Abu Dawud Book 2. Prayer

Chapter : On fixing a part from the qran for daily recitation. Narated By ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Yazid : I asked Abu Mus’ud while he was making circumambulation of the Ka’bah (about the recitation of some verses from the Qur’an).…

Chapter : On fixing a part from the qran for daily recitation. Narated By Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-‘As : The Prophet (PBUH) said: If anyone prays at night reciting regularly ten verses, he will not be recorded among the…

Chapter : On fixing a part from the qran for daily recitation. Narated By Abdullah ibn Amr : A man came to the Apostle of Allah (PBUH) and said: Teach me to read the Qur’an, Apostle of Allah. He said:…

Chapter : On the number of verses in a surah. Narated By Abu Hurairah : The Prophet (PBUH) said: A surah of the Qur’an containing thirty verses will intercede its reader till he will be forgiven. That is: “Blessed is…

Chapter : How many places are there in the quran where prostration is required. Narated By Amr ibn al-‘As : The Prophet (PBUH) taught me fifteen prostrations while reciting the Qur’an, including three in al-Mufassal and two in Surah al-Hajj.

Chapter : How many places are there in the quran where prostration is required. Narated By Uqbah ibn Amir : I said to the Apostle of Allah (PBUH): Are there two prostrations in Surah al-Hajj? He replied: Yes; if anyone…

Chapter : A view that there is no prostration in mufassal suras. Narated By Abdullah ibn Abbas : The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) did not make a prostration at any verse in al-Mufassal from the time he moved to Medina.

Chapter : A view that there is no prostration in mufassal suras. Narated By Zaid b. Thabit : I recited to the Apostle of Allah (PBUH) Surah al-Najm, but he did not prostrate himself.

Chapter : A view that there is no prostration in mufassal suras. Narated By N/A : This tradition has also been transmitted by Zaid b. Thabit through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. Abu Dawud said: Zaid…

Chapter : A view that there is prostration in mufassal suras. Narated By ‘Abd Allah b. Mas’ud : The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) recited Surah al-Najm and prostrate himself. No one remained there who did not prostrate himself. A man…

Chapter : Prostration in suras inshiqaq (84) and iqra (96). Narated By Abu Hurairah : We prostrated along with the Apostle of Allah (PBUH) on the account of: “When the sky is rent asunder” (lxxxiv) and “Recite in the name…

Chapter : Prostration in suras inshiqaq (84) and iqra (96). Narated By Abu Rafi’ : I offered the night prayer behind Abu Hurairah. Hr recited Surah Inshiqaq (“When the sky is rent asunder”) and prostrated himself. I asked him: What…

Chapter : Prostration in sura sad. Narated By Ibn ‘Abbas : A prostration when reciting Sad is not one of those which are divinely commanded, but I have seen the Apostle of Allah (PBUH) prostrate himself.

Chapter : Prostration in sura sad. Narated By Ali ibn Abu Talib : When the Prophet (PBUH) uttered the salutation at the end of the prayer, he used to say: “O Allah, forgive me my former and latter sins, what…

Chapter : If a person listens to a verse in which a prostration occurs and he is riding the beast what should he do. Narated By Abdullah ibn Umar : In the year of Conquest the Apostle of Allah (PBUH)…