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Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0725

Narrated Wa'il ibn Hujr: I purposely looked at the prayer of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him), how he offered it. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) stood up, faced the direction of the qiblah and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and then raised his han...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0727

Narrated Wa'il ibn Hujr: I witnessed the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) raise his hands in front of his ears when he began to pray. I then came back and saw them (the people) raising their hands up to their chest when they began to pray. They wore long caps and blankets. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0736

Narrated Wa'il ibn Hujr: I saw the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) raising his thumbs in prayer up to the lobes of his ears. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0737

Narrated AbuHurayrah: When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) for prayer (in the beginning), he raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and when he bowed, he did like that; and when he raised his head to prostrate, he did li...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0738

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Maymun al-Makki said: that he saw Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr leading in prayer. He pointed with his hands (i.e. raised his hands opposite to the shoulders) when he stood up, when he bowed and when he prostrated, and when he got up after prostration, ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0739

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Nadr ibn Kathir as-Sa'di said: Abdullah ibn Tawus prayed at my side in the mosque of al-Khayf. When he made the first prostration, he raised his head after it and raised his hands opposite to his face. This came as something strange for me. I, th...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0743

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) stood for offering the obligatory prayer, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and he did like that when he finished recitation (of the Quran) and ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0745

Narrated AbuHurayrah: If I were in front of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him), I would see his armpits. Ibn Mu'adh added that Lahiq said: Do you not see, AbuHurayrah could not stand in front of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) while he was praying. Musa added: When he uttered t...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0746

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) taught us how to pray. He then uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands; when he bowed, he joined his hands and placed them between his knees. When this (report) reached Sa'd, he said...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0747

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: Alqamah said: Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said: Should I pray in the way the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) had performed it? He said: He prayed, raising his hands only once. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0749

Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib: When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) began prayer, he raised his hands up to his ears, then he did not repeat. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0751

Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib: I saw that the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) raised his hands when he began prayer, but he did not raise them until he finished (prayer). ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0752

Narrated AbuHurayrah: When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) began his prayer, he raised his hands extensively. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0754

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: AbuUthman an-Nahdi said: When Ibn Mas'ud prayed he placed his left hand on the right. The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) saw him and placed his right hand on his left one. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0755

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: AbuJuhayfah said: Ali said that it is a sunnah to place one hand on the other in prayer below the navel. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0756

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: Jarir ad-Dabbi reported: I saw Ali (Allah be pleased with him) catching hold of his left hand) by his right hand on the wrist above the navel. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0757

Narrated AbuHurayrah: (The established way of folding hands is) to hold the hands by the hands in prayer below the navel. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0758

Narrated Tawus: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to place his right hand on his left hand, then he folded them strictly on his chest in prayer. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0763

Narrated Jubayr ibn Mut'im: Jabir saw the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) observing prayer. (The narrator Amr said: I do not know which prayer he was offering.) He (the Prophet) said: Allah is altogether great; Allah is altogether great; Allah is altogether great; and p...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0765

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: Asim ibn Humayd said: I asked Aisha: By what words the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) would begin his supererogatory prayer at night? She replied: You ask me about a thing of which no one asked me before you. When he stood up, be uttered...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0772

Narrated Rifa'ah ibn Rafi': I offered prayer behind the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). Rifa'ah sneezed. The narrator Qutaybah did not mention the name Rifa'ah (but he said: I sneezed). So I said: Praise be to Allah, praise much, good and blessed therein, blessed there...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0774

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) got up to pray at night (for tahajjud prayer) he uttered the takbir and then said: "Glory be to Thee, O Allah," and "Praise be to Thee" and "Blessed is Thy name," and Exalted is Thy greatness." and "T...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0775

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) began his prayer, he said: "Glory be to Thee, O Allah," and "Praise be to Thee" and "Blessed is Thy name, and Exalted is Thy greatness, sand there is no god but Allah." ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0776

Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub: I remember two period of silence in prayer, one when the imam said the takbir; and one when he finished reciting the Fatihah and the surah when he was about to bow. But Imran ibn Husayn took it as something strange. So they wrote about it to Ubay...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0778

Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub; Ubayy ibn Ka'b: Samurah ibn Jundub and Imran ibn Husayn had a discussion (about the periods of silence in prayer). Samurah then said that he remembered two periods of silence from the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him); one when he uttered the ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0779

Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub: I remember from the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) two periods of silence. Sa'id said: We asked Qatadah: What are those two periods of silence? He said: (one) when he began his prayer, and (one) when he finished the recitation. Then he adde...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0785

Narrated Uthman ibn Affan:: Yazid al-Farisi said: I heard Ibn Abbas say: I asked Uthman ibn Affan: What moved you to put the (Surah) al-Bara'ah which belongs to the mi'in (surahs) (containing one hundred verses) and the (Surah) al-Anfal which belongs to the mathani (Surahs) ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0792

Narrated Some Companions of the Prophet: AbuSalih reported on the authority of some Companions of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him): The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said to a person: what do you say in prayer? He replied: I first recite tashahhud (supplication recited in sitti...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0804

Narrated Jabir ibn Samurah: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to recite in the noon and afternoon prayer: "By the Heaven and the Morning Star" (Surah 86) and "By the Heaven , holding mansions of the stars" (Surah 85) and similar surahs of equal length. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0807

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Abdullah ibn Ubaydullah said: I went to Ibn Abbas accompanying some youths of Banu Hashim. We said to one of them: Ask Ibn Abbas: Did the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) recite (the Quran) in the noon and afternoon prayers? He replied: No. P...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0808

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: I do not know whether the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) would recite the Quran at the noon and afternoon prayer or not. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0815

Narrated Mu'adh ibn Abdullah al-Juhani: A man of Juhaynah told him that he had heard the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) reciting "When the earth is shaken" (Surah 99) in both rak'ahs of the morning prayer. But I do not know whether he had forgotten, or whether he recited it on ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0822

Narrated Ubadah ibn as-Samit: We were behind the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) at the dawn prayer, and he recited (the passage), but the recitation became difficult for him. Then when he finished, he said: Perhaps you recite behind your imam? We replied: Yes, it is so...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0825

Narrated AbuHurayrah: When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) finished a prayer in which he had recited (the Quran) loudly, he asked: Did any of you recite along with me just now? A man replied: Yes, Apostle of Allah. He said: I am wondering what is the matter with me ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0827

Narrated Imran ibn Husayn: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) led (us) in the noon prayer, and a man came and recited behind him "Glorify the name of thy Lord, the Most High" (Surah 87). When he finished (the prayer), he said: Which of you recited? They (the people) said: A man...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0829

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) came to us while we were reciting the Quran, and there were among us bedouins and the non-Arabs. He said: Recite, all is well. In the near future there will appear people who will straighten it (the Quran)...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0831

Narrated Abdullah ibn AbuAwfa: A man came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and said: I cannot memorise anything from the Quran: so teach me something which is sufficient for me. He said: Say Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Alla...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0837

Narrated Wa'il ibn Hujr: I saw that the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) placed his knees (on the ground) before placing his hands when he prostrated himself. And when he stood up, he raised his hands before his knees. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0840

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: (Does) one of you kneel down in his prayer as a camel kneels down (i.e. put his knees before his hands). ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0849

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) used to say between the two prostrations: "O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, heal me, and provide for me." ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0850

Narrated Asma' daughter of AbuBakr: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: One of you who believes in Allah and in the Last Day should not raise her head until the men raise their heads (after prostration) lest they should see the private parts of men. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0854

Narrated AbuMas'ud al-Badri: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A man's prayer does not avail him unless he keeps his back steady when bowing and prostrating. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0856

Narrated Rifa'ah ibn Rafi': A man entered the mosque...... He then narrated the tradition like the one narrated in (No55). This version is as follows: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The prayer of anyone is not perfect unless he performs ablution perfectly; he should t...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0857

Narrated Rifa'ah ibn Rafi': This version (of Hadith No 856) adds: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: The prayer of any of you is not complete until he performs ablution perfectly, as Allah, the Exalted, has ordered you. He should wash his face and hands up to the...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0861

Narrated AbdurRahman ibn Shibl: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) prohibited to peck like a crow, and to spread (the forearms) like a wild beast, and to fix a place in the mosque like a camel which fixes its place. These are the wordings of Qutaybah. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0862

Narrated Uqbah ibn Amr al-Ansari: Salim al-Barrad said: We came to AbuMas'ud Uqbah ibn Amr al-Ansari and said to him: Tell us about the prayer of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). He stood up before us in the mosque and said the takbir. When he bowed, he placed his h...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0863

Narrated AbuHurayrah: Anas ibn Hakim ad-Dabbi said that he feared Ziyad or Ibn Ziyad; so he came to Medina and met AbuHurayrah. He attributed his lineage to me and I became a member of his lineage. AbuHurayrah said (to me): O youth, should I not narrate a tradition to you? I...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0865

Narrated Tamim ad-Dari: Tamim reported this tradition from the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) as (Hadith No 863). This version adds: Then zakat will be considered in a similar way. Then all the actions will be considered accordingly. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0868

Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir: When "Glorify the name of your mighty Lord" was revealed, the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Use it when bowing, and when "Glorify the name of your most high Lord" was revealed, he said: Use it when prostrating yourself. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0869

Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir: The above (No 868) tradition has also been reported through a different chain of narrators by Uqbah ibn Amir to the same effect. This version adds: When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) bowed, he said: "Glory and praise be to my mighty Lord" ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0872

Narrated Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja'i: I stood up to pray along with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him); he got up and recited Surat al-Baqarah (Surah 2). When he came to a verse which spoke of mercy, he stopped and made supplication, and when he came to verse which spoke ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0873

Narrated Hudhayfah: Hudhayfah saw the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) praying at night. He said: Allah is most great" three times, "Possessor of kingdom, grandeur, greatness and majesty." He then began (his prayer) and recited Surah al-Baqarah; then he bowed and he paus...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0879

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to make supplication during the prayer saying: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the punishment of the grave; I seek refuge in Thee from the trial of the Antichrist; I seek refuge in Thee from t...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0880

Narrated AbuLayla al-Ansari: I prayed by the side of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) in the supererogatory prayer and I heard him say: "I refuge in Allah from the Hell-Fire; woe to the inmates of the Hell-fire!" ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0885

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When one of you bows, he should say three time,:"Glory be to my mighty Lord," and when he prostrates, he should say: "Glory be to my most high Lord" three times. This is the minimum number. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0886

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: When one of you recites "By the fig and the olive" (Surah 95) and comes to its end "Is not Allah the best judge?" (verse 8), he should say: "Certainly, and I am one of those who testify to that." When one r...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0887

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: I did not offer behind anyone after the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) a prayer like the prayer offered by the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) than this youth, i.e. Umar ibn AbdulAziz. We estimated reciting glorification ten times in his b...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0888

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Ibn Abbas reported the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) as saying: I have been commanded - according to the version of Hammad: Your Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) was commanded - to prostrate on seven (bones), and not to fold back the hair or the clothin...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0891

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Both hands prostrate as the face prostrates. When one of you puts his face (on the ground) he should put his hands too (on the ground). And when he raises it, he should raise them too. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0895

Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib: Al-Bara' described to us (the nature of prostration). He placed his hands (palms), reclined on his knees, and raised his hips; he said: This is how the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to prostrate himself. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0898

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: I came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) from behind. I saw the whiteness of his armpits and he kept his arms away from his sides and raised his stomach (from the ground). ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0899

Narrated Ahmar ibn Jaz': When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) prostrated himself, he kept his arms far away from his sides so much so that we took pity on him. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0901

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Companions of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) complained to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) about the hardship when they kept their forearms far away from their sides while prostrating. He said: Take help with the elbows (by spreading them on the gr...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0902

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: Sa'id ibn Ziyad ibn Subayh al-Hanafi said: I prayed by the side of Ibn Umar and I put my hands on my waist. When he finished his prayer, He said: This is a cross in prayer; the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to forbid it. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0903

Narrated Abdullah ibn ash-Shikhkhir: I saw the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) praying and a sound came from his breast like the rumbling of a mill owing to weeping. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0906

Narrated Al-Miswar ibn Yazid al-Maliki: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) recited - Yahya (sub narrator) said: Sometimes al-Miswar said: I prayed along with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and witnessed that he recited - the Quran during the prayer and omitte...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0908

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Ali, do not instruct the imam during the prayer. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0909

Narrated AbuDharr: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Allah, the Most High, continues to turn favourably towards a servant while he is engaged in prayer as long as he does not look to the side (by turning the neck), but if he does so, He turns away from him. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0916

Narrated Sahl ibn al-Hanzaliyyah: The iqamah for the morning prayer was pronounced and the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) began to offer prayer while he was looking at the mountain-pass. (AbuDawud elaborated that the Prophet had sent a horseman to the mountain-pass at ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0918

Narrated AbuQatadah: We were sitting in the mosque when the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) came upon us carrying Umamah daughter of Abul'As ibn ar-Rabi'. Her mother was Zaynab daughter of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). She (Umamah) was a child and he (the Pr...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0921

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Kill the two black things during prayer, the snake and scorpion. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0922

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was praying with his door bolted. I came and asked to have the door opened. He walked and opened the door for me. He then returned to his place for prayer. He (the narrator Urwah) mentioned that the doo...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0924

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: We used to salute during prayer and talk about our needs. I came to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and found him praying. I saluted him, but he did not respond to me. I recalled what happened to me in the past and in the present. When ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0925

Narrated Suhayb: I passed by the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) who was praying. I saluted him and he returned it by making a sign. The narrator said: I do not know but that he said: He made a sign with his finger. This is the version reported by Qutaybah. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 3: 0927

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) went to Quba to offer prayer. Then the Ansar (the Helpers) came to him and gave him a salutation while he was engaged in prayer. I asked Bilal: How did you find the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) resp...