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Hadith Imam Muslim about Prayers (Sholat)

Book 4 : Hadith 1071

Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported: I said prayer with the Apostle (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) turning towards Bait-ul-Maqdi

s for sixteen months till this verse of Surah Baqara wis revealed:" And wherever you are turn your faces towards it" (ii. 144). This verse was revealed when the Apostle (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) had said prayer. A person amongst his people passed by the people of Ansar as they were engaged in prayer. He narrated to them (this command of Allah) and they turned their faces towards the Ka’bah.

Book 4 : Hadith 1072

Abu Ishaq reported: I heard al-Bara' saying: We prayed with the Messenger of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) (with our faces) towards Bait-ul-Maqdis for sixteen months or seventeen months. Then we were made to change (our direction) towards the Ka’bah.

Book 4 : Hadith 1073

Ibn 'Umar reported: As the people were praying at Quba' a man came to them and said: It has been revealed to file Messenger of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) during the night and he has been directed to turn towards the Ka’bah. So turn towards it. Their faces were towards Syria and they turned round towards Ka’bah.

Book 4 : Hadith 1074

Ibn 'Umar reported: As the people were engaged in the morning prayer a man came to them. The rest of the hadith is the same.

Book 4 : Hadith 1075

Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) used to pray towards Bait-ul-Maqdis, that it was revealed (to him):" Indeed We see the turning of the face to heaven, wherefore We shall assuredly cause thee to turn towards Qiblat which shall please thee. So turn thy face towards the sacred Mosque (Ka’bah)" (ii. 144). A person from Banu Salama was going; (he found the people) in ruk'u (while) praying the dawn prayer and they had said one raka’at. He said in a loud voice: Listen! the Qiblat has been changed and they turned towards (the new) Qiblat (Ka’bah) in that very state.

Book 4 : Hadith 1076

'A'isha reported: Umm Habiba and Umm Salama made a mention before the Messenger of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) of a church which they had seen in Abyssinia and which had pictures in it. The Messenger of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) said: When a pious person amongst them (among the religious groups) dies they build a place of worship on his grave, and then decorate it with such pictures. They would be the worst of creatures on the Day of judgment in the sight of Allah.

Book 4 : Hadith 1077

'A'isha reported: They (some Companions of the Holy Prophet) were conversing with one another in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) (during his last) illness. Umm Salama and Umm Habiba made a mention of the church and then (the hadith was) narrated.

Book 4 : Hadith 1078

'A'isha reported: The wives of the Apostle of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) made a mention of the church which they had seen in Abyssinia which was called Marya, and the rest of the hadith is the same.

Book 4 : Hadith 1079

'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) said during his illness from which he never recovered: Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians that they took the graves of their prophets as mosques. She ('A'isha) reported: Had it not been so, his (Prophet's) grave would have been in an open place, but it could not be due to the fear that it may not be taken as a mosque.

Book 4 : Hadith 1080

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) said: Let Allah destroy the Jews for they have taken the graves of their apostles as places of worship.

Book 4 : Hadith 1081

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) said: Let there be curse of Allah upon the Jews and the Christians for they have taken the graves of their apostles as places of worship.

Book 4 : Hadith 1082

'A'isha and Abdullah reported: As the Messenger of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) was about to breathe his last, he drew his sheet upon his face and when he felt uneasy, he uncovered his face and said in that very state: Let there be curse upon the Jews and the Christians that they have taken the graves of their apostles as places of worship. He in fact warned (his men) against what they (the Jews and the Christians) did.

Book 4 : Hadith 1083

Jundub reported: I heard from the Apostle of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) five days before his death and he said: I stand acquitted before Allah that I took any one of you as friend, for Allah has taken me as His friend, as he took Ibrahim as His friend. Had I taken any one of my Ummah as a friend, I would have taken Abu Bakr as a friend. Beware of those who preceded you and used to take the graves of their prophets and righteous men as places of worship, but you must not take graves as mosques; I forbid you to do that.

Book 4 : Hadith 1084

Ubaidullah al-Khaulini reported: 'Uthman b. 'Affan listened to the opinion of the people (which was not favourable) when he rebuilt the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam). Thereupon he said: You have not been fair to me for I have heard from the Messenger of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) saying: He who built a mosque for Allah, the Exalted, Allah would build for him a house in Paradise. Bukair said: I think he (the Holy Prophet) said: While he seeks the pleasure of Allah (by building the mosque). And in the narration of Ibn 'Isa (the words are):" (a house) like that (mosque) in Paradise."

Book 4 : Hadith 1085

Mahmud b. Labid reported: When 'Uthman b. 'Affan intended to build the mosque (of the Prophet) the people did not approve of it. They liked that it should be kept in the same state. Thereupon he said: I heard the Messtnger of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam) say: He who built a mosque for Allah, Allah would build a house for him like it in Paradise.

Book 4 : Hadith 1086

Al-Aswad and 'Alqama reported: We came to the house of 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud. He said: Have these people said prayer behind you? We said: No. He said: Then stand up and say prayer. He neither ordered us to say Adhan nor Iqama. We went to stand behind him. He caught hold of our hands and mode one of us stand on his right hand and the other on his left side. When we bowed, we placed our hands on our knees. He struck our hands and put his hands together, palm to palm, then put them between his thighs. When he completed the prayer he said. There would soon come your Amirs, who would defer prayers from their appointed time and would make such delay that a little time is left before sunset. So when you see them doing so, say prayer at its appointed time and then say prayer along with them as (Nafl), and when you are three, pray together (standing in one row), and when you are more than three, appoint one amongst you as your Imam. And when any one of you bows he must place his hands upon hie thighs and kneel down. and putting his palms together place (them within his thighs). I perceive as if I am seeing the gap between the fingers of the Messenger of Allah (Sholallahu Alaihi Wasssalam).