Sahih Muslim
Book 4: The Book of Prayers
كتاب الصلاة
322 hadith in this book
1The Beginning Of The Adhanباب بَدْءِ الأَذَانِ2The Command to say the phrases of the Adhan twice and the phrases of the iqamah once, except the phrase, "Prayer is about to begin," which is to be said twiceباب الأَمْرِ بِشَفْعِ الأَذَانِ وَإِيتَارِ الإِقَامَةِ 3Description Of The Adhanباب صِفَةِ الأَذَانِ 4It Is Recommended To Have Two Mu'adhdhin In A Single Masjidباب اسْتِحْبَابِ اتِّخَاذِ مُؤَذِّنَيْنِ لِلْمَسْجِدِ الْوَاحِدِ 5It Is Permissible For A Blind Man To Call The Adhan So long As There Is A Man With Him Who Seesباب جَوَازِ أَذَانِ الأَعْمَى إِذَا كَانَ مَعَهُ بَصِيرٌ 6Refraining From Attacking People In Dar Al-Kufr (Non-Muslim Lands) If The Adhan Is Heard Among Themباب الإِمْسَاكِ عَنِ الإِغَارَةِ، عَلَى قَوْمٍ فِي دَارِ الْكُفْرِ إِذَا سُمِعَ فِيهِمُ الأَذَانُ 7It Is Recommended For The One Who Hears The Mu'adhdhin To Repeat His Words, Then To Send Salat Upon The Prophet (ﷺ) And Ask Allah To Grant Him Al-Wasilahباب اسْتِحْبَابِ الْقَوْلِ مِثْلَ قَوْلِ الْمُؤَذِّنِ لِمَنْ سَمِعَهُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ يَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ لَهُ الْوَسِيلَةَ8The Virtue Of the Adhan, And The Shaitan Flees When He Hears Itباب فَضْلِ الأَذَانِ وَهَرَبِ الشَّيْطَانِ عِنْدَ سَمَاعِهِ 9It Is Recommended To Raise The Hands Level With The Shoulders When Saying The Opening Takbir, When Bowing And When Rising From Bowing. But That Is Not To Be Done When Rising From The Prostrationباب اسْتِحْبَابِ رَفْعِ الْيَدَيْنِ حَذْوَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ مَعَ تَكْبِيرَةِ الإِحْرَامِ وَالرُّكُوعِ وَفِي الرَّفْعِ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَأَنَّهُ لاَ يَفْعَلُهُ إِذَا رَفَعَ مِنَ السُّجُودِ10Affirming The Takbir For Every Movement Up Or Down In The Prayer, Except When Rising From Ruku' When One Should Say: Sami'aAllahu Liman Hamidah (Allah Hears Those Who Praise Him)باب إِثْبَاتِ التَّكْبِيرِ فِي كُلِّ خَفْضٍ وَرَفْعٍ فِي الصَّلاَةِ إِلاَّ رَفْعَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ فَيَقُولُ فِيهِ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ11It Is Obligatory To Recite Al-Fatihah In Every Rak'ah; If A Person Cannot Recite Al-Fatihah Or Cannot Learn It, Then He Should Recite Whatever Else He Can Manageباب وُجُوبِ قِرَاءَةِ الْفَاتِحَةِ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ وَإِنَّهُ إِذَا لَمْ يُحْسِنِ الْفَاتِحَةَ وَلاَ أَمْكَنَهُ تَعَلُّمُهَا قَرَأَ مَا تَيَسَّرَ لَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا12Prohibiting The Follower From Reciting Aloud Behind An Imamباب نَهْىِ الْمَأْمُومِ عَنْ جَهْرِهِ، بِالْقِرَاءَةِ خَلْفَ إِمَامِهِ 13The Proof Of Those Who Say That The Basmalah Should Not Be Recited Aloudباب حُجَّةِ مَنْ قَالَ لاَ يَجْهَرُ بِالْبَسْمَلَةِ 14The Proof Of Those Who Say That The Bismillah Is A Verse At The Beginning Of Every Surah, Except Bara'ah (At-Tawbah)باب حُجَّةِ مَنْ قَالَ الْبَسْمَلَةُ آيَةٌ مِنْ أَوَّلِ كُلِّ سُورَةٍ سِوَى بَرَاءَةَ15THE PLACING OF THE RIGHT HAND OVER THE LEFT HAND AFTER THE FIRST TAKBIR IN PRAYER (TAKBIR-I-TAHRIMA) BELOW THE CHEST AND ABOVE THE NAVEL AND THEN PLACING THEM APPOSITE THE SHOULDERS IN PROSTRATIONباب وَضْعِ يَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى بَعْدَ تَكْبِيرَةِ الإِحْرَامِ تَحْتَ صَدْرِهِ فَوْقَ سُرَّتِهِ وَوَضْعِهِمَا فِي السُّجُودِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ16The Tashah-hud In The Prayerباب التَّشَهُّدِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ 17Sending Salat Upon The Prophet (ﷺ) After The Tashah-hudباب الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعْدَ التَّشَهُّدِ 18Saying "Sami'a Allahu liman Hamidah," Rabbana wa lakal-hamd," and "Amin"باب التَّسْمِيعِ وَالتَّحْمِيدِ وَالتَّأْمِينِ 19Following The Imamباب ائْتِمَامِ الْمَأْمُومِ بِالإِمَامِ 20The Prohibition Of Preceding The Imam In Saying The Takbir Or Anything Elseباب النَّهْىِ عَنْ مُبَادَرَةِ الإِمَامِ، بِالتَّكْبِيرِ وَغَيْرِهِ 21If The Imam Experiences An Excuse, From Illness, Or Travelling, Etc. He May Appoint Someone Else To Lead The People In Prayer; The One Who Offers Prayer Behind The Imam Sitting Because He Is Unable To Stand Must Stand If He Is Able To Do So; And The Abrogation Of Sitting Behind A Sitting Imam For Those Who Are Able To Standباب اسْتِخْلاَفِ الإِمَامِ إِذَا عَرَضَ لَهُ عُذْرٌ مِنْ مَرَضٍ وَسَفَرٍ وَغَيْرِهِمَا مَنْ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ وَأَنَّ مَنْ صَلَّى خَلْفَ إِمَامٍ جَالِسٍ لِعَجْزِهِ عَنِ الْقِيَامِ لَزِمَهُ الْقِيَامُ إِذَا قَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ وَنَسْخِ الْقُعُودِ خَلْفَ الْقَاعِدِ فِي حَقِّ مَنْ قَدَرَ عَلَى الْقِيَامِ22The Congregation Appointing Someone To Lead Them If The Imam Is Delayed And If There Is No Fear Of Negative Repercussionsباب تَقْدِيمِ الْجَمَاعَةِ مَنْ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ إِذَا تَأَخَّرَ الإِمَامُ وَلَمْ يَخَافُوا مَفْسَدَةً بِالتَّقْدِيمِ23Men Saying The Tasbih And Women Clapping If They Notice Anything During The Prayerباب تَسْبِيحِ الرَّجُلِ وَتَصْفِيقِ الْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا نَابَهُمَا شَىْءٌ فِي الصَّلاَةِ 24The Command To Perform The Prayer Properly, To Complete It, And To Have Khushu' In Itباب الأَمْرِ بِتَحْسِينِ الصَّلاَةِ وَإِتْمَامِهَا وَالْخُشُوعِ فِيهَا 25The Prohibition Of Preceding The Imam While Bowing, Prostrating And So Onباب النَّهْىِ عَنْ سَبْقِ الإِمَامِ، بِرُكُوعٍ أَوْ سُجُودٍ وَنَحْوِهِمَا 26The Prohibition On Lifting Ones Gaze To The Heavens When in Salatباب النَّهْىِ عَنْ رَفْعِ الْبَصَرِ، إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ 27The Command To Be Calm During The Prayer And The Prohibition Of Gesturing With One's Hand And Raising It When Saying The Salam; And Completing The First Rows, Aligning In Them, And The Command To Come Togetherباب الأَمْرِ بَالسُّكُونِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ الإِشَارَةِ بِالْيَدِ وَرَفْعِهَا عِنْدَ السَّلاَمِ وَإِتْمَامِ الصُّفُوفِ الأُوَلِ وَالتَّرَاصِّ فِيهَا وَالأَمْرِ بِالاِجْتِمَاعِ28Straightening The Rows; The Virtue Of The Front Row And Then The Next; Competing With One Another For The Front Row; The People Of Virtue Should Take Precedence And Be Closest To The Imamباب تَسْوِيَةِ الصُّفُوفِ وَإِقَامَتِهَا وَفَضْلِ الأَوَّلِ فَالأَوَّلِ مِنْهَا وَالاِزْدِحَامِ عَلَى الصَّفِّ الأَوَّلِ وَالْمُسَابَقَةِ إِلَيْهَا وَتَقْدِيمِ أُولِي الْفَضْلِ وَتَقْرِيبِهِمْ مِنَ الإِمَامِ29The Command To Women Who Are Praying Behind Men Not To Raise Their Heads From Prostration Before The Men Have Done Soباب أَمْرِ النِّسَاءِ الْمُصَلِّيَاتِ وَرَاءَ الرِّجَالِ أَنْ لاَ يَرْفَعْنَ رُءُوسَهُنَّ مِنَ السُّجُودِ حَتَّى يَرْفَعَ الرِّجَالُ30Women Going Out To The Masjid So Long As No Fitnah Results From That; and They Should Not Go Out Wearing Perfumeباب خُرُوجِ النِّسَاءِ إِلَى الْمَسَاجِدِ إِذَا لَمْ يَتَرَتَّبْ عَلَيْهِ فِتْنَةٌ وَأَنَّهَا لاَ تَخْرُجُ مُطَيَّبَةً31Moderation When Reciting Qur'an In A Prayer When It Is To Be Recited Out Loud, And Making it Neither Too Loud Nor Too Soft, And When There Is The Fear Of Negative Consequences If It Is Recited Out Loudباب التَّوَسُّطِ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ الْجَهْرِيَّةِ بَيْنَ الْجَهْرِ وَالإِسْرَارِ إِذَا خَافَ مِنَ الْجَهْرِ مَفْسَدَةً32Listening to the Recitationباب الاِسْتِمَاعِ لِلْقِرَاءَةِ 33Reciting Out Aloud In As-Subh And Reciting To The Jinnباب الْجَهْرِ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الصُّبْحِ وَالْقِرَاءَةِ عَلَى الْجِنِّ 34The Recitation For Zuhr And 'Asrباب الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ 35Recitation in As-Subhباب الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الصُّبْحِ 36Recitation During 'Ishaباب الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الْعِشَاءِ 37The Command To The Imam To Make The Prayer Brief But Completeباب أَمْرِ الأَئِمَّةِ بِتَخْفِيفِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي تَمَامٍ 38Moderation In All Pillars Of The Prayer, And Making It Brief Yet Completeباب اعْتِدَالِ أَرْكَانِ الصَّلاَةِ وَتَخْفِيفِهَا فِي تَمَامٍ 39Following The Imam And Acting After Himباب مُتَابَعَةِ الإِمَامِ وَالْعَمَلِ بَعْدَهُ 40What Is To Be Said When Raising One's Head From Bowingباب مَا يَقُولُ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ 41The Prohibition Of Reciting The Quran While Bowing And Prostratingباب النَّهْىِ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ، فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ 42What Is To Be Said While Bowing And Prostratingباب مَا يُقَالُ فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ 43The Virtue Of Prostration And Encouragement To Do Soباب فَضْلِ السُّجُودِ وَالْحَثِّ عَلَيْهِ 44The Limbs Of Prostration And The Prohibition Of Tucking Up One's Hair And Garment Or Having Ones Hair In A Braid When Prayingباب أَعْضَاءِ السُّجُودِ وَالنَّهْىِ عَنْ كَفِّ الشَّعْرِ، وَالثَّوْبِ، وَعَقْصِ الرَّأْسِ، فِي الصَّلاَة45Moderation In Prostration; Placing The Hands On The Ground, Keeping The Elbows Up, Away From The Sides, And Lifting The Belly Up Off The Thighs When Prostratingباب الاِعْتِدَالِ فِي السُّجُودِ وَوَضْعِ الْكَفَّيْنِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَرَفْعِ الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ عَنِ الْجَنْبَيْنِ وَرَفْعِ الْبَطْنِ عَنِ الْفَخِذَيْنِ فِي السُّجُودِ46The Description Of The Prayer, With What It Begins And Ends. The Description Of Bowing And Moderation Therein, And Of Prostration And Moderation Therein. Tashah-hud After Each Two Rak'ah Of Four Rak'ah Prayers. Description Ol Sitting Between The Two Prostrations, And In The First Tashah-hudباب مَا يَجْمَعُ صِفَةَ الصَّلاَةِ وَمَا يُفْتَتَحُ بِهِ وَيُخْتَمُ بِهِ وَصِفَةَ الرُّكُوعِ وَالاِعْتِدَالِ مِنْهُ وَالسُّجُودِ وَالاِعْتِدَالِ مِنْهُ وَالتَّشَهُّدِ بَعْدَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنَ الرُّبَاعِيَّةِ وَصِفَةَ الْجُلُوسِ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ وَفِي التَّشَهُّدِ الأَوَّلِ47The Sutrah (Screen) For One Who Is Praying, And The Recommendation To Pray Facing A Sutrah. The Ruling On Passing In Front Of One Who Is Praying, And Preventing One Who Wants To Pass In Front. It Is Permissible To Lie Down In Front Of One Who Is Praying, Praying Towards One's Mount. The Command To Stand Close To The Sutrah. The Height Of The Suirah, And Related Mattersباب سُتْرَةِ الْمُصَلِّي 48Preventing One Who Wants To Pass In Front Of A Praying Personباب مَنْعِ الْمَارِّ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ الْمُصَلِّي 49The Praying Person Standing Close To The Sutrahباب دُنُوِّ الْمُصَلِّي مِنَ السُّتْرَةِ 50The Height Of That Which Serves As A Sutrah For The One Who Is Prayingباب قَدْرِ مَا يَسْتُرُ الْمُصَلِّيَ 51Lying In Front Of One Who Is Prayingباب الاِعْتِرَاضِ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ الْمُصَلِّي 52Praying In A Single Garment, And How It Should Be Wornباب الصَّلاَةِ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ وَصِفَةِ لُبْسِهِ
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