Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""Martyrs are those who die because of drowning, plague, an Abdominal disease, or of being buried alive by a falling building."" And then he added, ""If the people knew the Reward for the Zuhr prayer in its early time, they would race for it. If they knew the reward for the `I...

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""The Imam is (appointed) to be followed. So do not differ from him, bow when he bows, and say, ""Rabbana-lakal hamd"" if he says ""Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah""; and if he prostrates, prostrate (after him), and if he prays sitting, pray sitting all together, and straighten th...

Narrated Anas bin Malik:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""Straighten your rows as the straightening of rows is essential for a perfect and correct prayer

Narrated Anas bin Malik:I arrived at Medina and was asked whether I found any change since the days of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I said, ""I have not found any change except that you do not stand in alignment in your prayers

Narrated Anas bin Malik:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""Straighten your rows for I see you from behind my back."" Anas added, ""Everyone of us used to put his shoulder with the shoulder of his companion and his foot with the foot of his companion

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:I prayed with the Prophet (ﷺ) one night and stood on his left side. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) caught hold of my head from behind and drew me to his right and then offered the prayer and slept. Later the Mu'adh-dhin came and the Prophet (ﷺ) stood up for prayer without performing ablution

Narrated Anas bin Malik:One night an orphan and I offered the prayers behind the Prophet (ﷺ) in my house and my mother (Um Sulaim) was standing behind us (by herself forming a row)

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:One night I stood to the left of the Prophet (ﷺ) in the prayer but he caught hold of me by the hand or by the shoulder (arm) till he made me stand on his right and beckoned with his hand (for me) to go from behind (him). (Al-Kashmaihani [??] , Fath-ul-Bari

Narrated `Aisha:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to pray in his room at night. As the wall of the room was low, the people saw him and some of them stood up to follow him in the prayer. In the morning they spread the news. The following night the Prophet (ﷺ) stood for the prayer and the people followed him. This went on for ...

Narrated `Aisha:The Prophet (ﷺ) had a mat which he used to spread during the day and use as a curtain at night. So a number of people gathered at night facing it and prayed behind him

Narrated Zaid bin Thabit:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made a small room in the month of Ramadan (Sa`id said, ""I think that Zaid bin Thabit said that it was made of a mat"") and he prayed there for a few nights, and so some of his companions prayed behind him. When he came to know about it, he kept on sitting. In the morning,...

Narrated Anas bin Malik Al-Ansari:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) rode a horse and fell down and the right side of his body was injured. On that day he prayed one of the prayers sitting and we also prayed behind him sitting. When the Prophet (ﷺ) finished the prayer with Taslim, he said, ""The Imam is to be followed and if he pra...

Narrated Anas bin Malik:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) fell from a horse and got injured so he led the prayer sitting and we also prayed sitting. When he completed the prayer he said, ""The Imam is to be followed; if he says Takbir then say Takbir, bow if he bows; raise your heads when he raises his head, when he says, 'Sami`a ...

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""The Imam is to be followed. Say the Takbir when he says it; bow if he bows; if he says 'Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah', say, ' Rabbana wa laka l-hamd', prostrate if he prostrates and pray sitting altogether if he prays sitting

Narrated Salim bin `Abdullah:My father said, ""Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to raise both his hands up to the level of his shoulders when opening the prayer; and on saying the Takbir for bowing. And on raising his head from bowing he used to do the same and then say ""Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa laka l-hamd."...

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:I saw that whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood for the prayer, he used to raise both his hands up to the shoulders, and used to do the same on saying the Takbir for bowing and on raising his head from it and used to say, ""Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah"". But he did not do that (i.e. raising...

Narrated Abu Qilaba:I saw Malik bin Huwairith saying Takbir and raising both his hands (on starting the prayers and raising his hands on bowing and also on raising his head after bowing. Malik bin Huwairith said, ""Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did the same

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) opening the prayer with the Takbir and raising his hands to the level of his shoulders at the time of saying the Takbir, and on saying the Takbir for bowing he did the same; and when he said, ""Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah "", he did the same and then said, ""Rabb...

Narrated Nafi`:Whenever Ibn `Umar started the prayer with Takbir, he used to raise his hands: whenever he bowed, he used to raise his hands (before bowing) and also used to raise his hands on saying, ""Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah"", and he used to do the same on rising from the second rak`a (for the 3rd rak`a). Ibn `Um...

Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:The people were ordered to place the right hand on the left forearm in the prayer. Abu Hazim said, ""I knew that the order was from the Prophet (ﷺ)

Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, ""You see me facing the Qibla; but, by Allah, nothing is hidden from me regarding your bowing and submissiveness and I see you from behind my back

Narrated Anas bin Malik:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""Perform the bowing and the prostrations properly. By Allah, I see you from behind me (or from behind my back) when you bow or prostrate

Narrated Anas bin Malik:The Prophet, Abu Bakr and `Umar used to start the prayer with ""Al hamdu li l-lahi Rabbi l-`alamin (All praise is but to Allah, Lord of the Worlds)

Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to keep silent between the Takbir and the recitation of Qur'an and that interval of silence used to be a short one. I said to the Prophet (ﷺ) ""May my parents be sacrificed for you! What do you say in the pause between Takbir and recitation?"" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""I sa...

Narrated Asma' bint Abi Bakr:The Prophet (ﷺ) once offered the eclipse prayer. He stood for a long time and then did a prolonged bowing. He stood up straight again and kept on standing for a long time, then bowed a long bowing and then stood up straight and then prostrated a prolonged prostration and then lifted his hea...

Narrated Abu Ma`mar:We asked Khabbab whether Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to recite (the Qur'an) in the Zuhr and the `Asr prayers. He replied in the affirmative. We said, ""How did you come to know about it?"" He said, ""By the movement of his beard

Narrated Al-Bara:(And Al-Bara was not a liar) Whenever we offered prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) and he raised his head from the bowing, we used to remain standing till we saw him prostrating

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas:Once solar eclipse occurred during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). He offered the eclipse prayer. His companions asked, ""O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We saw you trying to take something while standing at your place and then we saw you retreating."" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""I was shown P...

Narrated Anas bin Malik:The Prophet (ﷺ) led us in prayer and then went up to the pulpit and beckoned with both hands towards the Qibla of the mosque and then said, ""When I started leading you in prayer, I saw the display of Paradise and Hell on the wall of the mosque (facing the Qibla). I never saw good and bad as I h...

Narrated Anas bin Malik:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""What is wrong with those people who look towards the sky during the prayer?"" His talk grew stern while delivering this speech and he said, ""They should stop (looking towards the sky during the prayer); otherwise their eyesight would be taken away