Volume 1, Book 8, Number 386:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Whoever prays like us and faces our Quibla and eats our slaughtered animals
is a Muslim and is under Allah’s and His Apostle’s protection. So do not betray Allah by betraying
those who are in His protection.”
Volume 1, Book 8, Number 387:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah’s Apostle said, “I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: ‘None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah.’ And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we
slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them ex –
cept legally and their reckoning will be with Allah.” Narrated Maimun ibn Siyah that he asked Anas
bin Malik, “O Abu Hamza! What makes the life and property of a person sacred?” He replied, “Who –
ever says, ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah’, faces our Qibla during the prayers, prays
like us and eats our slaughtered animal, then he is a Muslim, and has got the same rights and obliga –
tions as other Muslims have.”
Volume 1, Book 8, Number 388:
Narrated Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari:
The Prophet said, “While defecating, neither face nor turn your back to the Qibla but face either
east or west.” Abu Aiyub added. “When we arrived in Sham we came across some lavatories facing
the Qibla; therefore we turned ourselves while using them and asked for Allah’s forgiveness.”
Volume 1, Book 8, Number 389:
Narrated ‘Amr bin Dmar:
I asked Ibn ‘Umar, “Can a person who has performed the Tawaf around the Ka’ba for ‘Umra but
has not performed the (Sa’i) Tawaf of Safa and Marwa, have a sexual relation with his wife?” Ibn
‘Umar replied “When the Prophet reached Mecca he performed the Tawaf around the Ka’ba (cir –
cumambulated it seven times) and offered a two-Rak’at prayer (at the place) behind the station (of
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Abraham) and then performed the Tawaf (Sa’i) of Safa and Marwa, and verily in Allah’s Apostle you
have a good example.” Then we put the same question to Jabir bin ‘Abdullah and he too replied, “He
should not go near his wife (for sexual relation) till he has finished the Tawaf of Safa and Marwa.”
Volume 1, Book 8, Number 390:
Narrated Mujahid:
Someone came to Ibn ‘Umar and said, “Here is Allah’s Apostle entering the Ka’ba.” Ibn ‘Umar said, “I
went there but the Prophet had come out of the Ka’ba and I found Bilal standing between its two
doors. I asked Bilal, ‘Did the Prophet pray in the Ka’ba?’ Bilal replied, ‘Yes, he prayed two Rakat
between the two pillars which are to your left on entering the Ka’ba. Then Allah’s Apostle came out
and offered a two-Rak’at prayer facing the Ka’ba.’ “
Volume 1, Book 8, Number 391:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When the Prophet entered the Ka’ba, he invoked Allah in each and every side of it and did not
pray till he came out of it, and offered a two-Rak’at prayer facing the Ka’ba and said, “This is the
Qibla.”
Volume 1, Book 8, Number 381:
Narrated ‘Urwa:
The Prophet prayed while ‘Aisha was lying between him and his Qibla on the bed on which they
used to sleep.
Volume 1, Book 8, Number 382:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
We used to pray with the Prophet and some of us used to place the ends of their clothes at the
place of prostration because of scorching heat.