Volume 1, Book 10, Number 503:
Narrated Shaqiq:
that he had heard Hudhaifa saying, “Once I was sitting with ‘Umar and he said, ‘Who amongst you
remembers the statement of Allah’s Apostle about the afflictions?’ I said, ‘I know it as the Prophet had
said it.’ ‘Umar said, ‘No doubt you are bold.’ I said, ‘The afflictions caused for a man by his wife,
money, children and neighbor are expiated by his prayers, fasting, charity and by enjoining (what is
good) and forbidding (what is evil).’ ‘Umar said, ‘I did not mean that but I asked about that affliction
which will spread like the waves of the sea.’ I (Hudhaifa) said, ‘O leader of the faithful believers! You
need not be afraid of it as there is a closed door between you and it.’ ‘Umar asked, Will the door be
broken or opened?’ I replied, ‘It will be broken.’ ‘Umar said, ‘Then it will never be closed again.’ I was
asked whether ‘Umar knew that door. I replied that he knew it as one knows that there will be night
before the tomorrow morning. I narrated a Hadith that was free from any mis-statement” The sub –
narrator added that they deputed Masruq to ask Hudhaifa (about the door). Hudhaifa said, “The door
was ‘Umar himself.”
Volume 1, Book 10, Number 504:
Narrated Ibn Mas’ud:
A man kissed a woman (unlawfully) and then went to the Prophet and informed him. Allah re –
vealed:
And offer prayers perfectly At the two ends of the day And in some hours of the night (i.e. the five
compulsory prayers). Verily! good deeds remove (annul) the evil deeds (small sins) (11.114). The
man asked Allah’s Apostle, “Is it for me?” He said, “It is for all my followers.”
Volume 1, Book 10, Number 505:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
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I asked the Prophet “Which deed is the dearest to Allah?” He replied, “To offer the prayers at their
early stated fixed times.” I asked, “What is the next (in goodness)?” He replied, “To be good and dutiful
to your parents” I again asked, “What is the next (in goodness)?” He replied, ‘To participate in Jihad
(religious fighting) in Allah’s cause.” ‘Abdullah added, “I asked only that much and if I had asked
more, the Prophet would have told me more.”
Volume 1, Book 10, Number 506:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “If there was a river at the door of anyone of you and he took a bath
in it five times a day would you notice any dirt on him?” They said, “Not a trace of dirt would be left.”
The Prophet added, “That is the example of the five prayers with which Allah blots out (annuls) evil
deeds.”
Volume 1, Book 10, Number 507:
Narrated Ghailan:
Anas said, “I do not find (now-a-days) things as they were (practiced) at the time of the Prophet.”
Somebody said “The prayer (is as it was.)” Anas said, “Have you not done in the prayer what you have
done?
Narrated Az-Zuhri that he visited Anas bin Malik at Damascus and found him weeping and asked
him why he was weeping. He replied, “I do not know anything which I used to know during the life-
time of Allah’s Apostle except this prayer which is being lost (not offered as it should be).”
Volume 1, Book 10, Number 508:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, “Whenever anyone of you offers his prayer he is speaking in private to his Lord.
So he should not spit to his right but under his left foot.” Qatada said, “He should not spit in front of
him but to his left or under his feet.” And Shu’ba said, “He should not spit in front of him, nor to his
right but to his left or under his foot.” Anas said: The Prophet said, “He should neither spit in the dir –
ection of his Qibla nor to his right but to his left or under his foot.”
Volume 1, Book 10, Number 509:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, “Do the prostration properly and do not put your fore-arms flat with elbows
touching the ground like a dog. And if you want to spit, do not spit in front, nor to the right for the
person in prayer is speaking in private to his Lord.”
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Volume 1, Book 10, Number 510:
Narrated Abu Huraira and ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
Allah’s Apostle said, “If it is very hot, then pray the Zuhr prayer when it becomes (a bit) cooler, as
the severity of the heat is from the raging of the Hell-fire.”