Abu Hurairah (RA) reported the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: He who finds a rak'ah of the prayer, he in fact finds the prayer.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: He who finds one rak'ah at dawn before the rising of the sun, he in fact finds the dawn prayer. and he who finds one rak'ah of the afternoon prayer before sunset, he in fact finds the afternoon prayer.

Ibn Shibab reported: Umar bin 'Abdul 'Aziz one day deferred the prayer. 'Urwa bin Zubair came to him and informed him that one day as Mughira bin Shu'bah was in Kufa (as its governor), he deferred the prayer, Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari came to him and said: What is this, O Mughira? Did you know that it was Gabriel (ؑ) who came and said prayer and (then) the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said the prayer (along with him), then ( Gabriel (ؑ)) prayed and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) also prayed, then ( Gabriel (ؑ)) prayed and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) also prayed, then ( Gabriel (ؑ)) prayed and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed (along with him). then Gabriel (ؑ) prayed and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) also prayed (along with him) and then said: This is how I have been ordered to do. 'Umar (b. 'Abdul 'Aziz) said. O 'Urwa be mindful of what you are saying that Gabriel (ؑ) (peace be upon him) taught the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) the times of prayer. Upon this 'Urwa said: This is how Bashir bin Abu Mas'ud narrated on the authority of his father and (also said): 'A'isha?, the wife of the Apostle (ﷺ) . narrated it to me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say the afternoon prayer, when the light of the sun was there in her apartment before it went out (of it).

'Abdullah narrated it on the authority of his father Yahya: Knowledge cannot be acquired with sloth.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported: We used to say (the noonprayer) with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the intense heat, but when someone amongst us found it hard to place his forehead on the ground, he spread his cloth and prostrated on it.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported: We used to offer the 'Asr prayer, then one would go to Quba' and reach there and the sun would be still high.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported: We used to offer the afternoon prayer (at such a time) that a person would go to Bani 'Amr bin Auf (RA) and he would find them busy offering the afternoon prayer.

Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: He who misses the afternoon prayer, it is as though he has been deprived of his family and his property.

Abu Yunus, the freed slave of 'A'isha said: 'A'isha ordered me to transcribe a copy of the Qur'an for her and said: When you reach this verse: "Guard the prayers and the middle prayer" (ii. 238), inform me; so when I reached it, I informed her and she gave me dictation (like this): Guard the prayers and the middle prayer and the afternoon prayer, and stand up truly obedient to Allah. 'A'isha said: This is how I have heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) .

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Angels take turns among you by night and by day, and they all assemble at the dawn and afternoon prayers. Those (of the angels) who spend the night among you, then, ascend, and their Lord asks them, though He is the best informed about them: How did you leave My servants? They say: We left them while they were praying and we came to them while they were praying.

Umara bin Ruwaiba reported on the authority of his father that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: He who said prayer before the rising of the sun and its setting would not enter the fire (of Hell), and there was a man from Basrahh (sitting) beside him who said: Did you hear it from the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) ? He said: Yes, I bear witness to it. The man from Basrahh said: I bear witness that I did hear from the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) saying it from the place that you heard from him.

Jabir bin ahadeeth reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) postponed the last 'Isha' prayer.

Abu Dharr (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: O Abu Dharr, you would soon find after me rulers who would make their prayers dead. You should say prayer at its prescribed time. If you say prayer at its prescribed time that would be a supererogatory prayer for you, otherwise you saved your prayer.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Prayer said in a congregation is twenty-five degrees more excellent than prayer said by a single person.

Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) assaying: Prayer said in a congregation is twenty-seven degrees more excellent than prayer said by a single person.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that his grandmother, Mulaikah, invited the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to a dinner which she had prepared. He (the Holy Prophet) ate out of that and then said: Stand up so that I should observe prayer (in order to bless) you. Anas bin Malik (RA) said: I stood up on a mat (belonging to us) which had turned dark on account of its long use. I sprinkled water over it (in order to soften it), and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood upon it, and I and an orphan formed a row behind him (the Holy Prophet) and the old woman was behind us, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led us in two rak'ahs of prayer and then went back.

Maimuna, the wife of the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) , reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said prayer while I was by his side, and at times when he prostrated his cloth touched me, and he prayed on a small mat.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Everyone among you is constantly in prayer so long as the prayer detains him (for this noble objective) and nothing prevents him to return to his family but the prayer.

Ubayy bin Ka'b reported: There was a man, and I do not know of any other man, whose house was farther than his from the mosque and he never missed the prayer (in congregation). It was said to him or I said to him: If you were to buy a donkey you could ride upon it in the dark nights and in the burning sand. He said: I do not like my house to be situated by the side of the mosque, for I (eagerly) desire that my steps towards the mosque and back from it, should be recorded when I return to my family. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah has gathered all (rewards) for you.

Simak bin Harb reported: I said to Jabir bin ahadeeth: Did you sit in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (may peace he upon him)? He said: Yes, very often. He (the Holy Prophet) used to sit at the place where he observed the morning or dawn prayer till the sun rose or when it had risen; he would stand, and they (his Companions) would talk about matters (pertaining to the days) of ignorance, and they would laugh (on these matters) while (the Holy Prophet) only smiled.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) invoked curse in the morning (prayer) for thirty days upon those who killed the Companions (of the Holy Prophet) at Bi'r Ma'una. He cursed (the tribes) of Ri'l, Dhakwan, Lihyan, and Usayya, who had disobeyed Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ) . Anas said: Allah the Exalted and Great revealed (a verse) regarding those who were killed at Bi'r Ma'una, and we recited it, till it was abrogated later on (and the verse was like this): convey to it our people the tidings that we have met our Lord, and He was pleased with us and we were pleased with Him".

This hadith has been narrated by Qatada, but here no mention has been made of" There is no expiation for it except this."

'A'isha, the wife of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , reported: The prayer was prescribed as two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs both in journey and at the place of residence. The prayer while travelling remained as it was (originally prescribed), but an addition was made in the prayer (observed) at the place of residence.

Ibn 'Abbas reported: Allah has prescribed the prayer through the word of your Prophet (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) as four rak'ahs when resident, two when travelling, and one when danger is present.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported: We went out from Madinah to Makkah with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he prayed two rak'ahs at each time of prayer till we returned to Madinah. I said: For how long did he stay in Makkah? He said: (For) ten (days).

Haritha bin Wahb reported: I prayed with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) two rak'abs and most of them offered two rak'ahs only in Mina, while the people felt secure.

Ibn 'Umar announced Adhan for prayer on a cold, windy night. Then added: Pray in your dwellings; and then said: When it was a cold, rainy night, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to command the Mu'adhdhin to say "Pray in your dwellings."

Ibn 'Umar reported: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) praying (Nafl prayer) on a donkey's back while his face was turned towards Khaibar.

Sa'id bin Yasar reported: I was travelling along with Ibn 'Umar on the way to Makkah. Sa'id said: When I apprehended dawn, I dismounted (the ride) and observed Witr prayer and then again joined him. Ibn 'Umar said to me: Where were you? I said: I apprehended the appearance of dawn, so I dismounted and observed Witr prayer. Upon this 'Abdullah said: Is there not a model pattern for you in the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ? I said: Yes, by Allah, and (then) he said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe Witr prayer on the camel's back.

'Abdullah b. Dinar reported on the authority of Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) used to observe prayer on his ride (no matter) in which direction it had its face turned. 'Abdullah b. Dinar said that Ibn 'Umar used to do like that.

Ibn 'Umar reported: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was in a state of hurry on a journey, he combined the sunset and 'Isha' prayers.

Salim reported from his father to be saying: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) combining the sunset and Isha' prayers when he was in a hurry on a journey.

Ibn 'Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed the noon and afternoon prayers together, and the sunset and Isha' prayers together without being in a state of fear or in a state of journey.

Abu Usaid reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When any one of you enters the mosque, he should say: "O Allah! open for me the doors of Thy Mercy" ; and when he steps out he should say: 'O Allah! I beg of Thee Thy Grace." (Imam Muslim said: I heard Yahya saying: I transcribed this hadith from the compilation of Sulaiman bin Bilal (RA) ).

Abu Qatadah (RA) (a Companion of the Prophet) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: When any one of you enters the mosque, he should observe two rak'ahs (of Nafl prayer) before sitting.

'Abdullah bin Shaqiq reported: I asked 'A'isha whether the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe the forenoon prayer. She said: No, except when he came back from a journey.

'Urwa reported 'A'isha to be saying: I have never seen the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observing the supererogatory prayer of the forenoon, but I observed it. And if the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) abandoned any act which he in fact loved to do, it was out of fear that if the people practiced it constantly, it might become obligatory for them.

Abu Murra, the freed slave of Umm Hani, daughter of Abu Talib, reported Umm Hani to be saying: I went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the day of the Conquest of Makkah and found him taking bath, and Fatimah, his daughter, had provided him privacy with the help of a cloth. I gave him salutation and he said: Who is she? I said: It is Umm Hani, daughter of Abu Talib. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Greeting for Umm Hani. When he had completed the bath, he stood up and observed eight rak'ahs wrapped up in one cloth. When he turned back (after the prayer), I said to him: Messenger of Allah, the son of my mother 'Ali bin Abu Talib is going to kill a person, Fulan bin Hubaira whom I have given protection. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: We too have given protection whom you have given protection, O Umm Hani. Umm Hani said: It was the forenoon (prayer).

Ibn 'Umar reported that Hafsa, the Mother of the Believers, informed him that when the Mu'adhdhin became silent after calling (people) to the dawn prayer, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commenced the dawn (prayer) when it dawned by observing two short rak'ahs before the commencement of the (Fard) prayer.

This hadith has been transmitted by Nafi' with the same chain of narrators.