Abu Qilaba said, "Malik bin Huwairith came to us and led us in the prayer in this mosque of ours and
said, 'I lead you in prayer but I do not want to offer the prayer but just to show you how Allah's
Apostle performed his prayers." I asked Abu Qilaba, "How was the prayer of Malik bin Huwairith?"
He replied, "Like the prayer of this Sheikh of ours-- i.e. `Amr bin Salima." That Sheikh used to
pronounce the Takbir perfectly and when he raised his head from the second prostration he would sit
for a while and then support himself on the ground and get up.
Abu Sa`id led us in the prayer and said the Takbir aloud on arising from the prostration, and on
prostrating, on rising again, and on getting up from the second rak`a. Abu Sa`id said, "I saw the
Prophet doing the same."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 1, Book 12, Hadith 788
Hadith 826
Chapter 144: Saying Takbir on rising from the two prostrations - كتاب الأذان
Narrated Mutarrif:
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا غَيْلاَنُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ، قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ أَنَا وَعِمْرَانُ، صَلاَةً خَلْفَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ فَكَانَ إِذَا سَجَدَ كَبَّرَ، وَإِذَا رَفَعَ كَبَّرَ، وَإِذَا نَهَضَ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ كَبَّرَ، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ أَخَذَ عِمْرَانُ بِيَدِي فَقَالَ لَقَدْ صَلَّى بِنَا هَذَا صَلاَةَ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم. أَوْ قَالَ لَقَدْ ذَكَّرَنِي هَذَا صَلاَةَ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
`Imran and I prayed behind `Ali bin Abi Talib and he said Takbir on prostrating, on rising and on
getting up after the two rak`at (i.e. after the second rak`a). When the prayer was finished, `Imran took
me by the hand and said, "He (`Ali) has prayed the prayer of Muhammad" (or said, "He made us
remember the prayer of Muhammad).
I saw `Abdullah bin `Umar crossing his legs while sitting in the prayer and I, a mere youngster in
those days, did the same. Ibn `Umar forbade me to do so, and said, "The proper way is to keep the
right foot propped up and bend the left in the prayer." I said questioningly, "But you are doing so
(crossing the legs)." He said, "My feet cannot bear my weight."
I was sitting with some of the companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and we were discussing about the way of
praying of the Prophet. Abu Humaid As-Sa`idi said, "I remember the prayer of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) better
than any one of you. I saw him raising both his hands up to the level of the shoulders on saying the
Takbir; and on bowing he placed his hands on both knees and bent his back straight, then he stood up
straight from bowing till all the vertebrate took their normal positions. In prostrations, he placed both
his hands on the ground with the forearms away from the ground and away from his body, and his toes
were facing the Qibla. On sitting In the second rak`a he sat on his left foot and propped up the right
one; and in the last rak`a he pushed his left foot forward and kept the other foot propped up and sat
over the buttocks."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 1, Book 12, Hadith 791
Hadith 829
Chapter 146: Whoever considered that the first Tashah-hud is not compulsory - كتاب الأذان
Narrated `Abdullah bin Buhaina:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ هُرْمُزَ، مَوْلَى بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ـ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً مَوْلَى رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ ـ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ ابْنَ بُحَيْنَةَ ـ وَهْوَ مِنْ أَزْدِ شَنُوءَةَ وَهْوَ حَلِيفٌ لِبَنِي عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم. أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَلَّى بِهِمُ الظُّهْرَ فَقَامَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُولَيَيْنِ لَمْ يَجْلِسْ، فَقَامَ النَّاسُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا قَضَى الصَّلاَةَ، وَانْتَظَرَ النَّاسُ تَسْلِيمَهُ، كَبَّرَ وَهْوَ جَالِسٌ، فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ.
(he was from the tribe of Uzd Shanu'a [??] and was the ally of the tribe of `Abdul-Manaf and was one
of the companions of the Prophet): Once the Prophet (ﷺ) led us in the Zuhr prayer and stood up after the
second rak`a and did not sit down. The people stood up with him. When the prayer was about to end
and the people were waiting for him to say the Taslim, he said Takbir while sitting and prostrated
twice before saying the Taslim and then he said the Taslim."
Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) led us in the Zuhr prayer and got up (after the prostrations of the second rak`a)
although he should have sat (for the Tashahhud). So at the end of the prayer, he prostrated twice
while sitting (prostrations of Sahu).
`Abdullah said, "Whenever we prayed behind the Prophet (ﷺ) we used to recite (in sitting) 'Peace be on
Gabriel, Michael, peace be on so and so. Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) looked back at us and said, 'Allah
Himself is As-Salam (Peace), and if anyone of you prays then he should say, at-Tahiyatu li l-lahi wa ssalawatu
wa t-taiyibat. As-salamu `alalika aiyuha n-Nabiyu wa rahmatu l-lahi wa barakatuh. Assalamu
`alaina wa `ala `ibadi l-lahi s-salihin. (All the compliments, prayers and good things are due to
Allah; peace be on you, O Prophet, and Allah's mercy and blessings [be on you]. Peace be on us an on
the pious subjects of Allah). (If you say that, it will reach all the subjects in the heaven and the earth).
Ash-hadu al-la ilaha illa l-lah, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan `Abduhu wa Rasuluh. (I testify that
there is no Deity [worthy of worship] but Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is His slave and His
Apostle).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 1, Book 12, Hadith 794
Hadith 832
Chapter 149: Invocation before the Taslim - كتاب الأذان
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَدْعُو فِي الصَّلاَةِ " اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَمَاتِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ ". فَقَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا تَسْتَعِيذُ مِنَ الْمَغْرَمِ فَقَالَ " إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا غَرِمَ حَدَّثَ فَكَذَبَ، وَوَعَدَ فَأَخْلَفَ ". وَعَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَسْتَعِيذُ فِي صَلاَتِهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to invoke Allah in the prayer saying "Allahumma inni
a`udhu bika min `adhabi l-qabr, wa a`udhu bika min fitnati l-masihi d-dajjal, wa a`udhu bika min
fitnati l-mahya wa fitnati l-mamat. Allahumma inni a`udhu bika mina l-ma'thami wa l-maghram. (O
Allah, I seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave, from the afflictions of the imposter-
Messiah, and from the afflictions of life and death. O Allah, I seek refuge with You from sins and
from debt)." Somebody said to him, "Why do you so frequently seek refuge with Allah from being in
debt?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "A person in debt tells lies whenever he speaks, and breaks promises
whenever he makes (them)." `Aisha also narrated: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in his prayer seeking refuge
with Allah from the afflictions of Ad-Dajjal.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 1, Book 12, Hadith 795
Hadith 834
Chapter 149: Invocation before the Taslim - كتاب الأذان
Narrated Abu Bakr As-Siddiq:
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ. أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلِّمْنِي دُعَاءً أَدْعُو بِهِ فِي صَلاَتِي. قَالَ
" قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا وَلاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، وَارْحَمْنِي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ ".
I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to teach me an invocation so that I may invoke Allah with it in my prayer. He
told me to say, "Allahumma inni zalumtu nafsi zulman kathiran, Wala yaghfiru dh-dhunuba illa anta,
fa ghfir li maghfiratan min `indika, wa r-hamni, innaka anta l-ghafuru r-rahim (O Allah! I have done
great injustice to myself and none except You forgives sins, so bestow on me a forgiveness from You,
and Have Mercy on me, You are the Forgiver, the Merciful).
When we prayed with the Prophet (ﷺ) we used to say, "Peace be on Allah from His slaves and peace be on
so and so." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Don't say As-Salam be on Allah, for He Himself is As-Salam, but say,
at-tahiyatu li l-lahi wa s-salawatu wa t-taiyibat. As-salamu `alaika aiyuha n-Nabiyu wa rahmatu l-lahi
wa barakatuh. As-salamu `alaina wa `ala `ibadi l-lahi s-salihin. (If you say this then it will reach all the
slaves in heaven or between heaven and earth). Ash-hadu al la-ilaha illa l-lah, wa ash-hadu anna
Muhammadan `Abduhu wa Rasuluh.' Then select the invocation you like best and recite it." (See
Hadith No. 794, 795 & 796).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 1, Book 12, Hadith 798
Hadith 837
Chapter 152: Taslim [turning the face to the right and then to the left and saying "As-Salamu alikum wa rah mat-ullah" at the end of the Salat (prayers)] - كتاب الأذان
Narrated Um Salama:
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ هِنْدٍ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ، أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا سَلَّمَ قَامَ النِّسَاءُ حِينَ يَقْضِي تَسْلِيمَهُ، وَمَكَثَ يَسِيرًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُومَ. قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ فَأُرَى ـ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ ـ أَنَّ مُكْثَهُ لِكَىْ يَنْفُذَ النِّسَاءُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُدْرِكَهُنَّ مَنِ انْصَرَفَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ.
Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) finished his prayers with Taslim, the women would get up and he would
stay on for a while in his place before getting up. Ibn Shihab said, "I think (and Allah knows better),
that the purpose of his stay was that the women might leave before the men who had finished their
prayer. "
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 1, Book 12, Hadith 800
Hadith 839
Chapter 154: Whoever did not say (a Taslim) in addition to the Taslim of the Imam but thought that Taslim of the Salat (prayer) was sufficient - كتاب الأذان
Narrated Mahmud bin Ar-Rabi`:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَحْمُودُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ،، وَزَعَمَ، أَنَّهُ عَقَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَعَقَلَ مَجَّةً مَجَّهَا مِنْ دَلْوٍ كَانَ فِي دَارِهِمْ. قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عِتْبَانَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ الأَنْصَارِيَّ، ثُمَّ أَحَدَ بَنِي سَالِمٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي لِقَوْمِي بَنِي سَالِمٍ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي أَنْكَرْتُ بَصَرِي، وَإِنَّ السُّيُولَ تَحُولُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ مَسْجِدِ قَوْمِي، فَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّكَ جِئْتَ فَصَلَّيْتَ فِي بَيْتِي مَكَانًا، حَتَّى أَتَّخِذَهُ مَسْجِدًا فَقَالَ " أَفْعَلُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ". فَغَدَا عَلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مَعَهُ بَعْدَ مَا اشْتَدَّ النَّهَارُ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَذِنْتُ لَهُ، فَلَمْ يَجْلِسْ حَتَّى قَالَ " أَيْنَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ مِنْ بَيْتِكَ ". فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ، فَقَامَ فَصَفَفْنَا خَلْفَهُ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ، وَسَلَّمْنَا حِينَ سَلَّمَ.
I remember Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and also the mouthful of water which he took from a bucket in our house
and ejected (on me). I heard from `Itban bin Malik Al-Ansari, who was one from Bani Salim, saying,
"I used to lead my tribe of Bani Salim in prayer. Once I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said to him, 'I have
weak eyesight and at times the rainwater flood intervenes between me and the mosque of my tribe and
I wish that you would come to my house and pray at some place so that I could take that place as a
place for praying (mosque). He said, "Allah willing, I shall do that." Next day Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) along
with Abu Bakr, came to my house after the sun had risen high and he asked permission to enter. I gave
him permission, but he didn't sit till he said to me, "Where do you want me to pray in your house?" I
pointed to a place in the house where I wanted him to pray. So he stood up for the prayer and we
aligned behind him. He completed the prayer with Taslim and we did the same simultaneously."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 1, Book 12, Hadith 801
Hadith 841
Chapter 155: The Dhikr (remembering Allah by Glorifying, Praising and Magnifying Him) after As-Salat (the prayer) - كتاب الأذان
Narrated Abu Ma`bad:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو، أَنَّ أَبَا مَعْبَدٍ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَفْعَ الصَّوْتِ بِالذِّكْرِ حِينَ يَنْصَرِفُ النَّاسُ مِنَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم. وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ كُنْتُ أَعْلَمُ إِذَا انْصَرَفُوا بِذَلِكَ إِذَا سَمِعْتُهُ.
(the freed slave of Ibn `Abbas) Ibn `Abbas told me, "In the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) it was the custom to
celebrate Allah's praises aloud after the compulsory congregational prayers." Ibn `Abbas further said,
"When I heard the Dhikr, I would learn that the compulsory congregational prayer had ended."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 1, Book 12, Hadith 802
Hadith 842
Chapter 155: The Dhikr (remembering Allah by Glorifying, Praising and Magnifying Him) after As-Salat (the prayer) - كتاب الأذان
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، {عَنْ عَمْرٍو،} قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو مَعْبَدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَعْرِفُ انْقِضَاءَ صَلاَةِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِالتَّكْبِيرِ.
I used to recognize the completion of the prayer of the Prophet (ﷺ) by hearing Takbir.
Some poor people came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "The wealthy people will get higher grades and will
have permanent enjoyment and they pray like us and fast as we do. They have more money by which
they perform the Hajj, and `Umra; fight and struggle in Allah's Cause and give in charity." The
Prophet said, "Shall I not tell you a thing upon which if you acted you would catch up with those who
have surpassed you? Nobody would overtake you and you would be better than the people amongst
whom you live except those who would do the same. Say "Subhana l-lah", "Al hamdu li l-lah" and
"Allahu Akbar" thirty three times each after every (compulsory) prayer." We differed and some of us
said that we should say, "Subhan-al-lah" thirty three times and "Al hamdu li l-lah" thirty three times
and "Allahu Akbar" thirty four times. I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) who said, "Say, "Subhan-al-lah" and "Al
hamdu li l-lah" and "Allahu Akbar" all together [??], thirty three times."
(the clerk of Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba) Once Al-Mughira dictated to me in a letter addressed to
Muawiya that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to say after every compulsory prayer, "La ilaha illa l-lahu wahdahu la
sharika lahu, lahu l-mulku wa lahu l-hamdu, wa huwa `ala kulli shay'in qadir. Allahumma la mani`a
lima a`taita, wa la mu`tiya lima mana`ta, wa la yanfa`u dhal-jaddi minka l-jadd. [There is no Deity but
Allah, Alone, no Partner to Him. His is the Kingdom and all praise, and Omnipotent is he. O Allah!
Nobody can hold back what you gave, nobody can give what You held back, and no struggler's effort
can benefit against You]." And Al-Hasan said, "Al-jadd' means prosperity [??]."
The Prophet (ﷺ) led us in the Fajr prayer at Hudaibiya after a rainy night. On completion of the prayer, he
faced the people and said, "Do you know what your Lord has said (revealed)?" The people replied,
"Allah and His Apostle know better." He said, "Allah has said, 'In this morning some of my slaves
remained as true believers and some became non-believers; whoever said that the rain was due to the
Blessings and the Mercy of Allah had belief in Me and he disbelieves in the stars, and whoever said
that it rained because of a particular star had no belief in Me but believes in that star.' "
Once the Prophet (ﷺ) delayed the `Isha' prayer until midnight and then came to us. Having prayed he
faced us and said, "The people had prayed and slept but you were in the prayer as long as you were
waiting for it."
Ibn Umar used to offer prayers (Nawafil) at the place where he had offered the compulsory prayer. Al-Qasim (bin Muhammad bin Abi Bakr) did the same. The narration coming from Abu Hurairah (from the Prophet (ﷺ)) forbidding the Imam from offering prayers (optional prayer) at the same place where he was offered the compulsory prayer is incorrect.