Chapter

1. The beginning of Adhan
2. How Adhan is to be pronounced
3. There can be two pronouncers of Adhan for one mosque
4. The Holy Prophet refrained from attacking people living in Dar al-Kufr on bearing Adhan from them
5. He who hears the Adhin should respond like it, invoke blessings upon the Apostle (may peace be upon him)and then beg for him the Wasila
6. The excellence of Adhin and running away of the Satan on hearing it
7. The desirability of raising the hands apposite the shoulders at the time of beginning the prayer and at the time of bowing and at the time of returning to the erect position after bowing
8. The reciting of Takbir at the time of bowing and rising in prayer except rising after Ruku' when it is said: Allah listened to him who praised Him
9. The reciting of al-Fatiha in every Rakah of prayer is obligatory
10. The one led in prayer is forbidden to recite loudly behind the Imam
11. Argument of those who say that he (the Holy Prophet) did not recite Bismillah (in the name of Allah) loudly
12. Argument of those who assert that Bismillah is a part of every Sura except Sura Tauba
13. The placing of the right hand over the left hand after the first Takbir in prayer (Takbir-i-Tahrima) below the chest and above the navel and then placing them opposite the shoulders in prostration
14. The Tashahhud in prayer
15. Blessing on the Prophet (may peace be upon him) after Tashahhud
16. The reciting of Tasmi' (Allah listens to him who praises Him) Tahmid (O our Lord, for Thee is the praise), and Timin (Amin)
17. The Muqtadi (follower) should strictly follow the Imam in prayer
18. The Imam is authorised to appoint one as his deputy when there is a valid reason for it (for example, illness or journey or any other), and if an Imam leads the prayer sitting as he cannot do so standing, his followers should say prayer standing provided they are able to do it and there is an abrogation of saying prayer sitting behind a sitting Imam
19. If the Imam arrives late and there is no danger of an unpleasant happening, another Imam can be appointed to lead the prayer
20. If something happens in prayers, men should glorify Allah and women should clap hands
21. Command to observe prayer well, perfecting it, and devotion in it
22. It is forbidden to bow and prostrate ahead of the Imam
23. It is forbidden to lift one's eye towards the sky in prayer
24. The command to observe prayer with tranquillity and calmness and forbiddance of making gesture with hands and lifting them while pronouncing salutation, and the completing of first rows and joining together well in them
25. Straightening of rows and the excellence of the first row and then of the subsequent rows and competing and vying with one another for the first row and priority of the men of virtues and their nearness to the Imam
26. The praying women have been commanded not to precede men in lifting their heads from prostration
27. Women coming out (from their houses) for going to the mosque when there is no apprehension of wickedness,but they should not come out scented
28. Moderation between loud and low recitation in jahri prayer, when there is a fear of turmoil in reciting loudly
29. Listening to the recitation of the Quran
30. Recitation of the Quran loudly in the dawn prayer
31. Recitation in noon and afternoon prayers
32. Recitation in the morning prayer
33. Recitation in the night prayer
34. The duty of the Imam is to be brief and perfect in prayer
35. Moderation in the articles of prayers and their shortening and perfection
36. Following the Imam and acting after him
37. What is to be recited in bowing and prostration
38. The excellence of prostration and exhortation to observe it
39. How the limbs should work in prostration and forbiddance to fold clothing and hair and plaiting of hair in the prayer
40. Moderation in prostration, placing the palms on the earth (ground), and keeping away elbows from the sides and the belly from the things while prostating
41. The excellence of the prayer and the way it is begun and the excellence of Ruku' and moderation in it and prostration and moderation in it, etc.
42. Sutra for prayers
43. Prayer in a single garment
44. Mosques and the places of worship
45. Building of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina
46. Change of Qibla from Bait-u'l-Manqdis to Ka'ba
47. Forbiddance to build mosques on the graves and decorating them with pictures and forbiddance to use the graves as mosques
48. The virtue of building the mosques and exhortation to it
49. Concerning the command of placing one's hands on the knees while in Ruku' and abrogation of al-Tatbiq
50. Sitting on the buttocks
51. Forbiddance of talking in prayer and abrogation of what was permissible
52. It is allowable to curse Satan during prayer and seek the protection (of the Lord) and minor acts (of commission) in prayer
53. Permissibility of carrying children in prayer
54. The permissibility of moving two steps in the prayer
55. It is not advisable to say prayer while keeping one's hand on one's waist
56. It is forbidden to remove pebbles and smooth the ground while engaged in prayer
57. Forbiddance to spit in the mosque while engaged in prayer
58. Permissibility of wearing shoes in prayers
59. It is not advisable to pray wearing a cloth which has designs or markings over it
60. When food is brought before man and he is inclined to take it, he should not say prayer before eating it and undesirability of prayer while feeling the call of nature
61. Forbiddance to eat garlic, onions and anything of offensive smell while coming to the mosque
62. It is forbidden to cry out for finding out the lost thing in the mosque
63. Forgetfulness inprayer and prostration as compensation for it
64. Prostration while reciting the Quran
65. How jalsa is to be observed
66. Taslim at the completion of the prayer
67. Dhikr after the prayer
68. Desirability of seeking refuge from the torment of the grave
69. Excellence of Dhikr after prayer and its description
70. What is to be recited between Takbir Tahrima,and recitation of the Quran
71. Desirability of going to prayer with dignity and tranquillity and forbiddance of going to it in hot haste
72. When should the people stand up for prayer
73. He who came up with the Rak'ah, he in fact came up with the prayer (led in congregation with the Imam)
74. Times of prayer
75. Desirability of saying the noon prayer when the extreme heat is over
76. Desirability of observing the noon prayer at the earlier hour (of times prescribed for it) when there is no intense heat
77. Preference for saying the 'Asr prayer at the commencement of the prescribed time
78. The severity (of punishment) in missing the Asr prayer
79. Merit of the morning and afternoon prayers and exhortation to guard them
80. Commencement of the time for the evening prayer is immediately after sunset
81. Time for the night prayer and its delay
82. Desirability of observing the morning prayer at earlier hour and that is the time when there is darkness before dawn and the exposition about the length of recitation in it
83. Disapproval of delaying the prayer from the prescribes time; what one who is led in prayer should do when the Imam delays it ?
84. Excellence of prayers in congregation and grim warning for remaining away from it
85. He who hears the call for prayer it to essential for him to come to the mosque
86. Forbiddance to go out of the mosque after the Adhan has been announced by the Mu'adhdhin
87. Excellence of praying the 'Isha' and morning prayers in congregation
88. Permission to remain away from the congregational prayer for any valid reason
89. Permissibility of observing Nafl (supererogatory) prayer in congregation and that too on the mat or the covering cloth or any other thing which is free from filth and rubbish
90. Merit of praying in congregation and waiting for prayer
91. Excellence of taking many steps for reaching the mosque
92. Excellence of sitting at the place of worship after the dawn prayer and excellence of the mosque
93. Who deserves most to act as Imam
94. The excellence of Qunut in all the prayers when any calamity befalls the Muslims
95. Compensation of the missed prayer and excellence of observing it promptly
96. The prayer of travellers and its shortening
97. Praying in houses when it rains
98. Permissibility of saying Nafl prayer on a riding beast while on a journey, in whatever direction it turns
99. Permissibility of combining two prayers on a journey
100. Combination of prayers, when one is resident
101. Permissibility of turning to the right and left in prayer
102. Excellence to be on the right side of the Imam
103. The undesirability of observing Nafl prayer, when the Mu'adhdhin begins Adhan
104. What is to be recited while entering the mosque
105. Excellence of greeting the mosque with two Rak'ahs and undesirability of sitting down before observing them
106. Excellence of observing two Rak'ahs in the mosque for one who comes back from a journey
107. Excellence of the forenoon prayer, two are its minimum Raklahe and eight are its maximum Rak'ahs and average Rak'ahs are four or six, and exhortation for the observance of the prayer
108. Excellence observing two Raklahs of Sunnah in the dawn prayer
109. The virtue of Sunan prayers before and after the Fard Raklabs and their number
110. Permissibility of observing Nafl (voluntary prayer) standing or sitting and observing some part of it standing or sitting
111. Prayer during the night and the number of the Raklahs which the Apostle (may peace be upon him) observed in the night and observance of one Raklah of Witr
112. Forenoon prayer should be offered when it is sufficiently hot
113. Night prayer consists of pairs of Rakahs' and Witr is a Rakah at the end of the night
114. He who fears that he would not be able to observe (Tahajjud) prayer at the end of night should observe Witr in the first part of it
115. The most excellent prayer is one in which one stands for a longer time
116. Exhortation to supplicate and make mention (of Allah) at the end of the night and its acceptance by the Lord
117. Encouragement to observe prayers during Ramadhan and that is Tarawih
118. Supplication in the night prayer
119. Preference for prolonging recitation in the night prayer
120. What has been related (from the Holy Prophet) about one who sleeps the whole night till morning
121. Preference for observing Nafl prayer in the house and permissibility of observing it in the mosque also
122. Excellence of an act (i.e. observe of the night prayer, etc.) done constantly
123. Concerning dozing off in prayer, or faltering of one's tongue in the recitation of the Quran, or in mentioning of Allah, one should sleep, or stop it till one becomes lively
124. Concerning the careful remembering of the Quran
125. Desirability of reciting the Quran in a sweet voice
126. The recitation by the Apostle (may peace be upon him) of Surat al-Fath on the Day of the Conquest of Mecca
127. Descending of tranquillity by the recitation of the Quran
128. Excellence of the Hifz; (one who commits the Quran to memory) of the Quran
129. Excellence of the one who is proficient in the Quran and one who falters in it
130. Excellence o't the reciting of the Quran by one who is more skilled and proficient before one who is inferior to him
131. Excellence of listening to the Quran and asking one who has memorised it and to recite it from his memory and shedding tears while listening to the recitation and deliberating over it.
132. Excellence of the recitation of the Qur'an in prayer and that of its learning
133. Excellence of the recitation of the Qur'in and that of surat al-Baqara
134. Excellence of sura Fatiha and concluding verses of surat al-Baqara and exhortation to recite the last two verses of surat al-Baqara
135. Excellence of surat al-Kahf and Ayat al-Kursi
136. Excellence of the recitation of "Say: He is Allah, the One"
137. Excellence of the recitation of the two silras concerning the taking of refuge
138. Excellence of one who acts upon (the teachings of the) Qur'an and one who teaches it
139. "The Qur'an has been revealed in seven modes of "reading" and its meaning
140. Reciting the Qur'an leisurely and distinctively and abstaining from reciting it too hurriedly, and permission to recite two silras of more than two in a raklah
141. That which concerns recitation
142. Times when prayer is prohibited
143. How Amr b. Abasa embraced Islam
144. Do not get into the habit of observing prayer at the time of the rising sun and at the time of its setting
145. Excellence of observing two Rak'ahs before the evening prayer
146. Prayer in time of danger
147. Jumu'a Prayer
148. The essentiality of taking bath on Friday
149. Perfume and using of miswak on Friday
150. Observing of silence in sermon on Friday
151. There is a special (fortunate) time on Friday
152. Excellence of Friday
153. Excellence of going out early on Friday
154. Excellence of one who listens to the Khutba with perfect silence
155. Jumu'a prayer is to be observed when the sun passes over the meridian
156. Concerning the two sermons before the Friday prayer and sitting for a while between the two
157. Concerning the words of the Quran: "And when they see merchandise or sport, they break away to it, and leave thee standing'
158. Warning on neglecting Jumu'a
159. Shortness of prayer and surmon
160. Observing of two Rak'ahs as a salutation of the mosque while the Imam is delivering (the sermon)
161. Hadith pertaining to giving instruction in Kbutba
162. What is to be recited in the Jumu'a prayer?
163. Prayer (Sunan) after the Jumu'a prayer (Fard) The prayer of the two Id's
164. Permissibility of women's going out on 'Id days towards the place of worship and their presence in the Khutba (sitting) at a distance from men
165. Abandoning of prayer before Id and after it in the place of worship (outside the habitation) especially meant for Id
166. What is to be recited In Id Prayers
167. Permission for sport on 'Id days in which there in no sin
168. Prayer for rain
169. Supplication in prayer for rain
170. (Prayer for) protection (of Allah) when there is a windstorm. or (terribly dark) cloud, and feeling joy when there is a rainfall
171. Prayer at the time of solar eclipse
172. Mention of the torment of grave in eclipse prayer
173. Exhortation to recite La ilaha Il-llah (there. is no god but Allah) to the dying person
174. What is to be said at the time of calamity
175. What is to be said by the side of the sick and the dead
176. Closing the (eyes) of the dead and supplication for him on visiting him
177. Weeping for the dead
178. Visiting the sick
179. Endurance in trouble at the fast blow
180. The dead body is punished for the lamentation of his family
181. Women forbidderk to. follow the bier
182. Washing of the dead body
183. Concerning the shroudidg of the dead body
184. Covering the dead body with a cloth
185. Exhortation to shroud the dead body well
186. Making haste in funeral
187. Merit of the funeral prayer and following the bier
188. If one hundred Muslim offer prayer for the dead, all of them interceding for him (it would he accepted)
189. The dead who is praised in good words, or who is condemned in bad words
190. What is said in case of one who gets relief and the one from whom the other gets relief
191. Prayer over the grave
192. Standing up on seeing a bier
193. Abrogation of the act of standing up the bier
194. Supplication for the dead in the funeral prayer
195. Where should the Imam stand for offering prayer over the dead body
196. It is permissible to ride back after offering funeral prayer
197. Niche in the grave and setting up of mud bricks over the dead
198. Commandment in regard to the levelling of the grave
199. It is forbidden to plaster the grave or constructing anything over it
200. It is forbidden to sit over the grave and observe prayer facing towards it
201. Funeral prayer in the mosque
202. What is to be said while visiting the graveyard and the supplication to be offered for the dead lying in the graves
203. The Apostle of Allah (way peace be upon him) seeking permission from'the Lord. the Exalted and High, for visiting the grave of his mother
204. Abandoning of funeral prayer for him who committed suicide

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