so that they might become cold in my hand and I placed them before me so that I may put my forehead on them at the time when I would prostrate. I did this due to the intensity of heat. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27376
7. Ibn Shihab AlZuhr reported on the authority of Abu Bakr Bin Sulaiman Bin Abi Hathmah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not make two prostrations when are made when one is doubtful until the people met him.Abu Dawud said; this tradition has also been transmitted by AlZahidi from Alzuhr from Abu Bakr Bin Sulaiman Bin Abi HAthman from thre prophet ﷺ. This version goes : he did not make two prostrations on account of forgetfulness. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27991
8. Abu Huraira reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying; I thought to give orders for arranging prayer in congregation; and then to have the Iqamah called for it; then to order a man to lead the people in prayer; then to go off in company of the people who have bundles of firewood to those people who are not present at the prayer and then to burn down their houses with fire. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27525
9. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: Ikrimah reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas; saying: I think the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When one of you prays without a sutrah; a dog; an ass; a pig; a Jew; a Magian; and a woman cut off his prayer; but it will suffice if they pass in front of him at a distance of over a stone throw.Abu Dawud said: There is something about this tradition in my heart. I used to discuss it with Ibrahim and others. I did not find anyone who narrated it from Hisham and knew it. I did not know anyone who reported it from Hisham and knew it. I did not know anyone who related it from Hisham. I think the confusion is on the part of Ibn Abi Saminah that is; Muhammad Bin Ismail AlBasri; the freed slave of Banu Hisham. In this tradition the mention of words a Magian is rejected; the mention of the words at a stone throw and a pig is rejected.Abu Dawud said: I did not hear this tradition except from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Samurrah and I think he was mistaken because he used to narrate to us from his memory. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27681
10. Anas Bin Malik said: we used to pray along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in intense heat. When any of us could not rest his face on bare ground while prostrating due to intense heat he spread his cloth and would prostrate on it. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27637

Notables Mentioned in The Book of Prayer Kitab AlSalat in Sunan Abu Dawoud