Prayer & Salah

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to raise his hands opposite his shoulders when he began prayer, then he uttered takbir (Allah is most great) in the same condition, and then he bowed. And when he raised his back (head)...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I was a small boy and I did not understand the prayer of my father. So Wa’Il b. ‘Alqamah reported Wa’il b. Hujr as saying: I offered prayer along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He used to raise his...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

He saw that when the Prophet(ﷺ) stood up to pray he raised his hands till they were in front of his shoulders and placed his thumbs opposite his ears; then he uttered the Takbir (Allah is most great).

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Wa’il b.Hujr said that he saw the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) raise his hands when he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great).

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I purposely looked at the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), how he offered it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up, faced the direction of the qiblah and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and then raised...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

“He then placed his right hand on the back of his left palm and his wrist and forearm.” This also adds: “I then came back afterwards in a season when it was severe cold. I saw the people putting on...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I witnessed the Prophet (ﷺ) raise his hands in front of his ears when he began to pray. I then came back and saw them (the people) raising their hands up to their chest when they began to pray. They...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I came to the Prophet(ﷺ) during winter; I saw his companions raise their hands in their clothes in prayer.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I am one among you who is more informed of the way the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed. They said: Why, By Allah, you did not follow him more than us, nor did you remain in his company longer than...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I (once) attended the meeting of the companions of the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ). They began to discuss his prayer. Abu Humaid then narrated a part of the same tradition and said: When he bowed he clutched his knees with his...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

“When he prostrated himself he neither placed his arms on the ground nor closed them; putting forward his fingers towards the qiblah.”

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

He then raised his head after bowing and uttered:”Allah listens to him who praises Him, to Thee, our Lord, be the praise,” and raised his hands. He then uttered: “Allah is most great”; then he prostrated himself and rested on...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Abu Humaid, Abu Usaid, Sahl. B Sa’d and Muhammad b. Maslamah (once) got together and discussed how the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) used to offer his prayer. Abu Humaid said: I am more informed than any of you regarding the prayer...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

When he (the Prophet) prostrated he kept his thighs wide and did not let his belly touch the thighs. Abu Dawud says that Ibn Mubarak narrated this hadith from ‘Abbas b. Sahl, which he did not remember well. It is...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

When he prostrated, his knees touched the ground before his palms touched it; when he prostrated himself, he placed his forehead on the ground between his palms, and kept his armpits away from his sides. Hajjaj reported from Hammam and...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raising his thumbs in prayer up to the lobes of his ears.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) for prayer (in the beginning), he raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and when he bowed, he did like that; and when he raised his head...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Maymun al-Makki said: that he saw Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr leading in prayer. He pointed with his hands (i.e. raised his hands opposite to the shoulders) when he stood up, when he bowed and when he prostrated, and when he got...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Nadr ibn Kathir as-Sa'di said: Abdullah ibn Tawus prayed at my side in the mosque of al-Khayf. When he made the first prostration, he raised his head after it and raised his hands opposite to his face. This came as...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

“Allah listens to him who praises Him,” (he raised his hands); and when he stood up at the end of two rak’ahs, he raised his hands. He (Ibn ‘Umar) traced that back to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Abu Dawud...