Hadith #547 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: If there are three men in a village or in the desert among whom prayer is not offered (in congregation), the devil has got the mastery over them. So observe (prayer) in congregation), for the wolf eats only the straggling animal. Saâib said: By the word Jamaâah he meant saying prayer in company or in congregation.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #548 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying; I thought to give orders for arranging prayer in congregation, and then to have the Iqamah called for it, then to order a man to lead the people in prayer, then to go off in company of the people who have bundles of firewood to those people who are not present at the prayer and then to burn down their houses with fire.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #549 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I thought about giving orders to some youths for gathering a bundle of firewood, then going off to some people who their prayers in their homes without any excuse, and burning down their houses over them. I (Yazid b. Yazid) said: I asked Yazid b. al-Asamm: Abu âAwf did he mean Friday (prayer) or any other? He replied: may my ears become deaf if I have not heard Abu Hurairah narrating it from the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him); He did not mention Friday (prayer) or any other.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #550 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Persevere in observing these five times of prayer where the announcement for them is made, because they are from the paths of right guidance. And Allah, the Might, the Majestic, has laid down for his prophet (ï·º) the paths of right guidance. I have seen the time when no one stayed away from prayer except a hypocrite whose hypocrite was well known. I witnessed the time when a man would be brought swaying between two men till he was set up in the row (of the prayer). Every one of us has a mosque
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #551 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
If anyone hears him who makes the call to prayer and is not prevented from joining the congregation by any excuseâhe was asked what an excuse consisted of and replied that it was fear or illnessâthe prayer he offers will not be accepted from him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #553 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Messenger of Allah, there are many venomous creatures and wild beasts in Medina (so allow me to pray in my house because I am blind). The Prophet (ï·º) said: Do you hear the call, âCome to prayer,â âCome to salvationâ? (He said: Yes.) Then you must come. Abu Dawud said: Al-Qasim al-Jarmi has narrated this tradition from Sufyan in a similar manner. But his version does not contain the words âThen you must come.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #554 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) led us in the dawn prayer one day. And he said: Is so and so present? They said: No. He (again) asked: Is so and so present? They replied: No. He then said: These two prayers are the ones which are most burdensome to hypocrites. If you knew what they contain (i.e. blessings), you would come to them, even though you had to crawl on your knees. The first row is like that of the angels, and if you knew the nature of its excellence, you would race to join it. A manâs p
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #555 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âUthman b. âAffan reported the Messenger of Allah (may peace be him) as saying; if anyone says the night prayer in congregation, he is like one who keeps vigil (in prayer) till midnight; and he who says both the night and dawn prayer in congregation is like one who keeps vigil (in prayer) the whole night.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #556 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The further one is from the mosque , the greater will be oneâs reward.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #557 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
There was a certain person, out of all people of Medina, who used to pray in the mosque. I do not know that any one of them lived at a farther distance than that man. Still he never missed the prayer in congregation in the mosque. I said: it would be better if you buy a donkey and ride it in heat and darkness. He said: I do not like that my house be by the side of the mosque. The discourse reached the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He said him about it. He said: I did it so that my walking to the mos
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #559 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Prayer said by a man in congregation is twenty five degrees more excellent than prayer said by him alone in his house or in the market. This is because when any of you performs ablution and does it perfectly, and goes out to the mosque having no intention except praying, and nothing moves him except prayer, then at every step which he takes his rank is elevated by one degree on account of this (walking), and one sin is remitted from him for this (walking), till he enters the mosque. When he ente
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #560 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Prayer in congregation is equivalent to twenty-five prayers (offered alone). If he prays in a jungle, and performs its bowing and prostrations perfectly, it becomes equivalent to fifty prayers (in respect of reward). Abu Dawud said: âAbd al-Walid b. Ziyad narrated in his version of this tradition: âPrayer said by a single person in a jungle is more excellent by multiplied degrees than prayer said in congregation.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #561 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Give good tidings to those who walk to the mosques in darkness for having a perfect light on the Day of Judgment.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #562 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbuThumamah al-Hannat said that Kaâb ibn Ujrah met him while he was going to the mosque; one of the two (companions) met his companion (on his way to the mosque) And he met crossing the fingers of my both hands. He prohibited me to do so, and said: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) has said: If any of you performs ablution, and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes out intending for the mosque, he should not cross the fingers of his hand because he is already in prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #563 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Saâid ibn al-Musayyab said: An Ansari was breathing his last. He said: I narrate to you a tradition, and I narrate it with the intention of getting a reward from Allah. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: If any one of you performs ablution and performs it very well, and goes out for prayer, he does not take his right step but Allah records a good work (or blessing) for him, and he does not take his left step but Allah remits one sin from him. Any one of you may reside near the mosque or
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #564 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: whoever performs ablution, and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes to the mosque and finds that the people had finished the prayer (in congregation), Allah will give him a reward like one who prayed in congregation and attended it; The reward of those who prayed in congregation will not be curtailed.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #566 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn âUmar reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; Do not prevent the female servant your women from visiting the mosques of Allah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #567 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn âUmar reported the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying; Do not prevent your women from visiting the mosque; but their houses are better for them (for praying).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #568 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I tell you that the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) said: Allow them; yet you say; we shall not allow them.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #569 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
yes.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #570 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAbd Allah (b. Masâud) reported the prophet (ï·º) as saying; it is more excellent for a woman to pray in her house than in her courtyard, and more excellent for her to pray in her private chamber than in her house.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #571 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
if we reserve this door for women (it would be better). Nafiâ said: Ibn âUmar did not enter through it( the door) till he died. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated though a different chain of transmitters by âUmar. And this is more correct.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #573 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Come to prayer with calmness and tranquility. Then pray the part you get (long with the imam) and complete afterwards the part you miss. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Sirin narrated from Abu Hurairah the words: âhe should complete it afterwards.â Similarly, Abu Rafiâ narrated from Abu Hurairah and Abu Dharr narrated from him the words âthen complete it, and complete it afterwards.â There is a variation of words in the narration from him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #574 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) saw a person praying alone. He said: Is there any man who may do good with this (man) and pray along with him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #575 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Yazid prayed along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) when he was a young boy. When he (the Prophet) had prayed there were two persons (sitting) in the corner of the mosque; they did not pray (along with the Prophet). He called for them. They were brought trembling (before him). He asked: What prevented you from praying along with us? They replied: We have already prayed in our houses. He said: Do not do so. If any of you prays in his house and finds that the imam has not prayed, he should pray a
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #576 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I said the morning prayer along with the prophet (ï·º) at Mina. He narrated the rest of the tradition to the same effect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #582 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The one of you who is most versed in the Books of Allah should act as imam for the people; and the one who is the earliest of them in reciting (the Qurâan); if they are equally versed in reciting it, then the earliest of them to emigrate (to Medina); if they emigrated at the same time, then the oldest of them. No man must lead another in prayer in his house (i.e. in the house of a latter) or where the latter has authority, or sit in his place of honor without his permission. Shuâbah said: I
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #583 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âA man should not lead the another man in prayer. Abu Dawud said: Yahya al-Qattan narrated from Shuâbah in a similar way, i.e. the earliest of them in recitation.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #584 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Hajjaj b. Artata reported from Ismaâil: Do not sit in the place of honour of anyone except with his permission.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #585 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The one of you who knows most of the Qurâan should act as your imam. I knew the Qurâan better than most of them because I had memorized it. They, therefore, put me in front of them, and I would lead them in prayer. I wore a small yellow mantle which, when I prostrated myself, went up on me, and a woman of the clan said: Cover the back side of your leader from us. So they bought an âAmmani shirt for me, and I have never been so pleased about anything after embracing Islam as I was about tha
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #586 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âI used to lead them in prayer with a sheet of cloth on me that was patched and torn. When I prostrated myself, my buttocks were disclosed.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #587 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Messenger of Allah, who will lead us in prayer? He said: The one of you who knows most of the Qurâan, or memorizes most of the Qurâan, (should act as your imam). There was none in the clan who knew more of the Qurâan than I did. They, therefore, put me in front of them and I was only a boy. And I wore a mantle, Whenever I was present in the gathering of Jarm (name of his clan), I would act as their Imam, and lead them in their funeral prayer until today. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #588 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when the first emigrants came (to Madina), they stayed at al-âAsbah (a place near Madina) before the advent of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). Salim, the client of Abu Hudhaifah, acted as their imam, as he knew the Qurâan better than all of them, al-Haitham(the narrator) added: and âUmar b. al-Khattab and Abu Salamah b. âAbd al-Asad were among them.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #589 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the time of prayer comes, call the Adhan, then call the iqamah, then the one who is oldest of you should act as your imam. The version narrated by Maslamah goes : He said: On that day we were almost equal in knowledge. The version narrated by Ismaâil says: Khalid said: I said to Abu Qilabah: where is the Qurâan(i.e. why did the Prophet(ï·º) not say: The one who knows the Qurâan most should act as imam)? He replied: Both of them were equal in the knowledge of the Qurâan.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #595 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Anas said that the Prophet (ï·º) appointed Ibn Umm Maktum as substitute to lead the people in prayer, and he was blind.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #596 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Malik b. al-Huwairith came to this place of prayer of ours, and the iqamah for prayer was called. We said to him: Come forward and lead the prayer. He said to us: Put one of your own men forward to lead you in prayer. I heard the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) say: If anyone visits people, he should not lead them in prayer, but some person of them should lead the prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #597 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Hudhaifah led the people in prayer in al-Madaâin standing on the shop(or a bench). Abu Masâud took him by his shirt, and brought him down. When he( Abu Masâud) finished his prayer, he said: Do you not know that they(the people) were prohibited to do so. He said: Yes, I remembered when you pulled me down.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #599 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Muâadh b. Jabal would pray along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º)in the night prayer, then go and lead his people and lead them in the same prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #600 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Muâadh b. Jabal would pray along the prophet (ï·º), then go and lead his people in prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #601 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
the Imam is appointed only to be followed ; so when he prays standing, pray standing, and when he bows, bow; when he raises himself, raise yourselves; when he says âAllah listen to him who praises Himâ, âOur Lord ! to Thee be the praiseâ: and when he prays sitting all of you pray sitting.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #602 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) rode a horse in Medina. It threw him off at the root of a date-palm. His foot was injured. We visited him to inquire about his illness. We found him praying sitting in the apartment of Aisha. We, therefore, stood, (praying) behind him. He kept silent. We again visited him to inquire about his illness. He offered the obligatory prayer sitting. We, therefore, stood (praying) behind him; he made a sign to us and we sat down. When he finished the prayer, he said: When th
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #603 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The imam is appointed only to be followed; when he says âAllah is most great,â say âAllah is most greatâ and do not say âAllah is most greatâ until he says âAllah is most great.â When he bows; bow; and do not bow until he bows. And when he says âAllah listens to him who praise Him,â say âO Allah, our Lord, to Thee be the praise.â The version recorded by Muslim goes: âAnd to Thee be the praise: And when he prostrate; and do not prostrate until he
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #604 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The imam is appointed only to be followed. This version adds: When he recites (the Qurâan), keep silent.â Abu Dawud said: The addition of the words âWhen he recites, keep silentâ in this version are not guarded. The misunderstanding, according to us, is on the part of Abu Khalid (a narrator).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #605 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The IMAM is appointed only to be followed; so when he prays standing. Pray standing ; and when he raises himself, raise yourself: and when he prays sitting. Pray sitting.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #606 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when the prophet (ï·º) became seriously ill, we prayed behind him while he was sitting and Abu Bakr was calling âAllah is most great â to cause the people to hear the TAKBIR. Then he (the narrators) narrated the rest of the tradition.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #607 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Messenger of Allah, our Imam is ill. He said : When he prays sitting, pray sitting. Abu Dawud said : The chain of this tradition is not continuous (muttasil)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #608 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) entered upon Umm Haram. The people (in her house) brought some cooking oil dates to him. He said; Put it (dates) back in its container and return it (cooking oil) to its bag, because I am keeping fast. He then stood and led us in prayer two Rakâahs of supererogatory prayer. Then Umm Sulaim and Umm Haram stood behind us (i.e., the men). Thabit (the narrator) said: I understand that Anas said; he (the prophet) made me stand on his right side.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #609 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) led him and one of their women in prayer. He (the prophet) put him on his right side and the woman behind him (Anas)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #610 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when I was spending a night in the house of my maternal aunt Maimunah, the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) got up at night, opened the mouth of the water skin and performed ablution. He then closed the mouth of the water-skin and stood for prayer. Then I got up and performed ablution as he did ; then I came and stood on his left side. He took my hand, turned me round behind his back and set me on his right side; and I prayed along with him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #611 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âHe took my head or the hair of my head and made me stand on his right sideâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #612 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Get up, I shall lead you in prayer. Anas said: I got up and took a mat which had become black on account of long use. I then washed it with water. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stood upon it. I and the orphan (Ibn Abi Dumairah, the freed slave of the prophet) stood in a row behind him. The old women stood behind us. He then led us in two rakaâat of prayer and left.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #613 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Alqamah and al-Aswad sought permission from Abdullah (ibn Masâud) for admission, and we remained sitting at his door for a long time. A slave-girl came out and gave them permission (to enter). He (Ibn Masâud) then got up and prayed (standing) between me (al-Aswad) and him (Alqamah). He then said: I witnessed the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) doing similarly.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #614 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Jabir ibn Yazid ibn al-Aswad reported on the authority of his father: I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). When he finished the prayer, he would turn (his face from the direction of the Kaâbah).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #615 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When we would pray behind the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), we liked to be on his right side. He (the Prophet) would sit turning his face towards us (and back towards the Kaâbah) (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #616 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The Imam should not pray at the place where he led the prayer until he removes (from there). Abu Dawud said: âAtaâ al-Khurasani did not see Mughirah b. Shuâbah (This tradition is, therefore munqatiâ, i.e. a link is missing in the chain).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #620 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Al-Bara who is not a liar said; when they (the companions) raised their heads from bowing along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), they would stand up, and when they saw him that he went down in prostration, they would prostrate (following the prophet).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #621 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Al-Bara b.âAzib said ; we used to pray along with the prophet (ï·º); none of us bowed his back until he saw that the prophet (ï·º) bowed (his back).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #622 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
then they would follow him (ï·º)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #623 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying; Does he who raises his head while the Imam is prostrating not fear that Allah may change his head into a donkeyâs or his face into a donkeyâs face.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #624 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The prophet (ï·º) persuaded them to say prayer in congregation and prohibited them to leave before he goes away from the prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #625 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Does every one of you has two garment?
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #626 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
None of you should pray in a single garment of which no part comes over the shoulders.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #627 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
if anyone prays in a single piece of cloth, he should cross the two ends.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #628 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I saw the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) praying girded with a single (piece of) cloth, place its two ends over his shoulders.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #629 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We came to the Prophet (ï·º), and a man came and said: Prophet of Allah, what do you say if one prays in a single garment? The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) then took off his wrapper and combined it with his sheet, and put it on them. He got up and the Prophet of Allah (ï·º) led us in prayer. When he finished the prayer, he said: Does every one of you have two garments?
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #630 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I saw the people tying their wrappers over their necks like children due to the narrowness of the wrappers behind the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) during prayer. Someone said: Body of women, do not raise your heads until the men raise (their heads).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #631 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAâishah said; the prophet (ï·º) prayed in a single (piece of) cloth whose one part was upon me.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #634 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
we came to Jabir b. âAbd Allah. He said : I (Jabir) accompanied the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) in a battle. He got up to pray. I had a sheet of cloth upon me, and I began to cross both the ends, but they did not reach (my shoulders). It had fringes which I turned over and crossed the two ends, and bowed down retaining it with my neck lest it should fall down. Then I came and stood on the left side of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He then took and brought me around him and set me on his right sid
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #635 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
if one of you has two (piece of) cloth, he should pray in them; if he has a single (piece of) cloth, he should use it as a wrapper, and should not hang it upon the shoulder like the Jews.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #637 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: He who lets his garment trail during prayer out of pride, Allah, the Almighty, has nothing to do with pardoning him and protecting him from Hell.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #641 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Allah does not accept the prayer of a woman who has reached puberty unless she wears a veil. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Sa;id b. Abi âArubah from Qatadah on the authority of al-Hasan from the Prophet (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #644 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This (practice of âAtaâ) weakens the tradition (narrated by Abu Hurairah).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #645 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
My father doubted.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #647 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Kurayb the freed slave of Ibn Abbas reported: Abdullah ibn Abbas saw Abdullah ibn al-Harith praying having the back knot of the hair. He stood behind him and began to untie it. He remained standing unmoved (stationary). When he finished his prayer he came to Ibn Abbas and said to him: What were you doing with my head? He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: A man who prays with the black knot of hair tied is the one praying pinioned.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #648 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I saw the Prophet (ï·º) praying on the day of the conquest of Mecca and he had placed his shoe at his left side.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #649 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAbd Allah b. al-Saâib said; the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) led us in the morning prayer at Mecca. He began to recite Surah al-Mu;minin and while he came to description of Moses and Aaron or the description of Moses and Jesus the narrator Ibn âAbbad doubts or other narrators differed amongst themselves on this word the prophet (ï·º) coughed and gave up (recitation) and then bowed âAbd Allah b. al-Saâib was present seeing all this incident.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #650 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
While the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was leading his Companions in prayer, he took off his sandals and laid them on his left side; so when the people saw this, they removed their sandals. When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) finished his prayer, he asked: What made you remove your sandals? The replied: We saw you remove your sandals, so we removed our sandals. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) then said: Gabriel came to me and informed me that there was filth in them. When any of you comes to the mosque,
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #651 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This tradition has also been transmitted through a chain by Bakr b. âAbd Allah. This version has the word Khubuth (filth) and in two places the word Khubuthan (filth).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #652 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Act differently from the Jews, for they do not pray in their sandals or their shoes.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #654 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: When any of you prays, he should not place his sandals on his right side or on his left so as to be on the right side of someone else, unless no one is at his left, but should place them between his feet.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #655 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when any of you prays and takes off his sandals, he should not harm anyone by them. He should place them between his feet or pray with them on
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #656 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to pray while. I was by his side in the state of menstruation. Sometime his cloth would touch me when he prostrated. He would pray on a small mat.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #657 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man from the Ansar said: I am a corpulent man-and he was (actually) a fat man; I cannot pray along with you. He prepared food for him and invited him to his house. (he said) (please) pray (here) so that I may see how you pray, and then I would follow you. They (the people) washed one side of their mat. He (the prophet) then got up and prayed two Rakâahs. Ibn al-Jarud asked Anas b. Malik: would he (the prophet) say the forenoon prayer? He replied: I did not see him offering this prayer except
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #658 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Anas b. Malik said; the prophet (ï·º) used to visit Umm Sulaim. Sometimes the time for prayer would come and he would pray on out carpet that was really a mat. She (Umm Sulaim) used to wash it with water.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #660 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
we used to pray along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) in intense heat. When any of us could not rest his face on bare ground while prostrating due to intense heat he spread his cloth and would prostrate on it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #661 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Why do you stand in rows as the angels do in the presence of their Lord? We asked: how do the angles stand in rows in the presence of their Lord? He replied: they make the first row complete and keep close together in the row.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #662 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) paid attention to the people and said three times; straighten your rows (in prayer); by Allah, you must straighten your rows, or Allah will certainly put your faces in contrary directions. I then saw that every person stood in prayer keeping his shoulder close to that of the other, and his knee close to that of the other, and his ankle close to that of the other.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #663 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
the prophet (ï·º) used to straighten us in the rows of prayer as the arrow is straightened, until he thought that we had learned it from him and understood it. One day he turned towards us, and shoulders in order, and say; Do not be irregular. And he would say: Allah and his Angels bless those who near the first rows.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #664 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to pass through the row from one side to the other; he used to set out chests and shoulders in order, and say: Do not be irregular. And he would say: Allah and His angels bless those who are near the first rows.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #665 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to straighten our rows when we stood up to pray, and when we were straight, he said: Allah is most great (takbir).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #666 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Set the rows in order, stand shoulder to shoulder, close the gaps, be pliant in the hands of your brethren, and do not leave openings for the devil. If anyone joins up a row, Allah will join him up, but if anyone breaks a row, Allah will cut him off. Abu Dawud said: The name of Abu Shjrah is Kathir b. Murrah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #667 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Stand close together in your rows, bring them near one another, and stand neck to neck, for by Him in Whose hand my soul is, I see the devil coming in through openings in the row just like a small black sheep.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #668 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Straighten your rows for the straightening of the rows is part of perfecting the prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #671 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Complete the front row, then the one that comes next, and if there is any incompleteness, let it be in the last row.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #672 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The best of you are those whose shoulders are soft in prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #673 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I offered the Friday prayer along with Anas ibn Malik. We were pushed to the pillars (due to the crowd of people). We, therefore, stopped forward and backward. Anas then said: We used to avoid it (setting a row between the pillars) during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #674 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
let those of your who are sedate and prudent be near me, then those who are next to them, then those who are next to them.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #675 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âDo not be irregular, so have your hearts irregular, and beware of tumult such as found in marketâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #678 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
the best of the menâs row is the first and the worst of them is the last, but the best of the womenâs rows is the last and the worst of them is the first.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #679 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAâishah reported the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying the people will continue to keep themselves away from the front row until Allah will keep them away (from the front) in the Hell-fire.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #680 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu SaâId al-Khudri said; The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) saw a tendency among his companions to go to the back. He said to them; come forward and follow my lead, and let those who come after you follow your lead people will continue to keep to the back till Allah would put them at the back.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #682 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) saw a man praying alone behind the row. He ordered him to repeat. Sulayman ibn Harb said: The prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #683 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Bakrah said that he came to the mosque when the prophet (ï·º) was bowing. So I bowed outside the row (before joining it). The prophet (ï·º) said; May Allah increase your eagerness! But do not do it again.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #684 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Bakrah came when the apostle of Allah (ï·º) was bowing. So he bowed without the row (before joining it). He then went to the row. When the prophet (ï·º) finished his prayer, he said: which of your bowed without the row, and then went to the row? Abu Bakrah said; it was i. the prophet (ï·º) said: May Allah increase your eagerness ! but do not do it again.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #685 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When you place in front of you something such as the back of a saddle, then there is no harm if someone passes in front of you (i.e. the other side of it).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #686 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The back of the saddle is (about) one cubit (in height) or more than that.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #687 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would go out (for prayer) on the day of âId, he ordered to bring a lance, it was then setup in front of him and he would pray in its direction, and the people (stood) behind him. He used to do so during journey ; hence the rulers would take it (lance with them).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #688 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) led them in prayer at al-Bathaâ, with a staff set up in front of him. (He prayed) two rakâahs of the Zuhr prayer and two rakâahs of the âAsr prayer. The women and the donkeys would pass in front of the staff.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #691 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I saw Sharik who led us in the âAsr prayer during a funeral ceremony. He placed his cap in front of him, that is, for saying the obligatory prayer the time of which had come.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #692 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) used to pray facing his camel.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #695 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: When one of you prays facing a sutrah he should keep close to it, and not let the devil interrupt his prayer. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been narrated by Waqid b. Muhammad from Safwan from Muhammad b. Sahl on the authority of his father, or on the authority of Muhammad b. Sahl from the Prophet (ï·º). Some have narrated it from Nafiâ b. Jubair on the authority of Sahl b. Saâd. There is a variation in the chain of its narrators.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #696 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The distance between the place where the Prophet (ï·º) stood and the qiblah (i.e. the sutrah or the wall of the mosque) was as much as to allow a goat to pass.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #697 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When one of you prays, he should not let anyone pass in front of him; he should turn him away as far as possible; but if he refuses (to go), he should fight him, for he is only a devil.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #698 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When one of you prays, he should pray facing the sutrah (screen or covering) and he should keep himself close to it. He then narrated the tradition to the same effect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #700 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I narrate what I witnesses from Abu Saâid and heard from him. Abu Saâid entered upon Marwan and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: When one of you prays facing any object which conceals him from people, and someone wishes to pass in front of him, he should strike him at his chest; if he refuses (to go), he should fight him; he is only a devil. Abu Dawud said: Sufyan Ath-Thawri said: âA person arrogantly walks in front of me while I am praying, so I stop him, and a weak person
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #701 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) as saying: âIf one who passes in front of a man who is praying knew the responsibility he incurs, he would prefer to stand still for forty. . . rather than pass in front of him. Abu al-Nadr said: I do not know whether he said forty days, or months, or years.â Abu Dawud: Sufyan al-Thawri said: If a man passes proudly in front of me while I am praying, I shall stop him, and if a weak man passes, I shall not stop him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #702 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Dharr said (and not the Prophet): If there is not anything like the back of a saddle in front of a man who is praying, then a donkey, a black dog, and a woman cut off his prayer. I asked him: Why has the black dog been specified, distinguishing it from a red, a yellow and a white dog? He replied: My nephew, I also asked the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) the same question as you asked me. He said: The black dog is a devil.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #703 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Qatadah said: I heard Jabir ibn Zayd who reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas; and Shuâbah reported the Prophet (ï·º) as saying: A menstruating woman and a dog cut off the prayer. Abu Dawud said: Saâid, Hisham and Hammam narrated this tradition from Qatadah on the authority of Jabir b. Zaid as a statement of Ibn âAbbas.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #709 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) was (once) praying. A kid went passing in front of him and he kept on stopping it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #710 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I was sleeping in front of the Prophet (ï·º) with my legs between him and the qiblah. Shuâbah said: I think she said: I was menstruating. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by al-Zuhri, âAta, Abu Bakr b. Hafs, Hisham b. âUrwah, âIrak b. Malik, Abu al-Aswad and Tamim b. Salamah; all transmitted from âUrwah on the authority of âAishah. Ibrahim narrated from al-Aswad on the authority of âAishah. Abu al-Duha narrated from Masruq on the authority of âAishah. Al-Qasim b.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #711 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to pray at night and she (âAâishah) would lie between him and the qiblah, sleeping on the bed on which he would sleep. When he wanted to offer the witr prayer, he awakened her and she offered the witr prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #712 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I used to sleep with my legs in front of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) when he would offer his prayer at night (i.e. tahajjud prayer offered towards the end of the night.). When he prostrated himself he struck my legs, and I drew them up and he then prostrated.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #713 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âI used to be asleep while my legs would be in the front of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) while he was praying during the night. When he wanted to prostrate, he would prod my feet, so I would pull them up, and he would prostrate.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #715 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I came riding a donkey. Another version has: Ibn Abbas said: When I was near the age of the puberty I came riding a she-ass and found the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) leading the people in prayer at Mina. I passed in front of a part of the row (of worshippers), and dismounting left my she-ass for grazing in the pasture, and I joined the row, and no one objected to that. Abu Dawud said: These are the words of al-Qaânabi, and are complete. Malik said: I take it as permissible at the time when the iq
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #716 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbusSahbaâ said: We discussed the things that cut off the prayer according to Ibn Abbas. He said: I and a boy from Banu AbdulMuttalib came riding a donkey, and the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was leading the people in prayer. He dismounted and I also dismounted. I left the donkey in front of the row (of the worshippers). He (the Prophet) did not pay attention to that. Then two girls from Banu AbdulMuttalib came and joined the row in the middle, but he paid no attention to that.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #717 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Then two girls from Banu âAbd al-Muttalib came fighting together. He caught them. âUthman (a narrator) said: He separated them. And Dawud (another narrator) said: He pulled away from the other, but he paid no attention to that.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #721 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I saw the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) that when he began prayer, he used to raise his hands opposite his shoulders, and he did so when he bowed, and raised his head after bowing. Sufyan(a narrator) once said: âWhen he raised his head:; and after he used to say: âWhen he raised his head after bowing. He would not raise (his hands) between the two prostrations.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #722 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to raise his hands opposite his shoulders when he began prayer, then he uttered takbir (Allah is most great) in the same condition, and then he bowed. And when he raised his back (head) after bowing he raised them opposite his shoulders, and said: âAllah listens to him who praises Him.â But he did not raise his hand when he prostrated himself; he rather raised them when he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) before bowing until his prayer is finished.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #723 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I was a small boy and I did not understand the prayer of my father. So WaâIl b. âAlqamah reported Waâil b. Hujr as saying: I offered prayer along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He used to raise his hands when he pronounced the takbir (Allah is most great), then pulled his garment around him, then placed his right hand on his left, and entered his hands in his garment. When he was about to bow he took his hands out of his garment, and then raised them. And when he raised his head after
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #725 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Waâil b.Hujr said that he saw the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) raise his hands when he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #726 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I purposely looked at the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), how he offered it. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stood up, faced the direction of the qiblah and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and then raised his hands in front of his ears, then placed his right hand on his left (catching each other). When he was about to bow, he raised them in the same manner. He then placed his hands on his knees. When he raised his head after bowing, he raised them in the like manner. When he prostr
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #727 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âHe then placed his right hand on the back of his left palm and his wrist and forearm.â This also adds: âI then came back afterwards in a season when it was severe cold. I saw the people putting on heavy clothes moving their hands under the clothes (i.e. raised their hands before and after bowing).â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #728 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I witnessed the Prophet (ï·º) raise his hands in front of his ears when he began to pray. I then came back and saw them (the people) raising their hands up to their chest when they began to pray. They wore long caps and blankets.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #729 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I came to the Prophet(ï·º) during winter; I saw his companions raise their hands in their clothes in prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #730 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I am one among you who is more informed of the way the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) prayed. They said: Why, By Allah, you did not follow him more than us, nor did you remain in his company longer than us? He said: Yes. They said: Then describe (how the Prophet prayed). He said: When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stood up to pray, he raised his hands so as to bring them opposite his shoulders, and uttered the takbir (Allah is the most great), until every bone rested in its place properly: then re reci
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #731 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I (once) attended the meeting of the companions of the Messenger of Allah(ï·º). They began to discuss his prayer. Abu Humaid then narrated a part of the same tradition and said: When he bowed he clutched his knees with his palms, and he opened his fingers; then he bent his back without raising his upwards, and did not turn his face (on any side). When he sat at the end of two rakâahs he sat on the sole of his left foot and raised the right, and after the fourth he placed his left hip on the gr
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #732 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âWhen he prostrated himself he neither placed his arms on the ground nor closed them; putting forward his fingers towards the qiblah.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #734 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Humaid, Abu Usaid, Sahl. B Saâd and Muhammad b. Maslamah (once) got together and discussed how the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) used to offer his prayer. Abu Humaid said: I am more informed than any of you regarding the prayer offered by the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). Then he mentioned a part of it, and said: He then bowed and placed his hands upon his knees as if he caught hold of them; and bent them, keeping (his arms) away from his sides. He them prostrated himself and placed his nose and for
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #739 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Maymun al-Makki said: that he saw Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr leading in prayer. He pointed with his hands (i.e. raised his hands opposite to the shoulders) when he stood up, when he bowed and when he prostrated, and when he got up after prostration, he pointed with his hands (i.e. raised his hands). The I went to Ibn Abbas and said (to him) I saw Ibn az-Zubayr praying that I never saw anyone praying. I then told him about the pointing with his hands (raising his hands). He said: If you like to see t
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #740 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Nadr ibn Kathir as-Saâdi said: Abdullah ibn Tawus prayed at my side in the mosque of al-Khayf. When he made the first prostration, he raised his head after it and raised his hands opposite to his face. This came as something strange for me. I, therefore, said it to Wuhayb ibn Khalid. Then Wuhayb ibn Khalid said to him: You are doing a thing that I did not see anyone do. Ibn Tawus then replied: I saw my father doing it, and my father said: I saw Ibn Abbas doing it. I do not know but he said: Th
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #741 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAllah listens to him who praises Him,â (he raised his hands); and when he stood up at the end of two rakâahs, he raised his hands. He (Ibn âUmar) traced that back to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). Abu Dawud said: What is correct is that the tradition reported by Ibn âUmar does not go back to the Prophet (may peace beupon him). Abu Dawud said: The narrator Baqiyyah reported the first part of this tradition from âUbaid Allah and traced it back to the Prophet (ï·º); and the narrator al-
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #742 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When âAbd Allah b. âUmar began his prayer, he raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and when he raised his head after bowing, he raised them lower than that. Abu Dawud said: So as far as I know, no one narrated the words âhe raised them lower that thatâ except Malik.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #743 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stood at the end of two rakâahs, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #745 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I saw the Prophet (ï·º) raise his hands when he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), when he bowed and when he raised his head after bowing until he brought them to the lobes of his ears.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #746 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
If I were in front of the Prophet (ï·º), I would see his armpits. Ibn Muâadh added that Lahiq said: Do you not see, AbuHurayrah could not stand in front of the Prophet (ï·º) while he was praying. Musa added: When he uttered the takbir, he raised his hands.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #747 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) taught us how to pray. He then uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands; when he bowed, he joined his hands and placed them between his knees. When this (report) reached Saâd, he said: My brother said truly. We used to do this; then we were later on commanded to do this, that is, to place the hands on the knees.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #748 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abdullah ibn Masâud said: Should I not pray for you the way the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) prayed? So he prayed, raising his hands only once. Abu Dawud said: This is a summarized version of a longer narration and it is not authentic with this wording.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #751 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The words âthen he did not repeatâ were narrated to us later on at Kufah by him (Yazid). Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by Hushaim, Khalid, and Ibn Idris from Yazid. They did not mention the words âthen he did not repeatâ
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #753 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) began his prayer, he raised his hands extensively.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #759 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to place his right hand on his left hand, then he folded them strictly on his chest in prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #760 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stood up for prayer, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), then said: I have turned my face, breaking with all others, towards Him Who created the heavens and the earth, and I am not a polytheist. My prayer and my devotion, my life and my death belong to Allah, the Lord of the Universe, Who has no partner. That is what I have been commanded, and I am first of Muslims (those who surrender themselves). O Allah, Thou art the King. There is no God but Thee. T
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #762 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn al-Munkadir, Ibn Abi Farwah and a number of jurists of Madina said to me: When you recite the supplication âI am first of the Muslims,â say instead; âI am one of the Muslimsâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #763 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man came panting to join the row of worshippers, and said: Allah is most great; praise be to Allah, much praise, good and blessed. When the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) finished his prayer, he asked: Which of you is the one who spoke the words? He said nothing wrong. Then the man said: I (said), Messenger of Allah (ï·º); I came and had difficulty in breathing, so I said them. He said: I saw twelve angels racing against one another to be the one to take them to Allah. The narrator Humaid added: When
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #768 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When he stood up, he said the takbir (Allah is most great) and said. . . .
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #769 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
There is no harm in uttering supplication in prayer, in its beginning, in its middle, and in the end, in obligatory prayer or other.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #770 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
One day we were praying behind the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) raised his head after bowing, he said: Allah listened to him who praised Him. A man behind the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) said: O Allah, Our Lord, and to Thee be praise, much praise, good and blessed. When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) finished his prayer, he asked: Which of you if the one who spoke (the words) just now. The man said: I (uttered) these words, Prophet of Allah. The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) s
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #771 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stood up for praying at midnight, he said: o Allah, be praise to Thee, Thou art the light of the heavens and the earth; and to Thee be praise; Thou are the maintainer of the heavens and the earth; and to Thee be praise, Thou art the heavens and the earth and what is between them; Thou art the truth, and Thy statement is truth; and Thy promise is the truth; and the visitation with Thee is true; and the Paradise is true and the Hell-fire is true and the Hour is tr
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #772 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to say in his tahajjud prayer(i.e. supererogatory prayer offered in or after the midnight) after he said the takbir; he then narrated the tradition to the same effect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #775 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) got up to pray at night (for tahajjud prayer) he uttered the takbir and then said: âGlory be to Thee, O Allah,â and âPraise be to Theeâ and âBlessed is Thy name,â and Exalted is Thy greatness.â and âThere is no god but Thee.â He then said: âThere is no god but Allahâ three times; he then said: âAllah is altogether greatâ three times: âI seek refuge in Allah, All-Hearing and All-Knowing from the accursed devil, from his evil suggestion
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #776 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) began his prayer, he said: âGlory be to Thee, O Allah,â and âPraise be to Theeâ and âBlessed is Thy name, and Exalted is Thy greatness, sand there is no god but Allah.â Abu Dawud said: This tradition is not well known from âAbd al-Salam b. Harb. No one narrated this except Talq b. Ghannam. A group of narrators reported the description of prayer from (the narrator) Budail; they did not mention therein this supplication.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #777 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I remember two period of silence in prayer, one when the imam said the takbir; and one when he finished reciting the Fatihah and the surah when he was about to bow. But Imran ibn Husayn took it as something strange. So they wrote about it to Ubayy (ibn Kaâb) in Medina. He verified the statement of Samurah. Abu Dawud said: Humaid also narrated in this tradition the words âand one period silence when he finished the recitation (of the Qurâan)â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #778 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet(ï·º) had two periods of silence; when he began his prayer and when he finished the recitation (of the Qurâan). He then narrated the tradition like the version of Yunus.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #781 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) kept silence between the takbir and the recitation of Qurâan. So I asked him, for whom I would give my father and mother as ransom: What do you say during you period of silence between the takbir and the recitation? He replied (that he said): O Allah, purify me from sins as a white garment is purified from filth. O Allah, wash away my sings with snow, water and hail.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #782 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet(peace be upon hm), Abu Bakr, âUmar and âUthman used to begin the recitation with âPraise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #783 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) began prayer with the takbir (Allah is most great) and with reciting âPraise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universeâ. And when he bowed, he neither raised up nor lowered down his head, but kept it between the two (conditions). And when he raised his head after bowing, he did not prostrate himself until he stood up straight; and when he raised his head after prostration, he did not prostrate (the second time) until he sat down properly; and he recited al-tahiyyat af
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #784 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: A surah has just been revealed to me. He then recited:âIn the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Lo! We have given thee Abundanceâ until he finished it. Then he asked: Do you know what Abundance (al-Kawthar) is? They replied: Allah and His Apostle know it better. He said: It is a river of which my Lord, the Exalted, the Majestic has promised me to give in Paradise.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #788 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The prophet (ï·º) did not distinguish between the two surahs until the words âIn the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the mercifulâ was revealed to him. These are the words of Ibn al-sarh.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #789 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I stand up to pray and intend to prolong it; but when I hear the cry of a boy I shorten if for fear that his mother might be distressed.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #790 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Muâadh b. Jabal used to pray along with the Prophet (ï·º); then he returned and led us in prayer. Sometimes he (the narrator) said: then he returned and led his people in prayer. One night the Prophet (ï·º) delayed the prayer. Sometimes he (the narrator) mentioned the word âthe night prayerâ. Then Muâadh prayed along with the Prophet (ï·º), then returned to his people and led them in prayer, and recited Surat al-Baqarah. A man turned aside and prayed alone. The people said to him: Have y
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #792 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbuSalih reported on the authority of some Companions of the Prophet (ï·º): The Prophet (ï·º) said to a person: what do you say in prayer? He replied: I first recite tashahhud (supplication recited in sitting position), and then I say: O Allah, I ask Thee for Paradise, and I seek refuge in Thee from Hell-Fire, but I do not understand your sound and the sound of Muâadh (what you say or he says in prayer). The Prophet (ï·º) said: We too go around it (paradise and Hell-fire).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #793 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The prophet (ï·º) said to a youth: My nephew, what do you do in prayer? He replied: I recited fatihat al-katab and I ask Allah for paradise and seek his refuge from hell-fire I do not understand well your sound and the sound of muâadh. The prophet (ï·º) said: I and Muâadh go around both (paradise and Hell-fire), or he said something similar.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #794 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When one of you leads the people in prayer, he should be brief, for among them are the weak, the sick, and the aged. But when one of you prays by himself, he may pray as long as he likes.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #795 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when one of you leads the people in prayer, he should be brief, for among them are the sick, the aged and the needy.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #797 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
In every prayer there is a recitation. We make you listen what the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) made us listen, and we keep hidden from you what he kept hidden from us.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #798 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The apostle of Allah (ï·º) used to lead us in prayer and recite in the first two rakâahs of the noon prayers Fatihat al-kitab and two surahs, and he would sometimes recite loud enough for us to hear the verse. He would prolong the first rakâah of the noon prayer and shorten the second; and he did so in the morning prayer. Abu Dawud said: Musaddad did not mention the words fatihat al-kitab and surah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #799 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He would recite Fatihat al-kitab in the last two surahs. Hammam added: He would prolong the first rakâah but would not prolong the second so much; and he did so similarly in the afternoon prayer, and so in the morning prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #800 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We thought that by this (prolonging the first rakâah). He (the prophet) meant that the people might join the first rakâah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #801 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We asked Khabbab: Did the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) recit (the Quran) in the noon and afternoon prayers? He replied: Yes. We then asked: How did you know this? He said: By the shaking of his beard, may peace be upon him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #803 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âUmar said to Saâd: people complain against you for everything, even for prayer. He replied: I prolong the first two rakâahs of prayer and make the last two rakâahs brief; I do not fall short of following the prayer offered by the Messenger of Allah(May peace be upon him). He said: I think so about you.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #804 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We used to estimate how long the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stood in the noon and the afternoon prayer, and we estimated that he stood in the first two rakâahs of the noon prayer as long as it takes to recite thirty verses (of the Qurâan), such as A-L-M Tanzil al-Sajdah. And we estimated that he stood in the last two rakâahs half the time he stood in the first two rakâahs. We estimated that he stood in the first two rakâahs of the afternoon prayer as long as he did in the last two at noo
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #806 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the sun declined, the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) offered the noon prayer and recited surahs lie âBy the night when it covers overâ (92) and (recited similar surahs) in the afternoon prayer, and in the other prayers except the dawn prayer which he used to prolong.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #808 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abdullah ibn Ubaydullah said: I went to Ibn Abbas accompanying some youths of Banu Hashim. We said to one of them: Ask Ibn Abbas: Did the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) recite (the Qurâan) in the noon and afternoon prayers? He replied: No. People said to him: Perhaps he might recite the Qurâan quietly. He said: May your face be scratched (a kind of curse)! This (statement) is worse than the former. He was only a servant (of Allah) receiving Commands from Him. He preached (the divine) message which
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #809 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I do not know whether the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would recite the Qurâan at the noon and afternoon prayer or not.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #810 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard IbnâAbbas reciting waâl-mursalat urfan(surah lxxxvii). She said; sonny you have reminded me of this surah by your recitation. Thie is the last surah which I heard the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) reciting in the sunset prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #811 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) reciting al-Tur(surah lii) in the sunset prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #812 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Zaid b. Thabit asked me: Why do you recite short surahs in the sunset prayer? I saw the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) reciting two long surahs at the sunset prayers. I asked him: which are those two long surahs? He replied: Al-Aâraf(surah vii) and al-anâam(surah vi). I ( the narrator Ibn Juraij) asked Ibn Mulaikah (about these surahs): He said on his own accord: Al-maâidah (surah v.) and al-Aâraf(furah vii.)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #813 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This indicates that those (traditions indicating long surahs) are abrogated, and this is more sound tradition.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #817 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
As if I am hearing the voice of the prophet (may peace by upon him) who would recite at the morning prayer âOh, but I call to witness the planets, the stars which rise and setâ(surah 81:15-16)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #818 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
we were commanded to recite Fatihat al-kitab and whatever was convenient (from the Qurâan during the prayer).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #820 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) commanded me to announce that prayer is not valid but with the recitation of Fatihat al-kitab and something more.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #821 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
If anyone observes a prayer in which he does not recite Umm al-Qurâan, it is incomplete, it is incomplete, it is incomplete, and deficient. (The narrator said) I said: Abu Hurairah, sometime I pray behind the imam(then what should I do)? Pressing my hand he replied: O Persian, recite it inwardly, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying that Allah, Most High, has said: I have Me and the Half for my servant and My servant will receive what he asks. The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) said: Re
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #822 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
the prayer is not valid I one does not recite fatihat al-kitab and something more, sufyan( the narrator) said: This applies to a man who prays alone.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #824 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âUbadah b. al-samit came to late to lead the morning prayer. Abu Nuâaim, the muâadhdhin, pronounced the takbir and he led the people in prayer. Then Ubadah came and I was with him. We Joined the row behind Abu Nuâaim, while Abu Nuâaim was reciting the Qurâan loudly. Then âUbadah began to recite the Umm al-Quran (I.e Surah al Fatihah). When he finished, I said to Ubadah: I heard you reciting the Umm al-Qurâan while Abu Nuâaim was reciting Qurâan loudly. He replied: yes> The M
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #826 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) finished a prayer in which he had recited (the Qurâan) loudly, he asked: Did any of you recite along with me just now? A man replied: Yes, Messenger of Allah. He said: I am wondering what is the matter with me that I have been contended with reciting the Qurâan. He said: When the people heard that from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) they ceased reciting (the Qurâan) along with him at the prayers in which he recited aloud. Abu Dawud said: This tradition repor
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #827 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) led us in prayer, that was, we think, the dawn prayer, He further narrated this tradition up to the words âwhat is the matter with me that I have been contended with in (the recitation of ) the Qurâan.â Abu Dawud said: Musaddad in his tradition said that Maâmar said: The people ceased to recite (the Qurâan) at the prayer in which the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) recited aloud. Ibn al-Sarh said in his version that Maâmar reported from al-Zuhri on the authority
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #828 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) led (us) in the noon prayer, and a man came and recited behind him âGlorify the name of thy Lord, the Most Highâ (Surah 87). When he finished (the prayer), he said: Which of you recited? They (the people) said: A man (recited). He said: I knew that some one of you confused me in it (in the recitation of the Qurâan). Abu Dawud said: Abu al-Walid said in his version: Shuâbah said: I asked Qatadah: Did Saâid not say: Listen attentively to the Qurâan? He replied: (Yes),
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #829 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Which of you did recite the surah â Glorify the name of thy lord, the Most Highâ(Surah lxxxvii.) A man said: I . He said: I knew that some one of you confused me in it(i.e in the recitation of the Qurâan).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #830 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came to us while we were reciting the Qurâan, and there were among us bedouins and the non-Arabs. He said: Recite, all is well. In the near future there will appear people who will straighten it (the Qurâan) as an arrow is straightened. They will recite it quickly and not slowly (or it means that they will get the reward in this world and not in the Hereafter).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #835 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I and âImran b. Husain offered prayer behind âAll b. AbI Talib(may Allah be pleased with him). When he prostrated, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and when he bowed, he uttered the takbir and when he stood up at the end of two rakâahs, he uttered the takbir. When we finished our prayer, âImran caught hold of my hand, and said: He has led us in prayer just now like the prayer offered by Muhammed(may peace by upon him).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #836 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Hurairah would utter the takbir in every prayer, whether obligatory or non-obligatory, He would utter the takbir when he stood, and he would utter the takbir when he bowed, then he would say: âAllah listens to him who praises Himâ; he then would say before prostrating himself; â Our Lord, to Thee be praiseâ; then he would say while falling in prostration: âAllah is most greatâ; he then would utter the takbir when he raised his head after prostration, and then utter the takbir whe
Grade: Sahih