Prayer & Salah

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Say, O Allah, bless Muhammad, the Prophet, the unlettered, and Muhammad’s family.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

if anyone would like to have the fullest measure granted to him when he invokes blessings on us, the members of the prophet’s family, he should say: O Allah, bless Muhammad, the unlettered Prophet, his wives who are the mother...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

When one of you finishes the last tashahhud, he should seek refuge in Allah from four things: the punishment in Hell, the punishment in the grave, the trail of life and death, and the evil of Antichrist.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say after the tashahhud: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the punishment in Hell, and I seek refuge in Thee from the punishment in the grave, and I seek refuge in Thee from...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered the mosque and saw a man who had finished his prayer, and was reciting the tashahhud saying: O Allah, I ask you, O Allah, the One, the eternally besought of all, He begetteth not,...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

It pertains to the sunnah to utter the tashahhud quietly.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar saw me playing with pebbles during prayer. When he finished his prayer, he forbade me (to do so) and said: Do as the Apostle (ﷺ) used to do. I asked him: How would the Messenger of...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

When the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) sat during the prayer( at the tashahhud), he placed his left foot under his right thigh and shin and spread his right foot and placed his left hand on his left knee and placed his...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to point with his finger (at the end of the tashahhud) and he would not move it. Ibn Juraij said: "And 'Amr bin Dinar added: 'He (Ziyad) said: "'Amir informed me from his father that he...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

He kept his look fixed on the finger he was pointing.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I saw the Prophet (peace be upon him placing his right hand on his right thigh and raising his forefinger curving it a little.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited, according to the version of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, that a person should sit during prayer while he is leaning on his hand. According to the version of Ibn Shibwayh, he prohibited that a man...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I asked about a man who intertwines his fingers while he is engaged in prayer. He said that Ibn ‘Umar had said: This is the prayer of those who earn the anger of Allah.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Ibn ‘Umar saw a man resting on his left hand while he was sitting during prayer. The version of Harun b. Zaid goes: He was lying on his left side. the agreed version goes: he said to him: Do not...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The Prophet (ﷺ) was in the first two rak'ahs as though he were on heated stones. The narrator Shu'bah said: We said: Till he (the Prophet) got up.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to give the salutation to his left and right sides until the whiteness of his cheek was seen, (saying: "Peace be upon you, and mercy of Allah" twice. AbuDawud said: This is a version of the...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I offered prayer along with the Prophet (ﷺ). He would give the salutation to his right side (saying): Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; and to his left side (saying): Peace be upon you...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

When we prayed behind the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ), one of us gave the salutation and pointed with his hand to the man to his right side and left side. When he finished his prayer, he said: What is the matter...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Is it not sufficient for one of you or for one of them that he puts his hand on his thigh, and then gives the salutation to his brother to his right and left sides.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon us while the people were raising their hands. The narrator Zubair said: I think( they were raising the hands) during prayer. He (the prophet) said: What is the matter, I see you raising...