Salah – Hadith Answers

Clarification regarding the narration on offering twenty rak’ahs after Maghrib Salah

Question

Is this narration authentic?

Who ever performs six rak’ahs between Maghrib and ‘Isha Salah, Allah Ta’ala will build for him a palace in Jannah. (Tirmidhi)

A virtue of offering four rak’ahs of Salah

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What is the status of this narration:

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever performs 4 raka’hs of Salatud Duha is as though he has read this Salah on Laylatul Qadr.”

[Shu’abul Iman: 8553]

Teaching children how to perform Salah when they are young

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Is this Hadith authentic?

Ibn Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) said: “A child should be taught to pray if he knows his right from his left.”

The narration appearing in Tirmidhi regarding offering twenty rak’ahs after Maghrib

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What is the status of this Hadith?

من صلى بعد المغرب عشرين ركعة بنى الله له بيتا في الجنة

Whoever offers twenty rak’ahs after Maghrib, Allah will build a home in Jannah for him

A query regarding reciting ‘Subhanallahil ‘Azimi Wa Bi Hamdihi’ after Salah

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What is the reference for this narration?

Whoever recites this du’a ‘Subhanallahil ‘Azimi Wa Bi Hamdihi’ after every Salah, one hundred thousand [100 000] of his sins will be forgiven and twenty four thousand [24 000] sins of his parents will be forgiven. (Ibnus Sunni)

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

Question

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?