Book 5
The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer
كتاب الْمَسَاجِدِ وَمَوَاضِعِ الصَّلاَةِ
56 chapters · 402 hadiths
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121.0The construction of the Masjid of the Prophet (ﷺ)
3باب ابْتِنَاءِ مَسْجِدِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
2.0Changing the qiblah from Al-Quds (Jerusalem) to the Ka`bah
5باب تَحْوِيلِ الْقِبْلَةِ مِنَ الْقُدْسِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ
3.0The prohibition of building masajid over graves and placing images therein; and the prohibition of taking graves as masajid
8باب النَّهْيِ عَنْ بِنَاءِ الْمَسَاجِدِ عَلَى الْقُبُورِ وَاتِّخَاذِ الصُّوَرِ فِيهَا وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ اتِّخَاذِ الْقُبُورِ مَسَاجِدَ
4.0The virtue of building masajid and encouragement to do so
2باب فَضْلِ بِنَاءِ الْمَسَاجِدِ وَالْحَثِّ عَلَيْهَا
5.0The recommendation to place the hands on the knees when bowing, and the abrogation of tatbiq
7باب النَّدْبِ إِلَى وَضْعِ الأَيْدِي عَلَى الرُّكَبِ فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَنَسْخِ التَّطْبِيقِ
6.0The permissibility of squatting on the heels
1باب جَوَازِ الإِقْعَاءِ عَلَى الْعَقِبَيْنِ
7.0The prohibition of speaking during the prayer, and the abrogation of its former permissibility
10باب تَحْرِيمِ الْكَلاَمِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَنَسْخِ مَا كَانَ مِنْ إِبَاحَتِهِ
8.0The permissibility of cursing the Shaitan during prayer, and seeking refuge with Allah from him; and the permissibility of doing a few actions while in salat
3باب جَوَازِ لَعْنِ الشَّيْطَانِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ الصَّلاَةِ وَالتَّعَوُّذِ مِنْهُ وَجَوَازِ الْعَمَلِ الْقَلِيلِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ
9.0The permissibility of carrying children during prayer, and their garments are regarded as being pure until it is realized that they are impure. Few actions will not invalidate the prayer, and the same applies if several such actions are done but are done separately
4باب جَوَازِ حَمْلِ الصِّبْيَانِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ
10.0The permissibility of taking one or two steps while praying, and that is not disliked if done for a reason. The permissibility of the Imam praying in a place that is higher than the people praying behind him, if that is done for a reason, such as teaching them how to offer prayers, and other than that.
2باب جَوَازِ الْخُطْوَةِ وَالْخُطْوَتَيْنِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ
11.0It is disliked to put the hands on the waist during the prayer
1باب كَرَاهَةِ الاِخْتِصَارِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ
12.0It is disliked to smooth the pebbles or make the dirt level during salat
2باب كَرَاهَةِ مَسْحِ الْحَصَى وَتَسْوِيَةِ التُّرَابِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ
13.0The prohibition of spitting in the masjid, during prayer and at other times. The prohibition of a praying person spitting in front of him or to his right
13باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ الْبُصَاقِ، فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَغَيْرِهَا
14.0The permissibility of offering salat while wearing shoes
2باب جَوَازِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي النَّعْلَيْنِ
15.0It is disliked to offer salat in a garment with markings
3باب كَرَاهَةِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي ثَوْبٍ لَهُ أَعْلاَمٌ
16.0It is disliked to offer salat in the presence of food that one wants to eat. It is disliked to offer salat while restraining the urge to relieve oneself, and so on
7باب كَرَاهَةِ الصَّلاَةِ بِحَضْرَةِ الطَّعَامِ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ أَكْلَهُ فِي الْحَالِ وَكَرَاهَةِ الصَّلاَةِ مَعَ مُدَافَعَةِ الأَخْبَثَيْنِ
17.0Prohibiting one who has eaten garlic, onions, or leeks, and other things that have an offensive odor from coming to the masjid, until that smell has gone away, and such a person should be expelled from the masjid
12باب نَهْىِ مَنْ أَكَلَ ثُومًا أَوْ بَصَلاً أَوْ كُرَّاثًا أَوْ نَحْوَهَا عَنْ حُضُورِ الْمَسْجِدِ
18.0The prohibition of making lost property announcements in the masjid, and what should be said by one who hears a person making such an announcement
5باب النَّهْىِ عَنْ نَشْدِ الضَّالَّةِ، فِي الْمَسْجدِ وَمَا يَقُولُهُ مَنْ سَمِعَ النَّاشِدَ
19.0As-Sahw (forgetfulness) in prayer and prostrating to compensate for it
30باب السَّهْوِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَالسُّجُودِ لَهُ
20.0The prostration of recitation
12باب سُجُودِ التِّلاَوَةِ
21.0The description of the sitting during the prayer, and how the hands are to be placed on the thighs
6باب صِفَةِ الْجُلُوسِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَكَيْفِيَّةِ وَضْعِ الْيَدَيْنِ عَلَى الْفَخِذَيْنِ
22.0The salam to exit the prayer when one has finished and how it is done
3باب السَّلاَمِ لِلتَّحْلِيلِ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ عِنْدَ فَرَاغِهَا وَكَيْفِيَّتِهِ
23.0The remembrance after the prayer
3باب الذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ الصَّلاَةِ
24.0It is recommended to seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave, the punishment of hell, the trials of life and death, the tribulation of the Dajjal and from sin and debt between the tashah-hud and the taslim
4باب اسْتِحْبَابِ التَّعَوُّذِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
25.0From what refuge is to be sought when in salat
10باب مَا يُسْتَعَاذُ مِنْهُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ
26.0It is recommended to recite statements of remembrance after the prayer, and how that is to be done
19باب اسْتِحْبَابِ الذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ الصَّلاَةِ وَبَيَان صِفَتِهِ
27.0What is to be said between the opening takbir and the recitation of the Qur’an
4باب مَا يُقَالُ بَيْنَ تَكْبِيرَةِ الإِحْرَامِ وَالْقِرَاءَةِ
28.0It is recommended to come to prayers in a tranquil and dignified manner, and it is forbidden to come in a hasty manner
6باب اسْتِحْبَابِ إِتْيَانِ الصَّلاَةِ بِوَقَارٍ وَسَكِينَةٍ وَالنَّهْىِ عَنْ إِتْيَانِهَا سَعْيًا
29.0When should the people stand up to pray?
5باب مَتَى يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِلصَّلاَةِ
30.0The one who catches up with a rak`ah of the prayer, he has caught up with that prayer
8باب مَنْ أَدْرَكَ رَكْعَةً مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ فَقَدْ أَدْرَكَ تِلْكَ الصَّلاَةَ
31.0The times of the five prayers
16باب أَوْقَاتِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ
32.0The recommendation to delay Zuhr (until it has cooled down) in severe heat for one who finds it too hot in route to join the congregation
9باب اسْتِحْبَابِ الإِبْرَادِ بِالظُّهْرِ فِي شِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ لِمَنْ يَمْضِي إِلَى جَمَاعَةٍ وَيَنَالُهُ الْحَرُّ فِي طَرِيقِهِ
33.0It is recommended to pray Zuhr at the beginning of its time when there is no intense heat
4باب اسْتِحْبَابِ تَقْدِيمِ الظُّهْرِ فِي أَوَّلِ الْوَقْتِ فِي غَيْرِ شِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ
34.0It is recommended to pray `Asr early
9باب اسْتِحْبَابِ التَّبْكِيرِ بِالْعَصْرِ
35.0Stern warning against missing the `Asr prayer
5باب التَّغْلِيظِ فِي تَفْوِيتِ صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ
36.0The evidence for those who say that “the middle prayer” is the `Asr prayer
9باب الدَّلِيلِ لِمَنْ قَالَ الصَّلاَةُ الْوُسْطَى هِيَ صَلاَةُ الْعَصْرِ
37.0The virtue of the Subh and the `Asr prayers, and of maintaining them
8باب فَضْلِ صَلاَتَىِ الصُّبْحِ وَالْعَصْرِ وَالْمُحَافَظَةِ عَلَيْهِمَا
38.0The beginning of the time for Maghrib when the sun sets
3باب بَيَانِ أَنَّ أَوَّلَ وَقْتِ الْمَغْرِبِ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ
39.0The time of `Isha and delaying it
14باب وَقْتِ الْعِشَاءِ وَتَأْخِيرِهَا
40.0It is recommended to pray Subh early, at the beginning of its time, when it is still dark; and the length of recitation therein
8باب اسْتِحْبَابِ التَّبْكِيرِ بِالصُّبْحِ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا وَهُوَ التَّغْلِيسُ وَبَيَانِ قَدْرِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِيهَا
41.0It is disliked to delay the prayers beyond their proper times, and what a person should do if the Imam delays the prayer
7باب كَرَاهِيَةِ تَأْخِيرِ الصَّلاَةِ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا الْمُخْتَارِ وَمَا يَفْعَلُهُ الْمَأْمُومُ إِذَا أَخَّرَهَا الإِمَامُ
42.0The virtue of prayer in congregation, and clarifying the stern warning against staying away from it, and that it is fard kifayah
14باب فَضْلِ صَلاَةِ الجَمَاعَةِ وَبَيَانِ التَّشْدِيدِ فِي التَّخَلُّفِ عَنْهَا
43.0It is obligatory for the one who hears the call to prayer to come to the masjid
1باب يَجِبُ إِتْيَانُ الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى مَنْ سَمِعَ النِّدَاءَ
44.0Prayer in congregation is one of the sunnah of guidance
2باب صَلاَةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى
45.0The prohibition of leaving the masjid once the Mu’adhdhin has called the Adhan
2باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ الْخُرُوجِ، مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ إِذَا أَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ
46.0The virtue of praying `Isha and Subh in congregation
5باب فَضْلِ صَلاَةِ الْعِشَاءِ وَالصُّبْحِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ
47.0Concession allowing one to not attend the congregation if there is an excuse
3باب الرُّخْصَةِ فِي التَّخَلُّفِ عَنِ الْجَمَاعَةِ، بِعُذْرٍ
48.0It is permissible to offer voluntary prayers in congregation, and to pray on hasir (palm-fiber mats), khumrah (small mats), cloth, and other pure things
7باب جَوَازِ الْجَمَاعَةِ فِي النَّافِلَةِ وَالصَّلاَةِ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ وَخُمْرَةٍ وَثَوْبٍ وَغَيْرِهَا مِنَ الطَّاهِرَاتِ
49.0The virtue of offering the obligatory prayers in congregation, the virtue of waiting for prayer and taking many steps towards the masjid, the virtue of walking to the masjid
7باب فَضْلِ صَلاَةِ الْجَمَاعَةِ وَانْتِظَارِ الصَّلاَةِ
50.0The virtue of taking many steps to the masjid
8باب فَضْلِ كَثْرَةِ الْخُطَا إِلَى الْمَسَاجِدِ
51.0Walking to prayer erases sins and raises one in status
4باب الْمَشْىُ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ تُمْحَى بِهِ الْخَطَايَا وَتُرْفَعُ بِهِ الدَّرَجَاتُ
52.0The virtue of sitting in one’s prayer place after Subh, and the virtue of the masajid
4باب فَضْلِ الْجُلُوسِ فِي مُصَلاَّهُ بَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ وَفَضْلِ الْمَسَاجِدِ
53.0Who is more entitled to lead the prayer
11باب مَنْ أَحَقُّ بِالإِمَامَةِ
54.0It is recommended to say qunut in all prayers if a calamity befalls the Muslims – and refuge is sought from Allah (regarding that). It is recommended to say qunut in Subh at all times. And the clarification that it is to be said after raising the head from bowing in the final rak`ah, and it is recommended to say it out loud
20باب اسْتِحْبَابِ الْقُنُوتِ فِي جَمِيعِ الصَّلاَةِ إِذَا نزَلَتْ بِالْمُسْلِمِينَ نَازِلَةٌ
55.0Making up a missed prayer. And it is recommended to hasten to make it up
10باب قَضَاءِ الصَّلاَةِ الْفَائِتَةِ وَاسْتِحْبَابِ تَعْجِيلِ قَضَائِهَا