The Book on Salat (Prayer)

(Another chain with a similar narration) from Abu Hurairah, : from the Prophet.

Abu Hurairah narrated that : Allah's Messenger said: "One of you does not cease to be in Salat as long as he is waiting for it. And the angels do not cease praying for one of you as long as he remains in the Masjid (saying): 'Allah! Forgive him. O Allah! Have mercy upon him' - as long as he does not commit Hadath." A man from Hadramawt said: "And just what is Hadath Abu Hurairah?" He said: "Breaking wind, or passing gas."

Ibn Abbas narrated: "Allah's Messenger performed Salat on a Khumrah."

Abu Sa'eed narrated: "The Prophet performed Salat on a Hasir."

Anas bin Malik narrated: "Allah's Messenger used to mingle with us such that he said to my younger brother: 'O Abu Umair! What did the Nughair do?'" He (Anas) said: "A Bisat of ours would be sprinkled (with water) to perform Salat on."

Mu'adh ibn Jabal narrated: "The Prophet liked to perform Salat in Al-Hitan."

Muba bin Talhah narrated from his father (Talhah) that : Allah's Messenger said: "When one of you placed something like the post (handle) of the camel saddle in front of him, then let him perform Salat and not concern himself with who passes beyond that."

Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhni sent a message to Abu Juhaim asking him what he had heard from Allah's Messenger about passing in front of a person who was performing Salat. Abu Juhaim said : that Allah's Messenger said: "If the one who passed in front of the person performing Salat knew what he was doing, then for him to stop (and wait for forty) would be better for him than to pass in front of him."

Ibn Abbas narrated: "I was a companion rider on a female donkey with Al-Fadl. We came while the Prophet and his Companions were performing Salat at Mina." He said: "We dismounted from it and joined the row. The donkey then passed in front of them, and this did not invalidate their Salat."

Abu Dharr said that : Allah's Messenger said: "When a man performs Salat, and there is nothing in front of him like the post of a saddle, or a camel saddle, then his Salat is severed by (passing of) a black dog, a woman, and a donkey." It was said to Abu Dharr: "What is the problem with the black dog rather than the red or white one?" He said: "O my nephew! I asked Allah's Messenger just as you have asked me. He said: 'The black dog is a Shaitan (devil).'"

Umar bin Abi Salamah narrated that he saw : Allah's Messenger performing Salat in the house of Umm Salamah wrapped in one garment.

Al-Bara bin Azib narrated: "When Allah's Messener arrived in Al-Madinah, he faced Bait Al-Maqdis in Salat for sixteen or seventeen months. Allah's Messenger longed to face the direction of the Ka'bah, so Allah Most High revealed: Verily! We have seen the turning of your face towards the heaven. Surely We shall turn you o a Qiblah that shall please you. So turn your face in the direction of Al-Masjid Al-Haram.So he faced the Ka'bah, and he liked that. A man performed the Asr prayer with him, then passed by some of the Ansar who were bowing in Salat for Asr while facing Bait Al-Maqdis." He told them that he had faced the direction of the Ka'bah, so they changed (their direction) while they were bowing." [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ibn Umar, Ibn Abbas, Umarah bin Aws, Amr bin Awf Al-Muzani and Anas.

Ibn Umar said: "They were bowing during the Subh (Fajr) Prayer."

Abu Hurairah narrated that : Allah's Messenger said: "What is between the east and the west is Qiblah."

Abu Hurairah narrated: (Another chain with a similar narration)

(Another chain narrating that) Abu Hurairah narrated that : Allah's Messenger said: "What is between the east and the west is Qiblah."

Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabi'ah narrated from his father who said: "We were with the Prophet on a journey on a very dark night and we did not know the direction of the Qiblah. So each man among us prayed in his own direction. In the morning when we mentioned that to the Prophet, then the following was revealed: So where ever you turn, there is the Face of Allah."

Ibn Umar narrated: "The Prophet prohibited Salat from being performed in seven places: the dung heap, the slaughtering area, the graveyard, the commonly used road, the wash area, in the area that camels rest at, and above the House of Allah (the Ka'bah)."

Ibn Umar narrated: (Another chain with a similar narration)

Abu Hurairah narrated that : Allah's Messenger said: "Perform Salat in sheep pens but do not perform Salat in the camels' resting area."

(Another chain) from Abu Hurairah, : from the Prophet and it is the same or similar.

Anas bin Malik narrated: "The Prophet would perform Salat in sheep pens."

Jabir narrated: "The Prophet dispatched me for something he needed. I came to him while he was performing Salat on his mount, heading east, he made the prostrations lower than the bowing."

Ibn Umar narrated: "The Prophet performed Salat towards his she-camel, or his mount, and he would perform Salat while on his mount, whichever direction it was facing."

Anas conveyed that : the Prophet said: "When supper is present and the Iqamah for Salat has been called, then begin with supper."

Ibn Umar narrated that: the Prophet said: "When the supper is presented and the Iqamah is called for Salat, then begin with the supper."

Aishah narrated that : Allah's Messenger said: "When one of you is sleepy and he is performing Salat, then let him lie down until the sleep is gone from him. For when one of you performs Salat while he is sleepy, perhaps he wants to seek forgiveness but he curses himself."

Abu Atiyyah narrated that : a man among them said: "Malik bin Al-Huwairith came to us in our Musalla to narrate. One day when it was time for Salat, we told him to go ahead (to lead the prayer). He said: 'Let one of you go forward, until I narrate to you why I would not go forward (to lead prayer): I heard Allah's Messenger saying: "Whoever visits a people, then he does not lead them, but a man among them leads them."

Thawban narrated that : the Prophet said: "It is not allowed for a man to look into the interior of a man's house until he has been given permission, for if he looks, then he has entered. And one who leads people (in Salat) should not supplicate for himself alone with the exclusion of his congregation. If he does, then he has betrayed them. And one is not to stand for Salat while he has to urinate."

Anas bin Malik narrated: "Allah's Messenger cursed three people: A man who leads people (in Salat) while they dislike him, a woman who spends a night while her husband with her, and a man who hears: 'Hayya Alal Falah (come to success)' then does not respond."