BOOK 4. KITAB AL-SALAT
(The Book of Prayers)
Chapter
- The beginning of Adhan
- How Adhan is to be pronounced
- There can be two pronouncers of Adhan for
one mosque
- The Holy Prophet refrained from attacking
people living in Dar al-Kufr on bearing Adhan from them
- He who hears the Adhin should respond like
it, invoke blessings upon the Apostle (may peace be upon him)and then beg
for him the Wasila
- The excellence of Adhin and running away
of the Satan on hearing it
- The desirability of raising the hands apposite
the shoulders at the time of beginning the prayer and at the time of bowing
and at the time of returning to the erect position after bowing
- The reciting of Takbir at the time of bowing
and rising in prayer except rising after Ruku' when it is said: Allah listened
to him who praised Him
- The reciting of al-Fatiha in every Rakah
of prayer is obligatory
- The one led in prayer is forbidden to recite
loudly behind the Imam
- Argument of those who say that he (the Holy
Prophet) did not recite Bismillah (in the name of Allah) loudly
- Argument of those who assert that Bismillah
is a part of every Sura except Sura Tauba
- The 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 opposite the shoulders in prostration
- The Tashahhud in prayer
- Blessing on the Prophet (may peace be upon
him) after Tashahhud
- The reciting of Tasmi' (Allah listens to
him who praises Him) Tahmid (O our Lord, for Thee is the praise), and Timin
(Amin)
- The Muqtadi (follower) should strictly follow
the Imam in prayer
- The Imam is authorised to appoint one as
his deputy when there is a valid reason for it (for example, illness or
journey or any other), and if an Imam leads the prayer sitting as he cannot
do so standing, his followers should say prayer standing provided they are
able to do it and there is an abrogation of saying prayer sitting behind
a sitting Imam
- If the Imam arrives late and there is no
danger of an unpleasant happening, another Imam can be appointed to lead
the prayer
- If something happens in prayers, men should
glorify Allah and women should clap hands
- Command to observe prayer well, perfecting
it, and devotion in it
- It is forbidden to bow and prostrate ahead
of the Imam
- It is forbidden to lift one's eye towards
the sky in prayer
- The command to observe prayer with tranquillity
and calmness and forbiddance of making gesture with hands and lifting them
while pronouncing salutation, and the completing of first rows and joining
together well in them
- Straightening of rows and the excellence
of the first row and then of the subsequent rows and competing and vying
with one another for the first row and priority of the men of virtues and
their nearness to the Imam
- The praying women have been commanded not
to precede men in lifting their heads from prostration
- Women coming out (from their houses) for
going to the mosque when there is no apprehension of wickedness,but they
should not come out scented
- Moderation between loud and low recitation
in jahri prayer, when there is a fear of turmoil in reciting loudly
- Listening to the recitation of the Quran
- Recitation of the Quran loudly in the dawn
prayer
- Recitation in noon and afternoon prayers
- Recitation in the morning prayer
- Recitation in the night prayer
- The duty of the Imam is to be brief and
perfect in prayer
- Moderation in the articles of prayers and
their shortening and perfection
- Following the Imam and acting after him
- What is to be recited in bowing and prostration
- The excellence of prostration and exhortation
to observe it
- How the limbs should work in prostration
and forbiddance to fold clothing and hair and plaiting of hair in the prayer
- Moderation in prostration, placing the palms
on the earth (ground), and keeping away elbows from the sides and the belly
from the things while prostating
- The excellence of the prayer and the way
it is begun and the excellence of Ruku' and moderation in it and prostration
and moderation in it, etc.
- Sutra for prayers
- Prayer in a single garment
- Mosques and the places of worship
- Building of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina
- Change of Qibla from Bait-u'l-Manqdis to
Ka'ba
- Forbiddance to build mosques on the graves
and decorating them with pictures and forbiddance to use the graves as mosques
- The virtue of building the mosques and exhortation
to it
- Concerning the command of placing one's
hands on the knees while in Ruku' and abrogation of al-Tatbiq
- Sitting on the buttocks
- Forbiddance of talking in prayer and abrogation
of what was permissible
- It is allowable to curse Satan during prayer
and seek the protection (of the Lord) and minor acts (of commission) in
prayer
- Permissibility of carrying children in
prayer
- The permissibility of moving two steps
in the prayer
- It is not advisable to say prayer while
keeping one's hand on one's waist
- It is forbidden to remove pebbles and smooth
the ground while engaged in prayer
- Forbiddance to spit in the mosque while
engaged in prayer
- Permissibility of wearing shoes in prayers
- It is not advisable to pray wearing a cloth
which has designs or markings over it
- When food is brought before man and he
is inclined to take it, he should not say prayer before eating it and undesirability
of prayer while feeling the call of nature
- Forbiddance to eat garlic, onions and anything
of offensive smell while coming to the mosque
- It is forbidden to cry out for finding
out the lost thing in the mosque
- Forgetfulness inprayer and prostration
as compensation for it
- Prostration while reciting the Quran
- How jalsa is to be observed
- Taslim at the completion of the prayer
- Dhikr after the prayer
- Desirability of seeking refuge from the
torment of the grave
- Excellence of Dhikr after prayer and its
description
- What is to be recited between Takbir Tahrima,and
recitation of the Quran
- Desirability of going to prayer with dignity
and tranquillity and forbiddance of going to it in hot haste
- When should the people stand up for prayer
- He who came up with the Rak'ah, he in fact
came up with the prayer (led in congregation with the Imam)
- Times of prayer
- Desirability of saying the noon prayer
when the extreme heat is over
- Desirability of observing the noon prayer
at the earlier hour (of times prescribed for it) when there is no intense
heat
- Preference for saying the 'Asr prayer at
the commencement of the prescribed time
- The severity (of punishment) in missing
the Asr prayer
- Merit of the morning and afternoon prayers
and exhortation to guard them
- Commencement of the time for the evening
prayer is immediately after sunset
- Time for the night prayer and its delay
- Desirability of observing the morning prayer
at earlier hour and that is the time when there is darkness before dawn
and the exposition about the length of recitation in it
- Disapproval of delaying the prayer from
the prescribes time; what one who is led in prayer should do when the Imam
delays it ?
- Excellence of prayers in congregation and
grim warning for remaining away from it
- He who hears the call for prayer it to
essential for him to come to the mosque
- Forbiddance to go out of the mosque after
the Adhan has been announced by the Mu'adhdhin
- Excellence of praying the 'Isha' and morning
prayers in congregation
- Permission to remain away from the congregational
prayer for any valid reason
- Permissibility of observing Nafl (supererogatory)
prayer in congregation and that too on the mat or the covering cloth or
any other thing which is free from filth and rubbish
- Merit of praying in congregation and waiting
for prayer
- Excellence of taking many steps for reaching
the mosque
- Excellence of sitting at the place of worship
after the dawn prayer and excellence of the mosque
- Who deserves most to act as Imam
- The excellence of Qunut in all the prayers
when any calamity befalls the Muslims
- Compensation of the missed prayer and excellence
of observing it promptly
- The prayer of travellers and its shortening
- Praying in houses when it rains
- Permissibility of saying Nafl prayer on
a riding beast while on a journey, in whatever direction it turns
- Permissibility of combining two prayers
on a journey
- Combination of prayers, when one is resident
- Permissibility of turning to the right
and left in prayer
- Excellence to be on the right side of the
Imam
- The undesirability of observing Nafl prayer,
when the Mu'adhdhin begins Adhan
- What is to be recited while entering the
mosque
- Excellence of greeting the mosque with
two Rak'ahs and undesirability of sitting down before observing them
- Excellence of observing two Rak'ahs in
the mosque for one who comes back from a journey
- Excellence of the forenoon prayer, two
are its minimum Raklahe and eight are its maximum Rak'ahs and average Rak'ahs
are four or six, and exhortation for the observance of the prayer
- Excellence observing two Raklahs of Sunnah
in the dawn prayer
- The virtue of Sunan prayers before and
after the Fard Raklabs and their number
- Permissibility of observing Nafl (voluntary
prayer) standing or sitting and observing some part of it standing or sitting
- Prayer during the night and the number
of the Raklahs which the Apostle (may peace be upon him) observed in the
night and observance of one Raklah of Witr
- Forenoon prayer should be offered when
it is sufficiently hot
- Night prayer consists of pairs of Rakahs'
and Witr is a Rakah at the end of the night
- He who fears that he would not be able
to observe (Tahajjud) prayer at the end of night should observe Witr in
the first part of it
- The most excellent prayer is one in which
one stands for a longer time
- Exhortation to supplicate and make mention
(of Allah) at the end of the night and its acceptance by the Lord
- Encouragement to observe prayers during
Ramadhan and that is Tarawih
- Supplication in the night prayer
- Preference for prolonging recitation in
the night prayer
- What has been related (from the Holy Prophet)
about one who sleeps the whole night till morning
- Preference for observing Nafl prayer in
the house and permissibility of observing it in the mosque also
- Excellence of an act (i.e. observe of
the night prayer, etc.) done constantly
- Concerning dozing off in prayer, or faltering
of one's tongue in the recitation of the Quran, or in mentioning of Allah,
one should sleep, or stop it till one becomes lively
- Concerning the careful remembering of the
Quran
- Desirability of reciting the Quran in a
sweet voice
- The recitation by the Apostle (may peace
be upon him) of Surat al-Fath on the Day of the Conquest of Mecca
- Descending of tranquillity by the recitation
of the Quran
- Excellence of the Hifz; (one who commits
the Quran to memory) of the Quran
- Excellence of the one who is proficient
in the Quran and one who falters in it
- Excellence o't the reciting of the Quran
by one who is more skilled and proficient before one who is inferior to
him
- Excellence of listening to the Quran and
asking one who has memorised it and to recite it from his memory and shedding
tears while listening to the recitation and deliberating over it.
- Excellence of the recitation of the Qur'an
in prayer and that of its learning
- Excellence of the recitation of the Qur'in
and that of surat al-Baqara
- Excellence of sura Fatiha and concluding
verses of surat al-Baqara and exhortation to recite the last two verses
of surat al-Baqara
- Excellence of surat al-Kahf and Ayat al-Kursi
- Excellence of the recitation of "Say: He
is Allah, the One"
- Excellence of the recitation of the two
silras concerning the taking of refuge
- Excellence of one who acts upon (the teachings
of the) Qur'an and one who teaches it
- "The Qur'an has been revealed in seven
modes of "reading" and its meaning
- Reciting the Qur'an leisurely and distinctively
and abstaining from reciting it too hurriedly, and permission to recite
two silras of more than two in a raklah
- That which concerns recitation
- Times when prayer is prohibited
- How Amr b. Abasa embraced Islam
- Do not get into the habit of observing
prayer at the time of the rising sun and at the time of its setting
- Excellence of observing two Rak'ahs before
the evening prayer
- Prayer in time of danger
- Jumu'a Prayer
- The essentiality of taking bath on Friday
- Perfume and using of miswak on Friday
- Observing of silence in sermon on Friday
- There is a special (fortunate) time on
Friday
- Excellence of Friday
- Excellence of going out early on Friday
- Excellence of one who listens to the Khutba
with perfect silence
- Jumu'a prayer is to be observed when the
sun passes over the meridian
- Concerning the two sermons before the Friday
prayer and sitting for a while between the two
- Concerning the words of the Quran: "And
when they see merchandise or sport, they break away to it, and leave thee
standing'
- Warning on neglecting Jumu'a
- Shortness of prayer and surmon
- Observing of two Rak'ahs as a salutation
of the mosque while the Imam is delivering (the sermon)
- Hadith pertaining to giving instruction
in Kbutba
- What is to be recited in the Jumu'a prayer?
- Prayer (Sunan) after the Jumu'a prayer
(Fard) The prayer of the two Id's
- Permissibility of women's going out on
'Id days towards the place of worship and their presence in the Khutba (sitting)
at a distance from men
- Abandoning of prayer before Id and after
it in the place of worship (outside the habitation) especially meant for
Id
- What is to be recited In Id Prayers
- Permission for sport on 'Id days in which
there in no sin
- Prayer for rain
- Supplication in prayer for rain
- (Prayer for) protection (of Allah) when
there is a windstorm. or (terribly dark) cloud, and feeling joy when there
is a rainfall
- Prayer at the time of solar eclipse
- Mention of the torment of grave in eclipse
prayer
- Exhortation to recite La ilaha Il-llah
(there. is no god but Allah) to the dying person
- What is to be said at the time of calamity
- What is to be said by the side of the sick
and the dead
- Closing the (eyes) of the dead and supplication
for him on visiting him
- Weeping for the dead
- Visiting the sick
- Endurance in trouble at the fast blow
- The dead body is punished for the lamentation
of his family
- Women forbidderk to. follow the bier
- Washing of the dead body
- Concerning the shroudidg of the dead body
- Covering the dead body with a cloth
- Exhortation to shroud the dead body well
- Making haste in funeral
- Merit of the funeral prayer and following
the bier
- If one hundred Muslim offer prayer for
the dead, all of them interceding for him (it would he accepted)
- The dead who is praised in good words,
or who is condemned in bad words
- What is said in case of one who gets relief
and the one from whom the other gets relief
- Prayer over the grave
- Standing up on seeing a bier
- Abrogation of the act of standing up the
bier
- Supplication for the dead in the funeral
prayer
- Where should the Imam stand for offering
prayer over the dead body
- It is permissible to ride back after offering
funeral prayer
- Niche in the grave and setting up of mud
bricks over the dead
- Commandment in regard to the levelling
of the grave
- It is forbidden to plaster the grave or
constructing anything over it
- It is forbidden to sit over the grave and
observe prayer facing towards it
- Funeral prayer in the mosque
- What is to be said while visiting the graveyard
and the supplication to be offered for the dead lying in the graves
- The Apostle of Allah (way peace be upon
him) seeking permission from'the Lord. the Exalted and High, for visiting
the grave of his mother
- Abandoning of funeral prayer for him who
committed suicide