Narrated Mus`ab bin Sa`d: I offered prayer beside my father and approximated both my hands and placed them in between the knees. My father told me not to do so and said, We used to do the same but we were forbidden (by the Prophet) to do it and were ordered to place the hands on the knees.
Read More..Narrated Zaid bin Wahb: Hudhaifa saw a person who was not performing the bowing and prostration perfectly. He said to him, You have not prayed and if you should die you would die on a religion other than that of Muhammad.
Read More..Narrated Al-Bara: The bowing, the prostration the sitting in between the two prostrations and the standing after the bowing of the Prophet but not qiyam (standing in the prayer) and qu`ud (sitting in the prayer) used to be approximately equal (in duration).
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira: Once the Prophet entered the mosque, a man came in, offered the prayer and greeted the Prophet. The Prophet returned his greeting and said to him, Go back and pray again for you have not prayed. The man offered the prayer again, came back and greeted the Prophet. He said to him thrice, Go back and pray again for you have not prayed. The man said, By Him Who has sent you with the truth! I do not know a better way of praying. Kindly teach Me how to pray. He said, When you stand for the prayer, say Takbir and then recite from the Qur'an what you know and then bow with calmness till you feel at ease, then rise from bowing till you stand straight. Afterwards prostrate calmly till you feel at ease and then raise (your head) and sit with Calmness till you feel at ease and then prostrate with calmness till you feel at ease in prostration and do the same in the whole of your prayer.
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet used to say in his bowing and prostrations, Subhanaka l-lahumma Rabbana wa bihamdika; Allahumma ghfir li.' (Exalted [from unbecoming attributes] Are you O Allah our Lord, and by Your praise [do I exalt you]. O Allah! Forgive me).
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira: When the Prophet said, Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah, (Allah heard those who sent praises to Him), he would say, Rabbana wa laka l-hamd. On bowing and raising his head from it the Prophet used to say Takbir. He also used to say Takbir on rising after the two prostrations. (See Hadith No. 656).
Read More..