Hadiths on Prayer

Authentic Whoever regularly observes four Rak‘ahs before Zhuhr and four after it, Allah will make him forbidden to Hellfire Good hadith May Allah have mercy on whoever offers four Rak‘ahs before the ‘Asr prayer Authentic hadith Offer two Rak‘ahs before Maghrib Authentic The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) recited: {Say, “O disbelievers”} and {Say: “He is Allah, the One”} in the two Rak Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray two light Rak‘ahs before the Fajr prayer, after the Muezzin would fi Authentic hadith When anyone of you prays two Rak‘ahs before the dawn prayer, he should lie on his right side Authentic A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was on the pulpit: What do you say about the night prayer? He (ﷺ) said: "Two by two Authentic hadith (Voluntary) prayer in both the day and night is performed two by two Authentic hadith The most excellent fast after Ramadan is Allah's month, Muharram, and the most excellent prayer after what is prescribed is prayer during the night Authentic hadith The Witr is due, so whoever wants to pray the Witr as seven (units of prayer), let him do so; whoever wants to pray the Witr as five, let him do so; w Authentic hadith Witr is not incumbent like the status of the obligatory prayers, but it is a Sunnah that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be up Good hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer during the month of Ramadan, offering eight Rak‘ahs as well as t Authentic hadith Indeed, Allah, the Almighty,, has added a prayer for you, so offer it in the period between ‘Ishā' prayer and Fajr prayer; (it is) the Witr, (it is) t Authentic hadith O ‘Ā'ishah, indeed, my eyes sleep but my heart does not sleep Authentic hadith The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer thirteen Rak‘ah in the night prayer including Witr, plus two (voluntary) Rak‘a Authentic hadith O ‘Abdullāh, do not be like so-and-so. He used to offer Qiyām al-Layl and then abandoned it Authentic hadith O people of the Qur'an, perform the Witr Prayer for, verily, Allah is Witr (single) and loves what is Witr (single, odd) Authentic hadith There should not be two Witr prayers during one night Authentic hadith Perform Witr prayer before the morning Authentic hadith The one who has not prayed the Witr prayer before dawn, then there is no Witr for him Authentic hadith If anyone sleeps before praying Witr or forgets it, let him pray it once he remembers it Authentic hadith If anyone fears that he will not wake up at the end of the night, let him offer Witr prayer at the beginning of the night; and anyone expects to wake Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer the Duha Prayer as four Rak‘ahs and sometimes as much more as Allah Authentic hadith Did the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) pray the Duha prayer? She said: No, unless he came back from being away Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) would give up a deed, even though he liked to perform it, for fear that people wo Authentic hadith The prayer of the oft-returning to Allah is when weaned camels are bitten by excessive heat Authentic The congregational prayer surpasses the prayer of any one of you alone by twenty-five times. And the angels of the night and the angels of the day gat Authentic Do you hear the Adhān?" He replied in the affirmative. Thereupon, he said: "Then respond to it Authentic hadith Whoever hears the prayer call and does not attend the congregational prayer, then his prayer is not valid (deficient), except if he has an excuse Authentic hadith Do not do so. If any of you prays in his house and finds that the Imām has not prayed, he should pray along with him; and that will be a supererogator Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was once riding a horse and fell down from it, injuring his right side Authentic hadith Come forward and be close to me and let those who come after you, follow your lead. If people continue to fall behind, Allah puts them behind Authentic hadith O people, pray at your homes, for a person’s best prayer is the one he performs at his home except the obligatory prayer Authentic hadith O people, you cause aversion to others. Whoever leads people in prayer should make it brief, for among them are the sick, the weak, and those with nee Authentic hadith Offer this prayer at this time and that prayer at that time. When the time for a prayer is due, let one of you call the Adhān, and let the one who kno Authentic hadith The one who is the most versed in Allah's Book should lead the people in prayer Authentic The best of the men's rows is the first, and the worst is the last, and the best of the women's rows is the last, and the worst is the first Authentic hadith O Allah, place light in my heart, light in my sight, light in my hearing, light on my right, light on my left, light above me, light below me, light i Authentic hadith An orphan and I prayed behind the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) in our house, and my mother Umm Sulaym was standing behind us Authentic hadith May Allah increase your keenness, but do not do that again Hasan The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man praying alone behind the row, so he commanded him to repeat his prayer Authentic These two prayers are the most burdensome of all prayers for the hypocrites. If you knew what they contain, you would come to them, even if you had to Good hadith Umm Waraqah bint ‘Abdullāh ibn al-Hārith al-Ansāri reported that she had memorized the Qur'an, and the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upo Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Ibn Umm Maktūm as his successor to lead the people in prayer, and he wa Authentic hadith When one of you joins the prayer and finds the Imām in a certain position, he should do what the Imām is doing Authentic hadith While the people were performing the Fajr prayer in Qubā' Mosque, someone came saying: Tonight, (a portion of the) Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet Authentic When you hear the Adhan (call to prayer), repeat what the Muezzin says Authentic hadith Bilāl calls the Adhān at night; so, eat and drink until you hear the Adhān called by Ibn Umm Maktūm Authentic Straighten your rows, for indeed, straightening the row is from the perfection of the prayer Authentic hadith A Bedouin came and urinated in a corner of the mosque Authentic hadith I saw you pray towards a direction other than the Qiblah! He said: Had I not seen the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) saw a person sitting aloof and not praying with the people. He asked him: “O so-a Authentic hadith Go back to your families and stay with them. Teach them (religion) and command them (to adhere to it), perform so-and-so prayer at so-and-so time, and Authentic I memorized from the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) ten Rak‘ahs (units of prayer) Authentic hadith A complaint was made to the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) about the person who doubts that something has happened to him durin Authentic hadith If the Iqāmah for prayer is proclaimed, and the dinner is served, start with the dinner Authentic hadith The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade praying after the Fajr prayer up until the sun rises, and after the ‘Asr prayer unti Authentic hadith Straighten your rows, or Allah will cause dissension amongst you Authentic Is he who raises his head before the Imam not afraid that Allah may transform his head into that of a donkey or his shape into that of a donkey? Authentic No prayer should be offered in the presence of food or when he is resisting the need to relieve himself of the two filths