Prayer & Salah

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Straighten your rows or Allah will alter your faces."

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Straighten your rows, for I see you from behind my back.'

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

Once the Iqama was pronounced and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) faced us and said, "Straighten your rows and stand closer together, for I see you from behind my back.'

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Martyrs are those who die because of drowning, plague, an Abdominal disease, or of being buried alive by a falling building." And then he added, "If the people knew the Reward for the Zuhr prayer in...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The Imam is (appointed) to be followed. So do not differ from him, bow when he bows, and say, "Rabbana-lakal hamd" if he says "Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah"; and if he prostrates, prostrate (after him), and...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Straighten your rows as the straightening of rows is essential for a perfect and correct prayer. "

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

I arrived at Medina and was asked whether I found any change since the days of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I said, "I have not found any change except that you do not stand in alignment in your prayers."

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Straighten your rows for I see you from behind my back." Anas added, "Everyone of us used to put his shoulder with the shoulder of his companion and his foot with the foot of his companion."

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

I prayed with the Prophet (ﷺ) one night and stood on his left side. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) caught hold of my head from behind and drew me to his right and then offered the prayer and slept. Later the Mu'adh-dhin...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

One night an orphan and I offered the prayers behind the Prophet (ﷺ) in my house and my mother (Um Sulaim) was standing behind us (by herself forming a row).

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

One night I stood to the left of the Prophet (ﷺ) in the prayer but he caught hold of me by the hand or by the shoulder (arm) till he made me stand on his right and beckoned with his...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to pray in his room at night. As the wall of the room was LOW, the people saw him and some of them stood up to follow him in the prayer. In the morning they spread...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

The Prophet (ﷺ) had a mat which he used to spread during the day and use as a curtain at night. So a number of people gathered at night facing it and prayed behind him.

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made a small room in the month of Ramadan (Sa`id said, "I think that Zaid bin Thabit said that it was made of a mat") and he prayed there for a few nights, and so some of...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) rode a horse and fell down and the right side of his body was injured. On that day he prayed one of the prayers sitting and we also prayed behind him sitting. When the Prophet (ﷺ) finished...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) fell from a horse and got injured so he led the prayer sitting and we also prayed sitting. When he completed the prayer he said, "The Imam is to be followed; if he says Takbir then say...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The Imam is to be followed. Say the Takbir when he says it; bow if he bows; if he says 'Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah', say, ' Rabbana wa laka l-hamd', prostrate if he prostrates and pray...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

My father said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to raise both his hands up to the level of his shoulders when opening the prayer; and on saying the Takbir for bowing. And on raising his head from bowing he used to...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

I saw that whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood for the prayer, he used to raise both his hands up to the shoulders, and used to do the same on saying the Takbir for bowing and on raising his head from...

Sahih al-Bukhari

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

I saw Malik bin Huwairith saying Takbir and raising both his hands (on starting the prayers and raising his hands on bowing and also on raising his head after bowing. Malik bin Huwairith said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did the same."