Sunan al-Nasa'i — The Book of the Masjids

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw some sputum in the Qiblah of the Masjid, and he became so angry that his face turned red. Then a woman from the Ansar went and scratched off, and put some perfume in its place. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘How good this is.'”

“I stand in prayer, then I hear a child crying, so I make my prayer brief, because I do not want to cause hardship for his mother.”

“I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and I saw him raising his hands when he started to pray until they were in level with his shoulders, and when he wanted to bow. When he sat following the first two rak’ahs, he sat on his left foot and held the right foot upright. He placed his right hand on his right thigh and raised his finger for the supplication, and he placed his left hand on his left thigh.” He said: “Then I came the following year and I saw them raising their hands inside their Baranis.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to kill the two black ones (snakes and scorpions) while praying.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) enjoined killing the two black ones (snakes and scorpions) while praying.

“I am going to watch the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and see how he prays. So, I watched him.” And he described (his prayer): “Then he sat and lay his left foot on the ground, and placed his left hand on his left thigh and knee. He put his right elbow on his right thigh, then he made a circle with two fingers of his (right) hand, then he raised his finger and I saw him moving it, supplicating with it.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by me when I was supplicating with my fingers and he said: ‘Make it one, make it one’ and pointed with his forefinger.”

I asked Abu `Amr: What are they writing? He said: The sermon which he heard that day.

Allah’s Messenger said: “When one of you comes to the Masjid, then let him perform two Rak’ah before sitting.”

When the Prophet entered the toilet, he would take off his ring.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The mother of Sulaiman bin Dawud said to Sulaiman: “O my son, do not sleep too much at night, for sleeping too much at night will leave a man poor on the Day of Resurrection.”