Narrated Rabi`a: `Umar bin Al-Khattab recited Surat-an-Nahl on a Friday on the pulpit and when he reached the verse of Sajda he got down from the pulpit and prostrated and the people also prostrated. The next Friday `Umar bin Al-Khattab recited the same Sura and when he reached the verse of Sajda he said, O people! When we recite the verses of Sajda (during the sermon) whoever prostrates does the right thing, yet it is no sin for the one who does not prostrate. And `Umar did not prostrate (that day). Added Ibn `Umar Allah has not made the prostration of recitation compulsory but if we wish we can do it.
Read More..Narrated Abu Rafi`: I offered the `Isha' prayer behind Abu Huraira and he recited Idhas-Sama' Un-Shaqqat, and prostrated. I said, What is this? Abu Huraira said, I prostrated behind Abul-Qasim and I will do the same till I meet him.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Umar.: Whenever the Prophet recited the Sura which contained the prostration of recitation he used to prostrate and then, we, too, would prostrate and some of us did not find a place for prostration.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet once stayed for nineteen days and prayed shortened prayers. So when we travel led (and stayed) for nineteen days, we used to shorten the prayer but if we traveled (and stayed) for a longer period we used to offer the full prayer.
Read More..Narrated Yahya bin 'Is-haq: I heard Anas saying, We traveled with the Prophet from Medina to Mecca and offered two rak`at (for every prayer) till we returned to Medina. I said, Did you stay for a while in Mecca? He replied, We stayed in Mecca for ten days.
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: I offered the prayer with the Prophet, Abu Bakr and `Umar at Mina and it was of two rak`at. `Uthman in the early days of his caliphate did the same, but later on he started praying the full prayer.
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