Category:The Book of Prayers in Sahih Muslim

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1. Abu Mahdhura said that the Messenger of Allah taught him Adhan like this Allah is the Greatest Allah is the Greatest I testify that there is no god but Allah I testify that there is no god but Allah I testify that Muhammad Is the Messenger of Allah I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and it should be again repeated I testify that there is no god but Allah I testify that there is no god but Allah I testify that Muhammad Is the Messenger of Allah I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah
2. Abdullah Bin Amr Bin AlAs reported Allah Messenger as saying When you hear the Muadhdhin repeat what he says then invoke a blessing on me for everyone who invokes a blessing on me will receive ten blessings from Allah then beg from Allah AlWasila for me which is a rank in Paradise fitting for only one of Allah servants and I hope that I may be that one
3. Umar Bin AlKhattab reported The Messenger of Allah said When the Muadhdhin says Allah is the Greatest Allah is the Greatest and one of you should make this response Allah is the Greatest Allah is the Greatest and when the Muadhdhin says I testify that there is no god but Allah one should respond I testify that there is no god but Allah and when he says I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah one should make a response I testify that Muhammad is Allah Messenger
4. When he the Muadhdhin says Come to salvation one should respond There is no might and no power except with Allah and when he the Muadhdhin says Allah is the Greatest Allah is the Greatest then make a response Allah is the Greatest Allah is the Greatest
5. Abu Huraira reported the Messenger of Allah as saying When Satan hears the call to prayer he turns back and breaks the wind so as not to hear the call being made but when the call is finished he turns round and distracts the minds of those who pray and when he hears the Iqama he again runs away so as not to hear its voice and when it subsides he comes back and distracts the minds of those who stand for prayer
6. When Iqama is proclaimed he turns his back and when it is finished he turns round to distract a man saying Re member such and such remember such and such referring to something the man did not have in his mind with the result that he does not know how much he has prayed
7. then say Allah listened to him who praised him when coming to the erect position after bowing then say while standing To Thee our Lord be the praise then recite the takbir when getting down for prostration then say the takbir on raising his head then say the takbir on prostrating himself then say the takbir on raising his head
8. Ibn AlHarith reported He had heard Abu Huraira say The Messenger of Allah recited takbir on standing for prayer and the rest of the hadith is like that transmitted by Ibn Juraij recorded above but he did not mention Abu Huraira as saying My prayer has the best resemblance amongst you with the prayer of the Messenger of Allah
9. He recited takbir when he prostrated and he recited takbir when he raised his head and he recited takbir while rising up from the sitting position at the end of two rakahs
10. So said Abu Huraira The prayer in which the Messenger of Allah recited in a loud voice we also recited that loudly for you and the prayer in which he recited inwardly we also recited inwardly for you to give you a practical example of the prayer of the Holy Prophet
11. A person said to him If I add nothing to the recitation of the Umm Al Surat AlFatiha would it make the prayer incomplete He AbuHuraira said If you add to that if you recite some of verses of the along with Surat at Fatiha that is better for you
12. He the Holy Prophet said When you get up to pray recite takbir and then recite whatever you conveniently can from the then bow down and remain quietly in that position then raise your self and stand erect then prostrate yourself and remain quietly in that attitude then raise yourself and sit quietly and do that throughout all your prayers
13. They started loud recitation with Alhamdu lillahi Rabb AlAlamin All Praise is due to Allah the Lord of the worlds and did not recite Bismillah ir Rahman ir Rahim loudly at the beginning of the recitation or at the end of it
14. In the hadith transmitted by Jarir on the authority of Sulaiman Qatada further words are When the is recited in prayer you should observe silence and the following words are not found in the hadith narrated by anyone except by Abu Kamil who heard it from Abu Awina and the words are Verily Allah vouchsafed through the tongue of the Messenger of Allah this Allah listens to him who praises Him
15. Imam Muslim said Whom can you find a more authentic transmitter of hadith than Sulaiman Abu Bakr said to him Imam Muslim What about the hadith narrated by Abu Huraira the hadith that when the is recited in prayer observe silence He Abu Bakr again said Then why have you not included it in your compilation He Imam Muslim said I have not included in this every hadith which I deem authentic I have recorded only such ahadith on which there is an agreement amongst the Muhaddithin apart from their being authentic
16. Abu Humaid as Saidi reported They the Companions of the Holy Prophet said Apostle of Allah how should we bless you He the Holy Prophet observed Say O Allah bless Muhammad his wives and his offspring as Thou didst bless Ibrahim and grant favours to Muhammad and his wives and his offspring as Thou didst grant favours to the family of Ibrahim Thou art Praiseworthy and Glorious
17. Abu Huraira reported The Messenger of Allah said When anyone amongst you utters Amin in prayer and the angels in the sky also utter Amin and this utterance of the one synchronises with that of the other all his previous sins are pardoned
18. He led us in prayer in a sitting posture and we said prayer behind him sitting and when he finished the prayer hesaid The Imam is appointed only to be followed so when he recites takbir you should also recite that when he prostrates you should also prostrate when he rises up you should also rise up and when he said God listens to him who praises Him you should say Our Lord to Thee be the praise and when he prays sitting all of you should pray sitting
19. Amash reported When the Messenger of Allah suffered from illness of which he died and in the hadith transmitted by Ibn Mus hir the words are The Messenger of Allah was brought till he was seated by his Abu Bakrs side and the Apostle led the people in prayer and Abu Bakr was making takbir audible to them and in the hadith transmitted by Isa the words are The Messenger of Allah sat and led the people in prayer and Abu Bakr was by his side and he was making takbir audible to the people
20. He the narrator said He then again came to us and saw us sitting in circles he said How is it that I see you in separate groups He the narrator said He again came to us and said Why dont you draw yourselves up in rows as angels do in the presence of their Lord We said Messenger of Allah bow do the angels draw themselves up in rows in the presence of their Lord He the Holy Prophet said They make the first rows complete and keep close together in the row
21. Upon this the Messenger of Allah may peace be upon him said What do you point out with your hands as if they are the tails of headstrong horses This is enough for you that one should place one hand on one thigh and then pronounce salutation upon one brother on the right side and then on the left
22. Abu Saeed AlKhudri reported The Messenger of Allah saw a tendency among his Companions to go to the back so he said to them Come forward and follow my lead and let those who come after you follow your lead
23. Abu Huraira reported The Messenger of Allah said If you were to know or if they were to know what excellence lies in the first rows there would have been drawing of lots for filling them and Ibn Harb said For occupying the first row there would have been drawing of lots
24. It was narrated from Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah said The best rows for men are the first rows and the worst ones the last ones and the best rows for women are the last ones and the worst ones for them are the first ones
25. Abdullah Bin Umar reported I heard Allah Messenger say Dont prevent your women from going to the mosque when they seek your permission
26. Verily it rests with Us that We would preserve it in your heart and enable you to recite it You would recite it when We would recite it and so follow its recitation and He Allah said We revealed it so listen to it attentively
27. Abu Saeed AlKhudri reported The Apostle of Allah used to recite in every rakah of the first two rakahs of the noon prayer about thirty verses and in the last two about fifteen verses or half of the first rakah and in every rakah of the Asr prayer of the first two rakahs about fifteen verses and in the last two verses half of the first ones
28. Abu Saeed AlKhudri reported The noon prayer would start and one would go to AlBaqi and after having relieved himself he would perform ablution and then come while the Messenger of Allah would be in the first rakah because he would prolong it so much
29. Jabir Bin Samura reported The Apostle of Allah used to recite in the noon prayer Glorify the name of thy Most High Lord in the morning prayer longer than this lxxxvii
30. A AlBara Bin Azib reported I heard the Messenger of Allah reciting in the night prayer By the Fig and the Olive and I have never heard anyone with a sweeter voice than he
31. The people said to him Have you become a hypocrite so and so He said I swear by Allah that I have not but I will certainly go to Allah Messenger and will inform him about this
32. It is transmitted on the authority of Jabir as told by Sufyan that he the Holy Prophet had said By the sun and its morning brightness Surah xci By brightness Surah xciii By the night when it spreads Surah xcii and Glorify the name of thy most high Lord Surah lxxxii
33. Upon this the Messenger of Allah said to him Muadh do you want to become a person putting people to trial When you lead people in prayer recite By the Sun and its morning brightness Surat ash Shams Glorify the name of thy most high Lord Surat AlAla and Read in the name of Lord Surat AlAlaq and By the night when it spreads Surat AlLail
34. He who acts as Imam of the people he must be brief for among them are the aged among them are the sick among them are the weak and among them are the people who have business to attend
35. A AlBara Bin Azib reported I noticed the prayer of Muhammad and saw his Qiyam standing his bowing and then going back to the standing posture after bowing his prostration his sitting between the two prostrations and his prostration and sitting between salutation and going away all these were nearly equal to one another
36. and when he raised his head after bowing he pronounced Allah listened to him who praised Him and we kept standing till we saw him placing his face on the ground and then we followed him
37. Abdullah Bin Abu Aoufa reported that the Messenger of Allah used to recite this supplication O Allah our Lord unto Thee be praise that would fill the heavens and the earth and fill that which will please Thee besides them
38. O thou art worthy of praise and glory most worthy of what a servant says and we all are Thy servants no one can withhold what Thou givest or give what Thou withholdest and riches cannot avail a wealthy person against Thee
39. This hadith has been narrated by some other narrators Ibn Abbas and others and they all reported that Ali said The Apostle of Allah forbade me to recite the while I am in a state of bowing and prostration and in their narration there is a mention of forbiddance from that recital in the state of prostration as it has been transmitted by Zuhri Zaid Bin Aslam AlWahid Bin Kathir and Dawud Bin Qais
40. Aisha reported One night I missed Allah Messenger from the bed and when I sought him my hand touched the soles of his feet while he was in the state of prostration they feet were raised and he was saying O Allah I seek refuge in Thy pleasure from Thy anger and in Thy forgiveness from Thy punishment and I seek refuge in Thee from Thee Thy anger
41. of Allah Messenger and asked him to tell me about an act for which if I do it Allah will admit me to Paradise or I asked about the act which was loved most by Allah
42. I asked him for the third time and he said I asked Allah Messenger about that and he said Make frequent prostrations before Allah for you will not make one prostration without raising you a degree because of it and removing a sin from you because of it
43. Ibn Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah said I have been commanded to prostrate myself on seven bones forehead and then pointed with his hand towards his nose hands feet and the extremities of the feet and we were forbidden to fold back clothing and hair
44. When he bowed he neither kept his head up nor bent it down but kept it between these extremes when he raised his head after bowing he did not prostrate himself till he had stood erect when he raised his head after prostration he did not prostrate himself again till he sat up
45. Abu Salih AlSamman reported I narrate to you what I heard and saw from Abu Saeed AlKhudri One day I was with Abu Saeed and he was saying prayer on Friday turning to a thing which concealed him from the people when a young man from Banu Muait came there and he tried to pass in front of him he turned him back by striking his chest
46. Marwin said to him What has happened to you and the son of your brother that he came to complain against you Abu Saeed said I heard from the Messenger of Allah saying When any one of you prays facing something which conceals him from people and anyone tries to pass in front of him he should be turned away but if he refuses he should be forcibly restrained from it for he is a devil
47. Abu Juhaim reported that the Messenger of Allah said If anyone who passes in front of a man who is praying knew the responsibility he incurs he would stand still forty years rather than to pass in front of him Abu Nadr said I do not know whether he said forty days or months or years
48. Salama Bin Akwa reported He sought the place in the mosque where the copies of the were kept and glorified Allah there and the narrator made a mention that the Messenger of Allah sought that place and that was between the pulpit and the qibla a place where a goat could pass
49. Abu Dharr reported The Messenger of Allah said When any one of you stands for prayer and there is a thing before him equal to the back of the saddle that covers him and in case there is not before him a thing equal to the back of the saddle his prayer would be cut off by passing of an ass woman and black Dog
50. Abu Zubair reported that he saw Jabir Bin Abdullah praying in a single garment crossing Its ends even though he had the garments and Jabir said He saw the Messenger of Allah doing like this

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