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 709:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “Perform the bowing and the prostrations properly. By Allah, I see you from be –
hind me (or from behind my back) when you bow or prostrate.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 710:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar used to start the prayer with “Al-hamdu lil-lahi Rabbil-‘ala-min
(All praises are for Allah the Lord of the Worlds).”
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 12, Number 700:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah’s Apostle fell from a horse and got injured so he led the prayer sitting and we also prayed
sitting. When he completed the prayer he said, “The Imam is to be followed; if he says Takbir then
say Takbir, bow if he bows; raise your heads when he raises his head, when he says, ‘Sami’ a-l-lahu
Liman hamida say, ‘Rabbana laka-l-hamd’, and prostrate when he prostrates.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 687:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Once the Iqama was pronounced and Allah’s Apostle faced us and said, “Straighten your rows and
stand closer together, for I see you from behind my back.’
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 690:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “Straighten your rows as the straightening of rows is essential for a perfect and
correct prayer. ”
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