Hadith Narrated By Abu Huraira

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Be on your guard against two things which provoke cursing. They (the hearers) said: Prophet of Allah, what are these things which provoke cursing? He said: Easing in throughfares (where people walk) or under the shade (of the trees) (where they take shelter and rest).

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone applies collyrium, he should do it an odd number of times. If he does so, he has done well; but if not, there is no harm. If anyone cleanses himself with pebbles, he should use an odd number. If he does so, he has done well; but if not, there is no harm. If anyone eats, he should throw away what he removes with a toothpick and swallow what sticks to his tongue. If he does so, he has done well; if not, there is no harm. If anyone goes to relieve himself, he should conceal himself, and if all he can do is to collect a heap of send, he should sit with his back to it, for the devil makes sport with the posteriors of the children of Adam. If he does so, he has done well; but if not, there is no harm.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The following verse was revealed in connection with the people of Quba: "In it are men who love to be purified" (ix.108). He (Abu Hurairah) said: They used to cleanse themselves with water after easing. So the verse was revealed in connection with them.

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: None amongst you should urinate in standing water, then wash in it after sexual defilement.

A man asked the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him): Messenger of Allah, we travel on the sea and take a small quantity of water with us. If we use this for ablution, we would suffer from thirst. Can we perform ablution with sea water? The Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) replied: Its water is pure and what dies in it is lawful food.

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: It is not permissible for a man who believes in Allah and in the Last Day that he should say the prayer while he is feeling the call of nature until he becomes light (by relieving himself).

The Messenger of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: The prayer of a person who does not perform ablution is not valid, and the ablution of a person who does not mention the name of Allah (in the beginning) is not valid.

The Prophet (my peace be upon him) washed the limbs in ablution twice.

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: There is sexual defilement under every hair; so wash the hair and cleanse the skin.

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: "I am like a father to you. When any of you goes to the privy, he should not face or turn his back towards the qiblah. He should not cleanse with his right hand.

When the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) went to the privy, I took to him some water in a small vessel or a skin, and he cleansed himself. He then wiped his hand on the ground. I then took to him another vessel for ablution. Abu Dawud said: The tradition transmitted by al-Aswad bin Amir is more perfect.

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Were it not that I might overburden the believers, I would order them to delay the night (isha) prayer and use the tooth-stick at the time of every prayer.

The Apostle of Allah( may peace be upon him) said "Allah, the Exhalted, does not accept the prayer of any one of you when you are defiled until you perform ablution."

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said "None amongst you should urinate in standing water, and then wash in it."

The Messenger of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone of you offers prayer and feels a movement between his paddocks, but is doubtful whether or not his ablution broke, he should not cease praying unless he hears a sound or perceives a smell.

The Messenger of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Perform ablution after eating anything which has been cooked by fire.

the Prophet (may peace be upon him) as saying: When anyone sits between the four parts of a woman and the parts (of the male and the female) which are circumscised join together, then bath becomes obligatory.

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The mu'adhdhin will receive forgiveness to the extent to which his voice reaches, and every moist and dry place will testify on his behalf; and he who attends (the congregation of) prayer will have twenty-five prayers recorded for him and will have expiation for sins committed between every two times of prayer.

The imam is responsible and the mu'adhdhin is trusted, O Allah, guide the imams and forgive the mu'adhdhins.

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The further one is from the mosque , the greater will be one's reward.

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: whoever performs ablution, and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes to the mosque and finds that the people had finished the prayer (in congregation), Allah will give him a reward like one who prayed in congregation and attended it; The reward of those who prayed in congregation will not be curtailed.

Do not prevent the female servants of Allah from visiting the mosques of Allah, but they may go out (to the mosque) having no perfumed themselves.

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The imam is appointed only to be followed; when he says "Allah is most great," say "Allah is most great" and do not say "Allah is most great" until he says "Allah is most great." When he bows; bow; and do not bow until he bows. And when he says "Allah listens to him who praise Him," say "O Allah, our Lord, to Thee be the praise." The version recorded by Muslim goes: "And to Thee be the praise: And when he prostrate; and do not prostrate until he prostrates. When he prays standing, pray standing, and when he prays sitting, all of you pray sitting.

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The imam is appointed only to be followed. This version adds: When he recites (the Qur'an), keep silent."

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) forbade trailing garments during prayer and that a man should cover his mouth.

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When any of you prays, he should not place his sandals on his right side or on his left so as to be on the right side of someone else, unless no one is at his left, but should place them between his feet.

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Have the imam in the centre and close up the gaps.

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When one of you prays, he should put something in front of his face, and if he can find nothing , he should set up his staff; but if he has no staff, he should draw a line; then what passes in front of him will not harm him.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) for prayer (in the beginning), he raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and when he bowed, he did like that; and when he raised his head to prostrate, he did like that; and when he got up at the end of two rak'ahs, he did like that.

If I were in front of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him), I would see his armpits. Ibn Muadh added that Lahiq said: Do you not see, Abu Hurayrah could not stand in front of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) while he was praying. Musa added: When he uttered the takbir, he raised his hands.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) began his prayer, he raised his hands extensively.

(The established way of folding hands is) to hold the hands by the hands in prayer below the navel.