Narrated `Aisha:I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about looking hither and thither in prayer. He replied, ""It is a way of stealing by which Satan takes away (a portion) from the prayer of a person

Narrated `Aisha:Once the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed on a Khamisa with marks on it and said, ""The marks on it diverted my attention, take this Khamisa to Abu Jahm and bring an Inbijaniya (from him)

Narrated Ibn `Umar:The Prophet (ﷺ) saw expectoration in the direction of the Qibla of the mosque while he was leading the prayer, and scratched it off. After finishing the prayer, he said, ""Whenever any of you is in prayer he should know that Allah is in front of him. So none should spit in front of him in the prayer

Narrated Anas:While the Muslims were offering the Fajr prayer, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) suddenly appeared before them by lifting the curtain of the dwelling place of `Aisha, looked towards the Muslims who were standing in rows. He smiled with pleasure. Abu Bakr started retreating to join the row on the assumption that the Prophet wanted to come out for the prayer. The Muslims intended to leave the prayer (and were on the verge of being put to trial), but the Prophet (ﷺ) beckoned them to complete their prayer and then he let the curtain fall. He died in the last hours of that day

Narrated Jabir bin Samura:The People of Kufa complained against Sa`d to `Umar and the latter dismissed him and appointed `Ammar as their chief . They lodged many complaints against Sa`d and even they alleged that he did not pray properly. `Umar sent for him and said, ""O Aba 'Is-haq! These people claim that you do not pray properly."" Abu 'Is-haq said, ""By Allah, I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Allah's Apostle and I never reduced anything of it. I used to prolong the first two rak`at of `Isha prayer and shorten the last two rak`at."" `Umar said, ""O Aba 'Is-haq, this was what I thought about you."" And then he sent one or more persons with him to Kufa so as to ask the people about him. So they went there and did not leave any mosque without asking about him. All the people praised him till they came to the mosque of the tribe of Bani `Abs; one of the men called Usama bin Qatada with a surname of Aba Sa`da stood up and said, ""As you have put us under an oath; I am bound to tell you that Sa`d never went himself with the army and never distributed (the war booty) equally and never did justice in legal verdicts."" (On hearing it) Sa`d said, ""I pray to Allah for three things: O Allah! If this slave of yours is a liar and got up for showing off, give him a long life, increase his poverty and put him to trials."" (And so it happened). Later on when that person was asked how he was, he used to reply that he was an old man in trial as the result of Sa`d's curse. `Abdul Malik, the sub narrator, said that he had seen him afterwards and his eyebrows were overhanging his eyes owing to old age and he used to tease and assault the small girls in the way

Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, ""Whoever does not recite Al-Fatiha in his prayer, his prayer is invalid

Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) entered the mosque and a person followed him. The man prayed and went to the Prophet and greeted him. The Prophet (ﷺ) returned the greeting and said to him, ""Go back and pray, for you have not prayed."" The man went back prayed in the same way as before, returned and greeted the Prophet who said, ""Go back and pray, for you have not prayed."" This happened thrice. The man said, ""By Him Who sent you with the Truth, I cannot offer the prayer in a better way than this. Please, teach me how to pray."" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""When you stand for Prayer say Takbir and then recite from the Holy Qur'an (of what you know by heart) and then bow till you feel at ease. Then raise your head and stand up straight, then prostrate till you feel at ease during your prostration, then sit with calmness till you feel at ease (do not hurry) and do the same in all your prayers

Narrated Jabir bin Samura:Sa`d said, ""I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (the prayer of Zuhr and `Asr) reducing nothing from them. I used to prolong the first two rak`at and shorten the last two rak`at."" `Umar said to Sa`d ""This was what we thought about you

Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:My father said, ""The Prophet (ﷺ) in Zuhr prayers used to recite Al-Fatiha along with two other Suras in the first two rak`at: a long one in the first rak`a and a shorter (Sura) in the second, and at times the verses were audible. In the `Asr prayer the Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite Al-Fatiha and two more Suras in the first two rak`at and used to prolong the first rak`a. And he used to prolong the first rak`a of the Fajr prayer and shorten the second

Narrated Abu Ma`mar:I asked Khabbab whether the Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite the Qur'an in the Zuhr and the `Asr prayers. He replied in the affirmative. We said, ""How did you come to know that?"" He said, ""From the movement of his beard

Narrated Abu Ma`mar:I asked Khabbab bin Al-Art whether the Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite the Qur'an in the Zuhr and the `Asr prayers. He replied in the affirmative. I said, ""How did you come to know that?"" He replied, ""From the movement of his beard

Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:My father said, ""The Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite Al-Fatiha along with another Sura in the first two rak`at of the Zuhr and the `Asr prayers and at times a verse or so was audible to us

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:(My mother) Umu-l-Fadl heard me reciting ""Wal Mursalati `Urfan"" (77) and said, ""O my son! By Allah, your recitation made me remember that it was the last Sura I heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). He recited it in the Maghrib prayer

Narrated Marwan bin Al-Hakam:Zaid bin Thabit said to me, ""Why do you recite very short Suras in the Maghrib prayer while I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting the longer of the two long Suras?

Narrated Jubair bin Mut`im:My father said, ""I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) reciting ""at-Tur"" (52) in the Maghrib prayer

Narrated Abu Rafi`:I offered the `Isha' prayer behind Abu Huraira and he recited, ""Idha s-samaa'u n-shaqqat"" (84) and prostrated. On my inquiring, he said, ""I prostrated behind Abul-Qasim (the Prophet) (when he recited that Sura) and I will go on doing it till I meet him

Narrated Al-Bara:The Prophet (ﷺ) was on a journey and recited in one of the first two rak`at of the `Isha' prayer ""Wa t-teeni wa z-zaitun

Narrated Abu Rafi`:Once I prayed the `Isha' prayer with Abu Huraira and he recited, ""Idha s-samaa'u n-shaqqat"" (84) and prostrated. I said, ""What is that?"" He said, ""I prostrated behind Abul-Qasim, (the Prophet) (when he recited that Sura) and I will go on doing it till I meet him

Narrated Al-Bara:I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting wa t-teeni wa z-zaitun"" (95) in the `Isha' prayer, and I never heard a sweeter voice or a better way of recitation than that of the Prophet

Narrated Jabir bin Samura:`Umar said to Sa`d, ""The people complained against you in everything, even in prayer."" Sa`d replied, ""Really I used to prolong the first two rak`at and shorten the last two and I will never shorten the prayer in which I follow Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)."" `Umar said, ""You are telling the truth and that is what I think about you.""

Narrated Saiyar bin Salama:My father and I went to Abu Barza-al-Aslami to ask him about the stated times for the prayers. He replied, ""The Prophet (ﷺ) used to offer the Zuhr prayer when the sun just declined from its highest position at noon; the `Asr at a time when if a man went to the farthest place in Medina (after praying) he would find the sun still hot (bright). (The sub narrator said: I have forgotten what Abu Barza said about the Maghrib prayer). The Prophet (ﷺ) never found any harm in delaying the `Isha' prayer to the first third of the night and he never liked to sleep before it and to talk after it. He used to offer the morning prayer at a time when after finishing it one could recognize the person sitting beside him and used to recite between 60 to 100 verses in one or both the rak`at

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Qur'an is recited in every prayer and in those prayers in which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) recited aloud for us, we recite aloud in the same prayers for you; and the prayers in which the Prophet (ﷺ) recited quietly, we recite quietly. If you recite ""Al-Fatiha"" only it is sufficient but if you recite something else in addition, it is better

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:The Prophet (ﷺ) set out with the intention of going to Suq `Ukaz (market of `Ukaz) along with some of his companions. At the same time, a barrier was put between the devils and the news of heaven. Fire commenced to be thrown at them. The Devils went to their people, who asked them, ""What is wrong with you?"" They said, ""A barrier has been placed between us and the news of heaven. And fire has been thrown at us."" They said, ""The thing which has put a barrier between you and the news of heaven must be something which has happened recently. Go eastward and westward and see what has put a barrier between you and the news of heaven."" Those who went towards Tihama came across the Prophet at a place called Nakhla and it was on the way to Suq `Ukaz and the Prophet (ﷺ) was offering the Fajr prayer with his companions. When they heard the Qur'an they listened to it and said, ""By Allah, this is the thing which has put a barrier between us and the news of heaven."" They went to their people and said, ""O our people; verily we have heard a wonderful recital (Qur'an) which shows the true path; we believed in it and would not ascribe partners to our Lord."" Allah revealed the following verses to his Prophet (Sura 'Jinn') (72): ""Say: It has been revealed to me."" And what was revealed to him was the conversation of the Jinns

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:The Prophet (ﷺ) recited aloud in the prayers in which he was ordered to do so and quietly in the prayers in which he was ordered to do so. ""And your Lord is not forgetful."" ""Verily there was a good example for you in the ways of the Prophet

Narrated Abu Wa'il:A man came to Ibn Mas`ud and said, ""I recited the Mufassal (Suras) at night in one rak`a."" Ibn Mas`ud said, ""This recitation is (too quick) like the recitation of poetry. I know the identical Suras which the Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite in pairs."" Ibn Mas`ud then mentioned 20 Mufassal Suras including two Suras from the family of (i.e. those verses which begin with) Ha, Meem [??] (which the Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite) in each rak`a

Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:My father said, ""The Prophet (ﷺ) uses to recite Al-Fatiha followed by another Sura in the first two rak`at of the prayer and used to recite only Al-Fatiha in the last two rak`at of the Zuhr prayer. Sometimes a verse or so was audible and he used to prolong the first rak`a more than the second and used to do the same in the `Asr and Fajr prayers

Narrated Abu Ma`mar:We said to Khabbab ""Did Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to recite in Zuhr and `Asr prayers?"" He replied in the affirmative. We said, ""How did you come to know about it?"" He said, ""By the movement of his beard

Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:My father said, ""The Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite Al-Fatiha along with another Sura in the first two rak`at of the Zuhr and `Asr prayers. A verse or so was audible at times and he used to prolong the first rak`a

Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:My father said, ""The Prophet (ﷺ) used to prolong the first rak`a of the Zuhr prayer and shorten the second one and used to do the same in the Fajr prayer

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""Say Amin"" when the Imam says it and if the Amin of any one of you coincides with that of the angels then all his past sins will be forgiven."" Ibn Shihab said, ""Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to Say ""Amin