Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:The Prophet (ﷺ) went out to affect a reconciliation between the tribes of Bani `Amr bin `Auf and the time of the prayer became due; Bilal went to Abu Bakr and said, ""The Prophet (ﷺ) is detained. Will you lead the people in the prayer?"" Abu Bakr replied, ""Yes, if you wish."" So Bilal pronounced...

Narrated `Abdullah bin Mas`ud:We used to say the greeting, name and greet each other in the prayer. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) heard it and said:--""Say, 'at-tahiyyatu lil-lahi was-salawatu wat-taiyibatu . Assalamu 'Alaika aiyuha-n-Nabiyu warahmatu- l-lahi wa-barakatuhu. _ Assalamu alaina wa-'ala 'ibadi-l-lahi as-salihin.. ...

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""The saying 'Subhan Allah' is for men and clapping is for women."" (If something happens in the prayer, the men can invite the attention of the Imam by saying ""Subhan Allah"". And women, by clapping their hands)

Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""The saying 'Subhan Allah' is for men and clapping is for women

Narrated Anas bin Malik: While Abu Bakr was leading the people in the morning prayer on a Monday, the Prophet (ﷺ) came towards them suddenly having lifted the curtain of 'Aisha's house, and looked at them as they were standing in rows and smiled. Abu Bakr tried to come back thinking that Allah's Apostle wanted to come ...

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, ""A woman called her son while he was in his hermitage and said, 'O Juraij' He said, 'O Allah, my mother (is calling me) and (I am offering) my prayer (what shall I do)?' She again said, 'O Juraij!' He said again, 'O Allah ! My mother (is calling me) and (I am offering)...

Narrated Mu'aiqib:The Prophet (ﷺ) talked about a man leveling the earth on prostrating, and said, ""If you have to do so, then do it once

Narrated Anas bin Malik:We used to pray with the Prophet (ﷺ) in scorching heat, and if someone of us could not put his face on the earth (because of the heat) then he would spread his clothes and prostrate over them

Narrated Aisha:I used to stretch my legs towards the Qibla of the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was praying; whenever he prostrated he touched me, and I would withdraw my legs, and whenever he stood up, I would restretch my legs

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) once offered the prayer and said, ""Satan came in front of me and tried to interrupt my prayer, but Allah gave me an upper hand on him and I choked him. No doubt, I thought of tying him to one of the pillars of the mosque till you get up in the morning and see him. Then I remembered...

Narrated Al-Azraq bin Qais:We were at Al-Ahwaz fighting the Al-Haruriya (tribe). While I was at the bank of a river a man was praying and the reins of his animal were in his hands and the animal was struggling and he was following the animal. (Shu`ba, a sub-narrator, said that man was Abu Barza Al-Aslami). A man from t...

Narrated `Aisha:Once the sun eclipsed and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood up for the prayer and recited a very long Sura and then bowed for a long while and then raised his head and started reciting another Sura. Then he bowed, and after finishing, he prostrated and did the same in the second rak`a and then said, ""These (...

Narrated Ibn `Umar:The Prophet (ﷺ) saw some sputum on the wall facing the Qibla of the mosque and became furious with the people of the mosque and said, ""During the prayer, Allah is in front of everyone of you and so he should not spit (or said, 'He should not expectorate')."" Then he got down and scratched the sputum...

Narrated Anas:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""Whenever anyone of you is in prayer, he is speaking in private to his Lord and so he should neither spit in front of him nor on his right side but to his left side under his left foot

Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:The people used to offer the prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) with their waist-sheets tied round their necks because of the shortness of the sheets and the women were ordered not to lift their heads till the men had sat straight

Narrated `Abdullah:I used to greet the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was in prayer and he would return my greeting, but when we returned (from Ethiopia) I greeted the Prophet (while he was praying) but he did not return the greeting, and (after finishing the prayer) he said, ""In the prayer one is occupied (with a more serious ...

Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent me for some job and when I had finished it I returned and came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and greeted him but he did not return my greeting. So I felt so sorry that only Allah knows it and I said to myself,, 'Perhaps Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) is angry because I did not come q...

Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:The news about the differences amongst the people of Bani `Amr bin `Auf at Quba reached Allah's Apostle and so he went to them along with some of his companions to affect a reconciliation. Allah's Apostle was delayed there and the time for the prayer became due. Bilal came to Abu Bakr and said, "...

Narrated Abu Huraira:It was forbidden to keep the hands on the hips during the prayer. (This is narrated by Abu Huraira from the Prophet)

Narrated Abu Huraira:It was forbidden to pray with the hands over one's hips

Narrated `Uqba bin Al-Harith:I offered the `Asr prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) and after finishing the prayer with Taslim he got up quickly and went to some of his wives and then came out. He noticed the signs of astonishment on the faces of the people caused by his speed. He then said, ""I remembered while I was in my pr...

Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, ""When the Adhan for the prayer is pronounced, then Satan takes to his heels passing wind so that he may not hear the Adhan and when the Mu'adh-dhin finishes, he comes back; and when the Iqama is pronounced he again takes to his heels and when it is finished, he again co...

Narrated Abu Huraira:People say that I narrate too many narrations of the Prophet; once I met a man (during the lifetime of the Prophet) and asked him, ""Which Sura did Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) recite yesterday in the `Isha' prayer?"" He said, ""I do not know."" I said, ""Did you not attend the prayer?"" He said, ""Yes, (...

Narrated `Abdullah bin Buhaina:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) once led us in a prayer and offered two rak`at and got up (for the third rak`a) without sitting (after the second rak`a). The people also got up with him, and when he was about to finish his prayer, we waited for him to finish the prayer with Taslim but he said Takbi...

Narrated `Abdullah bin Buhaina:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got up after the second rak`a of the Zuhr prayer without sitting in between (the second and the third rak`at). When he finished the prayer he performed two prostrations (of Sahu) and then finished the prayer with Taslim

Narrated' `Abdullah:Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) offered five rak`at in the Zuhr prayer, and somebody asked him whether there was some increase in the prayer. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, ""What is that?"" He said, ""You have offered five rak`at."" So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) performed two prostrations of Sahu after Taslim

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) led us in the `Asr or the Zuhr prayer and finished it with Taslim. Dhul-Yadain said to him, ""O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Has the prayer been reduced?"" The Prophet (ﷺ) asked his companions in the affirmative. So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) offered two more rak`at and then performed two pros...

Narrated Abu Huraira.:Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) offered two rak`at and finished his prayer. So Dhul-Yadain asked him, ""Has the prayer been reduced or have you forgotten?"" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, ""Has Dhul-Yadain spoken the truth?"" The people replied in the affirmative. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood up and o...

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) offered one of the evening prayers (the sub-narrator Muhammad said, ""I think that it was most probably the `Asr prayer"") and he finished it after offering two rak`at only. He then stood near a piece of wood in front of the Mosque and put his hand over it. Abu Bakr and `Umar were a...

Narrated `Abdullah bin Buhaina Al-Asdi:(the ally of Bani `Abdul Muttalib) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood up for the Zuhr prayer and he should have sat (after the second rak`a but he stood up for the third rak`a without sitting for Tashah-hud) and when he finished the prayer he performed two prostrations and said Takbir on...