Narrated Zayd ibn Arqam: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: These privies are frequented by the jinns and devils. So when anyone amongst you goes there, he should say: "I seek refuge in Allah from male and female devils. "

Narrated Muhajir ibn Qunfudh: Muhajir came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was urinating. He saluted him. The Prophet ﷺ did not return the salutation to him until he performed ablution. He then apologised to him, saying: I disliked remembering Allah except in the state of purification.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Sarjis: The Prophet ﷺ prohibited to urinate in a hole. Qatadah (a narrator) was asked about the reason for the disapproval of urinating in a hole. He replied: It is said that these (hoes) are the habitats of the jinn.

Narrated Abul Malih: The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah does not accept charity from goods acquired by embezzlement as He does not accept prayer without purification.

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ as saying: When a dog licks a (thing contained in a) utensil you must wash it seven times, using earth (sand) for the seventh time. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by another chain of narrators in which there is no mention of earth.

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Prophet ﷺ used to wash himself with a sa' (of water) and perform ablution with a mudd (of water). Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been narrated by Aban on the authority of Qatadah. In this version he said: "I herd safiyyah. "

Al-Mughirah bin Shubah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ lagged behind (in a journey). He then narrated this story saying: Then we came to people. Abdur-Rahman was leading them in the dawn prayer. When he perceived the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, he intended to retire. The Prophet ﷺ asked him to continue and I and the Prophet ﷺoffered one rak’ah of prayer behind him. When he had pronounced the salutation, the Prophet ﷺ got up and offered the rak’ah which had been finished before, and he made no addition to it. Abu Dawud said: Abu Saeed Al-Khudri, Ibn al-Zubair and Ibn Umar hold the opinion that whoever gets an odd number of the rak’ahs of prayer, he should perform two prostrations on account of forgetfulness.

Anas reported: A person came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He performed ablution and left a small part equal to the space of a nail upon his foot. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: Go back and perform ablution well. Abu Dawud said: This tradition is not known through Jarir bin Hazim. It was transmitted only by Ibn Wahab. Another version adds the wording: “ Go back and perform the ablution well. ”

Ibn Abbas said: The Prophet ﷺ ate a little meat from a (goat's) shoulder. He then offered prayer and did not perform ablution.

Narrated Anas: The Companions during the lifetime of the messenger of Allah used to wait for the night prayer so much so that their heads were lowered down (by dozing). Then they offered prayer and did not perform ablution. Abu Dawud said: Shubah on the authority of Qatadah added: We lowered down our heads (on accounts of dozing) in the day of the Messenger of Allah . Abu Dawud said; This tradition has been transmitted through a different chain of narrators.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to prostrate and sleep (in prostration) and produce puffing sounds (during sleep). Then he would stand and pray and would not perform ablution. I said to him: you prayed but did not perform ablution though you slept (in prostration). He replied: Ablution is necessary for one who sleeps while he is lying down. Uthman and Hannad added: For when he lies down, his joints are relaxed. Abu Dawud said: The statement "ablution is necessary for one who sleeps while one is lying down" is a munkar (rejected) tradition. It has been narrated only by Yazid Abu Khalid al-Dalani, on the authority of Qatadah. And its earlier part has been narrated by a group (of narrators) from Ibn Abbas; they did not mention anything about it. He (Ibn Abbas) said: The Prophet ﷺ was protected (during his sleep). Aishah reported: The Prophet ﷺ said: My eyes sleep, but my heart does not sleep. Shubah said: Qatadah heard from Abul-Aliyah only four traditions: the tradition about Jonah son of Matthew, the tradition reported by Ibn Umar about prayer, the tradition stating that the judges are three, and the tradition narrated by Ibn Abbas saying: (This tradition) has been narrated to me by reliable persons ; Umar is one of them, and the most reliable of them in my opinion is Umar. Abu Dawud said: I asked Ahmad bin Hanbal about the tradition narrated by Yazid al-Dalani. He rebuked me out of respect for him. Then he said: Yazid al-Dalani does not add anything to what has been narrated by the teachers of Qatadah. He did not care of this tradition (due to its weakness).

Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying: when anyone sits between the four parts of a woman and the parts (of the male and female) which are circumscised join together, then bath becomes obligatory.

Umm Atiyyah who took an oath of allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ said: We would not take into consideration brown and yellow (fluid) after purification.

Ammar bin Yasir said: I asked the Prophet ﷺ about tayammum. He commanded me to strike only one stroke (i. e. the strike the ground) for (wiping) the face and the hands.

Aban said: Qatadah was asked about tayammum during a journey. He said: A traditionist reported to me from al-Shabi from Abdur-Rahman bin Abza on the authority of Ammar bin Yasir who reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: (He should wipe) up to the elbows.

Narrated Samurah: If any one of you performs ablution (on Friday) that is all right; and if any of you takes a bath, that is better.

Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: The urine of a female (child) should be washed and the urine of a male (child) should be sprinkled over until the age of eating.

Ali bin Abi Talib reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying: He narrated the tradition to the same effect, but he did not mention the words "until the age of eating". This version adds: Qatadah said: This is valid until the time they do not eat food; when they begin to eat, their urine should be washed.

Abdullah bin Amr reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying: The time of the Zuhr prayer is as along as the time of the Asr prayer has not come; the time of the Asr prayer is as long as the sun has not become yellow ; the time of the Maghrib prayer is as long as the twilight has not ended; the time of the Isha prayer is up to midnight; and the time of the Fajr prayer is as long as the sun has not risen.

Abu al-Darda reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: There are five thing, if anyone observe them with faith, he will enter Paradise. He who prays the five times prayer regularly, with the ablution for them, with their bowing, with their prostration and their (right) times ; keeps fast during Ramadan ; performs Hajj (pilgrimage) to the House (Kabah), provided he has the ability for its passage; pays Zakat happily ; and fulfills the trust (he will enter Paradise). People said: Abu al-Darda, what is fulfilling the trust ? He replied: Washing because of sexual defilement.

Anas bin Malik reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying: If any one forgets a prayer or oversleeps, he should observe it when he remembers it ; there is no expiation for it except that.

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet ﷺ said: The Last Hour will not come until people vie with one another about mosques.

Anas bin Malik reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying: Spitting in the mosque is a sin and it is expiated by burying the spittle.

Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Spitting in the mosque is a sin and it is expiated by burying the spittle.

Anas bin Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Spitting phlegm in the mosque. . . The narrator then transmitted the rest of the tradition to the same effect.

Abdullah (bin Masud) reported the prophet ﷺ as saying; it is more excellent for a woman to pray in her house than in her courtyard, and more excellent for her to pray in her private chamber than in her house.

Anas said that the Prophet ﷺ appointed Ibn Umm Maktum as substitute to lead the people in prayer, and he was blind.

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah does not accept the prayer of a woman who has reached puberty unless she wears a veil. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Sa;id bin Abi 'Arubah from Qatadah on the authority of al-Hasan from the Prophet ﷺ.

This tradition has also been transmitted through a chain by Bakr bin Abdullah. This version has the word Khubuth (filth) and in two places the word Khubuthan (filth).

Anas bin Malik said; the prophet ﷺ used to visit Umm Sulaim. Sometimes the time for prayer would come and he would pray on out carpet that was really a mat. She (Umm Sulaim) used to wash it with water.

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet ﷺ said: Stand close together in your rows, bring them near one another, and stand neck to neck, for by Him in Whose hand my soul is, I see the devil coming in through openings in the row just like a small black sheep.

Anas reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Straighten your rows for the straightening of the rows is part of perfecting the prayer.

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet ﷺ said: Complete the front row, then the one that comes next, and if there is any incompleteness, let it be in the last row.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Qatadah said: I heard Jabir ibn Zayd who reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas; and Shubah reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying: A menstruating woman and a dog cut off the prayer. Abu Dawud said: Saeed, Hisham and Hammam narrated this tradition from Qatadah on the authority of Jabir bin Zaid as a statement of Ibn Abbas.

Malik bin al-Huwairith said: I saw the Prophet ﷺ raise his hands when he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), when he bowed and when he raised his head after bowing until he brought them to the lobes of his ears.

Anas bin Malik said: A man came panting to join the row of worshippers, and said: Allah is most great; praise be to Allah, much praise, good and blessed. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he asked: Which of you is the one who spoke the words? He said nothing wrong. Then the man said: I (said), Messenger of Allah ﷺ; I came and had difficulty in breathing, so I said them. He said: I saw twelve angels racing against one another to be the one to take them to Allah. The narrator Humaid added: When any of you comes for praying, he should walk as usual (i. e. he should not hasten and run quickly); then he should pray as much as he finds it (along with the imam), and should offer the part of the prayer himself (when the prayer is finished) which the Imam had offered before him.

Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub; Ubayy ibn Kab: Samurah ibn Jundub and Imran ibn Husayn had a discussion (about the periods of silence in prayer). Samurah then said that he remembered two periods of silence from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; one when he uttered the takbir and the other when he finished reciting: "Not of those with whom Thou art angry, nor of those who go astray" (i. 7). Samurah remembered that, but Imran ibn Husayn rejected it. Then they wrote about it to Ubayy ibn Kab. He wrote a letter to them and gave a reply to them that Samurah remembered correctly.

Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub: I remember from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ two periods of silence. Saeed said: We asked Qatadah: What are those two periods of silence? He said: (one) when he began his prayer, and (one) when he finished the recitation. Then he added: When he finished reciting (the closing verse of the Fatihah): "Not of those with whom Thou art angry, nor of who go astray. "

Anas said: The Prophet (peace be upon hm), Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman used to begin the recitation with “Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe. ”

Abu Saeed said: we were commanded to recite Fatihat al-kitab and whatever was convenient (from the Quran during the prayer).