Salah – Hadith Answers

Commentary on the Hadith regarding offering Salah for forty days with the initial takbir

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Please explain regarding the Hadith on performing Salah for forty days in congregation, wherein a person will achieve two certificates.

Is it a condition for the forty days to be consecutive of can it be spread out?

Virtue of praying four rak’ahs (Salatud Duha) in the morning

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Regarding the following Hadith, what is meant by “suffice”? Does it mean that Allah Ta’ala will protect one against misguidance and committing sins?

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) has said:

‘Verily, Allah Ta’ala says: ‘O Son of Adam! Pray to me in the beginning of the day with four units [rak’ahs] and I shall thereby suffice you at the end of it.’ Read More »

The prohibition of looking towards the sky in Salah

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Kindly explain the Hadith in Sahih Muslim which states that one should not lift their eyes to the sky when making du’a as one’s eyes would be snatched away.

Does this Hadith refer to Salah only?

Abu Bakr (radiyallahu ‘anhu) recited Surah Baqarah in Fajr Salah

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What is the meaning of the following part of the Hadith?

‘فقال: لو طلعت لم تجدنا غافلين’

صلى بنا أبو بكر رضي الله عنه صلاة الصبح , فقرأ بسورة البقرة في الركعتين جميعا , فلما انصرف قال: له عمر رضي الله عنه كادت الشمس تطلع فقال: لو طلعت لم تجدنا غافلين

Offering Fajr Salah in congregation after marriage

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What is status of following narration?

تزوج الحارث بن حسان وكانت له صحبة وكان الرجل إذ ذاك إذا تزوج تخدر أيامًا فلا يخرج لصلاة الغداة، فقيل له: أتخرج وإنمـا بنيت بأهلك في هذه الليلة؟ قال: والله إن امرأةً تمنعني من صلاة الغداة في جمع لامرأة سوء

An unauthentic form of Salah for the day of ‘Arafah

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Is this an authentic Hadith?

Salah for day of ‘Arafah:

Two rak’ahs, recite:

Surah Fatihah thrice, Surah Kafirun thrice and Surah Ikhlas one hundred times

Offering the four Sunnah of Zuhr after the Fard and two Sunnah

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What is the source for this narration?

إذا فاتته الأربع قبل الظهر، صلاها بعد الركعتين بعد الظهر

Reward for offering Salah with the initial takbir (takbir ula)

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Is there any additional reward for offering Salah with the Takbir Ula behind the Imam?

Nabi’s (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) disapproval of a Sahabi reciting aloud behind the Imam in Salah

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What is the translation of the word ‘خالجنيها’ in the following Hadith:

عن عمران بن حصين، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الظهر، فجعل رجل يقرأ خلفه بسبح اسم ربك الأعلى، فلما انصرف قال: أيكم قرأ – أو أيكم القارئ – فقال رجل أنا، فقال: قد ظننت أن بعضكم خالجنيها

Prohibition against confusing others in Salah by reciting too loudly

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Is this Hadith authentic?

Under the heading ‘Dhikr Qawl al-Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) Laa yajhar ba’dukam ‘ala ba’din fil-Quran, Imam Nasai (rahimahullah) has recorded the Hadith, ‘None of you should compete with one another in reciting Quran loudly.’

‘Ali’s (radiyallahu ‘anhu) du’a in qawmah when getting up from ruku’

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Is this du’a of Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) authentic?

Bi haw lil lahi wa quwwatihi aqumu wa aq’ud

Meaning of Allah’s protection for the one who performs Fajr Salah in congregation

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Regarding this Hadith, what is one ‘protected’ from when they perform Fajr Salah in congregation? Does it protect one from capital punishment and diseases? Read More »

Authenticity of the virtue of offering two rak’ahs after Maghrib before speaking to anyone

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What is the authenticity of this Hadith?

Makhul (rahimahullah) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:

“If the two rak’ahs after Maghrib are performed before speaking, it will be lifted high into the heavens.”