Hadith 646
Muhammad bin 'Amr bin al-Hasan bin 'All reported: When Hajjaj came to Madinah we asked Jabir bin 'Abdullah (RA) (about the timings of prayer as observed by the Holy Prophet). He said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray afternoon prayer in the midday heat; the afternoon prayer when the sun was bright; the evening prayer when the sun had completely set; and as for the night prayer, he sometimes delayed and sometimes (observed it) at earlier hours. When he found them (his Companions) assembled (at earlier hours) he (prayed) early, and when he saw them coming late, he delayed the (prayer), and the morning prayer the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) observed in the darkness before dawn.
Hadith 650
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: The prayer of a person in congregation is twenty-seven times in excess to the prayer said alone.
Hadith 660
This hadith has also been narrated by Shu'bah with this chain of transmitters.
Hadith 649
A hadith having the same meaning (as mentioned above) has been transmitted by A'mash.
Hadith 665
حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ
أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي
الْجُرَيْرِيُّ ، عَنْ
أَبِي نَضْرَةَ ، عَنْ
جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : خَلَتِ الْبِقَاعُ حَوْلَ الْمَسْجِدِ ، فَأَرَادَ بَنُو سَلِمَةَ ، أَنْ يَنْتَقِلُوا إِلَى قُرْبِ الْمَسْجِدِ ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ : إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكُمْ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَنْتَقِلُوا قُرْبَ الْمَسْجِدِ ؟ قَالُوا : نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَدْ أَرَدْنَا ذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ : يَا بَنِي سَلِمَةَ ، " دِيَارَكُمْ تُكْتَبْ آثَارُكُمْ ، دِيَارَكُمْ تُكْتَبْ آثَارُكُمْ " .
Jabir bin 'Abdullah (RA) reported: There were some plots vacant around the mosque. Banu Salama decided to shift (to this land) and come near the mosque. This (news) reached the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said to them (Banu Salama): I have received (information) that you intend to shift near the mosque. They said: Yes, Messenger of Allah, we have taken this decision. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said: O Banu Salama, live in your houses, for your steps are recorded; live in your houses, for your steps are recorded.
Hadith 670
This hadith has been narrated by Simak with the same chain of transmitters, but no mention has been made of "enough".
Hadith 672
This hadith has been narrated by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri by another chain of transmitters.
Hadith 673
Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to us: The one who is well grounded in Allah's Book and is distinguished among them in recitation should act as Imam for the people. and if they are equally versed in reciting it, then the one who has most knowledge regarding Sunnah; if they are equal regarding the Sunnah, then the earliest one to emigrate; If they emigrated at the same time, then the oldest one in age. No man must lead another in prayer in latter's house or where (the latter) has authority, or sit in his place of honour in his house, except that he gives you permission or with his permission.
Hadith 676
Abu Salama bin 'Abdul Rahman is reported to have said that he had heard Abu Hurairah (RA) saying: I would say prayer along with you which is near to the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) . and Abu Hurairah (RA) recited Qunut in the noon and in the 'Isha' and in the morning prayer, and invoked blessing (of Allah) upon Muslims-and curse upon the unbelievers.
Hadith 677
Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed Qunut for one month invoking curse upon some tribes of Arabia (those who were responsible for the murders in Bi'r Ma'una and Raji'), but then abandoned it.
Hadith 678
Al-Bari' bin 'Azib (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed Qunut in the morning and evening (prayers).
Hadith 684
Qatada narrated it on the authority of Anas bin Malik (RA) that the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) said: He who forgets the prayer, or he slept (and it was omitted), its expiation is this only that he should observe it when he remembers it.
Hadith 688
Musa bin Salama Hudhali said: I asked Ibn 'Abbas (RA) : How should I say prayer when I am in Makkah, and when I do not pray along with the Imam? He said: Two rak'ahs (of prayer) is the Sunnah of Abu'l-Qasim (ﷺ) .
Hadith 688
A hadith like this has been narrated by Abu Qatadah (RA) with the same chain of transmitters.
Hadith 692
وحَدَّثَنِيهِ
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
شُعْبَةُ ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ، وَقَالَ : عَنِ ابْنِ السِّمْطِ وَلَمْ يُسَمِّ شُرَحْبِيلَ ، وَقَالَ : إِنَّهُ أَتَى أَرْضًا ، يُقَالُ لَهَا : دُومِينَ مِنْ حِمْصَ ، عَلَى رَأْسِ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ مِيلًا .
This hadith has been transmitted by Shu'bah with the same chain of narrators and it is narrated from Simt, and the name of Shurahbil has not been mentioned, and he said that he had gone to a place called Dumin, situated at a distance of eighteen miles from Hims.
Hadith 694
A hadith like this has been narrated by the same chain of transmitters.
Hadith 694
This hadith has been narrated by Shu'bah with the same chain of transmitters but no mention has been made of Mina, but they (the narrators) only said: He prayed while travelling.
Hadith 703
وحَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا
يَحْيَى ، عَنْ
عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي
نَافِعٌ ، أَنَّ
ابْنَ عُمَرَ ، كَانَ إِذَا جَدَّ بِهِ السَّيْرُ ، جَمَعَ بَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَالْعِشَاءِ ، بَعْدَ أَنْ يَغِيبَ الشَّفَقُ ، وَيَقُولُ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، " كَانَ إِذَا جَدَّ بِهِ السَّيْرُ ، جَمَعَ بَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَالْعِشَاءِ " .
Nafi' reported that when Ibn 'Umar was in a state of hurry on a journey, he combined the sunset and 'Isha' prayers after the twilight had disappeared, and he would say that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was in a state of hurry on a journey, he combined the sunset and 'Isha' prayers.
Hadith 715
Jabir bin 'Abdullah reported: I went with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on an expedition and my camel delayed me and I was exhausted. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) thus came earlier than I, whereas I came on the next day and went to the mosque and found him (the Holy Prophet) at the gate of the mosque. He said: It is now that you have come. I said. Yes. He said: Leave your camel and enter (the mosque) and observe two rak'ahs. He (the narrator) said: So I entered and observed (two rak'ahs) of prayer and then went back.
Hadith 716
Ka'b bin Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not come back from the journey but by day in the forenoon, and when he arrived, he went first to the mosque, and having prayed two rak'ahs in it he sat down in it.
Hadith 719
A hadith like this has been reported by the same chain of transmitters, but with this alteration that the transmitter said: "As Allah pleased."
Hadith 336
Abdul Rahman bin Abu Laila reported: No one has ever narrated to me that he saw the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) observing the forenoon prayer, except Umm Hani. She, however, narrated that the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) entered her house on the day of the Conquest of Makkah and prayed eight rak'ahs (adding): I never saw a shorter prayer than it except that he performed the bowing and prostration completely. But (one of the narrators) Ibn Bashshar in his narration made no mention of the word: "Never".
Hadith 721
A hadith like this has been narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA) by another chain of transmitters.
Hadith 724
'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe two rak'ahs of Sunnah (prayer) when he heard the Adhan and shortened them. (This hadith has been narrated by the same chain of transmitters and in the hadith narrated by Usama the words are:" When it was dawn".)
Hadith 724
'A'isha reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed two rak'ahs of the dawn prayer and he shortened them (to the extent) that I (out of surprise) said: Did he recite in them Surah Fatiha (only)?
Hadith 730
'Abdullah bin Shaqiq reported: I fell ill in Persia and therefore, prayed in a sitting posture, and I asked 'A'isha about it and she said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed for a long time in the night sitting.
Hadith 735
A hadith like this has been narrated by Abu Yahya al-A'raj with the same chain of transmitters.
Hadith 738
وحَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا
ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا
هِشَامٌ ، عَنْ
يَحْيَى ، عَنْ
أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ
عَائِشَةَ ، عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَتْ : " كَانَ يُصَلِّي ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً ، يُصَلِّي ثَمَانَ رَكَعَاتٍ ، ثُمَّ يُوتِرُ ، ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ ، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ ، ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَيْنَ النِّدَاءِ وَالإِقَامَةِ مِنَ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ " .
Abu Salama asked 'A'isha about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) She said: He observed thirteen rak'ahs (in the night prayer). He observed eight rak'ahs and would then observe Witr and then observe two rak'ahs sitting, and when he wanted to bow he stood up and then bowed down, and then observed two rak'ahs in between the Adhan and lqama of the dawn prayer.
Hadith 746
Zurara bin Aufa said that Sa'd bin Hisham divorced his wife, and then proceeded to Madinah to sell his property, and the rest of the hadith is the same.
Hadith 751
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Make Witr the end of your night prayer.
Hadith 752
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) as saying: Witr is a rak'ah at the end of the night prayer.
Hadith 749
Anas bin Sirin reported: I asked Ibn 'Umar like this (as recorded in the previous hadith) and he made this addition:" And he (the Holy Prophet) made the end of the night prayer as odd number by one rak'ah." And there is also (this addition):" Stop, stop, you are bulky."
Hadith 749
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The night prayer consists of pairs and when you see the approach of dawn, make this number odd by one rak'ah. It was said to Ibn 'Umar (RA) : What does the (word) pair imply? He said: (It means) that salutation is uttered after every two rak'ahs.
Hadith 758
This hadith is narrated by Ishaq with the same chain of transmitters except this that the hadith transmitted by Mansur (the above one) is more comprehensive and lengthy.
Hadith 762
حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ
عَبْدَةَ بْنَ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ ، يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ
زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ ، عَنْ
أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ أُبَيٌّ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ : وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُهَا ، " وَأَكْثَرُ عِلْمِي هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقِيَامِهَا ، هِيَ لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ " ، وَإِنَّمَا شَكَّ شُعْبَةُ فِي هَذَا الْحَرْفِ هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ ، الَّتِي أَمَرَنَا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : وَحَدَّثَنِي بِهَا صَاحِبٌ لِي عَنْهُ .
Ubayy b Ka'b reported: By Allah, I know about Lailat-ul Qadr and I know it fully well that it is the twenty-seventh night (during Ramadan) on which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to observe prayer. (Shu'bah was in doubt about these words:" the night on which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) [may peace be upon him] commanded us to observe the prayer." This has been transmitted to me by a friend of mine.)
Hadith 764
Abu Jamra reported: I heard Ibn 'Abbas saying that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed thirteen rak'ahs at night.
Hadith 770
'Abdul Rahman bin ' Auf (RA) reported: I asked 'A'isha, the mother of the believers, (to tell me) the words with which the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) commenced the prayer when he got up at night. She said: When he got up at night he would commence his prayer with these words: O Allah, Lord of Gabriel (ؑ), and Michael, and Israfil, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, Who knowest the unseen and the seen; Thou decidest amongst Thy servants concerning their differences. Guide me with Thy permission in the divergent views (which the people) hold about Truth, for it is Thou Who guidest whom Thou wilt to the Straight Path.
Hadith 777
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: Observe some of your prayers in your houses and do not make them graves.
Hadith 777
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: Pray in your houses, and do not make them graves.
Hadith 781
وحَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
سَالِمٌ أَبُو النَّضْرِ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ
بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ
زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ، قَالَ : احْتَجَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حُجَيْرَةً بِخَصَفَةٍ أَوْ حَصِيرٍ ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي فِيهَا ، قَالَ : فَتَتَبَّعَ إِلَيْهِ رِجَالٌ وَجَاءُوا يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاتِهِ ، قَالَ : ثُمَّ جَاءُوا لَيْلَةً ، فَحَضَرُوا وَأَبْطَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْهُمْ ، قَالَ : فَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيْهِمْ ، فَرَفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَهُمْ وَحَصَبُوا الْبَابَ ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُغْضَبًا ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَا زَالَ بِكُمْ صَنِيعُكُمْ ، حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيُكْتَبُ عَلَيْكُمْ ، فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالصَّلَاةِ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ ، فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ صَلَاةِ الْمَرْءِ فِي بَيْتِهِ ، إِلَّا الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ " .
Zaid bin Thabit reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made an apartment with the help of the leaves of date trees or of mats. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out to pray in it. People followed him and came to pray with him. Then they again came one night and waited (for him), but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delayed in coming out to them. And when he did not come out, they cried aloud and threw pebbles at the door. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out in anger and said to them: By what you have been constantly doing, I was inclined to think that it (prayer) might not become obligatory for you. So you must observe prayer (optional) in your houses, for the prayer observed by a man in the house is better except an obligatory prayer.