Anas bin Malik (RA) reported. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Perform bowing and prostration well. By Allah. I see you even if you are behind me, or he said'. (1 see you) behind my back when you bow or prostrate.

This hadith has been narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA) by another chain of transmitters except for the words narrated by Rabi' bin Muslim:" Allah may make his face like the face of an ass."

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Straighten your rows. for the straightening of a row is a part of the perfection of prayer.

Nu'man bin Bashir reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Straighten your rows, or Allah would create dissension amongst you.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If you were to know, or if they were to know, what (excellence) lies in the first rows, there would have been drawing of lots (for filling them); and Ibn Harb said: For (occupying) the first row there would have been drawing of lots.

Jabir bin ahadeeth reported: 'Umar said to Sa'd: They complain against you in every matter, even in prayer. He (Sa'd) said: I prolong (standing) in the first two (rak'ahs) and shorten it in the last two, and I make no negligence in following the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) . He ('Umar) remarked: This is what is expected of you, or, that is what I deemed of you.

Ziyad bin 'Ilaqa reported it on the authority of his uncle that he said the morning prayer with the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) and he recited in the first rak'ah: "And the tall palm trees having flower spikes piled one above another (l. 10) or perhaps Surah Qaf. 00000

Jabir bin ahadeeth reported: The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in the noon prayer: "By the night when it envelopes" (xcii.), and in the afternoon like this, but he prolonged the morning prayer as compared to that (noon and afternoon prayers).

Jabir bin ahadeeth reported: The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in the noon prayer: "Glorify the name of thy Most High Lord in the morning prayer longer than this" (lxxxvii.)

'Adi reported: I heard al-Bara' narrating it from the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) that while in a journey he said the night prayer and recited in one of the two rak'ahs: "By the Fig and the Olive" (Su'rah xcv.).

Uthman bin Abu'l-'As reported: The last thing which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) instructed me was: When you lead the people in prayer, be brief.

Hakam reported: There dominated in Kufa a man whose name was mentioned as Zaman bin al-Ash'ath, who ordered Abu 'Ubaidah bin 'Abdullah to lead people in prayer and he accordingly used to lead them. Whenever he raised his head after bowing, he stood up equal to the time that I can recite (this supplication): O Allah! our Lord! unto Thee be the praise which would fill the heavens and the earth, and that which will please Thee besides them. Worthy art Thou of all praise and glory. None can prevent that which Thou bestowest, and none can bestow that which Thou preventest. And the greatness of the great will not avail him against Thee. Hakam (the narrator) said: I made a mention of that to Abdul Rahman ibn Abi Laila who reported: I heard al-Bara' bin 'Azib (RA) say that the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his bowing, and when he lifted his head from bowing, and his prostration, and between the two prostrations (all these acts) were nearly proportionate. I made a mention of that to 'Ar bin Murrah and he said: I saw Ibn Abi Laili (saying the prayer), but his prayer was not like this.

Hakam reported: There dominated in Kufa a man whose name was mentioned as Zaman bin al-Ash'ath, who ordered Abu 'Ubaidah bin 'Abdullah to lead people in prayer and he accordingly used to lead them. Whenever he raised his head after bowing, he stood up equal to the time that I can recite (this supplication): O Allah! our Lord! unto Thee be the praise which would fill the heavens and the earth, and that which will please Thee besides them. Worthy art Thou of all praise and glory. None can prevent that which Thou bestowest, and none can bestow that which Thou preventest. And the greatness of the great will not avail him against Thee. Hakam (the narrator) said: I made a mention of that to Abdul Rahman ibn Abi Laila who reported: I heard al-Bara' bin 'Azib (RA) say that the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his bowing, and when he lifted his head from bowing, and his prostration, and between the two prostrations (all these acts) were nearly proportionate. I made a mention of that to 'Ar bin Murrah and he said: I saw Ibn Abi Laili (saying the prayer), but his prayer was not like this.

'Abdullah bin Aufa reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite this supplication: O Allah! our Lord, unto Thee be praise that would fill the heavens and the earth and fill that which will please Thee besides them.

'Abdullah bin Abu Aufa reported that the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite (this supplication): O Allah! our Lord, unto Thee be praise that would fill the heavens and the earth and fill that which will please Thee besides (them). O Allah! purify me with snow, (water of) hail and with cold water; O Allah. cleanse me from the sins and errors just as a white garment is cleansed from dirt.

'Abdullah bin Abu Aufa reported that the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite (this supplication): O Allah! our Lord, unto Thee be praise that would fill the heavens and the earth and fill that which will please Thee besides (them). O Allah! purify me with snow, (water of) hail and with cold water; O Allah. cleanse me from the sins and errors just as a white garment is cleansed from dirt.

Ibn 'Abbas reported: I was forbidden to recite (the Qur'an) while I was bowing, and there is no mention of 'Ali in the chain of transmitters.

'A'isha reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (may peace he upon him) used to pronounce while bowing and prostrating himself: All Glorious, All Holy, Lord of the Angels and the Spirit.This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'A'isha by another chain of transmitters.

Ibn 'Abbas reported from the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) : I was commanded to prostrate myself on seven bones and not to fold back clothing or hair.

Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Observe moderation in prostration, and let none of you stretch out his forearms (on the ground) like a dog.

This hadith has been narrated by Shu'bah with the same chain of transmitters. And in the hadith transmitted by Ibn Ja'far (the words are):" None of you should stretch out his forearms like the stretching out of a dog."

Abu Juhaifa reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went at noon towards al-Batha', he performed ablution, and said two rak'ahs of the Zuhr prayer and two of the 'Asr prayer, and there was a spear in front of him. Shu'bah said and Aun made this addition to it on the authority of his father Abu Juhaifa: And the woman and the donkey passed behind it.

Shu'bah narrated the same on the basis of two authorities and in the hadith transmitted by Hakam (the words are): The people began to get water that was left out of his (the Prophet's) ablution.

This hadith has been transmitted by Humaid bin Hilal on the authority of Yunus.

'Urwa bin Zubair reported: 'A'isha asked: What disrupts the prayer? We said: The woman and the ass. Upon this she remarked: Is the woman an ugly animal? I lay in front of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) like the bier of a corpse and he said prayer.

Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray in the folds of the sheep and goats before the mosque was built.

Abu al-Tiyyah reported: I heard from Anas a narration like this from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) .

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: A highly wicked one amongst the Jinn escaped yester night to interrupt my prayer, but Allah gave me power over him, so I seized him and intended to tie him to one of the pillars of the mosque in order that you, all together or all, might look at him, but I remembered the supplication of my brother Sulaiman: "My Lord, forgive me, give me such a kingdom as will not be possible for anyone after me" (Qur'an, xxxvii. 35).

This hadith has been transmitted by Ibn Abi Shaiba.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: I perceive as if I am looking at the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) folding up a part of his cloth with another one.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When any one of you is engaged in prayer, he is holding intimate conversation with his Lord, so none of you must spit in front of him, or towards his right side, but towards his left side under his foot.

Shu'bah reported: I asked Qatada about spitting, in the mosque. He said: I heard Anas bin Malik (RA) say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Spitting in the mosque is a sin, and its expiation is that it should be buried.

This hadith has been narrated by Qatada with the same chain of transmitters.

This hadith has been reported by Mansur with the same chain of transmitters and he said: "He should aim at what is according to him correct."

'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported: The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) said five rak'ahs of the noon prayer and when he completed the prayer, it was said to him: Has there been (commanded) an addition in prayer? He said: What is it? They said: You have said five rak'ahs, so he performed two prostrations.

'Abdullah (b. 'Umar) reported: The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) recited (Surat) al Najm and performed prostration during its recital and all those who were along with him also prostrated themselves except one old man who took a handful of pebbles or dust in his palm and lifted it to his forehead and said: This is sufficient for me. 'Abdullah said: 1 saw that he was later killed in a state of unbelief.

Abu Rafi' reported: I saw Abu Hurairah (RA) performing prostration (while reciting this verse: )" When the heaven burst asunder." I said to him: Do you prostrate yourself (while reciting)? He said: Yes, I saw my best Friend (ﷺ) prostrating himself on (the recital of this verse) and I shall continue prostrating till I meet him. Shu'bah asked: Do you mean (by Friend) the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) ? He said: Yes.

Abu Ma'mar reported: There was an Amir in Makkah who pronounced taslim twice. 'Abdullah said: Where did he get this sunnah? Al-Hakam said: There is a hadith to the effect that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did like It.

'Abdullah reported: An Amir or a person pronounced taslim twice. 'Abdullah said: Where did he get this sunnah?

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) use (to seek refuge from the torment of the grave, torment of Hell and the trial of Dajjal.