Hadith #840 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when one of you prostrates himself he must not kneel in the manner of camel, but should put down his hands before his knees.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #841 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: (Does) one of you kneel down in his prayer as a camel kneels down (i.e. put his knees before his hands).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #842 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu sulaiman malik b. al-Huwairith came to our mosque and said: By Allah, I Shall offer prayer; and I do not intend to pray, but I intend to show you how I saw the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) offering prayer. He (the narrator Ayyub) said: I asked Abu Qilabah: How did he pray? He replied: Like the prayer of this head after the last prostration in the first rakâah, he used to sit, and then stand up.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #843 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Sulaiman Malik b. al-Huwairth came to our mosque, and said: By Allah, I Shall offer prayer, though I do not intend to pray; I only intend to show you how I saw the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) praying. The narrator said: ( He then prayed and ) he sat at the end of the first rakâah when he raised his head after the last prostration.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #844 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Malik b. al-Huwairith saw that the prophet (may peace by upon him) would not stand at the end of the first or the third rakâah until he sat down straight.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #845 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
we asked Ibn âAbbas about sitting on heels between the two prostrations. He said: It is the sunnah. We said: We look upon it as a pressure on the foot. He said: This is the sunnah of your Prophet(ï·º)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #846 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) raised his head after bowing, he said: Allah listens to him who praises Him. O Allah, our lord, to Thee be the praise in the heavens and in all the earth, and all that it please Thee to create afterwards. Abu Dawud said: Sufyan al-Thawri and Shuâbah b. al-Hajjaj reported on authority of Ubaid b. al-Hasan: There is no mention of the words âafter bowingâ in this tradition. Sufyan said: we met al-shaikh âUbaid b. al-Hasan; he did not say the words âbowing
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #847 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: â Allah listens to him who praises Him,â he also said: O Allah, our Lord, to thee be the praise in all heavens. Muâammil said( in his version); â In all the heavens, and in all the earth, and in all that it pleases Thee to create afterwards. O thou Who art worthy of praise and glory, most worthy of what a servant says, and we are all thy servants, no one can withhold what thou givest or give what Thou withholdest. âThe narrators then were agreed
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #848 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Imam says: âAllah listens to him who praised Him,â say: âO Allah, our lord, to Thee be the praise, â for if what anyone says synchronises with what the angels say, he will be forgiven his past sins.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #851 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: One of you who believes in Allah and in the Last Day should not raise her head until the men raise their heads (after prostration) lest they should see the private parts of men.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #852 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The prostration observed by the Messenger of Allah(ï·º), his bowing, and his sitting between the two prostrations were nearly equal.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #853 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I did not offer prayer behind anyone more brief than the one offered by the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) and that was perfect. When the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) said: âAllah listens to him who praises Him,â he stood long we thought that he had omitted something; then he say takbir(Allah is most great) and prostrate, and would sit between the two prostrations so long that we thought that he had omitted something.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #854 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I witnessed Muhammed(ï·º) âAbu Kamilâs version has the wording: The Messenger of Allah(ï·º)-during his prayer. I found his standing like his bowing and prostration and his moderation in bowing was like that of his prostration, and his sitting between the two prostration and his prostration(and his sitting between the salutation) and going away( after finishing the prayer) were nearly equal to one another. Abu Dawud said: Musaddad said: His bowing and his moderation in bowing and prostration,
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #855 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: A manâs prayer does not avail him unless he keeps his back steady when bowing and prostrating.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #856 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) entered the mosque, a man also entered it and prayed. He then came and saluted the Messenger of Allah(ï·º). The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) returned the salutation and said to him: Go back and pray, for you have not prayed. The man returned and prayed as he prayed before. He then came to prophet(ï·º) and saluted him. The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) said to him: â And upon you be peace. â Go back and pray, for you have not prayed. He did so three times. Then the man s
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #857 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man entered the mosqueâ¦â¦ He then narrated the tradition like the one narrated in (No.855). This version is as follows: The Prophet (ï·º) said: The prayer of anyone is not perfect unless he performs ablution perfectly; he should then utter the takbir, and praise Allah, the Exalted, and admire Him; he should then recite the Qurâan as much as he desires. He should then say: âAllah is Most Greatâ. Next he should bow so that all his joints return to their proper places. Then he should say
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #858 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This version (of Hadith No 856) adds: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: The prayer of any of you is not complete until he performs ablution perfectly, as Allah, the Exalted, has ordered you. He should wash his face and hands up to the elbows, and wipe his head and (wash) his feet up to the ankles. Then he should exalt Allah and praise Him. Then he should recite the Qurâan as much as it is convenient for him. (Narrator then narrated the tradition like Hammadâs, No. 856). He said: He then utt
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #861 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Then perform ablution in a way Allah, the exalted, has command you, then say the shahadah and get up and say the takbir. Then if you know any of the Qurâan, recite it; otherwise say: âPraise be to Allahâ; âAllah is most greatâ; â There is no god but Allahâ He ( the narrator) also said in this version: If some defect remains in this, that detect will remain in your prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #863 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Salim al-Barrad said: We came to AbuMasâud Uqbah ibn Amr al-Ansari and said to him: Tell us about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He stood up before us in the mosque and said the takbir. When he bowed, he placed his hands upon his knees and put his fingers below, and kept his elbows (arms) away from his sides, so everything returned properly to its place. Then he said: âAllah listens to him who praises Himâ; then he stood up so that everything returned properly to its place; th
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #864 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Anas ibn Hakim ad-Dabbi said that he feared Ziyad or Ibn Ziyad; so he came to Medina and met AbuHurayrah. He attributed his lineage to me and I became a member of his lineage. AbuHurayrah said (to me): O youth, should I not narrate a tradition to you? I said: Why not, may Allah have mercy on you? (Yunus (a narrator) said: I think he narrated it (the tradition) from the Prophet (ï·º):) The first thing about which the people will be called to account out of their actions on the Day of Judgment is
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #866 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Tamim reported this tradition from the Prophet (ï·º) as (Hadith No 863). This version adds: Then zakat will be considered in a similar way. Then all the actions will be considered accordingly.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #867 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I prayed by the side of my father. I put both of my hands between my knees(in bowing condition). He prohibited me from it. I then repeated; so he said: Do not do so, because we used to do so. But we were prohibited to do that, and commanded to put our hands on the knees.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #868 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When any of you bows, he should spread his arms on his thighs and clap both his palms (Placing them between the knees), as if I am seeing the variation of the fingers of the Messenger of Allah(ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #869 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When âGlorify the name of your mighty Lordâ was revealed, the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Use it when bowing, and when âGlorify the name of your most high Lordâ was revealed, he said: Use it when prostrating yourself.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #870 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The above (No 868) tradition has also been reported through a different chain of narrators by Uqbah ibn Amir to the same effect. This version adds: When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) bowed, he said: âGlory and praise be to my mighty Lordâ three times, and when he prostrated himself, he said: âGlory and praise be to my most high Lordâ three times. Abu Dawud said: We are afraid the addition of the word âpraiseâ is not guarded.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #871 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Hudhaifah said that he prayed along with the Prophet (ï·º), and that he said when bowing, âGlory be to my mighty Lord, â and when he prostrated himself, âGlory be to my most high Lord,â when he came to a verse which spoke of mercy, he stopped and made supplication, and when he came to a verse which spoke of punishment, he stopped and sought refuge in Allah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #872 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAishah said that the prophet (ï·º) used to say when bowing and prostrating, âAll-Glorious, All-Holy, Lord of the angels and spirit.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #873 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I stood up to pray along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º); he got up and recited Surat al-Baqarah (Surah 2). When he came to a verse which spoke of mercy, he stopped and made supplication, and when he came to verse which spoke of punishment, he stopped and sought refuge in Allah, then he bowed and paused as long as he stood (reciting Surah al-Baqarah), and said while bowing, âGlory be to the Possessor of greatness, the Kingdom, grandeur and majesty.â :Then he prostrated himself and paused
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #874 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Hudhayfah saw the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) praying at night. He said: Allah is most greatâ three times, âPossessor of kingdom, grandeur, greatness and majesty.â He then began (his prayer) and recited Surah al-Baqarah; then he bowed and he paused in bowing as long as he stood up; he said while bowing, âGlory be to my mighty Lord,â âGlory be to my mighty Lordâ ; then he raised his head, after bowing: then he stood up and he paused as long as he paused in bowing and said, âPraise be
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #875 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The nearest a servant come to his Lord is when he is prostrating himself, so make supplication often.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #876 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet(ï·º) lifted the curtain (and saw that) the people were standing in rows(of prayers) behind Abu Bakr. He said: O people, there remained nothing that gives good tidings from prophethood except a true dream which a Muslim has himself or which another Muslim has for him. I have been prohibited to recite the Qurâan while bowing or prostration. As regards owing, exalt the Lord in it, and as to prostration, make supplication with exertion in it, that is worthy of being accepted.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #877 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) often said while bowing and prostrating himself; âGlory be to Thee, O Allah, out Lord.â And âPraise be to Thee, O Allah, forgive me,â Thus interpreting the (command in the Qurâan).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #878 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The prophet (ï·º) used to say when prostrating himself: âO Allah. Forgive me all my sins, small and great, first and last. â the narrator Ibn al-sarh added: âopen and secret.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #879 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
â(O Allah), I seek refuge in Your good pleasure from Your anger, and in Your Mercy from Your Punishment, and I seek refuge from You in You; I am not able to praise You (the way that You deserve to be praised), for You are as You have praised Yourselfâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #880 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to make supplication during the prayer saying: âO Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the punishment of the grave; I seek refuge in Thee from the trial of the Antichrist; I seek refuge in Thee from the trial of life and the trial of death; O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from sin and debt.â Someone said to him: How often you seek refuge from debt! He replied: When a man is in debt, he talks and tells lies, makes promises and breaks them.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #882 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Hurairah said; The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) got up for the prayer and we also stood up along with him. A Bedouin said said during prayer; O Allah, show mercy to me and to Muhammed and do not show mercy to anyone along with us. When the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) uttered the salutation, he said to the Bedouin; you narrowed down a vast (thing). By this he meant the mercy of Allah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #883 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âGlorify the name of thy Lord, the Most High.â He would say:âGlory be to Allah, the most Highâ. Abu Dawud said; In this tradition the other narrators have differed from the narrator Wakl. This has been narrated by Wakl, and Shuâbah from Abu Ishaq, from Saâld b. Jubair, from Ibn âAbbas as his own statement (and not from the Prophet)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #884 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man used to pray on the roof of his house. When he recited the verse âIs not He able to bring the dead to life?â he would say: âGlory be to You, then, why not?â They asked him about it, and he replied: âI heard it from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º)â. Abu Dawud said : Ahmad (b. Hanbal) said: It is pleasing to me that one should recite in the obligatory prayer those supplications which have occurred in the Quran.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #885 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Saâd reported that he heard his father or his uncle say ; I witnessed the Prophet (ï·º) while offering prayer. He used to stay in his bowing and his prostration as long as one uttera the words âGlory be to Allah and praise be to Himâ three times.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #889 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn Abbas reported the Prophet (ï·º) as saying: I have been commanded â according to the version of Hammad: Your Prophet (ï·º) was commanded â to prostrate on seven (bones), and not to fold back the hair or the clothing.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #890 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I have been commanded, and sometimes the narrator said: Your prophet (ï·º) was commanded to prostrate on seven limbs.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #891 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when a servant (of Allah) prostrates himself, the seven limbs, i.e, his face, his palms, his knees and his feet prostrate along with him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #892 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Both hands prostrate as the face prostrates. When one of you puts his face (on the ground) he should put his hands too (on the ground). And when he raises it, he should raise them too.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #894 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The mark of earth was seen on the forehead and nose of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) due to the prayer in which he led the people.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #895 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The above mentioned tradition has also been transmitted by Maâmar through a different chain of narrators to the same effect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #897 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Anas reported the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) as saying; Adopt a moderate position when prostrating yourselves, and see that none of you stretches out his forearms(on the ground) like a dog.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #898 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Prophet(ï·º) prostrated himself, he kept his arms so far away from his sides that if a lamb had wanted to pass under his arms, it could have done so.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #899 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I came to the Prophet (ï·º) from behind. I saw the whiteness of his armpits and he kept his arms away from his sides and raised his stomach (from the ground).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #903 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Saâid ibn Ziyad ibn Subayh al-Hanafi said: I prayed by the side of Ibn Umar and I put my hands on my waist. When he finished his prayer, He said: This is a cross in prayer; the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to forbid it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #904 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I saw the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) praying and a sound came from his breast like the rumbling of a mill owing to weeping.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #906 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Any one performs ablution and performs the ablution perfectly and then offers two rakâahs of prayers concentrating on them with his heart and face but paradise will necessarily fall to his lot.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #910 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Allah, the Most High, continues to turn favourably towards a servant while he is engaged in prayer as long as he does not look to the side (by turning the neck), but if he does so, He turns away from him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #911 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) about looking to the sides during prayer. He said: It is something which the devil snatches from a servantâs prayers.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #912 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The mark of earth was seen on the forehead and nose of the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) who had led the people I prayer. Abu Ali said: Abu Dawud did not recite this tradition when he recited his collection(of sunan) for the fourth time.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #913 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) entered the mosque and saw there some people praying raising their hand towards the heaven. (This Is the common version: ) He said : People must stop raising their eyes to the heaven. The narrator Musaddad said: During prayer, otherwise their sight will be taken away.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #914 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
What is the matter that people raise their (Upwards) in prayer. He then said sternly: They should stop doing that, otherwise their sight will be snatched away.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #916 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He (the prophet) took a kind of sheet of cloth known as kurdi which belongs to Abu Jahm. The people told him; Messenger of Allah, the (former) sheet of cloth was better than this kind of kurdi sheet.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #917 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The iqamah for the morning prayer was pronounced and the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) began to offer prayer while he was looking at the mountain-pass. (AbuDawud elaborated that the Prophet had sent a horseman to the mountain-pass at night in order to keep watch.)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #918 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was leading the people in prayer with Umamah daughter of Zainab daughter of the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) (in his lap). When he prostrated, he put her down and when he got up(after prostration) he lifted her up.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #919 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We were sitting in the mosque when the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came upon us carrying Umamah daughter of AbulâAs ibn ar-Rabiâ. Her mother was Zaynab daughter of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). She (Umamah) was a child and he (the Prophet) was carrying her on his shoulder. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) led (the people) in prayer while she was on his shoulder. When he bowed he put her down and took her up when he got up. He kept on doing so until he finished his prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #921 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
While we were waiting for the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) for the noon or afternoon prayer, and Bilal had already called him for prayer, he came upon us with Umamah daughter of Abu al-As and daughter of his daughter on his neck. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stood at the place of prayer and we stood behind him and she(Umamah) (all this time) was in her place. He uttered the takbir and we also uttered. When the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) intended to bow, he took her and put her down, and then he bowed an
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #923 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was praying with his door bolted. I came and asked to have the door opened. He walked and opened the door for me. He then returned to his place for prayer. He (the narrator Urwah) mentioned that the door faced the qiblah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #925 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We used to salute during prayer and talk about our needs. I came to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and found him praying. I saluted him, but he did not respond to me. I recalled what happened to me in the past and in the present. When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) finished his prayer, he said to me: Allah, the Almighty, creates new command as He wishes, and Allah, the Exalted, has sent a fresh command that you must not talk during prayer. He then returned my salutation.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #926 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I passed by the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) who was praying. I saluted him and he returned it by making a sign. The narrator said: I do not know but that he said: He made a sign with his finger. This is the version reported by Qutaybah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #927 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The prophet of Allah(ï·º) sent me to Banu al-Mustaliq. When I returned to him, he was praying on his camel. I talked to him; he made a sign to me with his hand like this. I again talked to him; he made a sign to me with his hand like this. I was hearing him reciting the Qurâan and he was making a sign with his head. When he finished his prayer, he said; what did you do about the mission for which I had sent you; nothing prevented me from talking to you except that I was praying.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #928 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) went to Quba to offer prayer. Then the Ansar (the Helpers) came to him and gave him a salutation while he was engaged in prayer. I asked Bilal: How did you find the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) responding to them when they gave him a salutation while he was engaged in prayer. He replied: In this way, and Jaâfar ibn Awn demonstrated by spreading his palm, and keeping its inner side below and its back side above.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #929 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
There is no loss in prayer nor in salutation. Ahmad(b. Hanbal) said: This means, I think, that you do not salute nor you are saluted by others. The loss of a man in his prayer is that a man remains doubtful about it when he finishes it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #930 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
There is no loss in salutation and in prayer. Abu Dawud said: According to the version of Ibn Mahdi, this tradition has been narrated by Ibn Fudail as a statement of Abu Hurairah and not as a saying of the Prophet(ï·º)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #932 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
what do you mean by looking at me with furtive glances. Then they glorified Allah. When the prophet (ï·º) finished his prayer, he asked; who was the speaker? The Prophet told him; this Bedouin. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) called me and said to me: Prayer is meant for the recitation of the Quran, and making mention of Allah. When you are in it (prayer), this should be your work therein. I never saw an instructor more lenient than the Messenger of Allah (ï·º)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #933 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) recited the verse âNor of those who go astrayâ (Surah al-Fatihah, verse 7), he would say Amin; and raised his voice (while uttering this word).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #935 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) recited the verse âNot of those with whom Thou art angry, nor of those who go astray,â he would say Amin so loudly that those near him in the first row would hear it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #936 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Hurairah reported the prophet (ï·º) as saying; when the imam recites â not of those with whom thou art angry, nor of those who go astrayâ (surah al-fatihah,verse 7) say Amin, for if oneâs words (utterance of amin) synchronise with those of the angles, he will be forgiven his past sins.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #937 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; When the Imam says Amin, say Amin, for if anyoneâs utterance of Amin synchronnises with that of the angles, he will be forgiven his past sins. Ibn shihab (al Zuhrl) said; The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) used to say Amin (At the end of the Fatihah)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #939 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbuMisbah al-Muqraâi said: We used to sit in the company of AbuZuhayr an-Numayri. He was a companion of the Prophet (ï·º), and he used to narrate good traditions. Once a man from among us made a supplication. He said: End it with the utterance of Amin, for Amin is like a seal on the book. AbuZuhayr said: I shall tell you about that. We went out with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) one night and came upon a man who made supplication with persistence. The Prophet (ï·º) waited to hear him. The Proph
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #940 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying; Glorifying Allah applies to men and clapping applies only to women.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #941 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) went to Banu âAmr b. âAwf to effect reconciliation between them . in the meantime the time of prayer came and the Muâadhdhin came to Abu Bakr and asked : Will you lead the people in prayer? I pronounce the Iqamah. He said ; Yes. So Abiu Bakr led the prayer , and the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came back while the people were praying. He penetrated through the rows and stood in the first row. The people clapped but Abu Bakr did not pay any attention to it during pr
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #943 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Clapping by women means that one should strike her left hand with the two fingers of her right hand.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #946 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: When one of you gets up to pray, he must not remove pebbles, for mercy is facing him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #947 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Muâaiqib reported the Prophet (ï·º) as saying ; Do not remove pebbles while you are praying; if you do it out of sheer necessity, do it only once to smooth the pebbles.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #948 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu hurairah said that the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) forbade putting hands on the waist during prayer. Abu Dawud said; The word Ikhtisar means to put oneâs hands on oneâs waist.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #949 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Hilal ibn Yasaf said: I came to ar-Raqqah (a place in Syria). One of my companions said to me: Do you want to see any of the Companions of the Prophet (ï·º)? I said: A good opportunity. So we went to Wabisah. I said to my friend: Let us first see his mode of living. He had a cap with two ears stuck (to his head), and wearing a brown silken robe. He was resting on a staff during prayer. We asked him (about resting on the staff) after salutation; He said: Umm Qays daughter of Mihsan said to me tha
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #950 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Zaid b. Arqam said ; One of us used to speak to the man standing by his side during prayer. Then the Quranic verse â And stand up with devotion to Allahâ
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #951 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
It has been narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said : The Prayer of a man in sitting condition is half the prayer (wins him half the reward of prayer). I came to him and found him prayer in sitting condition. I placed my hand on my head (in surprise). He said: what is the matter,âAbd Allah b. âAmr? I said; Messenger of Allah (ï·º) you have been reported to me as saying : the prayer of a man in sitting condition is half the prayer , but you are praying in sitting condition. He s
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #952 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âImran b. Hussain asked the prophet (ï·º) about the prayer a man offers in sitting condition. He replied: his prayer in standing condition is better than his prayer in sitting condition, and his prayer in sitting condition is half the prayer he offers in standing condition, and his prayer in lying condition is half the prayer he offers in sitting condition.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #953 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I had a fistula; so I asked the prophet (ï·º). He said: offer prayer in standing condition; if you are unable to do so, then in sitting condition: if you are then at your side(i.e, in lying condition).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #954 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I never saw the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) reciting the Quraan in his prayer at night in sitting condition until he became old. Then he used to sit in it (the prayer) and recite the Quran until forty or thirty verses remained, then he stood and recited them and prostrated himself.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #955 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when the prophet (ï·º) prayed sitting, he recited the Quran in sitting condition. When the amount of his recitation remained about thirty or forty verses he stood up and recited them standing. He then bowed and prostrated and then did so in the second Rakâah of the prayer. Abu Dawud said: âAlqamah b. Waqqas narrated this tradition on the authority of âAishah from the Prophet (ï·º) to the same effect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #956 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to pray standing at night for a long time, and used to pray sitting at night for a long time. When he prayed standing, he bowed standing, and when he prayed sitting, he bowed sitting.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #957 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked âAâishah whether the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) recited a whole Surah (of the Quran) in one Rakâah of the prayer. She replied : (He recited from among) the Mufassal surahs. I asked: Did he pray (at night) sitting? She replied : (he prayed sitting) when the people made him old.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #958 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I said that I should look at the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) how he prays. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stood up and faced the qiblah (i.e. the direction of Kaâbah) and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great); then he raised his hands till he brought them in front of his ears; then he caught hold of his left hand with his right hand (i.e. folded his hands). When he was about to bow, he raised them (his hands) in a like manner. Then he sat, stretched out his left foot (to sit on it)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #959 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âA Sunnah of the prayer is that you should raise your right foot, and make your left foot lie (on the ground).â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #960 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âI heard Al-Qasim saying: âAbdullah bin âAbdullah informed me that he heard âAbdullah bin âUmar saying: âFrom the Sunnah of the prayer is to lay your left foot on the ground, and raise your right foot.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #961 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Hammad bin Zaid also said (the wording): âFrom the Sunnahâ (narrating) from Yahya just as Jarir did.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #963 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âWhen the Prophet (ï·º) would sit in the prayer, he would place his left foot horizontally â so much so that the upper-part of his foot became black.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #964 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I am more informed than any of you regarding the manner in which the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) offered his prayer. They said: Present it. The narrator then reported the tradition, saying: he bent the toes of his feet turning them towards the Qiblah when he prostrated, then he uttered â Allah is most great,â and raised (his head), and bent his left foot and sat on it, and he did the same in the second Rakah. The narrator then transmitted the tradition, and added: In the prostration (i.e., the
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #965 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When he( the Prophet) sat up the two rakâahs he sat on his left foot; and when sat up after the last rakâah he put out his left foot and sat on his hip.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #967 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He(the Prophet) prostrated himself, he depended on his palms, knees and the toes of his feet. When he sat up, he sat on his hips, and raised his other foot. He then uttered the takbir(Allah is most great) and prostrated himself. He uttered the takbir and stood up and did not sit on his hips. Then he repeated(the same) and offered the second rakâah; he uttered the takbir in the same manner, and sat up after two rakâahs. When he was about to stand up, he stood up after saying the takbir. Then
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #968 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Humaid, Abu usaid, Sahl b. Saâd and Muhammad b. Maslamah got together. Then he narrated this tradition. He did not mention the raising of hands when he stood after two rakâahs, nor did he mention sitting. He said: When he finished (his prostration), he spread his foot (on the ground) and turned the toes of his right feet towards the qiblah(and then he sat on his left foot).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #969 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when we (prayed and) sat up during prayer along the Messenger of Allah (may peach be upon him), we said: âPeace be to Allah before it is supplicated for His servants; peace be to so and so. âThe Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Do not say âPeace be to Allah ,âfor Allah Himself is peace. When one of you sits(during the prayer), he should say: The adoration of the tongue are due to Allah, and acts of worship and all good things. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and Allahâs mercy and His bless
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #970 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We did not know what we should say when we sat during prayer. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was taught (by Allah). He then narrated the tradition to the same effect. Sharik reported from Jamiâ, from AbuWaâil on the authority of Abdullah ibn Masâud something similar. He said: He used to teach us also some other words, but he did not teach them as he taught us the tashahhud: O Allah, join our hearts, mend our social relationship, guide us to the path of peace, bring us from darkness to light,
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #971 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Alqamah said that Abdullah ibn Masâud caught hold of his hand saying that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) caught hold of his (Ibn Masâudâs) hand and taught him the tashahhud during prayer. He then narrated the (well known ) tradition (of tashahhud). This version adds: When you say this or finish this, then you have completed your prayer. If you want to stand up, then stand, and if you want to remain sitting, then remain sitting.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #972 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The adoration of the tongue are due to Allah, and acts of worship, all good things. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and Allahâs mercy and His blessings. Ibn âUmar said: I added: âAnd Allahâs blessings, peace be upon us, and upon Allahâs upright servants. I testify that there is not god but Allah. âIbn âUmar said: I added to it: He is alone, no one is His associate, and I testify that Muhammad is His servant and His Apostle.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #973 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Hittan ibn Abdullah ar-Ruqashi said: AbuMusa al-Ashâari led us in prayer. When he sat at the end of his prayer, one of the people said: Prayer has been established by virtue and purity. When AbuMusa returned (from his prayer or finished his prayer), he gave his attention to the people, and said: Which of you is the speaker of such and such words? The people remained silent. Which of you is the speaker of such and such words? The people remained silent. He said: You might have said them, Hittan
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #974 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When he( the imam) recites the Qurâan, keep silence(and listen attentively). And in the tashahhud this version adds after the words âI testify that there is no god but Allahâ the words âHe is alone, and there is no associate of Him.â Abu Dawud said: His word âAnd keep silenceâ is not guarded; it has been narrated by Sulaiman al-Taimi alone in his version.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #976 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) commanded us (to recite) when we sit in the middle of the prayer or at its end before the salutation: The adorations of the tongue, all good things, acts of worship, and the Kingdom are due to Allah. Then give salutation to the right side; then salute your reciter (i.e. the imam) and yourselves. Abu Dawud said: Sulaiman b. Musa hails from Kufah and he lives in Damascus. Abu Dawud said: This collection of traditions indicates that al-Hasan (al-Basri) heard traditions
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #977 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We said or the people said: Messenger of Allah, you have commanded us to invoke blessing on you and to salute you. As regards salutation we have already learnt it. How should we invoke blessing? He said: Say: âO Allah, bless Muhammad and Muhammadâs family as Thou didst bless Abraham and Abrahamâs family. O Allah, grant favours to Muhammad and Muhammadâs family as Thou didst grant favours to Abraham; Thou art indeed praiseworthy and glorious.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #978 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Bless Muhammad and Muhammadâs family as Thou didst bless Abraham.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #979 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
O Allah, bless Muhammad and Muhammadâs family as didst bless Abraham. Thou art indeed praiseworthy and glorious. O Allah grant favours of Muhammad and Muhammadâs family as Thou didst grant favour to Abrahamâs family. Thou art indeed praiseworthy and glorious. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by al-Zubair b. âAdi as narrated by Misâar , except that his version goes: As Thou didst bless Abrahamâs family. Thou art indeed praiseworthy and glorious. And grant favours to Mu
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #980 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Some people asked: Messenger of Allah, how should we invoke blessings on you? He said: Say,â O Allah, bless Muhammad, his wives and his off springs, as Thou didst bless Abrahamâs family, and grant favours to Muhammadâs family, his wives and off springs, as Thou didst grant favours to Abrahamâs family. Thou art indeed praiseworthy and glorious.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #981 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came to us in a meeting of Saâd b. âUbadah. Bashir b. Saâd said to him: Allah has commanded us to invoke blessings on you, Messenger of Allah. How should we invoke blessings on you? The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) kept silence so much so that we wished he would not ask him. Then the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Say. He then narrated the tradition like that of Kaâb b. âUjrah. This version adds in the end: In the universe, Thou art praiseworthy and glorious.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #983 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
if anyone would like to have the fullest measure granted to him when he invokes blessings on us, the members of the prophetâs family, he should say: O Allah, bless Muhammad, the unlettered Prophet, his wives who are the mother of the faithful, his off springs, and the people of his house as Thou didst bless the family of Abraham. Thou art indeed praiseworthy and glorious.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #984 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When one of you finishes the last tashahhud, he should seek refuge in Allah from four things: the punishment in Hell, the punishment in the grave, the trail of life and death, and the evil of Antichrist.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #985 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) used to say after the tashahhud: âO Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the punishment in Hell, and I seek refuge in Thee from the punishment in the grave, and I seek refuge in Thee from the trial of antichrist, and I seek refuge in Thee from the trial of life and death.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #986 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) entered the mosque and saw a man who had finished his prayer, and was reciting the tashahhud saying: O Allah, I ask you, O Allah, the One, the eternally besought of all, He begetteth not, nor was He begotten, and there is none comparable unto Him, that you may forgive me my sins, you are Most Forgiving, Merciful. He (the Prophet) said: He was forgiven (repeating three times.)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #987 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
It pertains to the sunnah to utter the tashahhud quietly.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #988 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAbd Allah b. âUmar saw me playing with pebbles during prayer. When he finished his prayer, he forbade me (to do so) and said: Do as the Apostle (ï·º) used to do. I asked him: How would the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) do? He said: When he sat during the prayer (for reciting the tashahhud), he placed his right hand on his right thigh, and clenched all his fingers, and pointed with the finger which is adjacent to the thumb, and he placed his left hand on his left thigh.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #990 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) used to point with his finger (at the end of the tashahhud) and he would not move it. Ibn Juraij said: âAnd âAmr bin Dinar added: âHe (Ziyad) said: ââAmir informed me from his father that he saw the Prophet (ï·º) supplicating like that. And the Prophet (ï·º) would brace himself with his left hand on his left knee.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #993 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) prohibited, according to the version of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, that a person should sit during prayer while he is leaning on his hand. According to the version of Ibn Shibwayh, he prohibited that a man should lean on his hand during prayer. According to the version of Ibn Rafiâ, he prohibited that a man should pray while he is leaning on his hand, and he mentioned this tradition in the chapter on âRaising the head after prostration.â According to the version of Ibn
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #996 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) was in the first two rakâahs as though he were on heated stones. The narrator Shuâbah said: We said: Till he (the Prophet) got up.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #997 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) used to give the salutation to his left and right sides until the whiteness of his cheek was seen, (saying: âPeace be upon you, and mercy of Allahâ twice. AbuDawud said: This is a version of the tradition reported by AbuSufyan. The version of Israâil did not explain it. AbuDawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Zubayr from AbuIshaq and Yahya ibn Adam from Israâil from AbuIshaq from AbdurRahman ibn al-Aswad from his father from Alqamah on the authority of Abdull
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #998 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I offered prayer along with the Prophet (ï·º). He would give the salutation to his right side (saying): Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; and to his left side (saying): Peace be upon you and mercy of Allah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #999 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When we prayed behind the Messenger of Allah(ï·º), one of us gave the salutation and pointed with his hand to the man to his right side and left side. When he finished his prayer, he said: What is the matter that one of you points with his hand (during prayer) just like the tails of restive horses. It is sufficient for one of you, or is it not sufficient for one of you to say in this manner? And he pointed with his finger; one should salute his brother at his right and left side.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1000 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Is it not sufficient for one of you or for one of them that he puts his hand on his thigh, and then gives the salutation to his brother to his right and left sides.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1002 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) commanded us to respond to the salutation of the imam. and to love each other, and to salute each other.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1003 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The end of the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was known by the takbir (pronounced aloud).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1006 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When any of you breaks wind during prayer, he must withdraw, perform ablution, and repeat the prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1008 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
An imam of ours, whose kunyah (surname) was AbuRimthah, led us in prayer and said: I prayed this prayer, or one like it, with the Prophet (ï·º). AbuBakr and Umar were standing in the front row on his right and there was a man who had been present at the first takbir in the prayer. The Prophet of Allah (ï·º) offered the prayer, then gave the salutation to his right and his left so that we saw the whiteness of his cheeks, then turned away as AbuRimthah (meaning himself) had done. The man who has b
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1009 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) led us in one of the evening (âAsha) prayers, noon or afternoon. He led us in two Rakâahs and gave the salutation. He then got up going towards a piece of wood which was placed in the front part of the mosque. He placed his hands upon it, one on the other, looking from his face as if he were angry. The people came out hastily saying: the prayer has been shortened. Abu Bakr and âUmar were among the people, but they were too afraid to speak to him. A man whom th
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1010 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Yes. He then raised his head. The version does not mention the words âhe uttered the takbir. He then uttered the takbir and made the prostration as usual or prolonged it. He then raised his headâ. The narrator then prostration as usual or prolonged it. He then raised his headâ. The narrator then finished the tradition and did not mention the words that follow it. He did not mention the words âthey made a signâ, but Hammad b. Zaid mentioned them in his version. Abu dawud said: Anyone wh
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1011 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
then he gave the salutation.â The narrator said: I asked; What about the Tashahud? He replied: I did not hear thing about the tashahhud, but it is more liking to me that one should recite the tashahhud. This version has not the words âwhom he called the possessor of arms(Dhu al-yadain).â Nor the words âthey made a sign,â nor the word âangerâ. The tradition narrated by Hammad from Ayyub is more perfect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1013 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
he did not make two prostrations (at the end of prayer) due to forgetfulness until Allah gave him satisfaction about it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1014 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
he did not make two prostrations on account of forgetfulness.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1015 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Hurairah reported; The Prophet (ï·º) offered the noon prayer and he gave the salutation at the end of two rakahs. He was asked. Has the prayer been shortened ? then he offered two rakahs of the prayer and made two prostrations (at the end of it).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1016 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Prophet (ï·º) finished two rakâahs of an obligatory prayer, a man asked him: Messenger of Allah, has the prayer been shortened, or have you forgotten? he replied: I did not do all that. The people said: Messenger of Allah, you did that. Therefore, he offered another two rakâahs or prayer and did not make two prostrations due to forgetfulness. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been narrated by Dawud al-Hussain from Abu Sufyan, freed slave of Ibn Abi Ahmad on the authority of Ab
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1017 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Hurairah reported; He then made two prostration on account of forgetfulness after he had given the salutation.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1018 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) led us in prayer and gave the salutation after two rakahs of prayer. He narrated this tradition like that of Ibn Sirin from Abu Hurairah. This version adds; he gave the salutation and prostrated two prostrations due to forgetfulness.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1019 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) gave the salutation at the end of three rakahs in the afternoon prayer, then went into the apartment (according to the version of maslamah). A man called al-Khirbaq who had long arms got up and said ; has the prayer been shortened, Messenger of Allah ? He came out angrily trailing his cloak and said : Is he telling the truth ? they said; Yes. He then prayed that rakah, then gave the salutation, then made two prostrations, then gave the salutation.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1020 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) prayed five rakâahs in the noon prayer. He was asked whether the prayer had been extended. He asked what they meant by that. The people said : you prayed five rakâahs. Then he made two prostrations after having given the salutation.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1021 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) offered prayer. The version of the narrator Ibrahim goes: I do not know whether he increased or decreased (the rakâahs of prayer). When he gave the salutation, he was asked: Has something new happened in the prayer, Messenger of Allah? He said: What is it? They said: You prayed so many and so many (rakâahs). He then relented his foot and faced the Qiblah and made two prostrations. He then gave the salutation. When he turned away (finished the prayer), he turned h
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1022 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The narrator Husain also reported it like al-Aâmash.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1023 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Messenger of Allah, has (the number of the rakâahs of) the prayer been increased ? he said : No. they said; you have offered five rakâahs of prayer. He then turned away and performed two prostrations, and afterwards gave the salutation. He then said : I am only a human being, I forget, as you forget.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1025 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when one of you is in doubt about his prayer (i.e, how much he has prayed), he should throw away his doubt and base his prayer on what he is sure of. When he is sure about the completion of his prayer, he should make two prostrations (at the end of the prayer). If the prayer is complete, the additional rakâah and the two prostrations will be supererogatory prayer. If the prayer is incomplete, the additional rakâahs will compensate it, and the two prostrations will be a disgrace for the devil
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1026 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) named the two prostrations of forgetfulness disgraceful for the devil.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1027 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: When one of you is in doubt about his prayer, and does not know how much he has prayed, three or four rakâahs, he should pray one (additional) rakâah and make two prostrations while sitting before giving the salutation. If the (additional) rakâah which he prayed is the fifth one, he will make it an even number by these two prostrations. If it is the fourth one, the two prostrations will be a disgrace for the devil.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1030 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: When one of you prays, and he does not know whether he prayed more or less rakâahs (than those prescribed by the Shariâah), he should perform two prostrations while he is sitting. If the devil comes to him, and tells him (suggests him): âYou have been defiled,â he should say: âYou have told a lie,â except that he feels smell with his nose, or sound with his ears (then his ablution will break). These are the wording; of the tradition reported by Aban. Abu Dawud
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1031 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying; When one of you stands up to pray, the devil comes to him and confuses him so that he does not know how much he has prayed. If any of you has such an experience, he should perform two prostrations while he is sitting. Abu Dawud said; This tradition has been narrated in a similar manner by Ibn âUyainab, Maâmar and al-Laith.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1034 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Anyone who is in doubt in his prayer should make two prostrations after giving the salutation.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1035 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) led us in prayer praying two rakâahs. When he stood up and did not sit (at the end of two rakâahs) the people stood up along with him. When he finished the prayer and we expect him to give the salutation, he said: âAllah is most great.â While sitting and made two prostrations before giving the salutation. Then he gave it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1036 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Some of us recited the Tashahhud while they were standing. Abu Dawud said: Ibn-Zubair made two prostrations before giving the salutation in a similar way when he stood up at the end of two rakâahs. This is the opinion of al-Zuhrl.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1037 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: When an imam stands up at the end of two rakâahs , if he remembers before standing straight up, he should sit down, but if he stands straight up, he must not sit down, but perform the two prostrations of forgetfulness. Abu Dawud said: I have not narrated in this book of mine any hadith from Jabir Al-Juâfi (one of the narrators) except this one.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1039 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: For each forgetfulness there are two prostrations after giving the salutation. No one except Amr (ibn Uthman) mentioned the words âfrom his fatherâ (in the chain AbdurRahman ibn Jubayr ibn Nufayr from Thawban).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1040 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) led them in prayer and forgot something, so he made prostrations and uttered the tashahhud, then gave the salutation.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1042 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Hulb prayed along with the Prophet (ï·º). He used to turn to both his sides (sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1043 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I came to medina afterwards and saw that the houses of the prophet (ï·º) were (built) in the left.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1044 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Offer some of your prayers in your houses, and do not make them graves.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1045 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The prayer a man offers in his house is more excellent than his prayer in this mosque of mine except obligatory prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1046 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) and his Companions used to pray in the direction of Jerusalem. When the following verse was revealed: â So turn thy face towards the inviolable mosqueâ; and Ye (O Muslims), wheresoever ye may be, turn your face towards itâ(ii. 144), a man passed by the people of Banu Salamah. He called them while they were bowing in the morning prayer facing Jerusalem: Lo, the qiblah (direction of prayer) has been changed towards the kaâbah. He called them twice. So they turned their fa
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1047 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday; on it Adam was created, on it he was expelled (from Paradise), on it his contrition was accepted, on it he died, and on it the Last Hour will take place. On Friday every beast is on the lookout from dawn to sunrise in fear of the Last Hour, but not jinn and men, and it contains a time at which no Muslim prays and asks anything from Allah but He will give it to him. Kaâb said: That is one day every year. So
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1048 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Among the most excellent of your days is Friday; on it Adam was created, on it he died, on it the last trumpet will be blown, and on it the shout will be made, so invoke more blessings on me that day, for your blessings will be submitted to me. The people asked: Messenger of Allah, how can it be that our blessings will be submitted to you while your body is decayed? He replied: Allah, the Exalted, has prohibited the earth from consuming the bodies of Prophets.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1050 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAbd Allah b. âUmar said to me: Did you hear your father narrating a tradition from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) about an hour on Friday (when supplication is accepted by Allah)? I said: Yes, I heard it. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: This hour is found during the period when the imam is seated (for giving Friday sermon) until the prayer is finished. Abu Dawud said: By sitting is meant sitting on the pulpit.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1055 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: If anyone omits the Friday prayer without excuse, he must give one dirham or half a dirham, or one saâ or half a saâ of wheat, in alms. Abu Dawud said: Saâid b. Bashir reported this tradition in a like manner, except that he narrated âone mudd or half muddâ (instead of saâ). He narrated it from Samurah. Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad bin Hanbal being asked about the differences over the narration of this Hadith. He said: âHammam has a stronger memory â in m
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1057 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The Friday prayer is obligatory on him who hears the call. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by a group of narrators from Sufyan. They did not narrate it as a statement of the Prophet (ï·º); only Qabisah has transmitted it as saying of the Prophet (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1058 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The rain was falling on the day when the Battle of Hunayn took place. The Prophet (ï·º), therefore, commanded that the people should offer their prayer in their camps.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1059 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
That took place on a Friday.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1060 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Usamah attended the Prophet (ï·º) on the occasion of the treaty of al-Hudaybiyyah on Friday. The rain fell as little as the soles of the shoes of the people were not set. He (the Prophet) commanded them to offer Friday prayer in their dwellings.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1061 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn âUmar stayed at Dajnan (a place between Mecca and Medina) on a cold night. He commanded an announcer (to announce). He announced that the people should offer prayer in their dwellings. Ayyub said: Nafi narrated on the authority of Ibn âUmar that whenever there was a cold or a rainy day night, the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) commanded the announcer (to announce). He announced to offer prayer in the dwellings.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1062 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Nafiâ reported: Ibn Umar made the call to prayer at Dajnan (a place between Mecca and Medina). Then he announced: âOffer prayer in your dwellings:â He then narrated a tradition from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He used to command an announcer who made the call to prayer. He then announced: âPray in your dwellingsâ on a cold or rainy night during journey. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Hammad b. Salamah from Ayyub and âUbaid Allah. In his version he added: During
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1063 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Nafiâ said: Ibn Umar made the call to prayer at Dajnan (a place between Mecca and Medina), on a cold and windy night. He added the words at the end of the call: âLo! pray in your dwellings. Lo! pray in the dwellings.â He then said: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to command the muâadhdhin to announce, âLo! pray in your dwellings.â on a cold or rainy night during journey.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1065 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The announcer of the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) announced for that (to pray at homes) at Medina on a rainy night or a cold morning. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been narrated by Yahya b. Saâid al-Ansari from al-Qasim from Ibn âUmar from the Prophet (ï·º). This version adds the words âDuring the journey.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1066 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We were in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) during a journey. The rain fell upon us. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Anyone who wants to pray in his dwelling may pray.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1067 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn âAbbas said to his muâadhdhin on a rainy day: âwhen you utter the words â I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,â do not say,â Come to prayerâ but say âPray at your homes,â By this (announcement) the people were surprised. He said: One who was better than me has done it. The Friday prayer is an obligatory duty. But I disliked to put you to hardship so that you might walk in mud and rain.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1068 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The Friday prayer in congregation is a necessary duty for every Muslim, with four exceptions; a slave, a woman, a boy, and a sick person. Abu Dawud said: Tariq b. Shihab had seen the Prophet (ï·º) but not heard anything from him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1070 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbdurRahman ibn Kaâb ibn Malik said: When Kaâb ibn Malik heard the call to prayer on Friday, he prayed for Asâad ibn Zurarah. I asked him: What is the matter that when you hear the call to prayer, you pray for Asâad ibn Zurarah? He replied: This is because he held the Friday prayer for the first time for us at Hazm an-Nabit of Harrah belonging to Banu Bayadah in Naqiâ, called Naqiâ al-Khadumat. I asked him: How many were you at that time ? He said: Forty.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1071 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ilyas ibn AbuRamlah ash-Shami said: I witnessed Muâawiyah ibn AbuSufyan asking Zayd ibn Arqam: Did you offer along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) the Friday and âId prayers synchronised on the same day? He said: Yes. He asked: How did he do? He replied: He offered the âId prayer, then granted concession to offer the Friday prayer, and said: If anyone wants to offer it, he may offer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1072 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ataâ ibn AbuRabah said: Ibn az-Zubayr led us in the âId prayer on Friday early in the morning. When we went to offer the Friday, he did not come out to us. So we prayed ourselves alone. At that time Ibn Abbas was present in at-Taâif. When he came to us, we mentioned this (incident) to him. He said: He followed the sunnah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1073 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Friday and the âid prayers synchronized during the time of Ibn al-Zubair. He said: Two festivals (âid and Friday) synchronized on the same day. He combined them and offered two rakâahs in the morning and did not add anything to them until he offered the afternoon prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1074 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Two festivals (âId and Friday) have synchronised on this day. If anyone does not want to offer the Friday prayer, the âId prayer is sufficient for him. But we shall offer the Friday prayer. This tradition has been narrated by âUmar from Shuâbah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1075 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to recite in the morning prayer on Friday Surah Tanzil al-Sajdah (xxxii.) and Surah al-Dahr(lxxi.).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1076 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
In the Friday prayer he would recite Surah al-Jumuâah (lxxi) and Surah al-Munafiqunn .
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1077 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âUmar b. al-Khattab saw a silken suit sold at the gate of the mosque. He said: Messenger of Allah, would that you purchase this suit and wear it on Friday and on the occasion when a delegation (from the outside) comes to you. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: One who has no share in the afterlife will put on this (suit). Afterwards suits of similar nature were brought to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He gave âUmar b. al-Khattab one of these suits. âUmar said: Messenger of Allah, you are g
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1078 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âUmar b. al-Khattab saw a suit of silken cloth being sold in the market. He took it to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), and said: Purchase it ad decorate with it on âid on the occasion of the arrival of delegations. The narrator then narrated the tradition. The former version is complete.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1080 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) prohibited buying and selling in the mosque, announcing aloud about a lost thing, the recitation of a poem in it, and prohibited sitting in a circle (in the mosque) on Friday before the prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1081 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
People came to Sahl b. Saâd al-Saâidi, when they were doubtful about the kind of wood of the pulpit (in the mosque of the Prophet). They asked him about it. He said: By Allah, I know (the wood) of which it was made; I saw it the first day when it was placed there, and the first day when the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) sat on it. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) sent for a woman whom Sahl named and asked her: Order your boy, the carpenter, to construct for me a wooden pulpit so that I sit on it when
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1082 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Prophet (ï·º) became fat, Tamim al-Dari said to him: Should I make for you pulpit, Messenger of Allah, that will bear the burden of your body ? He said: Yes. So he made a pulpit consisting of two steps.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1084 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) disapproved of the offering of prayer at the meridian except on Friday. The Hell-fire is kindled except on Friday. Abu Dawud said: This is a mursal tradition (i.e. the successor is narrating it directly from the Prophet). Mujahid is older than Abu al-Khalil, and Abu al-Khalil did not hear (any tradition from) Abu Qatadah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1085 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to offer the Friday prayer when the sun declined.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1086 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We used to offer the Friday prayer along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and return (to our homes) while no shade of the walls was seen (at that time).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1087 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We had a siesta or lunch after the Friday prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1089 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The call to the (Friday) prayer was made at the gate of the mosque in front of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) when he sat on the pulpit, and of Abu Bakr and âUmar. The narrator then repeated the same tradition as reported by Yunus.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1090 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
There was no other muâadhdhin (pronouncer) of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) except Bilal. The narrator then reported the tradition to the same effect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1091 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
There was no other muâadhdhin of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He then narrated the tradition which is incomplete.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1092 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) seated himself on the pulpit on a Friday he said, Sit down. Ibn Masâud heard that and sat down at the door of mosque, and when the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) saw him, he said: Come here, âAbd Allah b. Masâud. Abu Dawud said: This tradition is known as mursal (the successor reports directly from the Prophet, omitting then name of the Companion). The people narrated it from the Prophet (ï·º) on the authority of âAtaâ. Makhlad is his teacher.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1093 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) used to deliver two sermons. He would sit down when he ascended the pulpit till he (I think he meant the muâadhdhin) finished. He would then stand up and preach, then sit down and say nothing, then stand up and preach.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1094 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to deliver the sermon standing, then he would sit down, then stand and preach standing. If anyone tells you he preached sitting, he is lying. I swear by Allah that I offered along with more than two thousand prayers.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1095 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) gave two sermons between which he sat, recited the Quran and gave the people an exhortation.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1099 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Yunus asked Ibn Shihab about the address of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) on Friday. He mentioned it in like manner. He added: Anyone who disobeys them (Allah and His Apostle) goes astray. We beseech Allah, our Lord, to make us from those who obey Him and obey His Apostle, and follow what He likes, and abstain from His anger; we are due to Him and we belong to Him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1100 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A speaker delivered a speech in the presence of the Prophet (ï·º). He said: Anyone who obeys Allah and His Apostle, and one who disobeys them. He said: Go away, you are a bad speaker.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1101 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I memorized Surah al-Qaf from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º); he would recite it in his speech on every friday. Our oven and his oven were same. Abu Dawud said: Rawh b. âUbadah reported on the authority of Shuâbah the name Bint Harithah b. al-Nuâman ; and Ibn Ishaq reported the name of Umm Hisham hint Harithah b. al-Nuâman.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1102 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The prayer offered by the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was moderate, and the sermon given by him was (also) moderate. He would recite a few verses from the Qurâan and exhort the people.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1103 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I memorized Surah al-Qaf from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º); he used to recite it on every friday. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated in a similar way by Yahya b. Ayyub, Ibn Abu Ar-Rijal, from Yahya b. Saâid, from âUmrah from Umm Hisham hint Harithah b. al-Nuâman.
Grade: Sahih