The Book of Prayers
باب بَدْءِ الأَذَانِ:
Chapter: The Beginning Of The Adhan
2باب الأَمْرِ بِشَفْعِ الأَذَانِ وَإِيتَارِ الإِقَامَةِ:
Chapter: The Command to say the phrases of the Adhan twice and the phrases of the iqamah once, except the phrase, "Prayer is about to begin," which is to be said twice
3باب صِفَةِ الأَذَانِ:
Chapter: Description Of The Adhan
4باب اسْتِحْبَابِ اتِّخَاذِ مُؤَذِّنَيْنِ لِلْمَسْجِدِ الْوَاحِدِ:
Chapter: It Is Recommended To Have Two Mu'adhdhin In A Single Masjid
5باب جَوَازِ أَذَانِ الأَعْمَى إِذَا كَانَ مَعَهُ بَصِيرٌ:
Chapter: It Is Permissible For A Blind Man To Call The Adhan So long As There Is A Man With Him Who Sees
6باب الإِمْسَاكِ عَنِ الإِغَارَةِ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فِي دَارِ الْكُفْرِ إِذَا سُمِعَ فِيهِمُ الأَذَانُ:
Chapter: Refraining From Attacking People In Dar Al-Kufr (Non-Muslim Lands) If The Adhan Is Heard Among Them
7باب اسْتِحْبَابِ الْقَوْلِ مِثْلَ قَوْلِ الْمُؤَذِّنِ لِمَنْ سَمِعَهُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ يَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ لَهُ الْوَسِيلَةَ:
Chapter: It Is Recommended For The One Who Hears The Mu'adhdhin To Repeat His Words, Then To Send Salat Upon The Prophet (saws) And Ask Allah To Grant Him Al-Wasilah
8باب فَضْلِ الأَذَانِ وَهَرَبِ الشَّيْطَانِ عِنْدَ سَمَاعِهِ:
Chapter: The Virtue Of the Adhan, And The Shaitan Flees When He Hears It
9باب اسْتِحْبَابِ رَفْعِ الْيَدَيْنِ حَذْوَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ مَعَ تَكْبِيرَةِ الإِحْرَامِ وَالرُّكُوعِ وَفِي الرَّفْعِ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَأَنَّهُ لاَ يَفْعَلُهُ إِذَا رَفَعَ مِنَ السُّجُودِ:
Chapter: It Is Recommended To Raise The Hands Level With The Shoulders When Saying The Opening Takbir, When Bowing And When Rising From Bowing. But That Is Not To Be Done When Rising From The Prostration
10باب إِثْبَاتِ التَّكْبِيرِ فِي كُلِّ خَفْضٍ وَرَفْعٍ فِي الصَّلاَةِ إِلاَّ رَفْعَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ فَيَقُولُ فِيهِ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ:
Chapter: Affirming The Takbir For Every Movement Up Or Down In The Prayer, Except When Rising From Ruku' When One Should Say: Sami'aAllahu Liman Hamidah (Allah Hears Those Who Praise Him)
11باب وُجُوبِ قِرَاءَةِ الْفَاتِحَةِ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ وَإِنَّهُ إِذَا لَمْ يُحْسِنِ الْفَاتِحَةَ وَلاَ أَمْكَنَهُ تَعَلُّمُهَا قَرَأَ مَا تَيَسَّرَ لَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا:
Chapter: It Is Obligatory To Recite Al-Fatihah In Every Rak'ah; If A Person Cannot Recite Al-Fatihah Or Cannot Learn It, Then He Should Recite Whatever Else He Can Manage
12باب نَهْيِ الْمَأْمُومِ عَنْ جَهْرِهِ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ خَلْفَ إِمَامِهِ:
Chapter: Prohibiting The Follower From Reciting Aloud Behind An Imam
13باب حُجَّةِ مَنْ قَالَ لاَ يَجْهَرُ بِالْبَسْمَلَةِ:
Chapter: The Proof Of Those Who Say That The Basmalah Should Not Be Recited Aloud
14باب حُجَّةِ مَنْ قَالَ الْبَسْمَلَةُ آيَةٌ مِنْ أَوَّلِ كُلِّ سُورَةٍ سِوَى بَرَاءَةَ:
Chapter: The Proof Of Those Who Say That The Bismillah Is A Verse At The Beginning Of Every Surah, Except Bara'ah (At-Tawbah)
15باب وَضْعِ يَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى بَعْدَ تَكْبِيرَةِ الإِحْرَامِ تَحْتَ صَدْرِهِ فَوْقَ سُرَّتِهِ وَوَضْعِهِمَا فِي السُّجُودِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ:
Chapter: The Placing Of The Right Hand Over The Left Hand After The First Takbir In Prayer (takbir-i-tahrima) Below The Chest And Above The Navel And Then Placing Them Apposite The Shoulders In Prostration
16باب التَّشَهُّدِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ:
Chapter: The Tashah-hud In The Prayer
17باب الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ التَّشَهُّدِ:
Chapter: Sending Salat Upon The Prophet (saws) After The Tashah-hud
18باب التَّسْمِيعِ وَالتَّحْمِيدِ وَالتَّأْمِينِ:
Chapter: Saying "Sami'a Allahu liman Hamidah," Rabbana wa lakal-hamd," and "Amin"
19باب ائْتِمَامِ الْمَأْمُومِ بِالإِمَامِ:
Chapter: Following The Imam
20باب النَّهْيِ عَنْ مُبَادَرَةِ الإِمَامِ بِالتَّكْبِيرِ وَغَيْرِهِ:
Chapter: The Prohibition Of Preceding The Imam In Saying The Takbir Or Anything Else
21باب اسْتِخْلاَفِ الإِمَامِ إِذَا عَرَضَ لَهُ عُذْرٌ مِنْ مَرَضٍ وَسَفَرٍ وَغَيْرِهِمَا مَنْ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ وَأَنَّ مَنْ صَلَّى خَلْفَ إِمَامٍ جَالِسٍ لِعَجْزِهِ عَنِ الْقِيَامِ لَزِمَهُ الْقِيَامُ إِذَا قَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ وَنَسْخِ الْقُعُودِ خَلْفَ الْقَاعِدِ فِي حَقِّ مَنْ قَدَرَ عَلَى الْقِيَامِ:
Chapter: If The Imam Experiences An Excuse, From Illness, Or Travelling, Etc. He May Appoint Someone Else To Lead The People In Prayer; The One Who Offers Prayer Behind The Imam Sitting Because He Is Unable To Stand Must Stand If He Is Able To Do So; And The Abrogation Of Sitting Behind A Sitting Imam For Those Who Are Able To Stand
22باب تَقْدِيمِ الْجَمَاعَةِ مَنْ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ إِذَا تَأَخَّرَ الإِمَامُ وَلَمْ يَخَافُوا مَفْسَدَةً بِالتَّقْدِيمِ:
Chapter: The Congregation Appointing Someone To Lead Them If The Imam Is Delayed And If There Is No Fear Of Negative Repercussions
23باب تَسْبِيحِ الرَّجُلِ وَتَصْفِيقِ الْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا نَابَهُمَا شيء فِي الصَّلاَةِ:
Chapter: Men Saying The Tasbih And Women Clapping If They Notice Anything During The Prayer
24باب الأَمْرِ بِتَحْسِينِ الصَّلاَةِ وَإِتْمَامِهَا وَالْخُشُوعِ فِيهَا:
Chapter: The Command To Perform The Prayer Properly, To Complete It, And To Have Khushu' In It
25باب النَّهْيِ عَنْ سَبْقِ الإِمَامِ بِرُكُوعٍ أَوْ سُجُودٍ وَنَحْوِهِمَا:
Chapter: The Prohibition Of Preceding The Imam While Bowing, Prostrating And So On
26باب النَّهْيِ عَنْ رَفْعِ الْبَصَرِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ:
Chapter: The Prohibition On Lifting Ones Gaze To The Heavens When in Salat
27باب الأَمْرِ بَالسُّكُونِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ الإِشَارَةِ بِالْيَدِ وَرَفْعِهَا عِنْدَ السَّلاَمِ وَإِتْمَامِ الصُّفُوفِ الأُوَلِ وَالتَّرَاصِّ فِيهَا وَالأَمْرِ بِالاِجْتِمَاعِ:
Chapter: The Command To Be Calm During The Prayer And The Prohibition Of Gesturing With One's Hand And Raising It When Saying The Salam; And Completing The First Rows, Aligning In Them, And The Command To Come Together
28باب تَسْوِيَةِ الصُّفُوفِ وَإِقَامَتِهَا وَفَضْلِ الأَوَّلِ فَالأَوَّلِ مِنْهَا وَالاِزْدِحَامِ عَلَى الصَّفِّ الأَوَّلِ وَالْمُسَابَقَةِ إِلَيْهَا وَتَقْدِيمِ أُولِي الْفَضْلِ وَتَقْرِيبِهِمْ مِنَ الإِمَامِ:
Chapter: Straightening The Rows; The Virtue Of The Front Row And Then The Next; Competing With One Another For The Front Row; The People Of Virtue Should Take Precedence And Be Closest To The Imam
29باب أَمْرِ النِّسَاءِ الْمُصَلِّيَاتِ وَرَاءَ الرِّجَالِ أَنْ لاَ يَرْفَعْنَ رُءُوسَهُنَّ مِنَ السُّجُودِ حَتَّى يَرْفَعَ الرِّجَالُ.
Chapter: The Command To Women Who Are Praying Behind Men Not To Raise Their Heads From Prostration Before The Men Have Done So
30باب خُرُوجِ النِّسَاءِ إِلَى الْمَسَاجِدِ إِذَا لَمْ يَتَرَتَّبْ عَلَيْهِ فِتْنَةٌ وَأَنَّهَا لاَ تَخْرُجُ مُطَيَّبَةً:
Chapter: Women Going Out To The Masjid So Long As No Fitnah Results From That; and They Should Not Go Out Wearing Perfume
31باب التَّوَسُّطِ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ الْجَهْرِيَّةِ بَيْنَ الْجَهْرِ وَالإِسْرَارِ إِذَا خَافَ مِنَ الْجَهْرِ مَفْسَدَةً:
Chapter: Moderation When Reciting Qur'an In A Prayer When It Is To Be Recited Out Loud, And Making it Neither Too Loud Nor Too Soft, And When There Is The Fear Of Negative Consequences If It Is Recited Out Loud
32باب الاِسْتِمَاعِ لِلْقِرَاءَةِ:
Chapter: Listening to the Recitation
33باب الْجَهْرِ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الصُّبْحِ وَالْقِرَاءَةِ عَلَى الْجِنِّ:
Chapter: Reciting Out Aloud In As-Subh And Reciting To The Jinn
34باب الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ:
Chapter: The Recitation For Zuhr And 'Asr
35باب الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الصُّبْحِ:
Chapter: Recitation in As-Subh
36باب الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الْعِشَاءِ:
Chapter: Recitation During 'Isha
37باب أَمْرِ الأَئِمَّةِ بِتَخْفِيفِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي تَمَامٍ:
Chapter: The Command To The Imam To Make The Prayer Brief But Complete
38باب اعْتِدَالِ أَرْكَانِ الصَّلاَةِ وَتَخْفِيفِهَا فِي تَمَامٍ:
Chapter: Moderation In All Pillars Of The Prayer, And Making It Brief Yet Complete
39باب مُتَابَعَةِ الإِمَامِ وَالْعَمَلِ بَعْدَهُ:
Chapter: Following The Imam And Acting After Him
40باب مَا يَقُولُ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ:
Chapter: What Is To Be Said When Raising One's Head From Bowing
41باب النَّهْيِ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ:
Chapter: The Prohibition Of Reciting The Quran While Bowing And Prostrating
42باب مَا يُقَالُ فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ:
Chapter: What Is To Be Said While Bowing And Prostrating
43باب فَضْلِ السُّجُودِ وَالْحَثِّ عَلَيْهِ:
Chapter: The Virtue Of Prostration And Encouragcrneni To Do So
44باب أَعْضَاءِ السُّجُودِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنْ كَفِّ الشَّعْرِ وَالثَّوْبِ وَعَقْصِ الرَّأْسِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ:
Chapter: The Limbs Of Prostration And The Prohibition Of Tucking Up One's Hair And Garment Or Having Ones Hair In A Braid When Praying
45باب الاِعْتِدَالِ فِي السُّجُودِ وَوَضْعِ الْكَفَّيْنِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَرَفْعِ الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ عَنِ الْجَنْبَيْنِ وَرَفْعِ الْبَطْنِ عَنِ الْفَخِذَيْنِ فِي السُّجُودِ:
Chapter: Moderation In Prostration; Placing The Hands On The Ground, Keeping The Elbows Up, Away From The Sides, And Lifting The Belly Up Off The Thighs When Prostrating
46باب مَا يَجْمَعُ صِفَةَ الصَّلاَةِ وَمَا يُفْتَتَحُ بِهِ وَيُخْتَمُ بِهِ وَصِفَةَ الرُّكُوعِ وَالاِعْتِدَالِ مِنْهُ وَالسُّجُودِ وَالاِعْتِدَالِ مِنْهُ وَالتَّشَهُّدِ بَعْدَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنَ الرُّبَاعِيَّةِ وَصِفَةَ الْجُلُوسِ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ وَفِي التَّشَهُّدِ الأَوَّلِ:
Chapter: The Description Of The Prayer, With What It Begins And Ends. The Description Of Bowing And Moderation Therein, And Of Prostration And Moderation Therein. Tashah-hud After Each Two Rak'ah Of Four Rak'ah Prayers. Description Ol Sitting Between The Two Prostrations, And In The First Tashah-hud
47باب سُتْرَةِ الْمُصَلِّي:
Chapter: The Sutrah (Screen) For One Who Is Praying, And The Recommendation To Pray Facing A Sutrah. The Ruling On Passing In Front Of One Who Is Praying, And Preventing One Who Wants To Pass In Front. It Is Permissible To Lie Down In Front Of One Who Is Praying, Praying Towards One's Mount. The Command To Stand Close To The Sutrah. The Height Of The Suirah, And Related Matters
48باب مَنْعِ الْمَارِّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْمُصَلِّي:
Chapter: Preventing One Who Wants To Pass In Front Of A Praying Person
49باب دُنُوِّ الْمُصَلِّي مِنَ السُّتْرَةِ:
Chapter: The Praying Person Standing Close To The Sutrah
50باب قَدْرِ مَا يَسْتُرُ الْمُصَلِّيَ:
Chapter: The Height Of That Which Serves As A Sutrah For The One Who Is Praying
51باب الاِعْتِرَاضِ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْمُصَلِّي:
Chapter: Lying In Front Of One Who Is Praying
52باب الصَّلاَةِ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ وَصِفَةِ لُبْسِهِ:
Chapter: Praying In A Single Garment, And How It Should Be Worn
All Hadith in This Chapter
