'Abdallah b. Mas'ud said: Before we went to Abyssinia we used to greet God’s Messenger when he was engaged in prayer and he would respond to us, but when we returned from Abyssinia I came to him and found him praying. I…
Ibu ‘Umar said he asked Bilal how the Prophet (ﷺ) responded to them when they greeted him while he was engaged in prayer, and he replied, “He used to make a sign with his hand.”
Tirmidhi transmitted it. In Nasa'i’s versi…
Rifa'a b. Rafi‘ said : I prayed behind God's Messenger, and on sneezing I said, “Praise be to God, great, good, blessed and abounding in good, as our Lord wishes and is pleased with.” When God's Messenger finished his pr…
Abu Huraira reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Yawning during prayer comes from the devil, so when one of you yawns he must restrain it as much as possible.”
Tirmidhi transmitted it. In another version by him and by Ib…
Ka‘b b. ‘Ujra reported God’s Messenger as saying, “When one of you performs ablution and does it well, then goes out making for the mosque, he must not interwine his fingers for he is engaged in prayer.”
Ahmad, Tirmidhi,…
Abu Dharr reported God’s Messenger as saying, “God 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, but if he does so He departs from him.”
A…
Anas told that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Keep looking in the direction towards which you prostrate yourself, Anas.”
Baihaqi transmitted it in [Kitab] as-sunan al-kabir through al-Hasan from Anas, tracing it back to the Prop…
He reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Sonny, avoid turning to the side when you are engaged in prayer, for turning to the side produces destruction. If you must do it, do it in the voluntary, but not in the obligatory…
Ibn ‘Abbas said that God’s Messenger used to glance right and left during prayer but did not turn his neck to look behind him.
Tirmidhi and Nasa’i transmitted it.
‘Adi b. Thabit quoted his father as saying that his grandfather traced the following back to the Prophet, “Sneezing, drowsing and yawning during prayer, also menstruation, vomiting and nose bleeding come from the devil.”…
Mutarrif b. ‘Abdallah [b.] ash-Shikhkhir quoted his father as saying, “I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was engaged in prayer, and heard a sound from within him like the bubbling of a pot,” meaning that he was weeping.…
Abu Dharr reported God’s Messenger as saying, “When one of you gets up to pray he must not remove pebbles, for mercy is facing him.”*
* Meaning that such an action is unfitting when one is in God’s presence.
Ahmad, Tirmi…
Umm Salama said: The Prophet (ﷺ) saw a servant of ours called Aflah blowing when he prostrated himself, and said, “Throw dust on your face, Aflah.”
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Ibn ‘Umar reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Resting the hands on the waist in prayer is the comfort of those who go to hell.”
[Baghawi] transmitted it in Sharh as-sunna.
Abu Huraira reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Kill the two black things during prayer, the snake and the scorpion.”
Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Nasa’i has something to the same effect.
‘A’isha said, “When God’s Messenger was praying voluntary prayers with his door bolted I came and asked to have the door opened, and he went and opened it for me, then returned to his place of prayer.” She mentioned that…
Talq b. ‘Ali* reported God’s Messenger as saying, “When any of you breaks wind during prayer, he must withdraw, perform ablution, and repeat the prayer.”
* This is a mistake in the text of the Mishkat. The name is ‘Ali b…
‘Abdallah b. ‘Amr reported God’s Messenger as saying, “When one of you breaks wind when he has sat at the end of his prayer before giving the salutation, his prayer is valid.”
Tirmidhi transmitted it saying that this is…