Virtue, Piety & Righteousness

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

We are prohibited from placing the hand on the side during As-Salat (the prayer)..

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "No Salat (prayer) should be performed when the food has been served, nor should it be performed when a person is in need of relieving himself.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "How is it that some people raise their eyes towards the sky during As-Salat (the prayer)?" He stressed (this point) and added, "People must refrain from raising their eyes towards heaven in Salat (prayer),...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about random looks in Salat (prayer), and he replied, "It is something which Satan snatches from the slave's Salat.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, "Beware of looking around in Salat (prayer), because random looks in Salat are a cause of destruction. If there should be no help from it, it is permissible in the voluntary and...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: "Do not offer Salat (prayer) facing the graves and do not sit on them.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "If the person who passes in front of a praying person, realizes the enormity of the sinfulness of this act, it will have been better for him to wait forty than to pass in...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When the Iqamah is called, no prayer should be performed except the obligatory prayer.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not choose the Friday night among all other nights for standing in (Tahajjud) prayer, and do not choose Friday among all other days for Saum (fasting) except that one you have accustomed to.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: "None of you should observe fast on Friday except that he should observe fast either one day before it or one day after it.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

I asked Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him). Did the Prophet (ﷺ) prohibit fasting on Friday?" He said, "Yes.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

Juwairiyah bint Al-Harith (May Allah be pleased with her), the Mother of the Believers, said that the Prophet (ﷺ) visited her on a Friday and she was observing fast. He asked, "Did you observe fast yesterday?" She said, "No." He...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited observing continuous voluntary fasts beyond one day..

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited observing continuous fasts beyond one day. The Companions submitted: "But you do it." He replied, "I am not like you. I am given to eat and to drink (from Allah).".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "It is much better for one of you to sit on a live coal, which will burn his clothes and get to his skin than to sit on a grave.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that the graves should be plastered (made into permanent structures), used as sitting places (for the people) or building over them..

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "If a slave runs away from his master, his responsibility to him is absolved.".

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When the slave runs away from his master, his Salat (prayer) will not be accepted.".Another narration is: "He is guilty of disbelief (i.e., in case he believes in the lawfulness of doing so)."

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Quraish were anxious about a woman from Banu Makhzum who had committed theft and asked : "Who will speak to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about her?" Then they said: "No one will be bold enough to do so...

Riyad as-Salihin

The Book of the Prohibited actions

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Avoid two habits which provoke cursing." The Companions said: "What are those things which provoke cursing?" He said, "Relieving on the thoroughfares or under the shades where people take shelter and rest.".