Collection: Sunan al-Nasa'i

Sunan al-Nasa’i 15774

“We came to Abu Mas’ud and said to him: ‘Tell us about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).’ He stood in front of us and said the takbir, then when he bowed he placed his palms on his knees and put his fingers lower than that, and he held his elbows out from […]

Sunan al-Nasa’i 15768

“We prayed with Abdullah bin Mas’ud in his house. He stood between us and we placed our hands on our knees, but he took them off and made us interlace our fingers, and said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) do that.’”

Sunan al-Nasa’i 15769

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) taught us the prayer. He stood up and said the takbir, and when he wanted to bow, he put his hands together and put his hands between his knees and bowed.” News of that reached Sa’d and he said: “My brother has spoken the truth. We used to do that, […]

Sunan al-Nasa’i 15770

“I prayed beside my father and I put my hands between my knees, and he told me: ‘Put your hands on your knees.’ Then I did that again and he struck my hands and said: ‘We were forbidden to do that, and we were commanded to put our hands on our knees.’”

Sunan al-Nasa’i 15771

“I bowed and put my hands together, and my father said: ‘This is something that we used to do, then we brought them up to our knees.’”

Sunan al-Nasa’i 15763

His father said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he started to pray, raise his hands until they were parallel to his shoulders, (and he did that) when he bowed and when he raised his head from bowing.”

Sunan al-Nasa’i 15764

“Shall I not tell you about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)? He stood and raised his hands the first time and then he did not do that again.”

Sunan al-Nasa’i 15765

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The prayer is not valid if a man does not bring his backbone to rest while bowing and prostrating.’”