Prayer & Salah

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

A man from among the people of Najd with disheveled hair came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The humming sound of his voice could be heard but what he was saying could not be understood. He came closer and...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

He will be successful, by his father, if he speaks the truth; he will enter Paradise, by his father, if he speaks the truth.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Gabriel (ﷺ) led me in prayer at the House (i.e. the Ka'bah). He prayed the noon prayer with me when the sun had passed the meridian to the extent of the thong of a...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

'Umar b. 'Abdul 'Aziz was sitting on the pulpit and he somewhat postponed the afternoon prayer. 'Urwah b. al-Zubair said to him: "Gabriel informed Muhammed (ﷺ) of the time of prayer". So 'Umar said to him: "Be sure of what...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ) but he did reply to him but he commanded Bilal, who made the announcement for the beginning of the time of the the fair prayer prayer when the dawn broke. He offered (the fair...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The time of the Zuhr prayer is as along as the time of the 'Asr prayer has not come; the time of the Asr prayer is as long as the sun has not become yellow ; the time of the...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

We asked Jabir about the time of the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: He used to offer the Zuhr prayer in the midday heat, the 'Asr prayer when the sun was bright, the Maghrib prayer when...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would offer the Zuhr prayer when the sun had passed the meridian; he would offer 'Asr prayer after which one of us would visit the skirts of Medina and return him while the sun was...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I would offer my noon prayer with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and took a handful of gravels so that they might become cold in my hand and I placed them (before me) so that I may put my forehead...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The extent of the shadow when the Messenger of Allah prayed (the noon prayer) was three to five feet in summer and five to seven feet in winter.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

We were in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ). The mu'adhdhin intended to call for the Zuhr prayer. He said: Make it cooler. He then intended to call for prayer. He said twice or thrice: Make it cooler. We then...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

When the heat is violent, offer (the Zuhr) prayer when it becomes fairly cool, for the violent heat comes from the bubbling over the Hell.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Jabir b. Samurah reported that Bilal used to call for the noon prayer when the sun had declined.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Anas b. Malik said the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say the 'Asr prayer when the sun was high and bright and living, then one would go off to al-'Awali and get there while the sun was still high.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Al-'Awali is situated at a distance of two miles or three (from Medina). He (the narrator) said: I think he said: or four miles.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

By the life of the sun is meant that you may find heat in it.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would offer the Zuhr prayer while the sunlight was present in her apartment before it ascended (the walls).

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

We came upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in Medina. He would postpone the afternoon prayer as long as the sun remained white and clear.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying on the day of Battle of Khandaq (Trench). They (the unbelievers) prevented us from offering the middle prayer i.e. 'Asr prayer. May Allah fill their...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

'Aishah commanded me to write for her come passage from the Qur'an. She also added: When you reach the following verse, inform me: "Be guardian of your prayers and of the midmost prayer" (2:238). When I reached it, I informed...