# Sunan al-Nasa'i - The Book of the Commencement of the Prayer *Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on June 15, 2026* **9 hadith** --- ## Hadith #885 **Book:** The Book of the Commencement of the Prayer | **Narrator(s):** Amr bin Murrah bin 'Abdullah عمرو بن مرة بن عبد الله بن طارق, Awn bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba عون بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود الهذلي, ibn Umar, Muhammad bin Salmah محمد بن سلمة بن عبد الله الباهلي, Zayd bin Abi Anisa زيد بن أبي أنيسة “There are three things that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to do and the people have abandoned; he used to raise his hands extended when praying, and he would fall silent briefly, and say takbir when he prostrated and when he sat up.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-885/)* --- ## Hadith #886 **Book:** The Book of the Commencement of the Prayer | **Narrator(s):** Awn bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba عون بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود الهذلي, Hajjaj bin al-Minhal حجاج بن المنهال, ibn Umar, Isma'il bin 'Abdullah bin 'Abdullah إسماعيل بن عبد الله بن عبد الله بن أويس, Muhammad bin Muslim bin Tadras محمد بن مسلم بن تدرس أبو الزبير The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered the Masjid, then a man entered and prayed, then he came and greeted the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with Salam. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) returned his greeting and said: Go back and pray, for you have not prayed.” So he went back and prayed as he has prayed before, then he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and greeted him with Salam, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: “Wa alaika as-salam (and upon you be peace). Go back and pray for you have not prayed.” He did that three times, then the man said: “By the One Who sent you with the truth, I cannot do any better than that; teach me.” He said: “When you stand to pray, say the Takbir, then recite whatever is easy for you of Quran. Then bow until you have tranquility in your bowing, then stand up until you are standing straight. Then prostrate until you have tranquility in your prostration, then sit up until you have tranquility in your sitting. Then do that throughout your entire prayer.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-886/)* --- ## Hadith #3283 **Book:** Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Utba, Abdur Rahman bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله بن عتبة المسعودي, Awn bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba عون بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود الهذلي, Ibrahim bin Y'aqub bin Ishaq إبراهيم بن يعقوب بن إسحاق, Yazid bin Harun يزيد بن هارون | **Grade:** Hasan Sahih Sharid’s mother left a will to emancipate a believing slave on her behalf. So he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah, my mother left a will that I should emancipate a believing slave for her, and I have a black Nubian slave-girl. He mentioned a tradition about the test of the girl. Abu Dawud said: Khalid b. ‘Abd Allah narrated this tradition direct from the Prophet (ﷺ). He did not mention the name of al-Sharid. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3283/)* --- ## Hadith #261 **Book:** The Book on Salat (Prayer) | **Narrator(s):** Ali bin Hujr bin Iyas bin Maqatil علي بن حجر بن إياس بن مقاتل, Awn bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba عون بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود الهذلي, ibn Mas'ud, Isa bin Yonus bin Abi Ishaq عيسى بن يونس بن أبي إسحاق, Ishaq bin Yazid al-Hdhly إسحاق بن يزيد الهذلي المدني, Muhammad bin 'Abdur Rahman b. Abi Dh'ab محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبي ذئب the Prophet said: “When one of you bows then says while he is bowing: (Subhana Rabbiyal Azim) ‘Glorious is my Lord the Magnificent’ three times, then he has completed his bowing. And that is the least of it. And when he prostrates and says while prostrating: (Subhana Rabbiyal A’la) ‘Glorious is my Lord the Most High’ three times, then he has completed his prostrations, and that is the least of it.'” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/jami-al-tirmidhi-261/)* --- ## Hadith #1266 **Book:** The Book on Business | **Narrator(s):** Awn bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba عون بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود الهذلي, ibn Mas'ud, Muhammad bin Ajlan al-Madni محمد بن عجلان المدني, Qutayba bin Sa'id bin Jamil قتيبة بن سعيد بن جميل, Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah سفيان بن عيينة From his father, from his grandfather that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delivering a Khutbah in which he said: “Whoever gives a writ of emancipation to his slave, for one hundred Uqiyyah, and he pays it to him less then ten Uqiyah.” – or he said: “Ten Dirham” – “then he becomes incapable (of paying the remainder), the he remains a slave.” This Hadith is Hasan Gharib. And this acted upon according to most of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) and others: The Mukatab is a slave as long as something remains due from him for his Kitabah. Al-Hajjaj bin Artat reported similarly from ‘Amr bin Shu’aib. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/jami-al-tirmidhi-1266/)* --- ## Hadith #19 **Book:** The Book of Purification and its Sunnah | **Narrator(s):** Awn bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba عون بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود الهذلي, ibn Mas'ud, Muhammad bin Ajlan al-Madni محمد بن عجلان المدني, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان “I saw ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan sitting in Maqa’id. He called for water and he performed ablution, the he said: ‘I saw the Messenger of Allah sitting in this place where I am sitting, performing ablution as I have done. Then he said: “Whoever performs ablution as I have done, his previous sins will be forgiven.” And the Messenger of Allah said: “And do not be conceited (due to this great virtue).” (Sahih) Another chain with similar wording. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-19/)* --- ## Hadith #940 **Book:** Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin 'Abdul Malik bin Shayb عبد الرحمن بن عبد الملك بن شيبة, Awn bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba عون بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود الهذلي, ibn Mas'ud, Ishaq bin Yazid al-Hdhly إسحاق بن يزيد الهذلي المدني, Muhammad bin 'Abdur Rahman b. Abi Dh'ab محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبي ذئب, Waki' bin al-Jarrah وكيع بن الجراح “The Prophet (ﷺ) offered prayer, I think it was the ‘Asr, and in the second Rak’ah he stood up before he sat. Before he said the Salam, he prostrated twice.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-940/)* --- ## Hadith #959 **Book:** Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله بن عتبة المسعودي, al-Aswad bin Yazid الأسود بن يزيد بن قيس النخعي, Awn bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba عون بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود الهذلي, ibn Mas'ud ‘By the One Who took his soul (i.e., the soul of the Prophet (ﷺ)), he did not die until he offered most of his prayers sitting down. And the dearest of the actions to him was the righteous action that the person does regularly, even if it were a little.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-959/)* --- ## Hadith #3807 **Book:** Tribulations | **Narrator(s):** al-Nu'man bin Bashir ibn Sa'd, Awn bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba عون بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود الهذلي, Bakr bin Khlf al-Basri بكر بن خلف البصري, Musa bin Abi 'Isa موسى بن أبي عيسى الحناط, Ubaydullah bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told us: ‘Dajjal will emerge in a land in the east called Khorasan, and will be followed by people with faces like hammered shields.'” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-3807/)* ---