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The Book of Prayers
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كتاب الصلاة



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Chapter: The Beginning Of The Adhan
باب بَدْءِ الأَذَانِ
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Chapter: The Command to say the phrases of the Adhan twice and the phrases of the iqamah once, except the phrase, "Prayer is about to begin," which is to be said twice
باب الأَمْرِ بِشَفْعِ الأَذَانِ وَإِيتَارِ الإِقَامَةِ ‏
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Chapter: Description Of The Adhan
باب صِفَةِ الأَذَانِ ‏
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Chapter: It Is Recommended To Have Two Mu'adhdhin In A Single Masjid
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ اتِّخَاذِ مُؤَذِّنَيْنِ لِلْمَسْجِدِ الْوَاحِدِ ‏‏
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Chapter: It Is Permissible For A Blind Man To Call The Adhan So long As There Is A Man With Him Who Sees
باب جَوَازِ أَذَانِ الأَعْمَى إِذَا كَانَ مَعَهُ بَصِيرٌ ‏
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Chapter: Refraining From Attacking People In Dar Al-Kufr (Non-Muslim Lands) If The Adhan Is Heard Among Them
باب الإِمْسَاكِ عَنِ الإِغَارَةِ، عَلَى قَوْمٍ فِي دَارِ الْكُفْرِ إِذَا سُمِعَ فِيهِمُ الأَذَانُ ‏
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Chapter: It Is Recommended For The One Who Hears The Mu'adhdhin To Repeat His Words, Then To Send Salat Upon The Prophet (saws) And Ask Allah To Grant Him Al-Wasilah
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ الْقَوْلِ مِثْلَ قَوْلِ الْمُؤَذِّنِ لِمَنْ سَمِعَهُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ يَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ لَهُ الْوَسِيلَةَ
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Chapter: The Virtue Of the Adhan, And The Shaitan Flees When He Hears It
باب فَضْلِ الأَذَانِ وَهَرَبِ الشَّيْطَانِ عِنْدَ سَمَاعِهِ ‏
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Chapter: It Is Recommended To Raise The Hands Level With The Shoulders When Saying The Opening Takbir, When Bowing And When Rising From Bowing. But That Is Not To Be Done When Rising From The Prostration
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ رَفْعِ الْيَدَيْنِ حَذْوَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ مَعَ تَكْبِيرَةِ الإِحْرَامِ وَالرُّكُوعِ وَفِي الرَّفْعِ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَأَنَّهُ لاَ يَفْعَلُهُ إِذَا رَفَعَ مِنَ السُّجُودِ
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Chapter: Affirming The Takbir For Every Movement Up Or Down In The Prayer, Except When Rising From Ruku' When One Should Say: Sami'aAllahu Liman Hamidah (Allah Hears Those Who Praise Him)
باب إِثْبَاتِ التَّكْبِيرِ فِي كُلِّ خَفْضٍ وَرَفْعٍ فِي الصَّلاَةِ إِلاَّ رَفْعَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ فَيَقُولُ فِيهِ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ
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Chapter: It Is Obligatory To Recite Al-Fatihah In Every Rak'ah; If A Person Cannot Recite Al-Fatihah Or Cannot Learn It, Then He Should Recite Whatever Else He Can Manage
باب وُجُوبِ قِرَاءَةِ الْفَاتِحَةِ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ وَإِنَّهُ إِذَا لَمْ يُحْسِنِ الْفَاتِحَةَ وَلاَ أَمْكَنَهُ تَعَلُّمُهَا قَرَأَ مَا تَيَسَّرَ لَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا
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Chapter: Prohibiting The Follower From Reciting Aloud Behind An Imam
باب نَهْىِ الْمَأْمُومِ عَنْ جَهْرِهِ، بِالْقِرَاءَةِ خَلْفَ إِمَامِهِ ‏
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Chapter: The Proof Of Those Who Say That The Basmalah Should Not Be Recited Aloud
باب حُجَّةِ مَنْ قَالَ لاَ يَجْهَرُ بِالْبَسْمَلَةِ ‏
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Chapter: The Proof Of Those Who Say That The Bismillah Is A Verse At The Beginning Of Every Surah, Except Bara'ah (At-Tawbah)
باب حُجَّةِ مَنْ قَالَ الْبَسْمَلَةُ آيَةٌ مِنْ أَوَّلِ كُلِّ سُورَةٍ سِوَى بَرَاءَةَ‏‏
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Chapter: 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 Apposite The Shoulders In Prostration
باب وَضْعِ يَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى بَعْدَ تَكْبِيرَةِ الإِحْرَامِ تَحْتَ صَدْرِهِ فَوْقَ سُرَّتِهِ وَوَضْعِهِمَا فِي السُّجُودِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ
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Chapter: The Tashah-hud In The Prayer
باب التَّشَهُّدِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ ‏
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Chapter: Sending Salat Upon The Prophet (saws) After The Tashah-hud
باب الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعْدَ التَّشَهُّدِ ‏
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Chapter: Saying "Sami'a Allahu liman Hamidah," Rabbana wa lakal-hamd," and "Amin"
باب التَّسْمِيعِ وَالتَّحْمِيدِ وَالتَّأْمِينِ ‏‏
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Chapter: Following The Imam
باب ائْتِمَامِ الْمَأْمُومِ بِالإِمَامِ ‏
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Chapter: The Prohibition Of Preceding The Imam In Saying The Takbir Or Anything Else
باب النَّهْىِ عَنْ مُبَادَرَةِ الإِمَامِ، بِالتَّكْبِيرِ وَغَيْرِهِ ‏
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Chapter: If The Imam Experiences An Excuse, From Illness, Or Travelling, Etc. He May Appoint Someone Else To Lead The People In Prayer; The One Who Offers Prayer Behind The Imam Sitting Because He Is Unable To Stand Must Stand If He Is Able To Do So; And
باب اسْتِخْلاَفِ الإِمَامِ إِذَا عَرَضَ لَهُ عُذْرٌ مِنْ مَرَضٍ وَسَفَرٍ وَغَيْرِهِمَا مَنْ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ وَأَنَّ مَنْ صَلَّى خَلْفَ إِمَامٍ جَالِسٍ لِعَجْزِهِ عَنِ الْقِيَامِ لَزِمَهُ الْقِيَامُ إِذَا قَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ وَنَسْخِ الْقُعُودِ خَلْفَ الْ
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Chapter: The Congregation Appointing Someone To Lead Them If The Imam Is Delayed And If There Is No Fear Of Negative Repercussions
باب تَقْدِيمِ الْجَمَاعَةِ مَنْ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ إِذَا تَأَخَّرَ الإِمَامُ وَلَمْ يَخَافُوا مَفْسَدَةً بِالتَّقْدِيمِ
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Chapter: Men Saying The Tasbih And Women Clapping If They Notice Anything During The Prayer
باب تَسْبِيحِ الرَّجُلِ وَتَصْفِيقِ الْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا نَابَهُمَا شَىْءٌ فِي الصَّلاَةِ ‏
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Chapter: The Command To Perform The Prayer Properly, To Complete It, And To Have Khushu' In It
باب الأَمْرِ بِتَحْسِينِ الصَّلاَةِ وَإِتْمَامِهَا وَالْخُشُوعِ فِيهَا ‏
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Chapter: The Prohibition Of Preceding The Imam While Bowing, Prostrating And So On
باب النَّهْىِ عَنْ سَبْقِ الإِمَامِ، بِرُكُوعٍ أَوْ سُجُودٍ وَنَحْوِهِمَا ‏
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Chapter: The Prohibition On Lifting Ones Gaze To The Heavens When in Salat
باب النَّهْىِ عَنْ رَفْعِ الْبَصَرِ، إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ ‏
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Chapter: The Command To Be Calm During The Prayer And The Prohibition Of Gesturing With One's Hand And Raising It When Saying The Salam; And Completing The First Rows, Aligning In Them, And The Command To Come Together
باب الأَمْرِ بَالسُّكُونِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ الإِشَارَةِ بِالْيَدِ وَرَفْعِهَا عِنْدَ السَّلاَمِ وَإِتْمَامِ الصُّفُوفِ الأُوَلِ وَالتَّرَاصِّ فِيهَا وَالأَمْرِ بِالاِجْتِمَاعِ
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Chapter: Straightening The Rows; The Virtue Of The Front Row And Then The Next; Competing With One Another For The Front Row; The People Of Virtue Should Take Precedence And Be Closest To The Imam
باب تَسْوِيَةِ الصُّفُوفِ وَإِقَامَتِهَا وَفَضْلِ الأَوَّلِ فَالأَوَّلِ مِنْهَا وَالاِزْدِحَامِ عَلَى الصَّفِّ الأَوَّلِ وَالْمُسَابَقَةِ إِلَيْهَا وَتَقْدِيمِ أُولِي الْفَضْلِ وَتَقْرِيبِهِمْ مِنَ الإِمَامِ
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Chapter: The Command To Women Who Are Praying Behind Men Not To Raise Their Heads From Prostration Before The Men Have Done So
باب أَمْرِ النِّسَاءِ الْمُصَلِّيَاتِ وَرَاءَ الرِّجَالِ أَنْ لاَ يَرْفَعْنَ رُءُوسَهُنَّ مِنَ السُّجُودِ حَتَّى يَرْفَعَ الرِّجَالُ
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Chapter: Women Going Out To The Masjid So Long As No Fitnah Results From That; and They Should Not Go Out Wearing Perfume
باب خُرُوجِ النِّسَاءِ إِلَى الْمَسَاجِدِ إِذَا لَمْ يَتَرَتَّبْ عَلَيْهِ فِتْنَةٌ وَأَنَّهَا لاَ تَخْرُجُ مُطَيَّبَةً
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Chapter: Moderation When Reciting Qur'an In A Prayer When It Is To Be Recited Out Loud, And Making it Neither Too Loud Nor Too Soft, And When There Is The Fear Of Negative Consequences If It Is Recited Out Loud
باب التَّوَسُّطِ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ الْجَهْرِيَّةِ بَيْنَ الْجَهْرِ وَالإِسْرَارِ إِذَا خَافَ مِنَ الْجَهْرِ مَفْسَدَةً
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Chapter: Listening to the Recitation
باب الاِسْتِمَاعِ لِلْقِرَاءَةِ ‏
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Chapter: Reciting Out Aloud In As-Subh And Reciting To The Jinn
باب الْجَهْرِ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الصُّبْحِ وَالْقِرَاءَةِ عَلَى الْجِنِّ ‏
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Chapter: The Recitation For Zuhr And 'Asr
باب الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ ‏
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Chapter: Recitation in As-Subh
باب الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الصُّبْحِ ‏
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Chapter: Recitation During 'Isha
باب الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الْعِشَاءِ ‏
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Chapter: The Command To The Imam To Make The Prayer Brief But Complete
باب أَمْرِ الأَئِمَّةِ بِتَخْفِيفِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي تَمَامٍ ‏
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Chapter: Moderation In All Pillars Of The Prayer, And Making It Brief Yet Complete
باب اعْتِدَالِ أَرْكَانِ الصَّلاَةِ وَتَخْفِيفِهَا فِي تَمَامٍ ‏
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Chapter: Following The Imam And Acting After Him
باب مُتَابَعَةِ الإِمَامِ وَالْعَمَلِ بَعْدَهُ ‏
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Chapter: What Is To Be Said When Raising One's Head From Bowing
باب مَا يَقُولُ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ ‏
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Chapter: The Prohibition Of Reciting The Quran While Bowing And Prostrating
باب النَّهْىِ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ، فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ ‏‏
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Chapter: What Is To Be Said While Bowing And Prostrating
باب مَا يُقَالُ فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ ‏
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Chapter: The Virtue Of Prostration And Encouragcrneni To Do So
باب فَضْلِ السُّجُودِ وَالْحَثِّ عَلَيْهِ ‏
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Chapter: The Limbs Of Prostration And The Prohibition Of Tucking Up One's Hair And Garment Or Having Ones Hair In A Braid When Praying
باب أَعْضَاءِ السُّجُودِ وَالنَّهْىِ عَنْ كَفِّ الشَّعْرِ، وَالثَّوْبِ، وَعَقْصِ الرَّأْسِ، فِي الصَّلاَة
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Chapter: Moderation In Prostration; Placing The Hands On The Ground, Keeping The Elbows Up, Away From The Sides, And Lifting The Belly Up Off The Thighs When Prostrating
باب الاِعْتِدَالِ فِي السُّجُودِ وَوَضْعِ الْكَفَّيْنِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَرَفْعِ الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ عَنِ الْجَنْبَيْنِ وَرَفْعِ الْبَطْنِ عَنِ الْفَخِذَيْنِ فِي السُّجُودِ
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Chapter: The Description Of The Prayer, With What It Begins And Ends. The Description Of Bowing And Moderation Therein, And Of Prostration And Moderation Therein. Tashah-hud After Each Two Rak'ah Of Four Rak'ah Prayers. Description Ol Sitting Between The
باب مَا يَجْمَعُ صِفَةَ الصَّلاَةِ وَمَا يُفْتَتَحُ بِهِ وَيُخْتَمُ بِهِ وَصِفَةَ الرُّكُوعِ وَالاِعْتِدَالِ مِنْهُ وَالسُّجُودِ وَالاِعْتِدَالِ مِنْهُ وَالتَّشَهُّدِ بَعْدَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنَ الرُّبَاعِيَّةِ وَصِفَةَ الْجُلُوسِ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْ
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Chapter: The Sutrah (Screen) For One Who Is Praying, And The Recommendation To Pray Facing A Sutrah. The Ruling On Passing In Front Of One Who Is Praying, And Preventing One Who Wants To Pass In Front. It Is Permissible To Lie Down In Front Of One Who Is
باب سُتْرَةِ الْمُصَلِّي ‏
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Chapter: Preventing One Who Wants To Pass In Front Of A Praying Person
باب مَنْعِ الْمَارِّ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ الْمُصَلِّي ‏
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Chapter: The Praying Person Standing Close To The Sutrah
باب دُنُوِّ الْمُصَلِّي مِنَ السُّتْرَةِ ‏
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Chapter: The Height Of That Which Serves As A Sutrah For The One Who Is Praying
باب قَدْرِ مَا يَسْتُرُ الْمُصَلِّيَ ‏‏
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Chapter: Lying In Front Of One Who Is Praying
باب الاِعْتِرَاضِ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ الْمُصَلِّي ‏
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Chapter: Praying In A Single Garment, And How It Should Be Worn
باب الصَّلاَةِ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ وَصِفَةِ لُبْسِهِ ‏