Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Our Lord will reveal His shin and every believing man and woman will prostrate to Him, but there will remain those who prostrated in the world for ostentation and respectability. They will try to prostrate, but their back will be as stiff …
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Awf ibn Malik reported: I stood with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, to pray at night. The Prophet began to recite Surat al-Baqarah and he would not pass by a verse of mercy but that he would ask for it, nor did he pass by a verse of punishment but …
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Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, entered the Ka’bah and his eyesight was not diverted from his place of prostration until he exited from it. Source: al-Sunan al-Kubrá lil-Bayhaqī 9726 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْكَعْبَةَ مَا خَلَّفَ …
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‘Ubadah ibn al-Samit reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The Angel Gabriel, upon him be peace, came to me from my Lord and he said, ‘O Muhammad, Allah Almighty says: Verily, I have obligated five prayers upon your nation. Whoever fulfils them with their ablution, their timings, their bowings, …
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Abu Bakrah reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, if he received good news or something pleasing, he would fall down in prostration from gratitude to Allah. Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2774 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا جَاءَهُ أَمْرُ سُرُورٍ …
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Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed at night reciting a single verse until morning, by which he would bow and prostrate, “If You punish them, they are Your servants. If You forgive them, You are the Almighty, the Wise,” (5:118). When the Prophet awoke in the morning, …
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Maymunah reported: If a calf wanted to pass beneath the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when he prostrated, it could certainly pass through. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 496 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا سَجَدَ لَوْ شَاءَتْ بَهْمَةٌ أَنْ تَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ لَمَرَّتْ 496 …
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Thawban reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “You must perform many prostrations to Allah, for you do not prostrate to Allah but that Allah will raise you one degree for it and erase one sin for it.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 488 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ …
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Mu’adh ibn Jabal reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “If I were to order anyone to prostrate to another, I would have ordered the wife to prostrate to her husband due to the enormity of his rights over her. A woman will not taste the sweetness of faith until …
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Abu Qabus reported: My father sent word to Aisha, asking, “Which prayer did the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, most love to perform regularly?” Aisha said, “The Prophet would perform four cycles before noon prayer, lengthening their standing, bowing and prostrating in the best manner.” Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 1156 Grade: …
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Aisha reported: The sun eclipsed in the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, so he sent a caller to announce a congregational prayer. They gathered and arrived, then they exalted Allah and prayed four cycles, two by two, with four prostrations. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 901 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according …
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Ibn Abbas reported: A man came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said, “O Messenger of Allah, I saw while I was sleeping night as if I were praying behind a tree. I prostrated and the tree prostrated along with me. I heard it saying: O Allah, write a reward …
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Zirr reported: Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “The most beloved word to Allah Almighty is that one says while prostrating: O Lord, I have done wrong. My Lord, forgive me, for none forgives sins but You.” Source: Siyar A’lām al-Nubalā’ 5783 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Arna’ut عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رضي …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to say in his prostration, “O Allah, forgive all of my sins, the small and large, the first and last, the public and private.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 483 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I will be the first to cross the bridge over Hell. The supplication of the Messengers on that day will be: O Allah, keep us safe! O Allah, keep us safe! There will be hooks on the sides like the thorns of al-Sa’dan, …
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Rabia’ reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, recited Surat al-Nahl on the pulpit on Friday until he reached the verse of prostration, then he descended and prostrated and the people prostrated with him. On the following Friday, Umar recited the same chapter until he came to the verse of prostration. Umar …
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Hudhayfah reported: He prayed one night with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he heard him when he announced the opening exaltation, “Allah is the greatest, O possessor of power, dominion, grandeur, and might.” The Prophet said in his bowing, “Glory be to Allah the Almighty.” When he raised his …
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Abu Abdullah al-Ash’ari reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saw a man who did not complete his bowings and rushed through his prostrations while praying. The Prophet said, “If he were to die in this state, he will have died upon a religion besides that of Muhammad. The parable of …
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‘Ubadah ibn al-Samit reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “When a man prays, performs ablution well, and perfects its bowing and prostration, the prayer says: May Allah preserve you as you have preserved me! When he performs his bowing poorly, neither perfecting its bowing nor its prostration, the prayer …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to say between the two prostrations, “O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, restore me, guide me, and provide for me.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 284 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ …
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