Narrated Al-Bara' bin `Azib:(He was not a liar) We used to pray behind the Prophet (ﷺ) and when he said, ""Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah"", none of us would bend his back (to go for prostration) till the Prophet (ﷺ) had placed his, forehead on the ground

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""I have been ordered to prostrate on seven bones i.e. on the forehead along with the tip of the nose and the Prophet (ﷺ) pointed towards his nose, both hands, both knees and the toes of both feet and not to gather the clothes or the hair

Narrated Abu Salama:Once I went to Abu- Sa`id Al-Khudri and asked him, ""Won't you come with us to the date-palm trees to have a talk?"" So Abu Sa`id went out and I asked him, ""Tell me what you heard from the Prophet (ﷺ) about the Night of Qadr."" Abu Sa`id replied, ""Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) performed I`tikaf (secl...

Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:The people used to pray with the Prophet (ﷺ) tying their Izars around their necks because of their small sizes and the women were directed that they should not raise their heads from the prostrations till the men had sat straight

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:The Prophet (ﷺ) was ordered to prostrate on seven bony parts and not to tuck up his clothes or hair

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""I have been ordered to prostrate on seven (bones) and not to tuck up the hair or garment

Narrated `Aisha:The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say frequently in his bowing and prostrations ""Subhanaka l-lahumma Rabbana wa bihamdika, Allahumma ghfir li"" (Exalted [from unbecoming attributes] Are you O Allah our Lord, and by Your praise [do I exalt you]. O Allah! Forgive me). In this way [??] he was acting on what was exp...

Narrated Abu Qilaba:Once Malik bin Huwairith said to his friends, ""Shall I show you how Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to offer his prayers?"" And it was not the time for any of the compulsory congregational prayers. So he stood up (for the prayer) bowed and said the Takbir, then he raised his head and remained standing f...

Narrated Abu Qilaba:Once Malik bin Huwairith said to his friends, ""Shall I show you how Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to offer his prayers?"" And it was not the time for any of the compulsory congregational prayers. So he stood up (for the prayer) bowed and said the Takbir, then he raised his head and remained standing f...

Narrated Al-Bara':The time taken by the Prophet (ﷺ) in prostrations, bowing, and the sitting interval between the two prostrations was about the same

Narrated Thabit:Anas said, ""I will leave no stone unturned in making you offer the prayer as I have seen the Prophet (ﷺ) making us offer it."" Anas used to do a thing which I have not seen you doing. He used to stand after the bowing for such a long time that one would think that he had forgotten (the prostrations) an...

Narrated Anas bin Malik:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""Be straight in the prostrations and none of you should put his forearms on the ground (in the prostration) like a dog

Narrated Malik bin Huwairith Al-Laithi:I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) praying and in the odd rak`at, he used to sit for a moment before getting up

Narrated Aiyub:Abu Qilaba said, ""Malik bin Huwairith came to us and led us in the prayer in this mosque of ours and said, 'I lead you in prayer but I do not want to offer the prayer but just to show you how Allah's Apostle performed his prayers."" I asked Abu Qilaba, ""How was the prayer of Malik bin Huwairith?"" He r...

Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Harith:Abu Sa`id led us in the prayer and said the Takbir aloud on arising from the prostration, and on prostrating, on rising again, and on getting up from the second rak`a. Abu Sa`id said, ""I saw the Prophet doing the same

Narrated Mutarrif:`Imran and I prayed behind `Ali bin Abi Talib and he said Takbir on prostrating, on rising and on getting up after the two rak`at (i.e. after the second rak`a). When the prayer was finished, `Imran took me by the hand and said, ""He (`Ali) has prayed the prayer of Muhammad"" (or said, ""He made us rem...

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abdullah:I saw `Abdullah bin `Umar crossing his legs while sitting in the prayer and I, a mere youngster in those days, did the same. Ibn `Umar forbade me to do so, and said, ""The proper way is to keep the right foot propped up and bend the left in the prayer."" I said questioningly, ""But you ...

Narrated Muhammad bin `Amr bin `Ata':I was sitting with some of the companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and we were discussing about the way of praying of the Prophet. Abu Humaid As-Sa`idi said, ""I remember the prayer of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) better than any one of you. I saw him raising both his hands up to the level...

Narrated `Abdullah bin Buhaina:(he was from the tribe of Uzd Shanu'a [??] and was the ally of the tribe of `Abdul-Manaf and was one of the companions of the Prophet): Once the Prophet (ﷺ) led us in the Zuhr prayer and stood up after the second rak`a and did not sit down. The people stood up with him. When the prayer wa...

Narrated `Abdullah bin Malik bin Buhaina:Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) led us in the Zuhr prayer and got up (after the prostrations of the second rak`a) although he should have sat (for the Tashahhud). So at the end of the prayer, he prostrated twice while sitting (prostrations of Sahu)

Narrated Shaqiq bin Salama:`Abdullah said, ""Whenever we prayed behind the Prophet (ﷺ) we used to recite (in sitting) 'Peace be on Gabriel, Michael, peace be on so and so. Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) looked back at us and said, 'Allah Himself is As-Salam (Peace), and if anyone of you prays then he should say, at-Tahiyat...

Narrated `Aisha:(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to invoke Allah in the prayer saying ""Allahumma inni a`udhu bika min `adhabi l-qabr, wa a`udhu bika min fitnati l-masihi d-dajjal, wa a`udhu bika min fitnati l-mahya wa fitnati l-mamat. Allahumma inni a`udhu bika mina l-ma'thami wa l-maghram. (O Alla...

Narrated `Aisha:(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to invoke Allah in the prayer saying ""Allahumma inni a`udhu bika min `adhabi l-qabr, wa a`udhu bika min fitnati l-masihi d-dajjal, wa a`udhu bika min fitnati l-mahya wa fitnati l-mamat. Allahumma inni a`udhu bika mina l-ma'thami wa l-maghram. (O Alla...

Narrated Abu Bakr As-Siddiq:I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to teach me an invocation so that I may invoke Allah with it in my prayer. He told me to say, ""Allahumma inni zalumtu nafsi zulman kathiran, Wala yaghfiru dh-dhunuba illa anta, fa ghfir li maghfiratan min `indika, wa r-hamni, innaka anta l-ghafuru r-rahim (O Al...

Narrated `Abdullah:When we prayed with the Prophet (ﷺ) we used to say, ""Peace be on Allah from His slaves and peace be on so and so."" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""Don't say As-Salam be on Allah, for He Himself is As-Salam, but say, at-tahiyatu li l-lahi wa s-salawatu wa t-taiyibat. As-salamu `alaika aiyuha n-Nabiyu wa rah...

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prostrating in mud and water and saw the mark of mud on his forehead

Narrated Um Salama:Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) finished his prayers with Taslim, the women would get up and he would stay on for a while in his place before getting up. Ibn Shihab said, ""I think (and Allah knows better), that the purpose of his stay was that the women might leave before the men who had finished the...

Narrated `Itban bin Malik:We prayed with the Prophet (ﷺ) and used to finish our prayer with the Taslim along with him

Narrated Mahmud bin Ar-Rabi`:I remember Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and also the mouthful of water which he took from a bucket in our house and ejected (on me). I heard from `Itban bin Malik Al-Ansari, who was one from Bani Salim, saying, ""I used to lead my tribe of Bani Salim in prayer. Once I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and s...

Narrated Mahmud bin Ar-Rabi`:I remember Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and also the mouthful of water which he took from a bucket in our house and ejected (on me). I heard from `Itban bin Malik Al-Ansari, who was one from Bani Salim, saying, ""I used to lead my tribe of Bani Salim in prayer. Once I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and s...