Actions while Praying

Book 21 of 97 · Sahih al-Bukhari

27 hadith Hadith 1160–1186 Sunni
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Book 21 of 97

Actions while Praying

Sahih al-Bukhari

27 hadith Hadith 1160–1186 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 826–870 CE period by al-Bukhari.

Actions while Praying is book 21 of 97 in Sahih al-Bukhari, containing 27 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Primarily in Mecca and Medina, completed in Bukhara.

Narrators in This Book

This book features 12 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Abu Hurairah, Abdullah bin, Sahl bin Sa'd bin Malik, Anas ibn Malik, 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas.

Hadith in This Book 27 hadith

1 1160 Sahih
`Abdullah bin `Abbas said that he had passed a night in the house of Maimuna the mother of the faithful believers , who was his aunt. He said, "I slept across the bed, and…
2 1161 Sahih
We used to greet the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was praying and he used to answer our greetings. When we returned from An-Najashi (the ruler of Ethiopia), we greeted him, but he did…
3 1162 Sahih
The same as No. 290. from the Prophet.
4 1163 Sahih
In the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) we used to speak while praying, and one of us would tell his needs to his companions, till the verse, 'Guard strictly your prayers (2.238) was…
5 1164 Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) went out to affect a reconciliation between the tribes of Bani `Amr bin `Auf and the time of the prayer became due; Bilal went to Abu Bakr and said, "The Prophet…
6 1165 Sahih
We used to say the greeting, name and greet each other in the prayer. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) heard it and said:--"Say, 'at-tahiyyatu lil-lahi was-salawatu wat-taiyibatu . Assalamu…
7 1166 Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The saying 'Sub Han Allah' is for men and clapping is for women." (If something happens in the prayer, the men can invite the attention of the Imam by…
8 1167 Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The saying 'Sub Han Allah' is for men and clapping is for women.
9 1168 Sahih
While Abu Bakr was leading the people in the morning prayer on a Monday, the Prophet (ﷺ) came towards them suddenly having lifted the curtain of 'Aisha's house, and…
10 1169 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A woman called her son while he was in his hermitage and said, 'O Juraij' He said, 'O Allah, my mother (is calling me) and (I am offering)…
11 1170 Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) talked about a man leveling the earth on prostrating, and said, "If you have to do so, then do it once."
12 1171 Sahih
We used to pray with the Prophet (ﷺ) in scorching heat, and if someone of us could not put his face on the earth (because of the heat) then he would spread his clothes and…
13 1172 Sahih
I used to stretch my legs towards the Qibla of the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was praying; whenever he prostrated he touched me, and I would withdraw my legs, and whenever he stood up,…
14 1173 Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) once offered the prayer and said, "Satan came in front of me and tried to interrupt my prayer, but Allah gave me an upper hand on him and I choked him. No doubt,…
15 1174 Sahih
We were at Al-Ahwaz fighting the Al-Haruriya (tribe). While I was at the bank of a river a man was praying and the reins of his animal were in his hands and the animal was…
16 1175 Sahih
Once the sun eclipsed and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood up for the prayer and recited a very long Sura and when bowed for a long while and then raised his head and started reciting…
17 1176 Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) saw some sputum on the wall facing the Qibla of the mosque and became furious with the people of the mosque and said, "During the prayer, Allah is in front of…
18 1177 Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whenever anyone of you is in prayer, he is speaking in private to his Lord and so he should neither spit in front of him nor on his right side but to his…
19 1178 Sahih
The people used to offer the prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) with their waist-sheets tied round their necks because of the shortness of the sheets and the women were ordered not to…
20 1179 Sahih
I used to greet the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was in prayer and he would return my greeting, but when we returned (from Ethiopia) I greeted the Prophet (while he was praying) but he…
21 1180 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent me for some job and when I had finished it I returned and came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and greeted him but he did not return my greeting. So I felt so sorry…
22 1181 Sahih
The news about the differences amongst the people of Bani `Amr bin `Auf at Quba reached Allah's Apostle and so he went to them along with some of his companions to affect a…
23 1182 Sahih
It was forbidden to keep the hands on the hips during the prayer. (This is narrated by Abu Huraira from the Prophet.)
24 1183 Sahih
It was forbidden to pray with the hands over one's hips.
25 1184 Sahih
I offered the `Asr prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) and after finishing the prayer with Taslim he got up quickly and went to some of his wives and then came out. He noticed the signs…
26 1185 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When the Adhan for the prayer is pronounced, then Satan takes to his heels passing wind so that he may not hear the Adhan and when the Mu'adh-dhin…
27 1186 Sahih
People say that I narrate too many narrations of the Prophet; once I met a man (during the lifetime of the Prophet) and asked him, "Which Sura did Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) s recite…