Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Sunan Abi Dawud

We thought that by this (prolonging the first rak’ah). He (the prophet) meant that the people might join the first rak’ah.

Sunan Abi Dawud

We asked Khabbab: Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recit (the Quran) in the noon and afternoon prayers? He replied: Yes. We then asked: How did you know this? He said: By the shaking of his beard, may peace be...

Sunan Abi Dawud

The prophet (ﷺ) used to stand in the rak’ah of prayer so much so that no sound of steps heard.

Sunan Abi Dawud

I heard the apostle of Allah (ﷺ) say: A man returns after saying his prayer while a tenth part of his prayer, or a ninth part, or an eight part, or a seventh part, or a sixth part, or a...

Sunan Abi Dawud

In every prayer there is a recitation. We make you listen what the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) made us listen, and we keep hidden from you what he kept hidden from us.

Sunan Abi Dawud

The apostle of Allah (ﷺ) used to lead us in prayer and recite in the first two rak’ahs of the noon prayers Fatihat al-kitab and two surahs, and he would sometimes recite loud enough for us to hear the verse....

Sunan Abi Dawud

AbuSalih reported on the authority of some Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ): The Prophet (ﷺ) said to a person: what do you say in prayer? He replied: I first recite tashahhud (supplication recited in sitting position), and then I say:...

Sunan Abi Dawud

The prophet (ﷺ) said to a youth: My nephew, what do you do in prayer? He replied: I recited fatihat al-katab and I ask Allah for paradise and seek his refuge from hell-fire I do not understand well your sound...

Sunan Abi Dawud

When one of you leads the people in prayer, he should be brief, for among them are the weak, the sick, and the aged. But when one of you prays by himself, he may pray as long as he likes.

Sunan Abi Dawud

when one of you leads the people in prayer, he should be brief, for among them are the sick, the aged and the needy.