Abu Dawud Book 2. Prayer

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr : The Prophet (PBUH) used to point with his finger (at the end of the tashahhud) and he would not move it.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By AbuMalik Numayr al-Khuza’i : I saw the Prophet (peace be upon him placing his right hand on his right thigh and raising his forefinger curving it a little.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Abdullah ibn Umar : The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) prohibited, according to the version of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, that a person should sit during prayer while he is leaning on his hand. According to…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Abdullah ibn Mas’ud : The Prophet (PBUH) was in the first two rak’ahs as though he were on heated stones. The narrator Shu’bah said: We said: Till he (the Prophet) got up.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Abdullah ibn Mas’ud : The Prophet (PBUH) used to give the salutation to his left and right sides until the whiteness of his cheek was seen, (saying: “Peace be upon you, and mercy of…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Wa’il ibn Hujr : I offered prayer along with the Prophet (PBUH). He would give the salutation to his right side (saying): Peace be upon you and mercy of Allah; and to his left…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Samurah ibn Jundub : The Prophet (PBUH) commanded us to respond to the salutation of the imam. and to love each other, and to salute each other.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By AbuHurayrah : The Prophet (PBUH) said: Shortening the salutation is sunnah (commendable).

Chapter : Not known. Narated By AbuHurayrah : The Prophet (PBUH) said: Cannot any one of you (according to the version of the narrator AbdulWarith) step forward or backward or at his right or left. The version of Hammad added:…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Al-Azraq ibn Qays : An imam of ours, whose kunyah (surname) was AbuRimthah, led us in prayer and said: I prayed this prayer, or one like it, with the Prophet (PBUH). AbuBakr and Umar…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By AbuHurayrah : When the Prophet (PBUH) finished two rak’ahs of an obligatory prayer, a man asked him: Apostle of Allah, has the prayer been shortened, or have you forgotten? he replied: I did not…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Abdullah ibn Mas’ud : The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) offered prayer. The version of the narrator Ibrahim goes: I do not know whether he increased or decreased (the rak’ahs of prayer). When he gave…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Mu’awiyah ibn Khudayj : One day the Apostle of Allah (PBUH) prayed and gave the salutation while a rak’ah of the prayer remained to be offered. A man went to him and said: You…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Abdullah ibn Abbas : The Prophet (PBUH) named the two prostrations of forgetfulness disgraceful for the devil.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Ata’ ibn Yasar : The Prophet (PBUH) said: When one of you is in doubt about his prayer, and does not know how much he has prayed, three or four rak’ahs, he should pray…