Volume 2, Book 22, Number 319:
Narrated Abu Huraira.
Once Allah’s Apostle offered two Rakat and finished his prayer. So Dhul-Yadain asked him, “Has
the prayer been reduced or have you forgotten?” Allah’s Apostle said, “Has DhulYadain spoken the
truth?” The people replied in the affirmative. Then Allah’s Apostle stood up and offered the remain –
ing two Rakat and performed Taslim, and then said Takbir and performed two prostrations like his
usual prostrations, or a bit longer, and then got up.
Volume 2, Book 22, Number 304:
Narrated Ibn’Umar:
The Prophet saw some sputum on the wall facing the Qibla of the mosque and became furious
with the people of the mosque and said, “During the prayer, Allah is in front of everyone of you and
so he should not spit (or said, ‘He should not expectorate’).” Then he got down and scratched the spu –
tum with his hand. Ibn ‘Umar said (after narrating), “If anyone of you has to spit during the prayer,
he should spit to his left.”
Volume 2, Book 22, Number 320:
Narrated Salama bin ‘Alqama:
I asked Muhammad (bin Sirin) whether Tashah-hud should be recited after the two prostrations
of Sahu. He replied, “It is not (mentioned) in Abu Huraira’s narration . “
Volume 2, Book 22, Number 305:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, “Whenever anyone of you is in prayer, he is speaking in private to his Lord and
so he should neither spit in front of him nor on his right side but to his left side under his left foot.”
Volume 2, Book 22, Number 321:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet offered one of the evening prayers (the sub-narrator Muhammad said, “I think that it
was most probably the ‘Asr prayer”) and he finished it after offering two Rakat only. He then stood
near a price of wood in front of the Mosque and put his hand over it. Abu Bakr and ‘Umar were
amongst those who were present, but they dared not talk to him about that (because of excessive re –
spect for him), and those who were in a hurry went out. They said, “Has the prayer been reduced?” A
man who was called DhulYadain by the Prophet said (to the Prophet), “Has the prayer been reduced
or have you forgotten?” He said, “Neither have I forgotten, nor has the prayer been reduced.” He said,
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“Certainly you have forgotten.” So the Prophet offered two more Rakat and performed Tashm and
then said Takbir and performed a prostration of Sahu like his ordinary prostration or a bit longer
and then raised his head and said Takbir and then put his head down and performed a prostration
like his ordinary prostration or a bit longer, and then raised his head and said Takbir.
Volume 2, Book 22, Number 306:
Narrated Sahl bin Sad:
The people used to offer the prayer with the Prophet with their waist-sheets tied round their necks
because of the shortness of the sheets and the women were ordered not to lift their heads till the men
had sat straight.
Volume 2, Book 22, Number 322:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Buhaina Al-Asdi:
(the ally of Bani ‘Abdul Muttalib) Allah’s Apostle stood up for the Zuhr prayer and he should have
sat (after the second Raka but he stood up for the third Raka without sitting for Tashah-hud) and
when he finished the prayer he performed two prostrations and said Takbir on each prostration
while sitting, before ending (the prayer) with Taslim; and the people too performed the two prostra –
tions with him instead of the sitting he forgot.
Volume 2, Book 22, Number 307:
Narrated’Abdullah:
I used to greet the Prophet while he was in prayer and he would return my greeting, but when we
returned (from Ethiopia) I greeted the Prophet (while he was praying) but he did not return the
greeting, and (after finishing the prayer) he said, “In the prayer one is occupied (with a more serious
matter).”