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...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
When ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar began his prayer, he raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and when he raised his head after bowing, he raised them lower than that. Abu Dawud said: So as far as I know, no...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood at the end of two rak’ahs, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood for offering the obligatory prayer, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and he did like that when he finished recitation (of the Qur'an)...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) raise his hands when he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), when he bowed and when he raised his head after bowing until he brought them to the lobes of his ears.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
If I were in front of the Prophet (ﷺ), I would see his armpits. Ibn Mu'adh added that Lahiq said: Do you not see, AbuHurayrah could not stand in front of the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was praying. Musa added:...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) taught us how to pray. He then uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands; when he bowed, he joined his hands and placed them between his knees. When this (report) reached...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said: Should I not pray for you the way the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed? So he prayed, raising his hands only once. Abu Dawud said: This is a summarized version of a longer narration and it...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
He raised his hands once in the beginning. Some narrated: (raised his hands) once only.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) began prayer, he raised his hands up to his ears, then he did not repeat.