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Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0604

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The imam is appointed only to be followed. This version adds: When he recites (the Quran), keep silent." ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0613

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: Alqamah and al-Aswad sought permission from Abdullah (ibn Mas'ud) for admission, and we remained sitting at his door for a long time. A slave-girl came out and gave them permission (to enter). He (Ibn Mas'ud) then got up and prayed (standing) be...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0614

Narrated Yazid ibn al-Aswad: Jabir ibn Yazid ibn al-Aswad reported on the authority of his father: I prayed behind the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). When he finished the prayer, he would turn (his face from the direction of the Ka'bah). ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0615

Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib: When we would pray behind the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him), we liked to be on his right side. He (the Prophet) would sit turning his face towards us (and back towards the Ka'bah) (peace_be_upon_him). ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0616

Narrated Mughirah ibn Shu'bah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The Imam should not pray at the place where he led the prayer until he removes (from there). ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0617

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When the Imam completes the prayer and sits (for reciting tashahhud), and then becomes defiled (i.e. his ablution becomes void) before he speaks (to someone), his prayer becomes complete. And those w...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0618

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The key of prayer is purification; takbir (saying "Allah is most great") makes (all acts which break prayer) unlawful and taslim (uttering the salutation) makes (all such acts) lawful. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0619

Narrated Mu'awiyah ibn AbuSufyan: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Do not try to outstrip me in bowing and prostrating because however earlier I bow you will join me when I raise (my head from bowing); I have become bulky. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0629

Narrated Talq ibn Ali al-Hanafi: We came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him), and a man came and said: Prophet of Allah, what do you say if one prays in a single garment? The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) then took off his wrapper and combined it with his sheet, and pu...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0632

Narrated Salamah ibn al-Akwa': I said: Apostle of Allah, I am a man who goes out hunting; may I pray in a single shirt? He replied: Yes, but fasten it even if it should be with a thorn. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0636

Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) prohibited us to pray in a sheet of cloth without crossing both its ends, and he also prohibited us to pray in a wrapper without putting on a sheet. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0637

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: He who lets his garment trail during prayer out of pride, Allah, the Almighty, has nothing to do with pardoning him and protecting him from Hell. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0641

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Allah does not accept the prayer of a woman who has reached puberty unless she wears a veil. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0643

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) forbade trailing garments during prayer and that a man should cover his mouth. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0646

Narrated AbuRafi': Sa'id ibn AbuSa'id al-Maqburi reported on the authority of his father that he saw AbuRafi' the freed slave of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him), passing by Hasan ibn Ali (Allah be pleased with them) when he was standing offering his prayer. He had tied the b...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0647

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Kurayb the freed slave of Ibn Abbas reported: Abdullah ibn Abbas saw Abdullah ibn al-Harith praying having the back knot of the hair. He stood behind him and began to untie it. He remained standing unmoved (stationary). When he finished his praye...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0648

Narrated Abdullah ibn as-Sa'ib: I saw the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) praying on the day of the conquest of Mecca and he had placed his shoe at his left side. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0650

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: While the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was leading his Companions in prayer, he took off his sandals and laid them on his left side; so when the people saw this, they removed their sandals. When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) fi...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0652

Narrated Aws ibn Thabit al-Ansari: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Act differently from the Jews, for they do not pray in their sandals or their shoes. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0653

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: I saw the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) praying both barefooted and wearing sandals. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0654

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When any of you prays, he should not place his sandals on his right side or on his left so as to be on the right side of someone else, unless no one is at his left, but should place them between his feet. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0659

Narrated Al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to pray on a mat and on a tanned skin. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0664

Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to pass through the row from one side to the other; he used to set out chests and shoulders in order, and say: Do not be irregular. And he would say: Allah and His angels bless those who are near the f...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0665

Narrated An-Nu'man ibn Bashir: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to straighten our rows when we stood up to pray, and when we were straight, he said: Allah is most great (takbir). ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0666

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Set the rows in order, stand shoulder to shoulder, close the gaps, be pliant in the hands of your brethren, and do not leave openings for the devil. If anyone joins up a row, Allah will join him up, but if any...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0667

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Stand close together in your rows, bring them near one another, and stand neck to neck, for by Him in Whose hand my soul is, I see the devil coming in through openings in the row just like a small black sheep. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0671

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Complete the front row, then the one that comes next, and if there is any incompleteness, let it be in the last row. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0672

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The best of you are those whose shoulders are soft in prayer. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0673

Narrated AbdulHamid ibn Mahmud: I offered the Friday prayer along with Anas ibn Malik. We were pushed to the pillars (due to the crowd of people). We, therefore, stopped forward and backward. Anas then said: We used to avoid it (setting a row between the pillars) during the ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0676

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Allah and His angels bless those who are on the right flanks of the rows. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0677

Narrated AbuMalik al-Ash'ari: Should I not tell you how the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) led the prayer? He said: He had the iqamah announced, drew the men up in line and drew up the youths behind them, then led them in prayer. He then mentioned how he conducted it. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0681

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Have the imam in the centre and close up the gaps. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0682

Narrated Wabisah: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) saw a man praying alone behind the row. He ordered him to repeat. Sulayman ibn Harb said: The prayer. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0689

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When one of you prays, he should put something in front of his face, and if he can find nothing , he should set up his staff; but if he has no staff, he should draw a line; then what passes in front of him will not ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0693

Narrated Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad: I never saw the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) praying in front of a stick, a pillar, or a tree, without having it opposite his right or left eyebrow, and not facing it directly. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0694

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Do not pray behind a sleeping or a talking person. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0695

Narrated Sahl ibn AbuHathmah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When one of you prays facing a sutrah he should keep close to it, and not let the devil interrupt his prayer. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0703

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Qatadah said: I heard Jabir ibn Zayd who reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas; and Shu'bah reported the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) as saying: A menstruating woman and a dog cut off the prayer. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0704

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Ikrimah reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas, saying: I think the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: When one of you prays without a sutrah, a dog, an ass, a pig, a Jew, a Magian, and a woman cut off his prayer, but it will suffice if t...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0710

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: I was sleeping in front of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) with my legs between him and the qiblah. Shu'bah said: I think she said: I was menstruating. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0713

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: I used to sleep lying between the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and the qiblah. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to pray when I (was lying) in front of him. When he wanted to offer the witr prayer - added by the narrator Ut...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0714

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: I came riding a donkey. Another version has: Ibn Abbas said: When I was near the age of the puberty I came riding a she-ass and found the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) leading the people in prayer at Mina. I passed in front of a part of th...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0715

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: AbusSahba' said: We discussed the things that cut off the prayer according to Ibn Abbas. He said: I and a boy from Banu AbdulMuttalib came riding a donkey, and the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was leading the people in prayer. He dismount...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0717

Narrated Al-Fadl ibn Abbas: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) came to us accompanied by Abbas when we were in open country belonging to us. He prayed in a desert with no sutrah in front of him, and a she-ass and a bitch of ours were playing in front of him, but he pai...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 2: 0718

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Nothing interrupt prayer, but repulse as much as you can anyone who passes in front of you, for he is just a devil. ...