Prayers : Kitab-al-Salat 2

Chapter 31: RECITATION IN THE NOON AND AFTERNOON PRAYERS

Bk 4, Number 0908:

Abu Qatada reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) led us in prayer and recited in the first two rak'ahs of

the noon and afternoon prayers Surat al−Fitiha and two (other)

surahs. And he would sometimes recite loud enough for us the

verses. He would prolong the first rak'ah more than the

second. And he acted similarly in the morning prayer.

Bk 4, Number 0909:

Abu Qatada reported it on the authority of his father: The

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) would recite in the

first two rak'ahs of the noon and afternoon prayers the

opening chapter of the Book and another surah. He would

sometimes recite loud enough to make audible to us the verse

and would recite in the last two rak'ahs Surat al−Faitiha

(only).

Bk 4, Number 0910:

Abu Sa'id al−Khudri reported: We used to estimate how long

Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) stood in the noon

and afternoon prayers, and we estimated hat he stood in the

first two rak'ahs of the noon prayer as long as it takes to

recite Alif Lam Mim, Tanzil, i. e. as−Sajda. We estimated that

he stood half that time in the last two rak'ahs; that he stood

in the first two of the afternoon as long as he did in the

last two at noon; and in the last two of the afternoon prayer

about half that time. Abu Bakr in his narration has made no

mention of Alif Lam Mim, Tanzil, but said: As long as it takes

to recite thirty verses.

Bk 4, Number 0911:

Abu Sa'id al−Khudri reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace

be upon him) used to recite in every rak'ah of the first two

rak'ahs of the noon prayer about thirty verses and in the last

two about fifteen verses or half (of the first rak'ah) and in

every rak'ah of the 'Asr prayer of the first two rak'ahs about

fifteen verses and in the last two verses half (of the first

ones).

Bk 4, Number 0912:

Jabir b. Samura reported: The people of Kufa complained to

Umar b. Khattab about Sa'id and they made a mention of his

prayer. 'Umar sent for him. He came to him. He ('Umar) totd

him that the people had found fault with his prayer. He said:

I lead them in prayer in accorance with the prayer of the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). I make no decrease

in it. I make them stand for a longer time in the first two

(rak'ahs) and shorten it in the last two. Upon this 'Umar

remarked: This is what I deemed of thee, O Abu Ishaq

Bk 4, Number 0913:

This hadith his been narrated by 'Abu al−Malik with the same

chain of transmitters.

Bk 4, Number 0914:

Jabir b. Samura reported: 'Umar said to Sa'd: They complain

against you in every matter, even in prayer. He (Sa'd) said: I

prolong (standing) in the first two (rak'ahs) and shorten it

in the last two, and I make no negligence in following the

prayer of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). He

('Umar) remarked: This is what is expected of you, or, that is

what I deemed of you.

Bk 4, Number 0915:

This hadith is narrated by Jabir b. Samura but with the

addition of these words:" (Sa'd said): These bedouins presume

to teach me prayer."

Bk 4, Number 0916:

Abu Sa'id al−Khudri reported: The noon prayer would start and

one would go to al−Baqi' and after having relieved himself he

would perform ablution and then come, while the Messenger of

Allah (may peace be upon him) would be in the first rak'ah,

because he would prolong it so much.

Bk 4, Number 0917:

Qaz'a reported: I came to Abu Sa'id al−Khudri and he was

surrounded by people. When the people departed from him I

said: I am not going to ask you what these people have been

asking you. I want to ask you about the prayer of the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). He (Abu Sa'id)

said: There is no good for you in this. He (Qaz'a), however,

repeated (his demand). He then said: The noon prayer would

start and one of us would go to Baqi' and, having relieved

himself, would come to his home, then perform ablution and go

to the mosque, and (he would find) The Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) in the first rak'ah.

Chapter 32: RECITATION IN THE MORNING PRAYER

Bk 4, Number 0918:

Abdullah b. Sa'id reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be

upon him) led us in the morning prayer in Mecca and began

Sarat al−Mu'minin (xxiii ) but when he came to the mention of

Moses and Aaron (verse. 45) or to the mention of Jesus (verse

50), a cough got the better of him, and he bowed. 'Abdullah b.

Sa'ib was present there, and in the hadith narrated by Abd

al−Razzaq (the words are): He cut short (the recitation) and

bowed.

Bk 4, Number 0919:

'Amr b. Huwairith reported: I heard the Apostle of Allah (may

peace be upon him) recite in the morning prayer"

Wa'l−lail−i−idhd 'As'asa" (ixxxi. 17).

Bk 4, Number 0920:

Qutba b. Malik reported: I said prayer and the Messenger of

Allah (may peace be upon him) led it and he recited" Qaf.

(I.). By the Glorious Qur'an," till he recited" and the tall

palm trees" (l. 10). I wanted to repeat it but I could not

follow its significance.

Bk 4, Number 0921:

Qutba b. Malik reported that he had heard the Messenger of

Allah (may peace be upon him) reciting in the morning prayer

this:" And the tall palm trees having flower spikes piled one

above another" (l. 10).

Bk 4, Number 0922:

Ziyad b. 'Ilaqa reported it on the authority of his uncle that

he said the morning prayer with the Apostle of Allah (may

peace be upon him) and he recited in the first rak'ah:" And

the tall palm trees having flower spikes piled one above

another (l. 10) or perhaps Sarah Qaf.

Bk 4, Number 0923:

Jabir b. Samura reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be

upon him) used to recite in the morning prayer" Qaf. By the

Glorious Quran." and his prayer afterward shortened.

Bk 4, Number 0924:

Simak asked Jabir b. Samura about the prayer of the Apostle

(may peace be upon him). He said: He (the Holy Prophet)

shortened the prayer and he did not pray like these people

then, and he informed me that the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) used to recite" Qaf. By the (Glorious)

Qur'an," and a passage of similar length.

Bk 4, Number 0925:

Jabir b. Samura reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be

upon him) used to recite in the noon prayer:" By the night

when it envelopes" (xcii.), and in the afternoon like this,

but he prolonged the morning prayer as compared to that (noon

and afternoon prayers).

Bk 4, Number 0926:

Jabir b. Samura reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be

upon him) used to recite in the noon prayer:" Glorify the name

of thy Most High Lord in the morning prayer longer than this"

(lxxxvii.)

Bk 4, Number 0927:

Abu Barza reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) used to recite in the morning prayer from sixty to one

hundred verses.

Bk 4, Number 0928:

Abu Barza Aslami reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace

be upon him) used to recite from sixty to one hundred verses

in the morning prayer.

Bk 4, Number 0929:

Ibn Abbas reported: Umm al−Fadl daughter of al−Harith heard

him reciting:" By those sent forth to spread goodness"

(lxxvii.). (Upon this) she remarked: O my son, you reminded me

by the recitation of this surah (the fact) that it was the

last surah that I heard from the Messenger of Allah (may peace

be upon him) and he recited it in the evening prayer.

Bk 4, Number 0930:

This hadith has been narrated by Zuhri with the same chain of

transmitters but with this addition:" And he did not lead the

player after this till his death."

Bk 4, Number 0931:

Jubair b. Mut'im reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) reciting Surat al−Tur (Mountain) (lii) in

the evening prayer.

Bk 4, Number 0932:

This hadith has been narrated by Zuhri with the same chain of

transmitters.

Chapter 33: RECITATION IN THE NIGHT PRAYER

Bk 4, Number 0933:

'Adi reported: I heard al−Bara' narrating it from the Apostle

of Allah (may peace be upon him) that while in a journey he

said the night prayer and recited in one of the two rak'ahs:"

By the Fig and the Olive" (Su'rah xcv.).

Bk 4, Number 0934:

Al−Bara' b. 'Azib reported that he said prayer with the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and he recited:" By

the Fig and the Olive."

Bk 4, Number 0935:

Al−Bara' b. 'Azib reported: I heard the Apostle of Allah (may

peace be upon him) reciting in the night prayer:" By the Fig

and the Olive," and I have never heard anyone with a sweeter

voice than he.

Bk 4, Number 0936:

Jabir reported that Mu'adh b. jabal used to pray with the

Apostle (may peace be upon him), then came and led his people

in prayer. One night he said the night prayer with the Apostle

of Allah (may peace be upon him). He then came to his people

and led them in prayer beginning with Surat al−Baqara. A man

turned aside, pronounced the taslim (salutation for concluding

the prayer), then prayed alone and departed. The people said

to him: Have you become a hypocrite, so and so? He said: I

swear by Allah that I have not, but I will certainly go to

Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and will inform

(him) about this. He then came to the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) and said: Messenger of Allah, we look after

camels used for watering and work by day. Mu'idh said the

night prayer with you. He then came and began with Surat

al−Baqara. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) then

turned to Mu'adh and said: Are you there to (put the people)

to trial? Recite such and recite such (and such a surah). It

is transmitted on the authority of Jabir, as told by Sufyan,

that he (the Holy Prophet) had said:" By the Sun and its

morning brightness" (Sarah xci.)," By brightness" (Surah

xciii)" By the night when it spreads" (Surah xcii.), and"

Glorify the name of thy most high Lord" (Surah lxxxii.).

Bk 4, Number 0937:

Jabir reported: 'Mu'adh b jabal al−Ansari led his companions

in the night prayer and prolonged it for them. A person

amongst us said prayer (after having separated himself from

the congregation). Mu'adh was informed of this, and he

remarked that he wasa hypocrite. When it (the remark) was

conveyed to the man, he went to the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) and informed him of what Mu'adh had said.

Upon this the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) said to

him: Mu'adh, do you want to become a person putting (people)

to trial? When you lead people in prayer, recite:" By the Sun

and its morning brightness" (Surah xci.)," Glorify the name of

thy most high Lord" (Surah lxxxvi.) and" Read in the name of

Lord" (Surah xcvi.), and" By the night when it spreads" (Surah

xcii.).

Bk 4, Number 0938:

Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: Mu'adh b. Jabal said the night

prayer with the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and

then returned to his people and then led them in this prayer.

Bk 4, Number 0939:

Jabir b. Abdullah reported: Mu'adh said the night prayer with

the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). He then came

to the mosque of his people and led them in prayer.

Chapter 34: THE DUTY OF THE IMAM IS TO BE BRIEF AND PERFECT IN

PRAYER

Bk 4, Number 0940:

Abu Mas'ud al−Ainsari reported: A person came to the Messenger

of Allah (may peace be upon him) and said: I keep away from

the morning prayer on account of such and such (a man),

because; he keeps us so long. I never saw God's Messenger (may

peace be upon him) more angry when giving an exhortation than

he was that day. He said: 0 people, some of you are scaring

people away. So whoever of you leads the people in prayer he

must be brief, for behind him are the weak, the aged, and the

people who have (argent) business to attend.

Bk 4, Number 0941:

This hadith like one narrated by Hashalm has been narrated

from Isma'il with the same chain of transmitters.

Bk 4, Number 0942:

Abu Huraira reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon

him) said: When any one of you leads the people in prayer, he

should be brief for among them are the young and the aged, the

weak and the sick. But when one of you prays by himself, he

may (prolong) as he likes.

Bk 4, Number 0943:

Hammam b. Munabbih reported: This is what Abu Huraira

transmitted to us from Muhammad the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him), and he narrated (some) ahadith out of

(these narrations and one of them is this): The Messenger of

Allah (may peace be upon him) said: When any one of you stands

to lead people In prayer, he should shorten it, for amongst

them are the aged, and amongst them are the weak, but when he

prays by himself, he may prolong his prayer as he likes.

Bk 4, Number 0944:

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) said: When any one of you leads people in prayer, he

must shorten it for among them are the weak, the infirm and

those who have business to attend.

Bk 4, Number 0945:

Abu Bakr b. 'Abd al−Rahman reported that he had heard Abu

Huraira say that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) said like it, but he substituted" the aged" for 'the

infirm".

Bk 4, Number 0946:

Uthman b. Abu'l−'As at−Thaqafi reported: The Apostle of Allah

(may peace be upon him) said to him: Lead your people in

prayer. I said: Messenger of Allah. I perceive something

(disturbing) in my soul. He (the Holy Prophet) asked me to

draw near him and making me sit down in front of him he placed

his hand on my breast between my nipples. and then, telling me

to turn round, he placed it on my back between my shoulders.

He then said: Act as an Imam for your people. He who acts as

Imam of the people, he must be brief, for among them are the

aged, among them are the sick, among them are the weak, and

among them are the people who have business to attend. But

when any of you prays alone, he may pray as he likes.

Bk 4, Number 0947:

Uthman b. Abu'l−'As reported: The last thing which the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) instructed me was:

When you lead the people in prayer, be brief.

Bk 4, Number 0948:

Anas reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him)

used to be brief and perfect in prayer.

Bk 4, Number 0949:

Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)

was among those whose prayers was brief and perfect.

Bk 4, Number 0950:

Anas reported: I never prayed behind an Imam who was more

brief and more perfect in prayer than the Messenger of Allah

(may peace be upon him).

Bk 4, Number 0951:

Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)

would listen to the crying of a lad in the company of his

mother, in prayer, and he would recite a short surah or a

small surah.

Bk 4, Number 0952:

Anas b. Malik reported the Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) having said: When I begin the prayer I Intend to

make it long, but I hear a boy cry. ing; I then shorten it

because of his mother's feelings.

Chapter 35: MODERATION IN THE ARTICLES OF PRAYER AND THEIR

SHORTENING AND PERFECTION

Bk 4, Number 0953:

Al−Bara' b. 'Azib reported: I noticed the prayer of Muhammad

(may peace be upon him) and saw his Qiyam (standing), his

bowing, and then going back to the standing posture after

bowing, his prostration, his sitting between the two

prostrations, and his prostration and sitting between

salutation and going away, all these were nearly equal to one

another.

Bk 4, Number 0954:

Hakam reported: There dominated in Kufa a man whose name was

men− tioned as Zaman b. al−Ash'ath, who ordered Abu 'Ubaidah

b. 'Abdullah to lead people in prayer and he accordingly used

to lead them. Whenever he raised his head after bowing, he

stood up equal to the time that I can recite (this

supplication): O Allah! our Lord! unto Thee be the praise

which would fill the heavens and the earth, and that which

will please Thee besides them I Worthy art Thou of all praise

and glory. None can prevent that which Thou bestowest, and

none can bestow that whichthou preventest. And the greatness

of the great will not avail him against Thee. Hakam (the

narrator) said: I made a mention of that to Abd al−Rahman ibn

Abi Laila who reported: I heard al−Bara' b. 'Azib say that the

prayer of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and

his bowing, and when he lifted his head from bowing, and his

prostration, and between the two prostrations (all these acts)

were nearly proportionate. I made a mention of that to 'Ar b.

Murrah and he said: I saw Ibn Abi Laili (saying the prayer),

but his prayer was not like this.

Bk 4, Number 0955:

Hakam reported: When Matar b. Najiya dominated Kufa he ordered

Abu Ubaida to lead people in prayer, and the rest of the

hadith is the same.

Bk 4, Number 0956:

Thabit reported it on the authority of Anas: While leading you

in prayer I do not shorten anything in the prayer. I pray as I

saw the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) leading us.

He (Thabit) said: Anas used to do that which I do not see you

doing; when he lifted his head from bowing he stood up (so

long) that one would say: He has forgotten (to baw down in

prostration). And when he lifted his head from prostration, he

stayed in that position, till someone would say: He has

forgotten (to bow down in prostration for the second sajda).

Bk 4, Number 0957:

Thabit reported it on the authority of Anas: I have never said

such a light and perfect prayer as I said behind the Messenger

of Allah (may peace be upon him). The prayer of the Messenger.

of Allah (may peace be upon him) was well balanced. And so too

was the prayer of Abu Bakr well balanced. When it was the time

of 'Umar b. al−Khattab he prolonged the morning prayer. When

the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Allah

listened to him who praised Him, he stood erect till we said:

He has forgotten. He then prostrated and sat between two

prostration till we said: He has forgotten.

Chapter 36: FOLLOWING THE IMAM AND ACTING AFTER HIM

Bk 4, Number 0958:

Al−Bara' (b. 'Azib), and he was no liar (but a truthful

Companion of the Holy Prophet), reported: They used to say

prayer behind the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him).

I never saw anyone bending his back at the time when he (the

Holy Prophet) raised his head, till the Messenger of Allah

(may peace be upon him) placed his forehead on the ground.

They then fell in prostration after him.

Bk 4, Number 0959:

Al−Bara' reported, and he was no liar: When the Messenger of

Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Allah listened to him who

praised Him, none of us bent his back till he (the Holy

Prophet) prostrated; we then, afterwards, went down in

prostration.

Bk 4, Number 0960:

Al−Bara' reported: They (the Companions) said prayer with the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), and they bowed

when he (the Holy Prophet) bowed. and when he raised his head

after bowing, he pronounced:" Allah listened to him who

praised Him," and we kept standing till we saw him placing his

face on the ground and then we followed him.

Bk 4, Number 0961:

Al−Bara' reported: When we were (in prayer) with the Messenger

of Allah Allah (may peace be upon him) none of us benfft his

back till we saw he prostrated. Zuhair and others reported:"

till we saw him prostrating".

Bk 4, Number 0962:

'Amr b. Huraith reported: I said the dawn prayer behind the

Apostle of (may peace be upon him) and heard him reciting:

'Nay. I call to witness the stars, running their courses and

setting" (al−Qur'an, lxxxi. 15−16) and Done of us bent his

back till he completed prostration.

Bk 4, Number 0963:

('Abdullah b ) Ibn Abi Aufa reported: When the Messenger of

Allah (may peace be upon him) raised his back from the rukd'

he pronounced: Allah listened to him who praised Him. O Allah!

our Lord! unto Thee be praise that would fill the heavens and

the earth and fill that which will please Thee besides them.

Bk 4, Number 0964:

'Abdullah b. Aufa reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace

be upon him) used to recite this supplication: O Allah! our

Lord, unto Thee be praise that would fill the heavens and the

earth and fill that which will please Thee besides them.

Bk 4, Number 0965:

Abdullah b. Abu Aufa reported that the Apostle of Allah (may

peace be upon him) used to recite (this supplication): O

Allah! our Lord, unto Thee be praise that would fill the

heavens and the earth and fill that which will please Thee

besides (them). O Allah! purify me with snow, (water of) hail

and with cold water; O Allah. cleanse me from the sins and

errors just as a white garment is cleansed from dirt.

Bk 4, Number 0966:

This hadith with the same chain of transmitters has been

narrated by Shu'ba, and in the narration of Mu'adh the words

are:" just as the white garment is cleansed from filth," and

in the narration of Yazid:" from dirt".

Bk 4, Number 0967:

Abu Sa'id al−Khudri reported: When the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) raised his head after bowing, he said: O

Allah! our Lord, to Thee be the praise that would fill all the

heavens and the earth, and all that it pleases Thee besides

(them). O, thou art worthy of praise and glory, most worthy of

what a servant says, and we all are Thy servants, no one can

withhold what Thou givest or give what Thou withholdest, and

riches cannot avail a wealthy person against Thee.

Bk 4, Number 0968:

Ibn Abbas reported: When the Apostle of Allah (may peace be

upon him) raised his head after bowing, he said: Allah! our

Lord, to Thee be the praise that would fill the heavens and

the earth and that which is between them, and that which will

please Thee besides (them). Worthy art Thou of all praise and

glory. No one can withhold what Thou givest, or give what Thou

withholdest. And the greatness O! the great availeth not

against Thee.

Bk 4, Number 0969:

Ibn Abbas reported from the Apostle of Allah (may peace be

upon him) the words:" And that would fill that which will

please Thee besides (them)!" and he did not mention the

subsequent (portion of supplication).

Bk 4, Number 0970:

Ibn 'Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) drew aside the curtain (of his apartment) and (he saw)

people in rows (saying prayer) behind Aba Bakr. And he said:

Nothing remains of the glad tidings of apostlehood, except

good visions which a Muslim sees or someone is made to see for

him. And see that I have been forbidden to recite the Qur'an

in the state of bowing and prostration. So far as Ruk'u is

concerned, extol in it the Great and Glorious Lord, and while

prostrating yourselves be earnest in supplication, for it is

fitting that your supplications should be answered.

Bk 4, Number 0971:

'Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) drew aside the curtain and his head was

bandaged on account of illness in which he died. He said: O

Allah, have I not delivered (Thy Message)? (He repeated it)

three times. Nothing has been left out of the glad tidings of

apostlebood, but good vision. which a pious servant (of Allah)

sees or someone else is made to see for him. He then narrated

like the hadith transmitted by Sufyan.

Bk 4, Number 0972:

'Ali b. Abi Talib reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace

be upon him) forbade me to recite (the Qur'an) in a state of

bowing and prostration.

Bk 4, Number 0973:

'Ali b. Abi Talib reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace

be upon him) forbade to recite the Qur'an, while I am in the

state of bowing and prostration.

Bk 4, Number 0974:

'Ali b. Abi Talib reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace

be upon him) forbade me from the recitation (of the Qur'an) in

bowing and prostration and I do not say that he forbade you.

Bk 4, Number 0975:

'Ali reported: My loved one (the Holy Prophet) forbade me that

I should recite (the Qur'an) in a state of bowing and

prostration.

Bk 4, Number 0976:

This hadith has been narrated by some other narrators, Ibn

'Abbas and others, and they all reported that 'Ali said: The

Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) forbade me to recite

the Qur'an while I am in a state of bowing and prostration,

and in their narration (there is a mention of) forbiddance

from that (recital) in the state of prostration as it has been

transmitted by Zuhri, Zaid b. Aslam, al−Wahid b. Kathir, and

Dawud b. Qais.

Bk 4, Number 0977:

This hadith is transmitted on the authority of 'Ali, but he

made no mention of" while in prostration".

Bk 4, Number 0978:

Ibn 'Abbas reported: I was forbidden to recite (the Qur'an)

while I was bowing, and there is no mention of 'Ali in the

chain of transmitters.

Chapter 37: WHAT IS TO BE RECITED IN BOWING AND PROSTRATION

Bk 4, Number 0979:

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) said: The nearest a servant comes to his Lord is

when he is prostrating himself, so make supplication (in this

state).

Bk 4, Number 0980:

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) used to say while prostrating himself: O Lord,

forgive me all my sins, small and great, first and last, open

and secret.

Bk 4, Number 0981:

'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him') often said while bowing and prostrating himself:" Glory

be to Thee, O Allah, our Lord, and praise be to Thee, O Allah,

forgive me," thus complying with the (command in) the Qur'an.

Bk 4, Number 0982:

'A'isha reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) before his death recited often: Hallowed be Thou,

and with Thy praise, I seek forgiveness from Thee and return

to Thee. She reported: I said: Messenger of Allah, what are

these words that I find you reciting? He said: There has been

made a sign for me in my Ummah; when I saw that, I uttered

them (these words of glorification for Allah), and the sign

is:" When Allah's help and victory..... to the end of the

surah.

Bk 4, Number 0983:

'A'isha reported: Never did I, see the Apostle of Allah (may

peace be upon him) after the revelation (of these verses):"

When Allah's help and victory came." observin− his prayer

without making (this supplication) or he said in it

(supplication): Hallowed be Thee, my Lord, and with Thy

praise, O Allah, forgive me.

Bk 4, Number 0984:

'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) recited often these words: Hallowed be Allah and with His

praise, I seek the forgiveness of Allah and return to Him. She

said: I asked: Messenger of Allah, I see that you often repeat

the saying" subhan allahi bihamdihi astag firullahi

watubuilaih" whereupon he said: My Lord informed me that I

would soon see a sign in my Ummah, so when I see it I often

recite (these) words: Hallowed be Allah and with His Praise, I

seek forgiveness of Allah and return to Him. Indeed I saw it

(when this verse) was revealed:" When Allah's help and victory

came, it marked the victory of Mecca, and you see people

entering into Allah's religion in troops, celebrate the praise

of Thy Lord and ask His forgiveness. Surely He is ever

returning to Mercy."

Bk 4, Number 0985:

Ibn Juraij reported: I asked 'Ata': What do you recite when

you are in a state of bowing (in prayer)? He said:" Hallowed

be Thou, and with Thy praise, there is no god but Thou." Son

of Abd Mulaika narrated to me on the anthority of 'A'isha (who

reported): I missed one night the Apostle of Allah (may peace

be upon him) (from his bed). I thought that he might have gone

to one of his other wives. I searched for him and then came

back and (found him) in a state of bowing, or prostration,

saying: Hallowed be Thou and with Thy praise; there is no god

but Thou. I said: With my father mayest thou be ransomed and

with my mother. I was thinking of (another) affair, whereas

you are (occupied) in another one.

Bk 4, Number 0986:

'A'isha reported: One night I missed Allah's Messenger (may

peace be upon him) from the bed, and when I sought him my hand

touched the soles of his feet while he was in the state of

prostration; they (feet) were raised and he was saying:" O

Allah, I seek refuge in Thy pleasure from Thy anger, and in

Thy forgiveness from Thy punishment, and I seek refuge in Thee

from Thee (Thy anger). I cannot reckon Thy praise. Thou art as

Thou hast lauded Thyself."

Bk 4, Number 0987:

'A'isha reported that the Messenger of Allah (way peace he

upon him) used to pronounce while bowing and prostrating

himself: All Glorious, All Holy, Lord of the Angels and the

Spirit.

Bk 4, Number 0988:

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'A'isha by

another chain of transmitters.

Chapter 38: THE EXCELLENCE OF PROSTRATION AND EXHORTATION TO

OBSERVE IT

Bk 4, Number 0989:

Ma'dan b. Talha reported: I met Thauban, the freed slave. of

Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), and asked him to

tell me about an act for which, if I do it, Allah will admit

me to Paradise, or I asked about the act which was loved most

by Allah. He gave no reply. I again asked and he gave no

reply. I asked him for the third time, and he said: I asked

Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) about that and he

said: Make frequent prostrations before Allah, for you will

not make one prostration without raising you a degree because

of it, and removing a sin from you, because of it. Ma'dan said

that then lie met Abu al−Darda' and when he asked him, he

received a reply similar to that given by Thauban.

Bk 4, Number 0990:

Rabi'a b. Ka'b said: I was with Allah's Messenger (may peace

be upon him) one night. and I brought him water and what he

required. He said to me: Ask (anything you like). I said: I

ask your company in Paradise. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Or

anything else besides it. I said: That is all (what I

require). He said: Then help me to achieve this for you by

deyoting yourself often to prostration.

Chapter 39: HOW THE LIMBS SHOULD WORK IN PROSTRATION AND

FORBIDDANCE TO FOLD CLOTHING AND HAIR AND PLAITING OF HAIR IN

THE PRAYER

Bk 4, Number 0991:

Ibn 'Abbas reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon

him) had been commanded that he should prostrate on the seven

(bones) and he was forbidden to fold back the hair and

clothing. And in the narration transmitted by Abu Rabi' (the

words are):" on the seven bones and I was forbidden to fold

back the hair and clothing". According to Abu'l−Rabi' (the

seven bones are): The hands, the knees, and the (extremities)

of the feet and the forehead.

Bk 4, Number 0992:

Ibn 'Abbas reported from the Apostle of Allah (may peace be

upon him): I was commanded to prostrate myself on seven bones

and not to fold back clothing or hair.

Bk 4, Number 0993:

Ibn 'Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) had been commanded to prostrate on seven (bones) and

forbidden to fold back hair and clothing.

Bk 4, Number 0994:

Ibn Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) said: I have been commanded to prostrate myself on

seven bones:" forehead," and then pointed with his hand

towards his nose, hands, feet, and the extremities of the

feet; and we were forbidden to fold back clothing and hair.

Bk 4, Number 0995:

Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) said: I was commanded to prostrate myself on the seven

(bones) and forbidden to fold back hair and clothing. (The

seven bones are): forehead, nose, bands, knees and feet.

Bk 4, Number 0996:

Abdullah b. Abbas reported that he saw 'Abdullah b. al−Harith

observing the prayer and (his hair) was plaited behind his

head. He ('Abdullah b. 'Abbas) stood up and unfolded them.

While going back (from the prayer) he met Ibn 'Abbas and said

to him: Why is it that you touched my head? He (Ibn 'Abbas)

replied: (The man who observes prayer with plaited hair) is

like one who prays with his hands tied behind.

Chapter 40: MODERATION IN PROSTRATION, PLACING THE PALMS ON

THE EARTH (GROUND) AND KEEPING AWAY ELBOWS FROM THE SIDES AND

THE BELLY FROM THE THIGHS WHILE PROSTRATING

Bk 4, Number 0997:

Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)

said: Observe moderation in prostration, and let none of you

stretch out his forearms (on the ground) like a dog.

Bk 4, Number 0998:

This hadith has been narrated by Shu'ba with the same chain of

transmitters. And in the hidith transmitted by Ibn Ja'far (the

words are):" None of you should stretch out his forearms like

the stretching out of a dog."

Bk 4, Number 0999:

Al−Bira' (b. 'Azib) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) said. When you prostrate yourself, place

the palms of your hands on the ground and raise your elbows.

Bk 4, Number 1000:

'Abdullah b. Malik ibn Bujainah reported: When the Prophet

(may peace be upon him) prostrated, lie spread out his arms so

that the whiteness of his armpits was visible.

Bk 4, Number 1001:

This hadith has been narrated by Ja'far b. Rabi' with the same

chain of transmitters. And in the narration transmitted by

'Amr b. al−Harith (the words are):" When the Messenger of

Allah (rtiay peace be upon him) prostrated, he spread out his

arms so that the whiteness of his armpits was visible." And in

the narration transmitted by al−Laith (the words are:" When

the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) prostrated. he

spread his hands from the armpits so that I saw their

whiteness."

Bk 4, Number 1002:

Maimuna reported: When the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon

him) prostrated himself, if a lamb wanted to pass between his

arms, it could pass.

Bk 4, Number 1003:

Maimuna, the wife of the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon

him), reported: When the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) prostrated himself, he spread his arms, i. e. he

separated them so much that the whiteness of his armpits

became visible from behind and when he sat (for Jalsa) he

rested on his left thigh.

Bk 4, Number 1004:

Maimuna daughter of Harith reported: When the Messenger of

Allah (may peace be upon him) prostrated, he kept his hands so

much apart from each other that when it was seen from behind

the armpits became visible. Waki' said: That is their

whiteness.

Chapter 41: THE EXCELLENCE OF THE PRAYER AND THE WAY IT IS

BEGUN AND THE EXCELLENCE OF RUKU' AND MODERATION IN IT, AND

PROSTRATION AND MODERATION IN IT, ETC.

Bk 4, Number 1005:

'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) used to begin prayer with takbir (saying Allih−o−Akbar)

and the recitation:" Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the

Universe." When he bowed he neither kept his head up nor bent

it down, but kept it between these extremes; when he raised

his bead after bow− ing he did not prostrate himself till he

had stood erect; when he raised his head after prostration he

did not prostrate himself again till he satup. At the end of

every two rak'ahs he recited the tahiyya; and he used to place

his left foot flat (on the ground) and raise up the right; he

prohibited the devil's way of sitting on the heels, and he

forbade people to spread out their arms like a wild beast. And

he used to finish the prayer with the taslim.

Chapter 42: SUTRA FOR PRAYER

Bk 4, Number 1006:

Musa b. Talha reported it on the authority of his father: The

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: When one of

you places in front of him so me. thing such as the back of a

saddle, he should pray without caring who passes on the other

side of it.

Bk 4, Number 1007:

Musa b. Talha reported on the authority of his father: We used

to say prayer and the animals moved in front of us. We

mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)

and he said: If anything equal to the back of a saddle is in

front of you, then what walks in front, no harm would come to

him. Ibn Numair said: No harm would come whosoever walks in

front.

Bk 4, Number 1008:

'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) was asked about sutra of a worshipper; he said: Equal to

the back of the saddle.

Bk 4, Number 1009:

'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) was asked in the expedition of Tabuk about the sutra the

worshipper; he said: Like the back of the saddle.

Bk 4, Number 1010:

Ibn Umar reported: When the Messenger of Allah (may peace he

upon him) went out on the 'Id day, he ordered to carry a

spear−and it was fixed in front of him, and he said prayer

towards its (direction), and the people were behind him. And

he did it in the journey, and that is the reason why the Amirs

carried it.

Bk 4, Number 1011:

Ibn Umar reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon

him) set up (sutra), and Abu Bakr said: He implanted

iron−tipped spear and said prayer towards its direction. Ibn

Abu Shaiba made this addition to it:" Ubaidullah said that it

was a spear."

Bk 4, Number 1012:

Ibn 'Umar said: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him)

used to place his camel (towards the Ka'ba) and said prayer in

its direction.

Bk 4, Number 1013:

Ibn 'Umar reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon

him) used to say prayer towards his camel. Ibn Numair said:

The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) said prayer

towards the camel.

Bk 4, Number 1014:

Abu Juhaifa reported it on the authority of his father: I came

to the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) in Mecca and

he was (at that time) at al− Abtah in a red leather tent. And

Bilal stepped out with ablution water for him. (And what was

left out of that water) some of them got it (whereas others

could not get it) and (those who got it) rubbed themselves

with it. Then the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him)

stepped out with a red mantle on him and I was catching a

glimpse of the whiteness of his shanks. The narrator said: He

(the Holy Prophet) performed the ablution. and Bilal

pronounced Adhan and I followed his mouth (as he turned) this

side and that as he said on the right and the left:" Come to

prayer, come to success." ' A spear was then fixed for him (on

the ground). He stepped forward and said two rak'ahs of Zuhr,

while there passed in front of him a donkey and a dog, and

these were not checked. He then said two rak'ahs of the 'Asr

prayer, and he then continued saying two rak'ahs till he came

back to Medina.

Bk 4, Number 1015:

Abu Juhaifa reported on the authority of his father: I saw the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) (in Mecca at

al−Abtah) in a red leather tent. and I saw Bilal take the

ablution water (left by Allah's Messenger), and I saw the

people racing, with one another to get that ablution water. If

anyone got some of it, he rubbed himself with it, and anyone

who did not get any got some of the moisture from his

companion's hand. I then saw Bilal take a staff and fix it in

the ground, after which the Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) came out quickly in a red mantle and led the people

in two rak'ahs facing the staff, and I saw people and animals

passing in front of the staff.

Bk 4, Number 1016:

'Aun b. Abu Juhaifa narrated from the Apostle of Allah (may

peace be upon him) on the authority of his father a hadith

like that of Sufyan, and 'Umar b. Abu Za'ida made this

addition: Some of them tried to excel the others (in obtaining

water), and in the hadith transmitted by Malik b. Mighwal (the

words are): When it was noon, Bilal came out and summoned

(people) to (noon) prayer.

Bk 4, Number 1017:

Abu Juhaifa reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) went at noon towards al−Batha', he performed

ablution, and said two rak'ahs of the Zuhr prayer and two of

the 'Asr prayer, and there was a spear in front of him. Shu'ba

said and Aun made this addition to it on the authority of his

father Abu Juhaifa: And the woman and the donkey passed behind

it.

Bk 4, Number 1018:

Shu'ba narrated the same on the basis of two authorities and

in the hadith transmitted by Hakam (the words are): The people

began to get water that was left out of his (the Prophet's)

ablution.

Bk 4, Number 1019:

Ibn 'Abbas reported: I came riding on a she−ass, and I was on

the threshold of maturity, and the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) was leading people in prayer at Mina. I

passed in front of the row and got down, and sent the she−ass

for grazing and joined the row, and nobody made any objection

to it.

Bk 4, Number 1020:

Abdullah b. Abbas reported that he came riding on a donkey,

and the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) was leading

the people in prayer at Mina on the occasion of the Farewell

Pilgrimage and (the narrator) reported: The donkey passed in

front of the row and then he got down from it And joined the

row along with the people.

Bk 4, Number 1021:

This hadith has been narrated by Ibn 'Uyaina on the authority

of al−Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters and he

reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) was

leading prayer at 'Arafa.

Bk 4, Number 1022:

This hadith has been reported by Ma'mar on the authority of

al−Zuhri with the came chain of transmitters, but here no

mention has been made of Mina or 'Arafa, and he said: It was

in the Farewell Pilgrimage or on the Day of Victory.

Bk 4, Number 1023:

Abu Sa'id al−Khudri reported that the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) said: When any one of you prays he should

not let anyone pass in front of him (if there is no sutra),

and should try to turn him away as far as possible, but if he

refuses to go, he should turn him away forcibly for he is a

devil.

Bk 4, Number 1024:

Abu Salih al−Samman reported: I narrate to you what I heard

and saw from Abu Sa'id al−Khudri: One day I was with Abu Sa'id

and he was saying prayer on Friday turning to a thing which

concealed him from the people when a young man from Banu

Mu'ait came there and he tried to pass in front of him; he

turned him back by striking his chest. He looked about but

finding no other way to pass except in front of Abu Sa'id,

made a second attempt. He (Abu Sa'id) turned him away by

Striking his chest more vigorously than the first stroke. He

stood up and had a scuffle with Abu Sa'id. Then the people

gathered there He came out and went to Marwan and complained

to him what had happened to him. Abu Sa'id too came to Marwan.

Marwin said to him: What has happened to you and the son of

your brother that he came to complain against you? Abu Sa'id

said: I heard from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) saying: When any one of you prays facing something which

conceals him from people and anyone tries to pass in front of

him, he should be turned away, but if he refuses, he should be

forcibly restrained from it, for he is a devil.

Bk 4, Number 1025:

'Abdullah b. 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) said: When any one of you prays, he should

not allow anyone to pass before him, and if he refuses, he

should be then forcibly resisted, for there is a devil with

him.

Bk 4, Number 1026:

This hadith has been narrated by Ibn Umar by another chain of

transmitters.

Bk 4, Number 1027:

Busr b Sa'id reported that Zaid b Khalid al−Juhani sent him to

Abu Juhaim in order to ask him what he had heard from the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) with regard to the

passer in front of the worshipper. Abu Juhaim reported that

the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: If anyone

who passes in front of a man who is praying knew the

responsibility he incurs, he would stand still forty (years)

rather than to pass in front of him Abu Nadr said: I do not

know whether he said forty days or months or years.

Bk 4, Number 1028:

This hadith has been narrated from Abu Juhaim Ansari by

another chain of transmitters.

Bk 4, Number 1029:

Sahl b. Sa'd al−Si'idi reported: Between the place of worship

where the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) prayed

and the wall, there was a gap through which a goat could pass.

Bk 4, Number 1030:

Salama b. Akwa' reported: He sought the place (in the mosque)

where the copies of the Qur'an were kept and glorified Allah

there, and the narrator made a mention that the Messenger of

Allah (may peace be upon him) sought that place and that was

between the pulpit and the qibla−a place where a goat could

pass.

Bk 4, Number 1031:

Yazid reported: Salama sought to say prayer near the pillar

which was by that place where copies of the Qur'an were kept.

I said to him: Abu Muslim. I see you striving to offer your

prayer by this pillar. He said: I saw the Messenger of Allah

(may peace be upon him) seeking to pray by its side.

Bk 4, Number 1032:

Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of 'Allah (may peace be upon

him) said: When any one of you stands for prayer and there is

a thing before him equal to the back of the saddle that covers

him and in case there is not before him (a thing) equal to the

back of the saddle, his prayer would be cut off by (passing of

an) ass, woman, and black Dog. I said: O Abu Dharr, what

feature is there in a black dog which distinguish it from the

red dog and the yellow dog? He said: O, son of my brother, I

asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) as you

are asking me, and he said: The black dog is a devil.

Bk 4, Number 1033:

This hadith has been transmitted by Humaid b. Hilal on the

authority of Yunus.

Bk 4, Number 1034:

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) said: A woman, an ass and a dog disrupt the prayer,

but something like the back of a saddle guards against that.

Bk 4, Number 1035:

'A'isha reported: The Prophet (may peace be upon him) used to

pray at night while I lay interposed between him and the Qibla

like a corpse on the bier.

Bk 4, Number 1036:

'A'isha reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him)

said his whole prayer (Tahajjud prayer) during the night while

I lay between him and the Qibla. When he intended to say Witr

(prayer) he awakened me and I too said witr (prayer).

Bk 4, Number 1037:

'Urwa b. Zubair reported: 'A'isha asked: What disrupts the

prayer? We said: The woman and the ass. Upon this she

remarked: Is the woman an ugly animal? I lay in front of the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) like the bier of a

corpse and he said prayer.

Bk 4, Number 1038:

Masruq reported: It was mentioned before'A'isha that prayer is

invalidated (in case of passing) of a dog, an ass and a woman

(before the worshipper, when he is not screened). Upon this

'A'isha said: You likened us to the asses and the dogs. By

Allah I saw the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)

saying prayer while I lay on the bedstead interposing between

him and the Qibla. When I felt the need, I did not like to wit

to front (of the Holy Prophet) and perturb the Messenger of

Allah (may peace be upon him) and quietly moved out from under

its (i. e. of the bedstead) legs.

Bk 4, Number 1039:

Al−Aswad reported that 'A'isha said: You have made us equal to

the dogs and the asses, whereas I lay on the bedstead and the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) came there and

stood in the middle of the bedstead and said prayer. I did not

like to take off the quilt from me (in that state), so I moved

away quietly from the front legs of the bedstead and thus came

out of the quilt.

Bk 4, Number 1040:

'A'isha reported: I was sleeping in front of the Mcsseinger ef

Allah (may peace be upon him) with my legs between him and the

Qibla. When he prostrated himself he pinched me and I drew up

my legs, and when be stood up, I stretched them out. She said:

At that time there were no lamps in the houses.

Bk 4, Number 1041:

Maimuna, the wife of the Apostle (may peace be upon him),

reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said

prayer and I (lay) opposite to him while I was in menses.

Sometimes his clothes touched me when he prostrated.

Bk 4, Number 1042:

'A'isha reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him)

said prayer at night and I was by his side in a state of

meanses and I had a sheet pulled over me a portion of which

was on his side.

Chapter 43: PRAYER IN A SINGLE GARMENT

Bk 4, Number 1043:

Abu Huraira reported: An inquirer asked the Messenger of Allah

(may peace be upon him) about the prayer in a single garment.

He (the Holy Prophet) add: Has everyone of you two garments?

Bk 4, Number 1044:

A hadith like this has been narrated by Abu Huraira with

another chain of transmitters.

Bk 4, Number 1045:

Abu Huraira reported: A person addressed the Apostle of Allah

(may peace be upon him) and said to him: Can any one of us say

prayer in one garment? He said: Do all of you possess two

garments?

Bk 4, Number 1046:

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) said: None of you must pray in a single garment of

which no part comes over his shoulders.

Bk 4, Number 1047:

Umar b. Abu Salama reported: I saw the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) praying in Umm Salama's house in a single

garment, placing its two ends over his shoulders.

Bk 4, Number 1048:

This hadith has been narrated by Hisham b. 'Urwa with the same

chain of transmitters except (with this difference) that the

word mutawashshihan was used and not the word mushtamilan.

Bk 4, Number 1049:

'Umar b. Abu Salama reported: I saw the Messenger of Allah

(may peace be upon him) saying prayer in the house of Umm

Salama in a single garment with its extremities crossing each

other.

Bk 4, Number 1050:

Umar b. Abu Salama reported: I saw the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) praying in a single garment with its ends

crossing each other. 'Isa b. Hammad added:" placing on his

shoulders".

Bk 4, Number 1051:

Jabir reported: I saw the Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) praying in a single garment crossing the two ends.

Bk 4, Number 1052:

This hadith has been narrated by Sufyan with the same chain of

transmitters and in the hadith transmitted by Numair the words

are: I called upon the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him)."

Bk 4, Number 1053:

Abu Zubair reported that he saw Jabir b. 'Abdullah praying in

a single garment crossing Its ends even though he had the

garments, and Jabir said: He saw the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) doing like this.

Bk 4, Number 1054:

Abu Sa'id al Khudri reported: I visited the Apostle (may peace

be upon him) and saw him praying on a reed mat on which he was

prostrating himself. And I saw him praying in a single garment

with ends crossed with each other.

Bk 4, Number 1055:

This hadith has been narrated by A'mash with the came chain of

transmitters, and in the narration of Abu Karaib the words

are:" Placing its (mantle's) ends on his shoulders" ; and the

narration transmitted by Abu Bakr and Suwaid (the words are):"

the ends crossing with each other".

Chapter 44: MOSQUES AND THE PLACE OF WORSHIP

Bk 4, Number 1056:

Abu Dharr reported: I said: Messenger of Allah, which mosque

was set up first on the earth? He said: Al−Masjid al−Haram

(the sacred). I (again) said: Then which next? He said: It was

the Masjid Aqsa. I (again) said: How long the space of time

(between their setting up)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: It was

forty years. And whenever the time comes for prayer, pray

there, for that is a mosque; and in the hadith transmitted by

Abu Kamil (the words are):" Whenever time comes for prayer,

pray, for that is a mosque (for you)."

Bk 4, Number 1057:

Ibrahim b. Yazid al−Tayml reported: I used to read the Qur'an

with my father in the vestibule (before the door of the

mosque). When I recited the ayat (verses) concerning

prostration, he prostrated himself. I said to him: Father, do

you prostrate yourself in the path? He said: I heard Abu Dharr

saying: I asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)

about the mosque that was first set up on the earth. He said:

Masjid Harim. I said: Then which next? He said: The Masjid

al−Aqsa. I said: How long is the space of time between the

two? He said: Forty years. He (then) further said: The earth

is a mosque for you, so wherever you are at the time of

prayer, pray there.

Bk 4, Number 1058:

Jabir b. 'Abdullah al−Ansari reported: The Prophet (may peace

be upon him) said: I have been conferred upon five (things)

which were not granted to anyone before me (and these are):

Every apostle wassent particularly to his own people, whereas

I have been sent to all the red and the black the spoils of

war have been made lawful for me, and these were never made

lawful to anyone before me, and the earth has been made sacred

and pure and mosque for me, so whenever the time of prayer

comes for any one of you he should pray whenever he is, and I

have been supported by awe (by which the enemy is overwhelmed)

from the distance (which one takes) one month to cover and I

have been granted intercession.

Bk 4, Number 1059:

Jabir b. 'Abdullah related that the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) said, and he related like this.

Bk 4, Number 1060:

Hudhaifa reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be npon

him) said: We have been made to excel (other) people in three

(things): Our rows have been made like the rows of the angels

and the whole earth has been made a mosque for us, and its

dust has been made a purifier for us in case water is not

available. And he mentioned another characteristic too

Bk 4, Number 1061:

Hudhaifa reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) said like this.

Bk 4, Number 1062:

Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon hlmg) said: I have been given superiority over the other

prophets in six respects: I have been given words which are

concise but comprehensive in meaning; I have been helped by

terror (in the hearts of enemies): spoils have been made

lawful to me: the earth has been made for me clean and a place

of worship; I have been sent to all mankind and the line of

prophets is closed with me.

Bk 4, Number 1063:

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) said: I have been commissioned with words which are

concise but comprehensive in meaning; I have been helped by

terror (in the hearts of enemies): and while I was asleep I

was brought the keys of the treasures of the earth which were

placed in my hand. And Abfi Huraira added: The Messenger of

Allah (may peace be upon him) has left (for his heavenly home)

and you are now busy in getting them.

Bk 4, Number 1064:

Abu Huraira reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) saying a hadith like that of Yunus.

Bk 4, Number 1065:

This hadith has been narratted by Abu Huraira by another chain

of transmitters.

Bk 4, Number 1066:

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) said: I have been helped by terror (in the heart of

the enemy) ; I have been given words which are concise but

comprehensive in meaning; and while I was asleep I was brought

the keys of the treasures of the earth which were placed in my

hand.

Bk 4, Number 1067:

Hammam b. Munabbih reported: That is what Abu Huraira reported

to us from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and

he narrated (some) ahadith one of which is that the Messenger

of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: I have been helped by

terror (in the hearts of enemies) and I have been given words

which are concise but comprehensive in meaning.

Chapter 45: BUILDING OF THE PROPHET'S MOSQUE IN MEDINA

Bk 4, Number 1068:

Anas b. Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) came to Medina and stayed in the upper part of

Medina for fourteen nights with a tribe called Banu 'Amr b

'Auf. He then sent for the chiefs of Banu al−Najir, and they

came with swords around their inecks. He (the narrator) said:

I perceive as if I am seeing the Messenger of Allah (may peace

be upon him) on his ride with Abu Bakr behind him and the

chiefs of Banu al−Najjar around him till he alighted in the

courtyard of Abu Ayyub. He (the narrator) said: The Messenger

of Allah (may peace be upon him) said prayer when the time

came for prayer, and he prayed in the fold of goats and sheep.

He then ordered mosques to be built and sent for the chiefs of

Banu al−Najjar, and they came (to him). He (the Holy Prophet)

said to them: O Banu al−Najjar, sell these lands of yours to

me. They said: No, by Allah. we would not demand their price,

but (reward) from the Lord. Anas said: There (in these lands)

were trees and graves of the polytheists, and ruins. The

Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) ordered that the

trees should be cut, and the graves should be dug out, and the

ruins should be levelled. The trees (were thus) placed in rows

towards the qibla and the stones were set on both sides of the

door, and (while building the mosque) they (the Companions)

sang rajaz verses along with the Messenger of Allah (may peace

be upon him): O Allah: there is no good but the good of the

next world, So help the Ansar and the Muhajirin.

Bk 4, Number 1069:

Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)

used to pray in the folds of the sheep and goats before the

mosque was built.

Bk 4, Number 1070:

Abu al−Tiyyah reported: I heard from Anas a narration like

this from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him).

Chapter 46: CHANGE OF QIBLA FROM BAIT−UL−MAQDIS TO KA'BA

Bk 4, Number 1071:

Al−Bara' b. 'Azib reported: I said prayer with the Apostle

(may peace be upon him) turning towards Bait−ul−Maqdis for

sixteen months till this verse of Surah Baqara wis revealed:"

And wherever you are turn your faces towards it" (ii. 144).

This verse was revealed when the Apostle (may peace be upon

him) had said prayer. A person amongst his people passed by

the people of Ansar as they were engaged in prayer. He

narrated to them (this command of Allah) and they turned their

faces towards the Ka'ba.

Bk 4, Number 1072:

Abu Ishaq reported: I heard al−Bara' saying: We prayed with

the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) (with our

faces) towards Bait−ul−Maqdis for sixteen months or seventeen

months. Then we were made to change (our direction) towards

the Ka'ba.

Bk 4, Number 1073:

Ibn 'Umar reported: As the people were praying at Quba' a man

came to them and said: It has been revealed to file Messenger

of Allah (may peace be upon him) during the night and he has

been directed to turn towards the Ka'ba. So turn towards it.

Their faces were towards Syria and they turned round towards

Ka'ba.

Bk 4, Number 1074:

Ibn 'Umar reported: As the people were engaged in the morning

prayer a man came to them. The rest of the hadith is the same.

Bk 4, Number 1075:

Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)

used to pray towards Bait−ul−Maqdis, that it was revealed (to

him):" Indeed We see the turning of the face to heaven,

wherefore We shall assuredly cause thee to turn towards Qibla

which shall please thee. So turn thy face towards the sacred

Mosque (Ka'ba)" (ii. 144). A person from Banu Salama was

going; (he found the people) in ruk'u (while) praying the dawn

prayer and they had said one rak'ah. He said in a loud voice:

Listen! the Qibla has been changed and they turned towards

(the new) Qibla (Ka'ba) in that very state.

Chapter 47: FORBIDDANCE TO BUILD MOSQUES ON THE GRAVES AND

DECORATING THEM WITH PICTURES AND FORBIDDANCE TO USE THE

GRAVES AS MOSQUES

Bk 4, Number 1076:

'A'isha reported: Umm Habiba and Umm Salama made a mention

before the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) of a

church which they had seen in Abyssinia and which had pictures

in it. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said:

When a pious person amongst them (among the religious groups)

dies they build a place of worship on his grave, and then

decorate it with such pictures. They would be the worst of

creatures on the Day of judgment in the sight of Allah.

Bk 4, Number 1077:

'A'isha reported: They (some Companions of the Holy Prophet)

were conversing with one another in the presence of the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) (during his last)

illness. Umm Salama and Umm Habiba made a mention of the

church and then (the hadith was) narrated.

Bk 4, Number 1078:

'A'isha reported: The wives of the Apostle of Allah (may peace

be Upon him) made a mention of the church which they had seen

in Abyssinia which was called Marya, and the rest of the

hadith is the same.

Bk 4, Number 1079:

'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) said during his illness from which he never recovered:

Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians that they took the

graves of their prophets as mosques. She ('A'isha) reported:

Had it not been so, his (Prophet's) grave would have been in

an open place, but it could not be due to the fear that it may

not be taken as a mosque.

Bk 4, Number 1080:

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) said: Let Allah destroy the Jews for they have taken

the graves of their apostles as places of worship.

Bk 4, Number 1081:

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) said: Let there be curse of Allah upon the Jews and

the Christians for they have taken the graves of their

apostles as places of worship.

Bk 4, Number 1082:

'A'isha and Abdullah reported: As the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) was about to breathe his last, he drew his

sheet upon his face and when he felt uneasy, he uncovered his

face and said in that very state: Let there be curse upon the

Jews and the Christians that they have taken the graves of

their apostles as places of worship. He in fact warned (his

men) against what they (the Jews and the Christians) did.

Bk 4, Number 1083:

Jundub reported: I heard from the Apostle of Allah (may peace

be upon him) five days before his death and he said: I stand

acquitted before Allah that I took any one of you as friend,

for Allah has taken me as His friend, as he took Ibrahim as

His friend. Had I taken any one of my Ummah as a friend, I

would have taken Abu Bakr as a friend. Beware of those who

preceded you and used to take the graves of their prophets and

righteous men as places of worship, but you must not take

graves as mosques; I forbid you to do that.

Chapter 48: THE VIRTUE OF BUILDING THE MOSQUES AND EXHORTATION

TO IT

Bk 4, Number 1084:

Ubaidullah al−Khaulini reported: 'Uthman b. 'Affan listened to

the opinion of the people (which was not favourable) when he

rebuilt the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him). Thereupon he said: You have not been fair to me for

I have heard from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) saying: He who built a mosque for Allah, the Exalted,

Allah would build for him a house in Paradise. Bukair said: I

think he (the Holy Prophet) said: While he seeks the pleasure

of Allah (by building the mosque). And in the narration of Ibn

'Isa (the words are):" (a house) like that (mosque) in

Paradise."

Bk 4, Number 1085:

Mahmud b. Labid reported: When 'Uthman b. 'Affan intended to

build the mosque (of the Prophet) the people did not approve

of it. They liked that it should be kept in the same state.

Thereupon he said: I heard the Messtnger of Allah (may peace

be upon him) say: He who built a mosque for Allah, Allah would

build a house for him like it in Paradise.

Chapter 49: CONCERNING THE COMMAND OF PLACING ONE'S HANDS ON

THE KNEES WHILE IN RUKU'AND ABROGATION OF AL−TATBIQ

Bk 4, Number 1086:

Al−Aswad and 'Alqama reported: We came to the house of

'Abdullah b. Mas'ud. He said: Have these people said prayer

behind you? We said: No. He said: Then stand up and say

prayer. He neither ordered us to say Adhan nor Iqama. We went

to stand behind him. He caught hold of our hands and mode one

of us stand on his right hand and the other on his left side.

When we bowed, we placed our hands on our knees. He struck our

hands and put his hands together, palm to palm, then put them

between his thighs. When he completed the prayer he said.

There would soon come your Amirs, who would defer prayers from

their appointed time and would make such delay that a little

time is left before sunset. So when you see them doing so, say

prayer at its appointed time and then say prayer along with

them as (Nafl), and when you are three, pray together

(standing in one row), and when you are more than three,

appoint one amongst you as your Imam. And when any one of you

bows he must place his hands upon hie thighs and kneel down.

and putting his palms together place (them within his thighs).

I perceive as if I am seeing the gap between the fingers of

the Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him).

Bk 4, Number 1087:

This hadith is narrated on the authority of Alqama and Aswad

by another chain of transmitters and in the hadith transmitted

by Ibn Mus−hir and Jabir the words are:" I perceive as if I am

seeing the gap between the fingers of the Messenger of Allah

(may peace be upon him) as he was bowing."

Bk 4, Number 1088:

'Alqama and Aswad reported that they went to 'Abdullah. He

said: Have (people) behind you said prayer? They said: Yes. He

stood between them ('Alqama and Aswad). One was on his right

aide and the other was on his left. We then bowed and placed

our hands on our knees. He struck our hands and then putting

his hands together, palm to palm, placed them between his

thighs. When he completed the prayer he said: This is how the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) used to do.

Bk 4, Number 1089:

Mus'ab b. Sa'd reported: I said prayer by the side of my

father and placed my hands between my knees. My father said to

me: Place your hands on your knees. I repeated that (the

previous act) for the second time, and he struck at my hands

and said: We have been forbidden to do so and have been

commanded to place our palms on the knees.

Bk 4, Number 1090:

This hadith has been narrated by Abu Ya'fur with the same

chain of transmitters up to these words: We have been

forbidden from it and no mention of that has been made what

follows it.

Bk 4, Number 1091:

Ibn Sa'd reported: I bowed and my hands were in this state, i.

e. they were put together, palm to palm, and were placed

between his thighs. My father said: We used to do like this

but were later on commanded to place them on the knees.

Bk 4, Number 1092:

Mus'ab b. Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas reported: I said prayer by the

side of my father. When I bowed I intertwined my fingers and

placed them between my knees. He struck my hands. When he

completed the prayer he said: We used to do that but then were

commanded to lift (our palms) to the knees.

Chapter 50: SITTING ON THE BUTTOCKS

Bk 4, Number 1093:

Tawus reported: We asked Ibn Abbas about sitting on one's

buttocks (in prayer). (ala alqad mein) He said: It is sunnah.

We said to him: We find it a sort of cruelty to the foot. Ibn

'Abbas said: It is the sunnah of your Apostle (may peace be

upon him).

Chapter 51: FORBIDDANCE OF TALKING IN PRAYER AND ABROGATION OF

WHAT WAS PERMISSIBLE

Bk 4, Number 1094:

Mu'awiya b. al−Hakam said: While I was praying with the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), a man in the

company sneezed. I said: Allah have mercy on you! The people

stared at me with disapproving looks, so I said: Woe be upon

me, why is it that you stare at me? They began to strike their

hands on their thighs, and when I saw them urging me to

observe silence (I became angry) but I said nothing. When the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) had said the prayer

(and I declare that neither before him nor after him have I

seen a leader who gave better instruction than he for whom I

would give my father and mother as ransom). I swear that he

did not scold, beat or revile me but said: Talking to persons

is not fitting during the prayer, for it consists of

glorifying Allah, declaring his Greatness. and recitation of

the Qur'an or words to that effect. I said: Messenger of

Allah. I was till recently a pagan, but Allah has brought

Islam to us; among us there are men who have recourse to

Kahins. He said, Do not have recourse to them. I said. There

are men who take omens. That is something which they find in

their breasts, but let it not turn their way (from freedom of

action). I said: Among us there are men who draw lines. He

said: There was a prophet who drew lines, so if they do it as

they did, that is allowable. I had a maid−servant who tended

goats by the side of Uhud and Jawwaniya. One day I happened to

pass that way and found that a wolf had carried a goat from

her flock. I am after all a man from the posterity of Adam. I

felt sorry as they (human beings) feel sorry. So I slapped

her. I came to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)

and felt (this act of mine) as something grievous I said:

Messenger of Allah, should I not grant her freedom? He (the

Holy Prophet) said: Bring her to me. So I brought her to him.

He said to her: Where is Allah? She said: He is in the heaven.

He said: Who am I? She said: Thou art the Messenger of Allah.

He said: Grant her freedom, she is a believing woman.

Bk 4, Number 1095:

This hadith has been narrated by Yahya b. Abu Kathir with the

same chain of transmitters.

Bk 4, Number 1096:

Abdullah (b. Masu'd) reported: We used to greet the Messenger

of Allah (may peace be upon him) while he was engaged in

prayer and he would respond to our greeting. But when we

returned from the Negus we greeted him and he did not respond

to us; so we said: Messenger of Allah. we used to greet you

when you were engaged in prayer and you would respond to us.

He replied: Prayer demands whole attention.

Bk 4, Number 1097:

This hadith has been reported by A'mash with the same chain of

transmitters.

Bk 4, Number 1098:

Zaid b. Arqam reported: We used to talk while engaged in

prayer and a person talked with a companion on his side in

prayer till (this verse) was revealed:" And stand before Allah

in devout obedience" (ii, 238) and we were commanded to

observe silence (in prayer) and were forbidden to speak.

Bk 4, Number 1099:

A hadith like this has been transmitted by Isma'il b. Abu

Khalid.

Bk 4, Number 1100:

Jabir reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)

sent me on an errand. I (having done the business assigned to

me came back and) joined him as he was going (on a ride).

Qutaiba said that he was saying prayer while he rode. I

greeted him. He gestured to me. When he completed the prayer.

he called me and said: You greeted me just now while I was

engaged in prayer. (Qutaiba said): His (Prophet's face) was

towards the east, as he was praying.

Bk 4, Number 1101:

Jabir reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)

sent me (on an errand) while he was going to Banu Mustaliq. I

came to him and he was engaged in prayer on the back of his

camel. I talked to him and he gestured to me With his hand,

and Zuhair gestured with his hand. I then again talked and he

again (gestured to me with his hand). Zuhair pointed with his

hand towards the ground. I heard him (the Holy Prophet)

reciting the Qur'an and making a sign with his head. When he

com− pleted the prayer he sa'id: What have you done (with

regard to that business) for which I sent you? I could not

talk with you but for the fact that I was engaged in prayer.

Zuhair told that Abu Zubair was sitting with his face turned

towards Qibla (as he transmitted this hadith). Abu Zuhair

pointed towards Banu Mustaliq with his hand and the direction

to which he pointed with his hand was not towards the Ka'ba.

Bk 4, Number 1102:

Jabir reported: We were in the company of the Messenger of

Allah (may peace be upon him), and he sent me on an errand,

and when I came back (I saw him) saying prayer on his ride and

his face was not turned towards Qibla. I greeted him but he

did not respond to me. As he completed the prayer, he said:

Nothing prevented me from responding to your greeting but the

fact that I was praying.

Bk 4, Number 1103:

This hadith that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon

him) sent Jabir on an errand has been reported by him through

another chain of transmitters.

Chapter 52: IT'IS ALLOWABLE TO CURSE SATAN DURING PRAYER AND

SEEK THE PROTECTION (OF THE LORD) AND MINOR ACTS (OF

COMMISSION) IN PRAYER

Bk 4, Number 1104:

Abu Huraira reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) saying: A highly wicked one amongst the

Jinn escaped yesternight to interrupt my prayer, but Allah

gave me power over him, so I seized him and intended to tie

him to one of the pillars of the mosque in order that you, all

together or all, might look at him, but I remembered the

supplication of my brother Sulaiman:" My Lord, forgive me,

give me such a kingdom as will not be possible for anyone

after me" (Qur'an, xxxvii. 35).

Bk 4, Number 1105:

This hadith has been transmitted by Ibn Abi Shaiba.

Bk 4, Number 1106:

Abu Darda' reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)

stood up (to pray) and we heard him say:" I seek refuge in

Allah from thee." Then said:" curse thee with Allah's curse"

three times, then he stretched out his hand as though he was

taking hold of something. When he finished the prayer, we

said: Messenger of Allah, we heard you say something during

the prayer which we have not heard you say before, and we saw

you stretch out your hand. He replied: Allah's enemy Iblis

came with a flame of fire to put it in my face, so I said

three times:" I Seek refuge in Allah from thee." Then I said

three times:" I curse thee with Allah's full curse." But he

did not retreat (on any one of these) three occasions.

Thereafter I meant to seize him. I swear by Allah that had it

not been for the supplication of my brother Sulaiman he would

have been bound, and made an object of sport for the children

of Medina.

Chapter 53: PERMISSIBILITY OF CARRYING CHILDREN IN PRAYER

Bk 4, Number 1107:

Abu Qatadi reported: I saw the Messenger of Allah (may peace

be upon him) saying the prayer while he was carrying Umama,

daughter of Zainab, daughter of the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him). and Abu'l−'As b. al−Rabi'. When he stood

up, he took her up and when he prostrated he put her down,

Yahya said: Malik replied in the affirmative.

Bk 4, Number 1108:

Abu Qatada al−Ansari reported: I saw the Apostle (may peace be

upon him) leading the people in prayer with Umima, daughter of

Abu'l−'As and Zainab, daughter of the Apostle of Allah (may

peace be upon him), on his shoulder. When he bowed, he put her

down, and when he got up after prostration, he lifted her

again.

Bk 4, Number 1109:

Abu Qatada reported: I saw the Messenger of Allah (may peace

be upon him) leading the people in prayer with Umama daughter

of Abu'l−'As on his neck; and when he prostrated he put her

down.

Bk 4, Number 1110:

Abu Qatada reported: As we were sitting in the mosque, the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) came to us, and the

rest of the hadith is the same except that he made no mention

that he led people in this prayer.

Chapter 54: THE PERMISSIBILITY OF MOVING TWO STEPS IN THE

PRAYER

Bk 4, Number 1111:

Abu Hazim is reported on the authority of his father: Some

people came to Sahl b. Sa'd and began to differ about the wood

of which the (Prophet's pulpit was made. He (Sahl b. Sa'd)

said: By Allah, I know of which wood it is made and who made

it, and the day when I saw the Messenger of Allah (may peace

be upon him) seated himself on it on the first day. I said to

him: O Abu Abbas (kunyah of Sabl b. Sa'd), narrate to us (all

these facts), He said: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) sent a person to a woman asking her to allow her

slave, a carpenter, to work on woods (to prepare a pulpit) so

that I should talk to the people (sitting on it). Abu Hazim

said: He (Sahl b. Sa'd) pointed out the name of (that lady)

that day. So he (the carpenter) made (a pulpit) with these

three steps. Then the Messengerof Allah (may peace be upon

him) commanded it to be placed here (where it is lying now).

It was fashioned out of the wood of al−Ghaba. And I saw the

Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) standing upon it

and glorifying Allah and the people also glorified Allah after

him, while he was on the pulpit. He then raised (his head from

prostration) and stepped back (on his heels) till he

prostrated himself at the base of pulpit, and then returned

(to the former place and this movement of one or two steps

continued) till the prayer was complete. He then turned

towards the people and said: O people, I have done it so that

you should follow me and learn (my mode of) prayer.

Bk 4, Number 1112:

Abu Hazim reported: They (the people) came to Sahl b. Sa'd and

they asked him of what thing the pulpit of the Apostle of

Allah (may peace be upon him) was made, and the rest of the

hadith is the same.

Chapter 55: IT IS NOT ADVISABLE TO SAY PRAYER WHILE KEEPING

ONE'S HAND ON ONE'S WAIST

Bk 4, Number 1113:

Abu Huraira reported from the Apostle of Allah (may peace be

upon him) that he forbade keeping one's hand on one's waist

while praying, and in the narration of Abu Bakr (the words

are): The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) forbade

to do so.

Chapter 56: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO REMOVE PEBBLES AND SMOOTH THE

GROUND WHILE ENGAGED IN PRAYER

Bk 4, Number 1114:

Mu'aiqib quoted the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him)

mentioning the removal of pebbles from the ground where he

prostrated himself. He (the Prophet) said: It you must do so,

do it only once.

Bk 4, Number 1115:

Mu'aiqib said: They asked the Apostle (may peace be upon him)

about the removal of (pebbles) in prayer, whereupon he said:

If you do it, do it only once.

Chapter 57: FORBIDDANCE TO SPIT IN THE MOSQUE WHILE ENGAGED IN

PRAYER

Bk 4, Number 1116:

Abdullah b. Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace

be upon him) saw spittle on the wall towards Qibla, and

scratched it away and then turning to the people said: When

any one of you prays, he must not spit in front of him, for

Allah is in front of him when he is engaged in prayer.

Bk 4, Number 1117:

Ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) saw sputum sticking to the Qibla wall of the mosque,

the rest of the hadith is the same.

Bk 4, Number 1118:

Abu Sa'id al−Khudri reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace

be upon him) saw sputum sticking to the Qibla of the mosque.

He scratched it off with a pebble and then forbade spitting on

the right side or in front, but (it is permissible) to spit on

the left side or under the left foot.

Bk 4, Number 1119:

Abu Huraira and Abu Sa'id narrated that the Messenger of Allah

(may peace be upon him) saw sputum, and the rest of the hadith

is the same.

Bk 4, Number 1120:

'A'isha reported: The Apostle of Allah (may, peace be upon

him) saw spittle or snot or sputum, sticking to the wall

towards Qibla and scratched it off.

Bk 4, Number 1121:

Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) saw some sputum in the direction of the Qibla of the

mosque. He turned towards people and said: How Is it that

someone amongst you stands before his Lord and then spits out

in front of Him? Does any one of you like that he should be

made to stand in front of someone and then spit at his face?

So when any one of you spits, he must spit on his left side

under his foot. But if he does not find (space to spit) he

should do like this. Qasim (one of the narrators) spat in his

cloth and then folded it and rubbed it.

Bk 4, Number 1122:

Abu Huraira reported: I perceive as if I am looking at the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) folding up a part

of his cloth with another one.

Bk 4, Number 1123:

Anas b. Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) said: When any one of you is engaged in prayer, he

is holding intimate conversation with his Lord, so none of you

must spit in front of him, or towards his right side, but

towards his left side under his foot.

Bk 4, Number 1124:

Anas b. Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be

upon him) said: Spitting in a mosque is a sin, and its

expiation is that it should be buried.

Bk 4, Number 1125:

Shu'ba reported: I asked Qatada about spitting, in the mosque.

He said: I heard Anas b. Malik say: I heard the Messenger of

Allah (may peace be upon him) say: Spitting in the mosque is a

sin, and its expiation is that it should be buried.

Bk 4, Number 1126:

Abu Dharr reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon

him) said: The deeds of my people, good and bad, were

presented before me, and I found the removal of something

objectionable from the road among their good deeds, and the

sputum mucus left unburied in the mosque among their evil

deeds.

Bk 4, Number 1127:

Abdullah b. Shakhkhir reported on the authority of his father

that he said: I said prayer with the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him) and saw him spitting and rubbing it off

with his shoe.

Bk 4, Number 1128:

'Abdullah b. Shakhkhir narrated it on the authority of his

father that he said prayer with the Messenger of Allah (may

peace be upon him), and he spat and then rubbed it off with

his left shoe.

Chapter 58: PERMISSIBILITY OF WEARING SHOES IN PRAYER

Bk 4, Number 1129:

Sa'd b. Yazid reported: I said to Anas b. Malik: Did the

Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) pray while putting

on the shoes? He said: Yes.

Bk 4, Number 1130:

Sa'd b. Yazid Abu Mas'ama reported: I said to Anas like (that

mentioned above).