Prayer & Salah

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

if we reserve this door for women (it would be better). Nafi' said: Ibn ‘Umar did not enter through it( the door) till he died. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated though a different chain of transmitters by...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I heard the Messenger of Allah( may peace be upon him) say: When the iqamah is pronounced for prayer, do not come to it running, but come walking(slowly). You should observe tranquility. The part of the prayer you get(along with...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Come to prayer with calmness and tranquility. Then pray the part you get (long with the imam) and complete afterwards the part you miss. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Sirin narrated from Abu Hurairah the words: "he should complete it afterwards."...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw a person praying alone. He said: Is there any man who may do good with this (man) and pray along with him.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Yazid prayed along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he was a young boy. When he (the Prophet) had prayed there were two persons (sitting) in the corner of the mosque; they did not pray (along with the Prophet)....

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I said the morning prayer along with the prophet (ﷺ) at Mina. He narrated the rest of the tradition to the same effect.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I came while the Prophet (ﷺ) was saying the prayer. I sat down and did not pray along with them. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) turned towards us and saw that Yazid was sitting there. He said: Did you not...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

if one of us prays in his house, then comes to the mosque and finds that the iqamah is being called, and if I pray along with them ( in congregation), I feel something inside about it. Abu Ayyub replied:...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Sulayman, the freed slave of Maymunah, said: I came to Ibn Umar at Bilat (a place in Medina) while the people were praying. I said: Do you not pray along with them? He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: He who leads the people in prayer, and he does so at the right time, will receive, as well as those who are led (in prayer) will get (the reward). He who...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: One of the signs of the Last Hour will be that people in a mosque will refuse to act as imam and will not find an imam to lead them in prayer.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The one of you who is most versed in the Books of Allah should act as imam for the people; and the one who is the earliest of them in reciting (the Qur’an); if they are equally versed in reciting...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

“A man should not lead the another man in prayer. Abu Dawud said: Yahya al-Qattan narrated from Shu’bah in a similar way, i.e. the earliest of them in recitation.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Hajjaj b. Artata reported from Isma’il: Do not sit in the place of honour of anyone except with his permission.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The one of you who knows most of the Qur’an should act as your imam. I knew the Qur’an better than most of them because I had memorized it. They, therefore, put me in front of them, and I would...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

“I used to lead them in prayer with a sheet of cloth on me that was patched and torn. When I prostrated myself, my buttocks were disclosed.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Messenger of Allah, who will lead us in prayer? He said: The one of you who knows most of the Qur’an, or memorizes most of the Qur’an, (should act as your imam). There was none in the clan who knew...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

when the first emigrants came (to Madina), they stayed at al-‘Asbah (a place near Madina) before the advent of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Salim, the client of Abu Hudhaifah, acted as their imam, as he knew the Qur’an better...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

When the time of prayer comes, call the Adhan, then call the iqamah, then the one who is oldest of you should act as your imam. The version narrated by Maslamah goes : He said: On that day we were...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Let the best among you call the adhan for you, and the Qur'an-readers act as your imams.