Anas reported: I observed prayer along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and with Abu Bakr, Umar and 'Uthman (may Allah be pleased with all of them), but I never heard any one of them reciting Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim loudly.

Shu'bah has narrated this on the authority of Mansur with the same chain of transmitters, but he made no mention of this: "Then he may choose any supplication which pleases him."

Ibn Abi Laila reported: Ka'b bin 'Ujra met me and said: Should I not offer you a present (and added): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to us and we said: We have learnt how to invoke peace upon you; (kindly tell us) how we should bless you. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Say:" O Allah: bless Muhammad and his family as Thou didst bless the family of Ibrahim. Verily Thou art Praiseworthy and Glorious, O Allah."

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Verily the Imam is a shield, say prayer sitting when he says prayer sitting. And when he says: "Allah listens to him who praises Him," say: "O Allah, our Lord, to Thee be the praise." and when the utterance of the people of the earth synchronises with that of the beings of heaven (angels), all the previous sins would be pardoned.

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.

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.

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

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.

'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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. '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 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.

Abu Dharr (RA) reported: The Mu'adhdhin (the announcer of the hour of prayer) of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called for the noon prayer. Upon this the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) said: Let it cool down, let it cool down, or he said: Wait, wait for the intensity of heat is from the exhalation of Hell. When the heat is intense, delay the prayer till it becomes cooler. Abu Dharr (RA) said: (We waited) till we saw the shadow of the mounds.

'Ali reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: On the day (of the Battle) of Ahzab we were diverted from the middle prayer, till the sun set. May Allah fill their graves or their houses, or their stomachs with fire. The narrator is in doubt about "houses" and "stomachs".

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.

This hadith has also been narrated by Shu'bah with this chain of transmitters.

This hadith has been narrated by Simak with the same chain of transmitters, but no mention has been made of "enough".

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.

Al-Bari' bin 'Azib (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed Qunut in the morning and evening (prayers).

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) .

Yahya bin Yazid al-Huna'i reported: I asked Anas bin Malik (RA) about shortening of prayer. He said: When the Messenger of' Allah (ﷺ) had covered a distance of three miles or three farsakh (Shu'bah, one of the narrators, had some doubt about it) he observed two rak'ahs.

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.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: When the prayer commences then there is no prayer (valid), but the obligatory prayer. This hadith has been narrated by Warqa' with the same chain of transmitters.

A hadith like this has been reported by the same chain of transmitters, but with this alteration that the transmitter said: "As Allah pleased."

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".

A hadith like this has been narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA) by another chain of transmitters.

Hafsa reported that when it was dawn, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not observe (any other prayers) but two short rak'ahs.