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.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 719:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Once the Prophet prayed on a Khamisa with marks on it and said, “The marks on it diverted my
attention, take this Khamisa to Abu Jahm and bring an Inbijaniya (from him.)”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 720:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
The Prophet saw expectoration in the direction of the Qibla of the mosque while he was leading
the prayer, and scratched it off. After finishing the prayer, he said, “Whenever any of you is in prayer
he should know that Allah is in front of him. So none should spit in front of him in the prayer.”
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 .