Narrated Abu Wail: Hudhaifa said, I saw a person not performing his bowing and prostrations perfectly. When he completed the prayer, I told him that he had not prayed. I think that Hudhaifa added (i.e. said to the man), Had you died, you would have died on a tradition other than that of the Prophet Muhammad.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet was ordered (by Allah) to prostrate on seven parts and not to tuck up the clothes or hair (while praying). Those parts are: the forehead (along with the tip of nose), both hands, both knees, and (toes of) both feet.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, We have been ordered to prostrates on seven bones and not to tuck up the clothes or hair.
Read More..Narrated Al-Bara' bin `Azib: (He was not a liar) We used to pray behind the Prophet and when he said, Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah , none of us would bend his back (to go for prostration) till the Prophet had placed his, forehead on the ground.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, I have been ordered to prostrate on seven bones i.e. on the forehead along with the tip of the nose and the Prophet pointed towards his nose, both hands, both knees and the toes of both feet and not to gather the clothes or the hair.
Read More..Narrated Abu Salama: Once I went to Abu- Sa`id Al-Khudri and asked him, Won't you come with us to the date-palm trees to have a talk? So Abu Sa`id went out and I asked him, Tell me what you heard from the Prophet about the Night of Qadr. Abu Sa`id replied, Once Allah's Apostle performed I`tikaf (seclusion) on the first ten days of the month of Ramadan and we did the same with him. Gabriel came to him and said, 'The night you are looking for is ahead of you.' So the Prophet performed the I`tikaf in the middle (second) ten days of the month of Ramadan and we too performed I`tikaf with him. Gabriel came to him and said, 'The night which you are looking for is ahead of you.' In the morning of the 20th of Ramadan the Prophet delivered a sermon saying, 'Whoever has performed I`tikaf with me should continue it. I have been shown the Night of Qadr , but have forgotten its date, but it is in the odd nights of the last ten nights. I saw in my dream that I was prostrating in mud and water.' In those days the roof of the mosque was made of branches of date-palm trees. At that time the sky was clear and no cloud was visible, but suddenly a cloud came and it rained. The Prophet led us in the prayer and I saw the traces of mud on the forehead and on the nose of Allah's Apostle. So it was the confirmation of that dream.
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