Narrated `Aisha:I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about looking hither and thither in prayer. He replied, ""It is a way of stealing by which Satan takes away (a portion) from the prayer of a person

Narrated `Aisha:Once the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed on a Khamisa with marks on it and said, ""The marks on it diverted my attention, take this Khamisa to Abu Jahm and bring an Inbijaniya (from him)

Narrated Ibn `Umar:The Prophet (ﷺ) saw expectoration in the direction of the Qibla of the mosque while he was leading the prayer, and scratched it off. After finishing the prayer, he said, ""Whenever any of you is in prayer he should know that Allah is in front of him. So none should spit in front of him in the prayer

Narrated Anas:While the Muslims were offering the Fajr prayer, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) suddenly appeared before them by lifting the curtain of the dwelling place of `Aisha, looked towards the Muslims who were standing in rows. He smiled with pleasure. Abu Bakr started retreating to join the row on the assumption that the...

Narrated Jabir bin Samura:The People of Kufa complained against Sa`d to `Umar and the latter dismissed him and appointed `Ammar as their chief . They lodged many complaints against Sa`d and even they alleged that he did not pray properly. `Umar sent for him and said, ""O Aba 'Is-haq! These people claim that you do not ...

Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, ""Whoever does not recite Al-Fatiha in his prayer, his prayer is invalid

Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) entered the mosque and a person followed him. The man prayed and went to the Prophet and greeted him. The Prophet (ﷺ) returned the greeting and said to him, ""Go back and pray, for you have not prayed."" The man went back prayed in the same way as before, returned and greeted ...

Narrated Jabir bin Samura:Sa`d said, ""I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (the prayer of Zuhr and `Asr) reducing nothing from them. I used to prolong the first two rak`at and shorten the last two rak`at."" `Umar said to Sa`d ""This was what we thought about you

Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:My father said, ""The Prophet (ﷺ) in Zuhr prayers used to recite Al-Fatiha along with two other Suras in the first two rak`at: a long one in the first rak`a and a shorter (Sura) in the second, and at times the verses were audible. In the `Asr prayer the Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite Al-Fa...

Narrated Abu Ma`mar:I asked Khabbab whether the Prophet (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 that?"" He said, ""From the movement of his beard

Narrated Abu Ma`mar:I asked Khabbab bin Al-Art whether the Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite the Qur'an in the Zuhr and the `Asr prayers. He replied in the affirmative. I said, ""How did you come to know that?"" He replied, ""From the movement of his beard

Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:My father said, ""The Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite Al-Fatiha along with another Sura in the first two rak`at of the Zuhr and the `Asr prayers and at times a verse or so was audible to us

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:(My mother) Umu-l-Fadl heard me reciting ""Wal Mursalati `Urfan"" (77) and said, ""O my son! By Allah, your recitation made me remember that it was the last Sura I heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). He recited it in the Maghrib prayer

Narrated Marwan bin Al-Hakam:Zaid bin Thabit said to me, ""Why do you recite very short Suras in the Maghrib prayer while I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting the longer of the two long Suras?

Narrated Jubair bin Mut`im:My father said, ""I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) reciting ""at-Tur"" (52) in the Maghrib prayer

Narrated Abu Rafi`:I offered the `Isha' prayer behind Abu Huraira and he recited, ""Idha s-samaa'u n-shaqqat"" (84) and prostrated. On my inquiring, he said, ""I prostrated behind Abul-Qasim (the Prophet) (when he recited that Sura) and I will go on doing it till I meet him

Narrated Al-Bara:The Prophet (ﷺ) was on a journey and recited in one of the first two rak`at of the `Isha' prayer ""Wa t-teeni wa z-zaitun

Narrated Abu Rafi`:Once I prayed the `Isha' prayer with Abu Huraira and he recited, ""Idha s-samaa'u n-shaqqat"" (84) and prostrated. I said, ""What is that?"" He said, ""I prostrated behind Abul-Qasim, (the Prophet) (when he recited that Sura) and I will go on doing it till I meet him

Narrated Al-Bara:I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting wa t-teeni wa z-zaitun"" (95) in the `Isha' prayer, and I never heard a sweeter voice or a better way of recitation than that of the Prophet

Narrated Jabir bin Samura:`Umar said to Sa`d, ""The people complained against you in everything, even in prayer."" Sa`d replied, ""Really I used to prolong the first two rak`at and shorten the last two and I will never shorten the prayer in which I follow Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)."" `Umar said, ""You are telling the truth...

Narrated Saiyar bin Salama:My father and I went to Abu Barza-al-Aslami to ask him about the stated times for the prayers. He replied, ""The Prophet (ﷺ) used to offer the Zuhr prayer when the sun just declined from its highest position at noon; the `Asr at a time when if a man went to the farthest place in Medina (after...

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Qur'an is recited in every prayer and in those prayers in which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) recited aloud for us, we recite aloud in the same prayers for you; and the prayers in which the Prophet (ﷺ) recited quietly, we recite quietly. If you recite ""Al-Fatiha"" only it is sufficient but if you reci...

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:The Prophet (ﷺ) set out with the intention of going to Suq `Ukaz (market of `Ukaz) along with some of his companions. At the same time, a barrier was put between the devils and the news of heaven. Fire commenced to be thrown at them. The Devils went to their people, who asked them, ""What is wrong w...

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:The Prophet (ﷺ) recited aloud in the prayers in which he was ordered to do so and quietly in the prayers in which he was ordered to do so. ""And your Lord is not forgetful."" ""Verily there was a good example for you in the ways of the Prophet

Narrated Abu Wa'il:A man came to Ibn Mas`ud and said, ""I recited the Mufassal (Suras) at night in one rak`a."" Ibn Mas`ud said, ""This recitation is (too quick) like the recitation of poetry. I know the identical Suras which the Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite in pairs."" Ibn Mas`ud then mentioned 20 Mufassal Suras includi...

Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:My father said, ""The Prophet (ﷺ) uses to recite Al-Fatiha followed by another Sura in the first two rak`at of the prayer and used to recite only Al-Fatiha in the last two rak`at of the Zuhr prayer. Sometimes a verse or so was audible and he used to prolong the first rak`a more than th...

Narrated Abu Ma`mar:We said to Khabbab ""Did Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to recite in Zuhr and `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 `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:My father said, ""The Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite Al-Fatiha along with another Sura in the first two rak`at of the Zuhr and `Asr prayers. A verse or so was audible at times and he used to prolong the first rak`a

Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:My father said, ""The Prophet (ﷺ) used to prolong the first rak`a of the Zuhr prayer and shorten the second one and used to do the same in the Fajr prayer

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""Say Amin"" when the Imam says it and if the Amin of any one of you coincides with that of the angels then all his past sins will be forgiven."" Ibn Shihab said, ""Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to Say ""Amin