Volume 1, Book 12, Number 711:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle used to keep silent between the Takbir and the recitation of Qur’an and that inter –
val of silence used to be a short one. I said to the Prophet “May my parents be sacrificed for you!
What do you say in the pause between Takbir and recitation?” The Prophet said, “I say, ‘Allahumma,
ba’id baini wa baina khatayaya kama ba’adta baina-l-mashriqi wa-l-maghrib. Allahumma, naqqim
min khatayaya kama yunaqqa-ththawbu-l-abyadu mina-ddanas. Allahumma, ighsil khatayaya bil-
ma’i wa-th-thalji wal-barad (O Allah! Set me apart from my sins (faults) as the East and West are set
apart from each other and clean me from sins as a white garment is cleaned of dirt (after thorough
washing). O Allah! Wash off my sins with water, snow and hail.)”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 712:
Narrated Asma’ bint Abi Bakr:
The Prophet once offered the eclipse prayer. He stood for a long time and then did a prolonged
bowing. He stood up straight again and kept on standing for a long time, then bowed a long bowing
and then stood up straight and then prostrated a prolonged prostration and then lifted his head and
prostrated a prolonged prostration. And then he stood up for a long time and then did a prolonged
bowing and then stood up straight again and kept on standing for a long time. Then he bowed a long
bowing and then stood up straight and then prostrated a prolonged prostration and then lifted his
head and went for a prolonged prostration. On completion o the prayer, he said, “Paradise became s
near to me that if I had dared, I would have plucked one of its bunches for you and Hell became so
near to me that said, ‘O my Lord will I be among those people?’ Then suddenly I saw a woman and a
cat was lacerating her with it claws. On inquiring, it was said that the woman had imprisoned the
cat till it died of starvation and she neither fed it no freed it so that it could feed itself.”
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Volume 1, Book 12, Number 702:
Narrated Salim bin ‘Abdullah:
My father said, “Allah’s Apostle used to raise both his hands up to the level of his shoulders when
opening the prayer; and on saying the Takbir for bowing. And on raising his head from bowing he
used to do the same and then say “Sami a-l-lahu Liman hamida, Rabbana walaka-l-hamd.” And he
did not do that (i.e. raising his hands) in prostrations.
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 693:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
I prayed with the Prophet one night and stood on his left side. Allah’s Apostle caught hold of my
head from behind and drew me to his right and then offered the prayer and slept. Later the Mu’adh-
dhin came and the Prophet stood up for prayer without performing ablution.
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 694:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
One night an orphan and I offered the prayers behind the Prophet in my house and my mother
(Um Sulaim) was standing behind us (by herself forming a row).
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 695:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
One night I stood to the left of the Prophet in the prayer but he caught hold of me by the hand or
by the shoulder (arm) till he made me stand on his right and beckoned with his hand (for me) to go
from behind (him). (Al-Kashmaihani-Fateh al-Bari).
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 696:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Allah’s Apostle used to pray in his room at night. As the wall of the room was LOW, the people saw
him and some of them stood up to follow him in the prayer. In the morning they spread the news.
The following night the Prophet stood for the prayer and the people followed him. This went on for
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two or three nights. Thereupon Allah’s Apostle did not stand for the prayer the following night, and
did not come out. In the morning, the people asked him about it. He replied, that he way afraid that
the night prayer might become compulsory.
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 697:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet had a mat which he used to spread during the day and use as a curtain at night. So a
number of people gathered at night facing it and prayed behind him.