Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: Once solar eclipse occurred during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle. He offered the eclipse prayer. His companions asked, O Allah's Apostle! We saw you trying to take something while standing at your place and then we saw you retreating. The Prophet said, I was shown Paradise and wanted to have a bunch of fruit from it. Had I taken it, you would have eaten from it as long as the world remains.
Read More..Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet led us in prayer and then went up to the pulpit and beckoned with both hands towards the Qibla of the mosque and then said, When I started leading you in prayer, I saw the display 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.
Read More..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 eyesight would be taken away.
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: I asked Allah's Apostle about looking hither and thither in prayer. He replied, It is a way of stealing by which Satan takes away (a portion) from the prayer of a person.
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: Once the Prophet prayed on a Khamisa with marks on it and said, The marks on it diverted my attention, take this Khamisa to Abu Jahm and bring an Inbijaniya (from him.)
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet saw expectoration in the direction of the Qibla of the mosque while he was leading the prayer, and scratched it off. After finishing the prayer, he said, Whenever any of you is in prayer he should know that Allah is in front of him. So none should spit in front of him in the prayer.
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