Bulugh al-Maram

لَا يَقْطَعُ اَلصَّلَاةَ شَيْءٌ, وَادْرَأْ مَا اِسْتَطَعْتَ

Narrated Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Nothing interrupts Salat (prayer), but avert as much as you can (things that cut off prayer).”

نَهَى رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ اَلرَّجُلُ مُخْتَصِرًا

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade keeping one's hands on one's waist while praying. . The wording is that of Muslim's. And it's meaning is to…

وَفِي اَلْبُخَارِيِّ: عَنْ عَائِشَةَ - رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهَا- أَنَّ ذَلِكَ فِعْلُ اَلْيَهُودِ

And in the narration of al-Bukhari narrated by 'Aishah (RA) is:

“This is a practice of the Jews.”

إِذَا قُدِّمَ اَلْعَشَاءُ فَابْدَءُوا بِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُصَلُّوا اَلْمَغْرِبَ

Narrated Anas (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: “If supper is brought (and the prayer is ready) start with it (the food) before you pray the Maghrib (prayer).”

إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي اَلصَّلَاةِ فَلَا يَمْسَحِ اَلْحَصَى, فَإِنَّ اَلرَّحْمَةَ تُوَاجِهُهُ

Narrated Abu Dhar (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: “When one of you is praying he must not remove pebbles (from his face) for the mercy is facing him.”

وَاحِدَةً أَوْ دَعْ

And Ahmad added to the above Hadith:

“(remove the pebbles) once or leave (them).”

وَفِي اَلصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُعَيْقِيبٍ نَحْوُهُ بِغَيْرِ تَعْلِيلٍ

It is also reported in as-Sahih on the authority of Mu'aiqib without mention of the reason.

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -عَنْ اَلِالْتِفَاتِ فِي اَلصَّلَاةِ ?…

Narrated 'Aishah (RA):

I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about looking around during prayer and he said, “It is something which the devil snatches from a person's prayer.”

إِيَّاكَ وَالِالْتِفَاتَ فِي اَلصَّلَاةِ, فَإِنَّهُ هَلَكَةٌ, فَإِنْ كَانَ فَلَا بُدَّ فَفِي اَلتَّطَوُّعِ

at-Tirmidhi has reported and graded as Sahih (authentic) the narration of Anas (RA):

“Avoid looking around when you are engaged in prayer, for looking around is destruction. And if you must do it, do so in the…

إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي اَلصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّهُ يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ, فَلَا يَبْزُقَنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا…

Narrated Anas (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: “When anyone of you is engaged in Salat (prayer), he is holding intimate conversation with his Rabb so he should…

أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ

A narration has:

“or under his foot.”

كَانَ قِرَامٌ لِعَائِشَةَ -رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهَا- سَتَرَتْ بِهِ جَانِبَ بَيْتِهَا فَقَالَ اَلنَّبِيُّ -…

Narrated:

'Aishah (RA) had a Qiram (a soft piece of cloth with colours) with which she had screened one side of her house. The Prophet…

فَإِنَّهَا أَلْهَتْنِي عَنْ صَلَاتِي

al-Bukhari and Muslim have also reported a Hadith narrated by her in which is mentioned the story of Abu Jahm's Ambijania (a plain woolem…

لَيَنْتَهِيَنَّ قَوْمٌ يَرْفَعُونَ أَبْصَارَهُمْ إِلَى اَلسَّمَاءِ فِي اَلصَّلَاةِ أَوْ لَا تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِمْ

Narrated Jabir bin Samura (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Those people who raise their eyes to heaven while in Salat (prayer) should stop (doing so) or else their sight…

لَا صَلَاةَ بِحَضْرَةِ طَعَامٍ, وَلَا هُوَ يُدَافِعُهُ الْأَخْبَثَانِ

Narrated 'Aishah (RA) in another narration of it from Muslim:

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: “No Salat (prayer) can be (rightly offered) with food brought (before the worshiper) or when he is resisting…

اَلتَّثَاؤُبُ مِنْ اَلشَّيْطَانِ فَإِذَا تَثَاءَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَكْظِمْ مَا اِسْتَطَاعَ

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA):

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Yawning is caused by the devil, so when one of you yawns he must repress it as much as he…

فِي اَلصَّلَاةِ

Also reported by at-Tirmidhi, and he added:

“during Salat (prayers).”

أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -بِبِنَاءِ اَلْمَسَاجِدِ فِي اَلدُّورِ, وَأَنْ…

Narrated 'Aishah (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered that the mosques be built in residential districts and that it be cleaned and perfumed.

قَاتَلَ اَللَّهُ اَلْيَهُودَ: اِتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسَاجِدَ

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: “May Allah curse the Jews! They have turned the graves of their Prophets into mosques.”

وَالنَّصَارَى

Muslim added:

“and Christians.”