Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, "The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had wanted to take two pieces
of wood to strike them together to gather people for the prayer, and Abdullah
ibn Zayd al-Ansari, then of the tribe of Harith ibn al-Khazraj, was shown two
pieces of wood in his sleep. He said, 'These are close to what the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wants.' Then it was said,
'Do you not call to the prayer?', so when he woke up he went to the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and mentioned the dream to
him. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered
the adhan."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ata ibn Yazid al-Laythi
from Abu Said al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "When you hear the adhan, repeat what the muadhdhin
says."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr ibn Abd
ar-Rahman, from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "If people knew what was in the adhan and the first
row of the prayer and could only draw lots for it, they would draw lots. And
if they knew what was in doing dhuhr early, they would race each other to it.
And if they knew what was in isha and subh, they would go to them even if they
had to crawl."
Yahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Yaqub from
his father and Ishaq ibn Abdullah that they informed him that they heard Abu
Hurayra say, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, 'When the iqama is called for prayer, do not come to it running, but
come with calmness. Pray what you catch and complete what you miss. You are in
prayer as long as your aim is the prayer.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd arRahman ibn Abdullah ibn Abd
ar-Rahman ibn Abu Sasaca al-Ansari, and later al-Mazini, that his father told
him that Abu Said al-Khudri had said to him, "I see that you love sheep and
the desert. When you are among your sheep or in your desert, call the prayer
and raise your voice in the adhan, because I heard the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'No jinn or man oranything within
range hears the voice of the muadhdhin except that it bears witness for him on
the day of rising.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu
Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, "When the call to prayer is made Shaytan retreats, passing wind, so that
he will not hear the adhan. When the adhan is completed he comes back, until,
when the iqama is said, he retreats again. When the iqama is completed, he
comes back, until he comes between a man and his self and says, 'Think of such
and such, think of such and such,' which he was not thinking about before,
until the man does not know how much he has prayed."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Hazim ibn Dinar that Sahl ibn Sad
as-Saidi said, "There are two times when the gates of heaven are opened, and
few who make supplication have it returned to them unanswered. They are at the
timeof the adhan, and in a rank of people fighting in the way of Allah."
Malik was asked whether the adhan on the day of jumua was called before the
time had come for the prayer and he said, "It is not called until after the
sun has passed the meridian."
Malik was asked about doubling the adhan and the iqama, and at what point
people had to stand when the iqama for the prayer was called. He said, "I have
heard nothing about the adhan and iqama except what I have seen people do. As
for the iqama, it is not doubled. That is what the people of knowledge in our
region continue to do. As for people standing up when the iqama for the prayer
is called, I have not heard of any definite point at which it is begun, and I
consider it rather to be according to people's (individual) capacity, for some
people are heavy and some are light, and they are not able to be as one man ."
Malik was asked about a gathering of people who wished to do the prescribed
prayer calling the iqama and not the adhan, and he said, "lt is enough for
them. The adhan is only obligatory in mosques where the prayer is said in
congregation."
Malik was asked about the muadhdhin saying "Peace be upon you" to the imam
and calling him to the prayer, and he was asked who was the first person to
whom such a greeting was made. He replied, "I have not heard that this
greeting occurred in the first community."
Yahya said that Malik was asked whether a muadhdhin who called the people
to prayer and then waited to see if anyone would come and no one did, so he
said the iqama and did the prayer by himself and then people came after he had
finished, should repeat the prayer with them. Malik said, "He does not repeat
the prayer, and whoever comes after he has finished should do the prayer by
himself."
Yahya said that Malik was asked about a muadhdhin who called the adhan for
a group of people, did voluntary prayers, and then the group of people wanted
to do the prayer with some one else saying the iqama. He said, "There is no
harm in that. His iqama or somebody else's are the same."
Yahya said that Malik said, "The subh prayer is still called before dawn.
As for the other prayers, we believe that they should only be called after the
time has started."
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the muadhdhin came to
Umar ibn al-Khattab to call him to the subh prayer and found him sleeping, so
he said, "Prayer is better than sleep," and Umar ordered him to put that in
the adhan for subh .
Yahya related to me from Malik from his paternal uncle Abu Suhayl ibn Malik
that his uncle's father said, "I recognise nothing nowadays of what I saw the
people (i.e. the companions of the Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace ) doing except the call to prayer."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar called the
adhan on a cold and windy night and included the phrase, "Do the prayer in
shelter." Then he said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, used to orderthe muadhdhin to say, 'Do the prayerin shelter' when
it was a cold, rainy night "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that on a journey Abdullah ibn
Umar did no more than the iqama, except for subh, when he called both the
adhan and the iqama. Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, "The adhan is for an imam
whom people join ."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father said to
him, "When you are on a journey you can, if you wish, call the adhan and the
iqama, or, if you wish, the iqama and not the adhan."
Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "There is no harm in a man calling the
adhan while riding."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Said ibn al-Musayyab
used to say, "Whoever prays on waterless, desolate land - an angel prays on
his right and an angel prays on his left. When he calls both the adhan and the
iqama for the prayer, or calls out the iqama, angels like mountains pray
behind him."
Section: The Duration of the Meal before Dawn (Sahur) in Relation to the
Adhan
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abdullah ibn
Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, "Bilal calls the adhan whilst it is still night so eat and drink until
Ibn Umm Maktum calls the adhan."
Section: The Adhan During a Journey and Without Wudu
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah that
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Bilal
calls the adhan in the night, so eat and drink until Ibn Umm Maktum calls the
adhan." Ibn Umm Maktum was a blind man who did not call the adhan until
someone said to him, "The morning has come. The morning has come."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah from
Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, used to raise his hands to the level of his shoulders when he began
the prayer and when he raised his head from the ruku he raised them in the
same way, saying, "Allah hears whoever praises him, our Lord and praise
belongs to You." He did not raise them in the sujud.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that AIi ibn Husayn ibn Ali
ibn Abi Talib said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, used to say, 'Allah is greater' whenever he lowered himself and raised
himself, and he continued to pray like that until he met Al lah ."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Sa'id from Sulayman ibn Yasar
that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to
raise his hands in the prayer.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Salama ibn
Abdar-Rahman ibn Awf that Abu Hurayra used to lead them in prayer and would
say "Allah is greater" whenever he lowered himself and raised himself. When he
had finished he would say, "By Allah, I am the person whose prayer most
resembles the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah that
Abdullah ibn Umar used to say "Allah is greater" in the prayer whenever he
lowered himself and raised himself.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to
raise his hands to the level of his shoulders when he began the prayer and
when he raised his head from the ruku he would raise them less than that.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Nuaym Wahb ibn Kaysan that Jabir
ibn Abdullah used to teach them the takbir in the prayer. Abu Nuaym said, "He
used to tell us to say 'Allah is greater' whenever we lowered or raised
ourselves."
Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab used to say, "When a man
catches the raka he says, 'Allah is greater' once, and that takbir is enough
for him."
Malik added, "That is if he intended to begin the prayer by that takbir "
Malik was asked about a man who began with the imam but forgot the opening
takbir and the takbir of the ruku until he had done one raka. Then he
remembered that he had not said the takbir at the opening nor in the ruku,so
he said the takbir in the second raka. He said, "I prefer that he start his
prayer again, but if he forgets the opening takbir with the imam and says the
takbir in the first ruku, I consider that enough for him if he intends by it
the opening takbir."
Malik said, about some one who prayed by himself and forgot the opening
takbir, "He begins his prayer afresh ."
Malik said, about an imam who forgot the opening takbir until he had
finished his prayer, "I think that he should do the prayer again, and those
behind him, even if they have said the takbir."
Section: The Recitation of Qur'an in the Maghrib and lsha Prayers
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Muhammad ibn Jubayr ibn
Mutim that his father said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, recite at-Tur (Sura 52) in the maghrib prayer."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah
ibn Utba ibn Masud from Abdullah ibn Abbas that Umm al-Fadl bint al-Harith
heard him reciting al Mursalat (sura 77) and she said to him, "My son, you
have reminded me by reciting this sura that it was what I last heard the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, recite in the
maghrib prayer."
26 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Ubayd, the mawla of Sulayman ibn
Abd alMalik, from Ubada ibn Nusayy from Qays ibn al Harith that Abu Abdullah
as-Sunabihi said, "I arrived in Madina in the khalifate of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq,
and I prayed maghrib behind him. He recited the umm al Qur'an and two suras
from the shorter ones of the mufassal in the first two rakas. Then he stood up
in the third and I drew so near to him that my clothes were almost touching
his clothes. I heard him reciting the umm al-Qur'an and this ayat, 'Our Lord,
do not make our hearts go astray after You have guided us, and give us mercy
from Your presence. Surely You are the Giver. ' " (Sura 3 ayat 8)
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to
recite in all four rakas as when he prayed alone - in every raka the umm al-Qur'an
and another sura from the Qur'an. Sometimes he would recite two or three suras
in one raka in the obligatory prayer. Similarly, he recited the umm al-Qur'an
and two suras in the first two rakas of maghrib.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Adi ibn Thabit al-Ansari
that al-Barra ibn Azib said, "I prayed isha with the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he recited at-Tin (Sura 95) in it."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Ibrahim ibn Abdullah ibn
Hunayn from hisfatherfromAliibnAbiTalibthattheMessengerof Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, forbade wearing the qassi (an Egyptian garment,
stripedwithsilk),wearing gold rings, and reciting the Qur'an in ruku.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Muhammad ibn
Ibrahim ibn al Harith at-Taymi from Abu Hazim at-Tammar from al Bayadi that
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came out to
the people while they were praying and their voices were raised in the
recitation. He said, "When you pray you are talking confidentially to your
Lord. So look to what you confide to Him, and do not say the Qur'an out loud
so that others hear it."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Humayd at-Tawil that Anas ibn Malik
said, "I stood behind Abu Bakr and Umar and Uthman and none of them used to
recite 'In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate' when they began
the prayer."
Yahya related to me from Malik from his paternal uncle Abu Suhayl ibn Malik
that his father said, "We heard the recitation of Umar ibn al-Khattab when we
were at the home of Abu Jahmin al-Balat." (Al-Balat was a place in Madina
between the mosque and the market.)
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that when Abdullah ibn Umar missed
anything of the prayer in which the imam recited out loud, he would stand up
when the imam had said the taslim and recite what he owed out loud to himself.
Yahya related to me from Malik that Yazid ibn Ruman said, "I used to pray
next to Nafi ibn Jubayr ibn Mutim and he would nudge me to prompt him while we
were praying."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father heard
Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Rabia say, "We prayed subh behind Umar ibn al-Khattab
and he recited suraYusuf (Sura 12) and surat al-Hajj (Sura 22) slowly." I (Hisham's
father) said, "By Allah, then it must have been his habit to get up at the
crack of dawn." He said, "Of course."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said and Rabia ibn Abi Abd
arRahman from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad that al Furafisa ibn Umayral-Hanafi said,
"I only learnt Sura Yusuf (Sura 12) from the recitation of it by Uthman ibn
Affan in the subh prayer because of the great number of times he repeated it
to us."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to
recite the first ten suras of the mufassal in the subh prayer, and on a
journey he would recite the ummal-Qur'an and a sura in every raka.
Yahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Yaqub that
Abu Said, the mawla of Amir ibn Kuraz told him that the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, called toUbayy ibn Kab while he was
praying. When Ubayy had finished his prayer he joined the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the Messenger of Allah put his
hand upon his hand, and he was intending to leave by the door of the mosque,
so the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "I
hope that you will not leave the mosque until you know a sura whose like Allah
has notsentdown in the Tawrah nor in the Injil nor in the Qur'an." Ubayysaid,
"I began to slow down my pace in the hope of that. Then I said, 'Messenger of
Allah, the sura you promised me!' He said, 'What do you recite when you begin
the prayer?' I recited the Fatiha (Sura 1 ) until I came to the end of it, and
the Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'It is
this sura, and it is the "seven oft-repeated" and the Great Qur'an which I was
given.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Nuaym Wahb ibn Kaysan that he heard
Jabir ibn Abdullah say, "Someone who prays a raka without reciting the umm al-Qur'an
in it has not done the prayer except behind an imam."
Section: Reciting to Oneself behind the Imam when He does not Recite Aloud
Yahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Ya'qub
that he heard Abu's-Sa'ib, the mawla of Hisham ibn Zuhra, say he had heard Abu
Hurayra say, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, say, 'Whoever prays a prayer without reciting the umm al-Qur'an in
it, his prayer is aborted, it is aborted, it is aborted, incomplete.' So I
said, 'Abu Hurayra, sometimes I am behind the imam.'Hepulled my forearm and
said, 'Recite it to yourself, O Persian, for I heard the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say that Allah the Blessed, the
Exalted, said, "I have divided the prayer into two halves between me and my
slave. One half of it is for Me and one half of it is for IVly slave, and My
slave has what he asks." ' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "Recite." The slave says, 'Praise be to AIIah, the Lord
of theWorlds.' Allah the Blessed, the Exalted, says, 'My slave has praised
Me.' The slave says, 'The Merciful, the Compassionate.' Allah says, 'My slave
has spoken well of Me.' The slave says, 'Master of the Day of the Deen.' Allah
says, 'My slave has glorified Me.' The slave says, 'You alone we worship and
You alone we askforhelp.'Allahsays,'This ayat is between Me and My slave, and
for My slave is what he asks. 'The slave says, 'Guide us in the straight Path,
the Path of those whom You have blessed, not of those with whom You are angry,
nor those who are in error. ' Allah says, 'These are for My slaves, and for my
slave is what he asks . ' " ' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said and from Rabia ibn Abi
Abd ar Rahman that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad used to recite behind the imam when
the imam did not recite aloud.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar, when asked
if anyone should recite behind an imam, said, "When you pray behind an imam
then the recitation of the imam is enough for you and when you pray on your
own you must recite." Nafi added, "Abdullah ibn 'Umar used not to recite
behind the imam."
Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "The position with us is that aman
recites behind the imam when the imam does not recite aloud and he refrains
from reciting when the imam recites aloud."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ibn Ukayma al-Laythi
from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, finished a prayer in which he had recited aloud and asked, "Did any
of you recite with me just now?" One man said, "Yes, I did, Messenger of
Allah." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
"I was saying to myself, 'Why am I distracted from the Qur'an?' " When the
people heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
say that, they refrained from reciting with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, when he recited aloud.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab
and Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman told him from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When the imam says 'Amin',
say 'Amin', for the one whose 'Amin' coincides with the 'Amin' of the angels -
his previous wrong actions are forgiven him."
Ibn Shihab said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, used to say 'Aameen' (extending it)."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr, from Abu
Salih as Samman, from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "When the imam has said, 'not of those with
whom You are angry nor of those who are in error,' say 'Amin', for the
previous wrong actions of the one whose utterance coincides with that of the
angels, are forgiven him."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z Zinad from al-Araj from Abu
Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, "When one of you says 'Amin' and the angels in the sky say 'Amin' so
that one coincides with the other, his previous wrong actions are forgiven
him."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr, from Abu
Salih as-Samman from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "When the imam says, 'Allah hears whoever
praises Him,' say 'O Allah! Our Lord, praise be toYou, 'for the previous wrong
actions done by the one whose utterance coincides with that of the angels are
forgiven."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Muslim ibn Abi Maryam that AIi ibn Abd
ar-Rahman al-Muawi said, "Abdullah ibn Umar saw me playing with some small
pebbles in the prayer. When I finished he forbade me, saying, 'Do as the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did.' I said,
'What did the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
do?' He said, 'When he sat in the prayer, he placed his right hand on his
right thigh and he closed his fist and pointed his index finger, and he placed
his left hand on his left thigh. That is what he used to do.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar that he had seen
Abdullah ibn Umar with a man praying at his side. When the man sat in the
fourth raka, heput both feet to one side and crossed them. When Abdullah
finished, he disapproved of that to him, and the man protested, "But you do
the same." Abdullah ibn Umar said, "I am ill."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Sadaqa ibn Yasar that al-Mughira ibn
Hakim saw Abdullah ibn Umar sit back from the two sajdas of the prayer onto
the top of his feet. When he had finished, al-Mughira mentioned it to him, and
Abdullah ibn Umar explained, "It is not a sunna of the prayer. I do it because
I am ill."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim that
Abdullah ibn Umar told him that he used to see Abdullah ibn Umar cross his
legs in the sitting position of the prayer.He said, "So I did the same, and I
was young at the time. Abdullah ibn Umar forbade me and said, 'The sunna of
the prayer is that you keep your right foot vertical and lay your left foot
down.' I said to him, 'But you do the same (as I did).' He said, 'My feet do
not support me.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that al-Qasim ibn
Muhammad showed them how to sit in the tashahhud, and he kept his right foot
vertical and laid his left foot down, and sat on his left haunch not on his
foot. Then he said, "Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibn Umar saw me doing this and
related to me that his father used to do the same thing."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr from
Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abd al-Qari that he heard Umar ibn al-Khattab say, while he
was teaching people the tashahhud from the mimbar, "Say, Greetings belong to
Allah. Pure actions belong to Allah. Good words and prayers belong to Allah.
Peace on you, Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon
us and on the slaves of Allah who are salihun. I testify that there is no god
except Allah. And I testify that Muhammad is His slave and His messenger."
'At-tahiyatu lillah, az-zakiyatu lillah, at-tayibatu wa's-salawatu lillah.
As-salamu alayka ayyuha'nnabiyyu wa rahmatu'llahi wa barakatuhu. As-salamu
alayna wa ala ibadi'llahi s-salihin. Ash-hadu an la ilaha illa 'llah wa ash-hadu
anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say
the tashahhud saying, "In the name of Allah. Greetings belong to Allah.
Prayers belong to Allah. Pure actions belong to Allah. Peace be on the Prophet
and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be on us and on the slaves of
Allah who are salihun. I testify that there is no god except Allah. I testify
that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."
"Bismillah, at-tahiyatu lillah, as-salawatu lillah, az-zakiyatu lillah. As-salamu
ala'n-nabiyyi wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. As-salamu alayna wa ala
ibadi'llahi's-salihin. Shahidtu an la ilaha illallah. Shahidtu anna
Muhammadu'r-rasulu'llah."
He used to say this after the first two rakas and he would make
supplication with whatever seemed fit to him when the tashahhud was completed.
When he sat at the end of the prayer, he did the tashahhud in a similar
manner, except that after the tashahhud he made supplication with whatever
seemed fit to him. When he had completed the tashahhud and intended to say the
taslim, he said, "Peace be on the Prophet and His mercy and blessings. Peace
be upon us and on the slaves of Allah who are salihun."
"As-salamu ala'n-nabiyyi wa rahmatu'llahi wa barakatuhu. As-salamu alayna
wa ala ibadi'llahi'ssalihin ."
He then said, "Peace be upon you" to his right, and would return the
greeting to the imam, and if anyone said "Peace be upon you" from his left he
would return the greeting to him.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim from his
father that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, used to say in the tashahhud, "Greetings, good words, prayers, pure
actions belong to Allah. I testify that there is no god except Allah, alone
without partner, and that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. Peace be on
you, Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be on us and on
the slaves of Allah who are salihun. Peace be upon you."
"At-tahiyatu, at-tayibatu, as-salawatu, az-zakiyatu lillah. Ash-hadu an la
ilaha illa'llah, wahdahu la sharika lah wa anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluhu.
As-salamu alayka ayyuha-n-nabiyyu wa rahmatu-llahi wa barakatuhu. As-salamu
alayna wa ala ibadi-llahi's-salihin. As-salamu alaykum."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said al-Ansari that al-Qasim
ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad told him that A'isha, the wife of the prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say in the tashahhud, "Greetings,
good words, prayers, pure actions belong to Allah. I testify that there is no
god except Allah, alone without partner, and I testify that Muhammad is the
slave of Allah and His Messenger. Peace be upon you, Prophet, and the mercy of
Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and on the slaves of Allah who are
salihun . Peace be upon you . "
"At-tahiyatu, at-tayibatu, as-salawatu, az-zakiyatu lillah. Ash-hadu an la
ilaha illa'llah, wahdahu la sharika llah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa
rasuluhu. As-salamu alayka ayyuha-n-nabiyyu wa rahmatu-llahi wa barakatuhu.
As-salamu alayna wa ala ibadi-llahi's-salihin. As-salamu alaykum."
Yahya related to me from Malik that he asked Ibn Shihab and Nafi, the mawla
of Ibn Umar, whether a man who joined an imam who had already done a raka
should say the tashahhud with the imam in the second and fourth rakas, even
though these were odd for him? They said, "He should say tashahhud with him."
Malik said, "That is the position with us."
Section: What to Do If One Raises One's Head Before the Imam
Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Amr ibn AIqama from Malik
ibn Abdullah as-Sadi that Abu Hurayra said, "The one who raises his head and
lowers it before the imam - his forelock is in the hand of a shaytan."
Malik said, concerning someone who forgot and raised his head before the
imam in ruku or sujud, "The sunna of that is to return to bowing or
prostrating and not to wait for the imam to come up. What he has done is a
mistake, because the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, 'The imam is appointed to be followed as a leader, so do not
oppose him.' Abu Hurayra said, 'The one who raises his head and lowers it
before the imam - his forelock is in the hand of a shaytan.' "
Section: What to Do if through Forgetfulness One Says the Taslim after Two
Rakas
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ayyub ibn Abi Tamima as-Sakhtayani from
Muhammad ibn Sirin from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, finished the prayer after two rakas and
Dhu'l-Yadayn said to him, "Has the prayer been shortened or have you
forgotten, Messenger of Allah?" The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "Has Dhu'l-Yadayn spoken the truth?" The people
said, "Yes," and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, stood and prayed the other two rakas and then said, "Peace be upon
you." Then he said, "Allah is greater" and went into a sadja as long as his
usual prostrations or longer. Then he came up and said, "Allah is greater" and
went into a sajda as long as his usual prostrations or longer and then came
up.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Da'ud ibn al-Husayn that Abu Sufyan,
the mawla of Ibn Abi Ahmad, said that he heard Abu Hurayra say, "The Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed asr and said the
taslim after two rakas. Dhu'l-Yadayn stood up and said, 'Has the prayer been
shortened, Messenger of Allah, or have you forgotten?' The Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stood up and completed what remained
of the prayer, and then, remaining sitting after saying the taslim, he made
two prostrations."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Abu Bakr ibn Sulayman
ibn Abi Hathma said, "I have heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, prayed two rakas of one of the two day-ti me
prayers, dhuhr or asr, and said the taslim after two rakas. Dhu'sh-Shamalayn
said to him, 'Has the prayer been shortened, Messenger of Allah, or have you
forgotten?' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, 'The prayer has not been shortened and I have not forgotten.'
Dhu'shShamalayn said, 'It was certainly one of those, Messenger of Allah.' The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, approached the
people and said, 'Has Dh u'sh-Shamalayn spoken the truth?' They said, 'Yes,
Messenger of Allah,' and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, completed what remained of the prayer, and then said, 'Peace be
upon you.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al-Musayyab,
and from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman, the same as that.
Malik said, "Every forgetfulness which decreases from the prayer,
prostrations for it come before the greeting, and every forgetfulness which is
an addition to the prayer, prostrations for it come after the greeting."
Section: Completing what is Recalled When Uncertain how much has been Prayed
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar that
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If you
are uncertain in the prayer and do not know whether you have prayed three or
four rakas, then pray a raka and make two prostrations from the sitting
position before the taslim. If the raka that you prayed was the fifth, then
you make it even by these two sajdas, and if it was the fourth, then the two
prostrations spite Shaytan."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd from Salim
ibn Abdullah that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, "If you are uncertain in the
prayer, estimate what you think you have forgotten of the prayer and repeat
it, then do the two sajdas of forgetfulness from the sitting position."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Afif ibn Amr as-Sahmi that Ata ibn
Yasar said, "I asked Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As and Kab al Ahbar about someone
who was uncertain in his prayer, and did not know whether he had prayed three
or four rakas. Both of them said, 'He should pray another raka and then do two
sajdas from the sitting position.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar, when
questioned about forgetfulness in the prayer, said, "If you think that you
have forgotten part of the prayer, then pray it."
Section: What to Do if One Stands After the Completion of the Prayer or
After Two Rakas
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from al-Araj that Abdullah
ibn Buhayna said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, prayed two rakas with us and then stood without sitting and the people
stood with him. When he had finished the prayerand we had seen him say the
taslim, he said 'Allah is greater' and did two sajdas from the sitting
position and then said the taslim again."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Abd ar-Rahman ibn
Hurmuz that Abdullah ibn Buhayna said, "The Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, prayed dhuhr with us and he stood straight up after
two rakas without sitting. When he had finished the prayer, he did two sajdas
and then said the taslim after that."
Malik said, concerning someone who forgot in his prayer and stood up after
he had completed four rakas and recited and then went into ruku and then, when
he raised his head from ruku, remembered that he had already completed (his
prayer), "He returns to a sitting position and does not do any sajda. If he
has already done one sajda I do not think he should do the other. Then when
his prayer is finished he does two sajdas from the sitting position after
saying the taslim."
Section: Looking in the Prayer at What Distracts You from It
Yahya related to me from Malik from AIqama ibn Abi AIqama from his mother
that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, "Abu Jahm ibn Hudhayfa gave the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, a fine striped garment from Syria and he did the prayer
in it. When he had finished he said, 'Give this garment back to Abu Jahm. I
lookedat its stripes in the prayer and they almost distracted me.' "
Malik related to me from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wore a fine striped garment
f rom Syria, and then gave it to Abu Jahm and took a plain, rough, garment in
return. Abu Jahm asked, "Messenger of Allah! Why?" He said, "I looked at its
stripes in the prayer."
Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr that Abu Talha al-Ansari was
praying in his garden when a wild pigeon flew in and began to fly to and fro
trying to find a way out. The sight was pleasing to him and he let his eyes
follow the bird for a time and then he went back to his prayer but could not
remember how much he had prayed. He said, "A trial has befallen me in this
property of mine." So he came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, and mentioned the trial that had happened to him in his
garden and said, "Messenger of Allah, it is a sadaqa for Allah, so dispose of
it wherever you wish."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr that a man from
the Ansar was praying in a garden of his in Quff, one of the valleys of Madina,
during the date season and the palms' branches were weighed down with fruit on
all sides. He looked at them and what he saw of their fruits amazed him. Then
he went back to his prayer and he did not know how much he had prayed. He
said, "A trial has befallen me in this property of mine." So he went toUthman
ibn Affan, who was the khalifa at the time, and mentioned it to him and said,
"It is sadaqa, so give it away in the paths of good." Uthman ibn Affan sold it
for fifty thousand and so that property became known as the Fifty.
