سلسله احاديث صحيحه

Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

الاذان و الصلاة

Book of Adhan and Prayer

239 subchapters
1

Mention of establishing prayer during the Prophet’s pledge

2 hadith (471 — 472)

2

Number of obligatory prayers

1 hadith (473 — 473)

3

Prayer is the criterion for acceptance of other deeds

2 hadith (474 — 475)

4

Importance of prayer

6 hadith (476 — 481)

5

Superiority of a martyr due to a year’s prayers and fasts

1 hadith (482 — 482)

6

Allah’s attention towards the praying person

1 hadith (483 — 483)

7

How angels listen to the recitation of the praying person

1 hadith (484 — 484)

8

Command of prayer to encourage good deeds

1 hadith (485 — 485)

9

Prayer is the best way to pay the body’s charity

1 hadith (486 — 486)

10

Reward for well-performed prayer

1 hadith (487 — 487)

11

Consequence of abandoning prayer

1 hadith (488 — 488)

12

Number of units in preceding and following prayers

2 hadith (489 — 490)

13

Traveler prays full prayer behind resident Imam

1 hadith (491 — 491)

14

Forty days’ prayer not accepted after drinking alcohol once

1 hadith (492 — 492)

15

Seeking help in prayer during distress

1 hadith (493 — 493)

16

Virtue of performing five daily prayers

3 hadith (494 — 496)

17

Virtue of prostrations

1 hadith (497 — 497)

18

Allah guarantees the one who prays Fajr

1 hadith (498 — 498)

19

Virtue of Fajr prayer on Friday

1 hadith (499 — 499)

20

Virtue and reason for Asr prayer

1 hadith (500 — 500)

21

Two units of prayer are better than the world and all in it

1 hadith (501 — 501)

22

Status of the praying person

1 hadith (502 — 502)

23

Virtue of Friday and those who attend it

1 hadith (503 — 503)

24

Friday prayer expiates sins

3 hadith (504 — 506)

25

Consequence for those who abandon Friday prayer

1 hadith (507 — 507)

26

Prohibition of standing in prayer or fasting specifically on Friday night or day

1 hadith (508 — 508)

27

One who feels drowsy during Friday sermon should change his seat

1 hadith (509 — 509)

28

Ghusl for Friday prayer

3 hadith (510 — 512)

29

Virtue of Friday Ghusl

1 hadith (513 — 513)

30

Virtue of coming early to Friday prayer

1 hadith (514 — 514)

31

Using Miswak and perfume on Friday

1 hadith (515 — 515)

32

State of followers during the Friday sermon

1 hadith (516 — 516)

33

Imam greeting from the pulpit

1 hadith (517 — 517)

34

Harm of talking during Friday sermon

1 hadith (518 — 518)

35

Prayer is whispering to Allah; how loud should the voice be?

3 hadith (519 — 521)

36

Virtue of Masjid Nabawi, Masjid Haram, and Masjid Aqsa

3 hadith (522 — 524)

37

Virtue of congregational prayer

3 hadith (525 — 527)

38

Congregational prayer is a blessed act

1 hadith (528 — 528)

39

More worshipers in congregation increases reward

1 hadith (529 — 529)

40

Virtue of praying forty days with first Takbir in congregation

1 hadith (530 — 530)

41

State of the worshiper when coming to prayer

1 hadith (531 — 531)

42

How to join congregation if Imam is in Ruku

2 hadith (532 — 533)

43

One who hears Adhan should pray in congregation at the mosque

1 hadith (534 — 534)

44

Following the Imam

3 hadith (535 — 537)

45

Requirements for followers in following the Imam

1 hadith (538 — 538)

46

Who should stand near the Imam?

1 hadith (539 — 539)

47

Ruling on sitting and praying behind a sitting Imam

1 hadith (540 — 540)

48

Imam is responsible

1 hadith (541 — 541)

49

Imam should be beloved to all

1 hadith (542 — 542)

50

Prayer prevents evil deeds

1 hadith (543 — 543)

51

Prayer erases the effect of sins

6 hadith (544 — 549)

52

One who abandons prayer is not a Muslim

1 hadith (550 — 550)

53

Abandoning prayer destroys all signs of religion

1 hadith (551 — 551)

54

Prompting the Imam during congregation

1 hadith (552 — 552)

55

Waiting for prayer is also prayer

1 hadith (553 — 553)

56

Virtue of those who maintain mosques

1 hadith (554 — 554)

57

Virtue of those who sit in the mosque

1 hadith (555 — 555)

58

Mosque is the home of the pious

1 hadith (556 — 556)

59

Virtue of walking to the mosque

3 hadith (557 — 559)

60

Virtue of dying while going to the mosque for prayer

1 hadith (560 — 560)

61

Virtue of waiting between prayers

1 hadith (561 — 561)

62

Imam should lead with ease

2 hadith (562 — 563)

63

Limit of ease in leading prayer: reciting Surah Al-Ala and Al-Ghashiyah in Dhuhr and Asr

3 hadith (564 — 566)

64

Imam should have a beloved personality

1 hadith (567 — 567)

65

Imam should be pious

1 hadith (568 — 568)

66

Importance of straightening rows in congregation

9 hadith (569 — 577)

67

Virtue of stepping forward to fill a gap in the row

1 hadith (578 — 578)

68

Allah’s mercy on those who join rows in congregation

2 hadith (579 — 580)

69

Prohibition of making rows between pillars

1 hadith (581 — 581)

70

Disobedient wife’s prayer is not accepted

1 hadith (582 — 582)

71

Interval between Adhan and Iqamah

1 hadith (583 — 583)

72

Virtue of a house where Quran is recited

1 hadith (584 — 584)

73

Supererogatory prayers are better at home

5 hadith (585 — 589)

74

Praying in sheep pens

1 hadith (590 — 590)

75

Reward and reason for praying in seclusion

2 hadith (591 — 592)

76

Reward for building a mosque

2 hadith (593 — 594)

77

Mosque structure

2 hadith (595 — 596)

78

Ruling on building mosques in neighborhoods

1 hadith (597 — 597)

79

Etiquettes of mosques

1 hadith (598 — 598)

80

Prohibition of urinating around mosque doors

1 hadith (599 — 599)

81

How to convert a church into a mosque

2 hadith (600 — 601)

82

Why Umar forbade two Sunnah after Asr prayer

1 hadith (602 — 602)

83

There should be a gap between obligatory and supererogatory prayers

2 hadith (603 — 604)

84

Speaking or moving before supererogatory prayer after obligatory prayer

1 hadith (605 — 605)

85

Consequence of laziness in worship

1 hadith (606 — 606)

86

Women’s attendance at Eid prayers

3 hadith (607 — 609)

87

Start and end times of prayers

1 hadith (610 — 610)

88

If prayer is missed due to sleep or forgetfulness, deliberate omission cannot be made up

2 hadith (611 — 612)

89

If prayer time ends after completing one unit

2 hadith (613 — 614)

90

Praying on time

1 hadith (615 — 615)

91

When did the Prophet perform Fajr prayer?

2 hadith (616 — 617)

92

Praying Dhuhr early due to travel

1 hadith (618 — 618)

93

Maghrib prayer begins at sunset

1 hadith (619 — 619)

94

Ruling on praying Maghrib early

1 hadith (620 — 620)

95

Time for Isha prayer

1 hadith (621 — 621)

96

Delaying Isha prayer is a characteristic of the Ummah

1 hadith (622 — 622)

97

Delaying Asr prayer is a sign of hypocrisy

1 hadith (623 — 623)

98

Disliked times for prayer

3 hadith (624 — 626)

99

No disliked time for prayer in Makkah

1 hadith (627 — 627)

100

How long is prayer prohibited at sunrise and sunset? Total disliked times

1 hadith (628 — 628)

101

Combining prayers

3 hadith (629 — 631)

102

Combining prayers due to travel

2 hadith (632 — 633)

103

Reward for performing twelve confirmed Sunnah

1 hadith (634 — 634)

104

Virtue of four Sunnah before Dhuhr

2 hadith (635 — 636)

105

How to perform Sunnah before Dhuhr

1 hadith (637 — 637)

106

Reason for performing four Sunnah before Dhuhr

1 hadith (638 — 638)

107

Number of Sunnah before Friday prayer

1 hadith (639 — 639)

108

Virtue of two Sunnah before Fajr

1 hadith (640 — 640)

109

Regularly performing Sunnah before Fajr

1 hadith (641 — 641)

110

Reciting Surah Kafiroon and Ikhlas in Fajr and Maghrib Sunnah

2 hadith (642 — 643)

111

When to make up missed Sunnah before Fajr

1 hadith (644 — 644)

112

Two Sunnah after Asr prayer

4 hadith (645 — 648)

113

Performing two Sunnah before Maghrib

1 hadith (649 — 649)

114

At least two units of Nafl before every obligatory prayer

2 hadith (650 — 651)

115

Concession for not performing Sunnah Rawatib while traveling

1 hadith (652 — 652)

116

Praying between Maghrib and Isha

1 hadith (653 — 653)

117

Prophet’s routine of Nafl prayers during the day

1 hadith (654 — 654)

118

Virtue of praying Duha after Fajr

2 hadith (655 — 656)

119

Giving preference to food over congregational prayer

1 hadith (657 — 657)

120

Imam saying “Ameen” aloud

1 hadith (658 — 658)

121

Virtue of saying “Ameen”

4 hadith (659 — 662)

122

When should followers say “Ameen”? Should they say “Sami Allahu liman Hamidah”?

1 hadith (663 — 663)

123

If one needs to spit in the mosque

1 hadith (664 — 664)

124

Etiquettes of spitting during prayer

3 hadith (665 — 667)

125

Prohibition of spitting towards Qibla

1 hadith (668 — 668)

126

Repeating prayer with congregation

1 hadith (669 — 669)

127

Better for women to pray at home

2 hadith (670 — 671)

128

Women coming to mosque and its etiquettes

3 hadith (672 — 674)

129

Due to some sins, worshipers, fasters, pilgrims, and fighters may enter Hell

1 hadith (675 — 675)

130

Reward for giving Adhan

1 hadith (676 — 676)

131

Double Adhan and single Iqamah

1 hadith (677 — 677)

132

Replying to the words of Adhan

2 hadith (678 — 679)

133

State of Satan during Adhan

1 hadith (680 — 680)

134

Addition in Adhan during severe cold or rain

1 hadith (681 — 681)

135

Different forms of prostration of forgetfulness

5 hadith (682 — 686)

136

Prostration of forgetfulness for missing middle Tashahhud

2 hadith (687 — 688)

137

Ensuring a barrier during prayer

2 hadith (689 — 690)

138

Prayer is invalidated by certain things passing in front

1 hadith (691 — 691)

139

Ensuring complete dress for prayer and its reason

1 hadith (692 — 692)

140

Virtue of funeral prayer and mentioning the deceased’s good

1 hadith (693 — 693)

141

How a Hafiz preserves the Quran

1 hadith (694 — 694)

142

Opening supplication (Dua Istiftah)

1 hadith (695 — 695)

143

Latecomer should join Imam as he is; reciting Surah Fatiha in every unit is obligatory

1 hadith (696 — 696)

144

How to sit in gatherings

1 hadith (697 — 697)

145

Meanings of “Iq’a” and “Tawarruk” and their relation to prayer

1 hadith (698 — 698)

146

Words of Tashahhud and permission to recite supplications in middle Tashahhud

1 hadith (699 — 699)

147

Reciting Tashahhud after every two units

1 hadith (700 — 700)

148

Pointing with index finger during Tashahhud

2 hadith (701 — 702)

149

Ending prayer with one Salam

1 hadith (703 — 703)

150

Supplications after prayer

4 hadith (704 — 707)

151

State of the worshiper during prayer

2 hadith (708 — 709)

152

Times when supplications are accepted

3 hadith (710 — 712)

153

If Wudu breaks during prayer

1 hadith (713 — 713)

154

Virtue of prostrations

1 hadith (714 — 714)

155

Virtue of returning after praying Duha after Fajr

2 hadith (715 — 716)

156

Virtue of sitting in mosque after Fajr until sunrise

1 hadith (717 — 717)

157

Virtue of performing “Salat al-Awwabeen”

1 hadith (718 — 718)

158

Time for “Salat al-Awwabeen”

1 hadith (719 — 719)

159

Virtue of Duha prayer

2 hadith (720 — 721)

160

How the poor can surpass the rich in charity

1 hadith (722 — 722)

161

Praying without Wudu is a grave sin

1 hadith (723 — 723)

162

No Nafl prayer after Iqamah begins

1 hadith (724 — 724)

163

Order of prayer and sermon on Eid al-Adha

1 hadith (725 — 725)

164

Reason for sixty years’ prayers not being accepted

1 hadith (726 — 726)

165

Start and end time for Takbirat on Eid

1 hadith (727 — 727)

166

Disabled person leaning during prayer

1 hadith (728 — 728)

167

Devils entering homes in various forms; Prophet’s miracle for Qatadah due to praying Isha in darkness and rain

1 hadith (729 — 729)

168

Tahajjud prayer is a sign of righteousness

1 hadith (730 — 730)

169

Performing two light units before Tahajjud

1 hadith (731 — 731)

170

Night prayer is two by two units

1 hadith (732 — 732)

171

The honor of a believer is in Tahajjud

1 hadith (733 — 733)

172

How to pray Tahajjud while traveling; extra voluntary prayers after Witr

1 hadith (734 — 734)

173

How to reply to Salam in prayer; speaking in prayer is forbidden

3 hadith (735 — 737)

174

Saying Salam to someone praying

1 hadith (738 — 738)

175

How men and women reply to permission in prayer; signaling in prayer

3 hadith (739 — 741)

176

The Prophet found comfort in prayer

1 hadith (742 — 742)

177

Prayer was the coolness of the Prophet’s eyes

2 hadith (743 — 743M)

178

Avoid distractions in prayer

1 hadith (744 — 744)

179

The Prophet’s long prayers and supplications for his followers

1 hadith (745 — 745)

180

Rights of Muslims over each other

1 hadith (746 — 746)

181

Praying with shoes on

1 hadith (747 — 747)

182

Prescribing certain prayers for benefit

1 hadith (748 — 748)

183

Difference in reward between sitting and standing prayers

1 hadith (749 — 749)

184

Using hands to rise in prayer and their position

1 hadith (750 — 750)

185

Disabled person should not prostrate on a cushion

1 hadith (751 — 751)

186

Prayer consists of three parts

1 hadith (752 — 752)

187

Types of Fajr and their rulings

6 hadith (753 — 758)

188

When to say the transitional Takbirs

1 hadith (759 — 759)

189

Asking about dreams after Fajr prayer

1 hadith (760 — 760)

190

Qunoot Nazilah after Ruku

1 hadith (761 — 761)

191

Reason for Qunoot Nazilah

1 hadith (762 — 762)

192

All good deeds are by Allah’s guidance

2 hadith (763 — 764)

193

How to fold hands in prayer; after Ruku

1 hadith (765 — 765)

194

Placing the nose on the ground during prostration

1 hadith (766 — 766)

195

Position of arms during prostration

1 hadith (767 — 767)

196

Prostrating on the soft part of palms

1 hadith (768 — 768)

197

Prayer without calmness in bowing and prostration is not accepted

1 hadith (769 — 769)

198

Pecking in prostration and spreading arms on the ground is forbidden

1 hadith (770 — 770)

199

Back position in bowing

1 hadith (771 — 771)

200

Tasbeeh in bowing and prostration

2 hadith (772 — 773)

201

Virtue of signaling according to Sunnah in prayer

1 hadith (774 — 774)

202

Distance for shortening prayers (Qasr)

1 hadith (775 — 775)

203

Ablution after eating cooked food is abrogated; rinsing mouth after eating is not required

1 hadith (776 — 776)

204

The Prophet did not pray in his wives’ cloaks

1 hadith (777 — 777)

205

Praying in red or fur-lined cloaks

1 hadith (778 — 778)

206

Giving advice at night

1 hadith (779 — 779)

207

Advancing or delaying congregational prayer due to crowd

1 hadith (780 — 780)

208

How to perform Eid prayers

1 hadith (781 — 781)

209

Saying six or twelve Takbirs in Eid prayers

1 hadith (782 — 782)

210

Holding a staff while giving sermon

5 hadith (783 — 787)

211

Praying near Maqam Ibrahim; context of “Let him call his assembly”

1 hadith (788 — 788)

212

Children sitting on the back of someone prostrating

1 hadith (789 — 789)

213

Opening the door during voluntary prayer

1 hadith (790 — 790)

214

Praying on a mat

1 hadith (791 — 791)

215

The Prophet sleeping in prostration

1 hadith (792 — 792)

216

Scraping semen from clothes during prayer

1 hadith (793 — 793)

217

Seeking Laylat al-Qadr

1 hadith (794 — 794)

218

Virtue of outward humility in prayer

1 hadith (795 — 795)

219

Everyone should pray at the nearest mosque

1 hadith (796 — 796)

220

Reward for praying in Quba Mosque

1 hadith (797 — 797)

221

Which foot to enter or exit the mosque with

1 hadith (798 — 798)

222

Making up deficiencies in obligatory prayers with voluntary ones

1 hadith (799 — 799)

223

Reward for reciting ten, hundred, or thousand verses in prayer

5 hadith (800 — 804)

224

Tying hair at the back during prayer is forbidden

1 hadith (805 — 805)

225

Leaving Friday sermon for worldly reasons is a grave sin

1 hadith (806 — 806)

226

Which mosque to perform I’tikaf in

1 hadith (807 — 807)

227

Praying on or facing a grave is forbidden

1 hadith (808 — 808)

228

Leaving prayer or Salam incomplete is forbidden

1 hadith (809 — 809)

229

Leaving the mosque after Adhan without excuse and not returning is hypocrisy

1 hadith (810 — 810)

230

Satan’s whispers about breaking ablution

1 hadith (811 — 811)

231

Rulings on decorated places where worshipper’s gaze falls

1 hadith (812 — 812)

232

Why women are deficient in religion

1 hadith (813 — 813)

233

Types of Quran reciters

1 hadith (814 — 814)

234

One follower standing to the right of the Imam

2 hadith (815 — 816)

235

Time for Witr prayer

3 hadith (817 — 819)

236

When to pray Witr

1 hadith (820 — 820)

237

Is Witr obligatory?

3 hadith (821 — 823)

238

Number of Witr units: one to nine

1 hadith (824 — 824)

239

Praying voluntary prayers after Witr is allowed

1 hadith (825 — 825)