Volume 1, Book 12, Number 721:
Narrated Anas:
While the Muslims were offering the Fajr prayer, Allah’s Apostle suddenly appeared before them
by living the curtain of the dwelling place of ‘Aisha, looked towards the Muslims who were standing
in rows. He smiled with pleasure. Abu Bakr started retreating to join the row on the assumption that
the Prophet wanted to come out for the prayer. The Muslims intended to leave the prayer (and were
on the verge of being put to trial), but the Prophet beckoned them to complete their prayer and then
he let the curtain fall. He died in the last hours of that day.
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 722:
Narrated Jabir bin Samura:
The People of Kufa complained against Sa’d to ‘Umar and the latter dismissed him and appointed
‘Ammar as their chief . They lodged many complaints against Sa’d and even they alleged that he did
not pray properly. ‘Umar sent for him and said, “O Aba Ishaq! These people claim that you do not
pray properly.” Abu Ishaq said, “By Allah, I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Allah’s
Apostle and I never reduced anything of it. I used to prolong the first two Rakat of ‘Isha prayer and
shorten the last two Rakat.” ‘Umar said, “O Aba Ishaq, this was what I thought about you.” And then
he sent one or more persons with him to Kufa so as to ask the people about him. So they went there
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and did not leave any mosque without asking about him. All the people praised him till they came to
the mosque of the tribe of Bani ‘Abs; one of the men called Usama bin Qatada with a surname of Aba
Sa’da stood up and said, “As you have put us under an oath; I am bound to tell you that Sa’d never
went himself with the army and never distributed (the war booty) equally and never did justice in
legal verdicts.” (On hearing it) Sa’d said, “I pray to Allah for three things: O Allah! If this slave of
yours is a liar and got up for showing off, give him a long life, increase his poverty and put him to
trials.” (And so it happened). Later on when that person was asked how he was, he used to reply that
he was an old man in trial as the result of Sa’d’s curse. ‘Abdul Malik, the sub narrator, said that he
had seen him afterwards and his eyebrows were over-hanging his eyes owing to old age and he used
to tease and assault the small girls in the way.
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 713:
Narrated Abu Ma’mar:
We asked Khabbab whether Allah’s Apostle used to recite (the Qur’an) in the Zuhr and the ‘Asr
prayers. He replied in the affirmative. We said, “How did you come to know about it?” He said, “By
the movement of his beard.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 714:
Narrated Al-Bara:
(And Al-Bara was not a liar) Whenever we offered prayer with the Prophet and he raised his head
from the bowing, we used to remain standing till we saw him prostrating .
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 715:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas:
Once solar eclipse occurred during the lifetime of Allah’s Apostle. He offered the eclipse prayer.
His companions asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! We saw you trying to take something while standing at
your place and then we saw you retreating.” The Prophet said, “I was shown Paradise and wanted to
have a bunch of fruit from it. Had I taken it, you would have eaten from it as long as the world re –
mains.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 716:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet led us in prayer and then went up to the pulpit and beckoned with both hands to –
wards the Qibla of the mosque and then said, “When I started leading you in prayer, I saw the dis –
play of Paradise and Hell on the wall of the mosque (facing the Qibla). I never saw good and bad as I
have seen today.” He repeated the last statement thrice.
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 717:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “What is wrong with those people who look towards the sky during the prayer?”
His talk grew stern while delivering this speech and he said, “They should stop (looking towards the
sky during the prayer); otherwise their eye-sight would be taken away.”
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Volume 1, Book 12, Number 718:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
I asked Allah’s Apostle about looking hither and thither in prayer. He replied, “It is a way of steal –
ing by which Satan takes away (a portion) from the prayer of a person.”