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The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer
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كتاب الْمَسَاجِدِ وَمَوَاضِعِ الصَّلاَةِ



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باب
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Chapter: The construction of the Masjid of the Prophet (saws)
باب ابْتِنَاءِ مَسْجِدِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏
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Chapter: Changing the qiblah from Al-Quds (Jerusalem) to the Ka`bah
باب تَحْوِيلِ الْقِبْلَةِ مِنَ الْقُدْسِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ ‏
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Chapter: The prohibition of building masajid over graves and placing images therein; and the prohibition of taking graves as masajid
باب النَّهْيِ عَنْ بِنَاءِ الْمَسَاجِدِ عَلَى الْقُبُورِ وَاتِّخَاذِ الصُّوَرِ فِيهَا وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ اتِّخَاذِ الْقُبُورِ مَسَاجِدَ
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Chapter: The virtue of building masajid and encouragement to do so
باب فَضْلِ بِنَاءِ الْمَسَاجِدِ وَالْحَثِّ عَلَيْهَا ‏
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Chapter: The recommendation to place the hands on the knees when bowing, and the abrogation of tatbiq
باب النَّدْبِ إِلَى وَضْعِ الأَيْدِي عَلَى الرُّكَبِ فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَنَسْخِ التَّطْبِيقِ ‏
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Chapter: The permissibility of squatting on the heels
باب جَوَازِ الإِقْعَاءِ عَلَى الْعَقِبَيْنِ ‏
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Chapter: The prohibition of speaking during the prayer, and the abrogation of its former permissibility
باب تَحْرِيمِ الْكَلاَمِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَنَسْخِ مَا كَانَ مِنْ إِبَاحَتِهِ ‏
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Chapter: The permissibility of cursing the Shaitan during prayer, and seeking refuge with Allah from him; and the permissibility of doing a few actions while in salat
باب جَوَازِ لَعْنِ الشَّيْطَانِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ الصَّلاَةِ وَالتَّعَوُّذِ مِنْهُ وَجَوَازِ الْعَمَلِ الْقَلِيلِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ
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Chapter: The permissibility of carrying children during prayer, and their garments are regarded as being pure until it is realized that they are impure. Few actions will not invalidate the prayer, and the same applies if several such actions are done but
باب جَوَازِ حَمْلِ الصِّبْيَانِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ ‏
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Chapter: The permissibility of taking one or two steps while praying, and that is not disliked if done for a reason. The permissibility of the Imam praying in a place that is higher than the people praying behind him, if that is done for a reason, such as
باب جَوَازِ الْخُطْوَةِ وَالْخُطْوَتَيْنِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ ‏
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Chapter: It is disliked to put the hands on the waist during the prayer
باب كَرَاهَةِ الاِخْتِصَارِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ ‏
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Chapter: It is disliked to smooth the pebbles or make the dirt level during salat
باب كَرَاهَةِ مَسْحِ الْحَصَى وَتَسْوِيَةِ التُّرَابِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ ‏
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Chapter: The prohibition of spitting in the masjid, during prayer and at other times. The prohibition of a praying person spitting in front of him or to his right
باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ الْبُصَاقِ، فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَغَيْرِهَا ‏‏
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Chapter: The permissibility of offering salat while wearing shoes
باب جَوَازِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي النَّعْلَيْنِ ‏
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Chapter: It is disliked to offer salat in a garment with markings
باب كَرَاهَةِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي ثَوْبٍ لَهُ أَعْلاَمٌ‏
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Chapter: It is disliked to offer salat in the presence of food that one wants to eat. It is disliked to offer salat while restraining the urge to relieve oneself, and so on
باب كَرَاهَةِ الصَّلاَةِ بِحَضْرَةِ الطَّعَامِ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ أَكْلَهُ فِي الْحَالِ وَكَرَاهَةِ الصَّلاَةِ مَعَ مُدَافَعَةِ الأَخْبَثَيْنِ
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Chapter: Prohibiting one who has eaten garlic, onions, or leeks, and other things that have an offensive odor from coming to the masjid, until that smell has gone away, and such a person should be expelled from the masjid
باب نَهْىِ مَنْ أَكَلَ ثُومًا أَوْ بَصَلاً أَوْ كُرَّاثًا أَوْ نَحْوَهَا عَنْ حُضُورِ الْمَسْجِدِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The prohibition of making lost property announcements in the masjid, and what should be said by one who hears a person making such an announcement
باب النَّهْىِ عَنْ نَشْدِ الضَّالَّةِ، فِي الْمَسْجدِ وَمَا يَقُولُهُ مَنْ سَمِعَ النَّاشِدَ ‏
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Chapter: As-Sahw (forgetfulness) in prayer and prostrating to compensate for it
باب السَّهْوِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَالسُّجُودِ لَهُ ‏
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Chapter: The prostration of recitation
باب سُجُودِ التِّلاَوَةِ ‏
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Chapter: The description of the sitting during the prayer, and how the hands are to be placed on the thighs
باب صِفَةِ الْجُلُوسِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَكَيْفِيَّةِ وَضْعِ الْيَدَيْنِ عَلَى الْفَخِذَيْنِ ‏
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Chapter: The salam to exit the prayer when one has finished and how it is done
باب السَّلاَمِ لِلتَّحْلِيلِ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ عِنْدَ فَرَاغِهَا وَكَيْفِيَّتِهِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The remembrance after the prayer
باب الذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ الصَّلاَةِ ‏
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Chapter: It is recommended to seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave, the punishment of hell, the trials of life and death, the tribulation of the Dajjal and from sin and debt between the tashah-hud and the taslim
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ التَّعَوُّذِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ ‏
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Chapter: From what refuge is to be sought when in salat
باب مَا يُسْتَعَاذُ مِنْهُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ ‏
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Chapter: It is recommended to recite statements of remembrance after the prayer, and how that is to be done
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ الذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ الصَّلاَةِ وَبَيَان صِفَتِهِ ‏
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Chapter: What is to be said between the opening takbir and the recitation of the Qur’an
باب مَا يُقَالُ بَيْنَ تَكْبِيرَةِ الإِحْرَامِ وَالْقِرَاءَةِ
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Chapter: It is recommended to come to prayers in a tranquil and dignified manner, and it is forbidden to come in a hasty manner
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ إِتْيَانِ الصَّلاَةِ بِوَقَارٍ وَسَكِينَةٍ وَالنَّهْىِ عَنْ إِتْيَانِهَا سَعْيًا ‏‏
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Chapter: When should the people stand up to pray?
باب مَتَى يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِلصَّلاَةِ ‏
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Chapter: The one who catches up with a rak`ah of the prayer, he has caught up with that prayer
باب مَنْ أَدْرَكَ رَكْعَةً مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ فَقَدْ أَدْرَكَ تِلْكَ الصَّلاَةَ ‏
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Chapter: The times of the five prayers
باب أَوْقَاتِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ ‏
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Chapter: The recommendation to delay Zuhr (until it has cooled down) in severe heat for one who finds it too hot in route to join the congregation
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ الإِبْرَادِ بِالظُّهْرِ فِي شِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ لِمَنْ يَمْضِي إِلَى جَمَاعَةٍ وَيَنَالُهُ الْحَرُّ فِي طَرِيقِهِ
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Chapter: It is recommended to pray Zuhr at the beginning of its time when there is no intense heat
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ تَقْدِيمِ الظُّهْرِ فِي أَوَّلِ الْوَقْتِ فِي غَيْرِ شِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ ‏‏
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Chapter: It is recommended to pray `Asr early
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ التَّبْكِيرِ بِالْعَصْرِ
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Chapter: Stern warning against missing the `Asr prayer
باب التَّغْلِيظِ فِي تَفْوِيتِ صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ ‏
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Chapter: The evidence for those who say that “the middle prayer” is the `Asr prayer
باب الدَّلِيلِ لِمَنْ قَالَ الصَّلاَةُ الْوُسْطَى هِيَ صَلاَةُ الْعَصْرِ ‏
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Chapter: The virtue of the Subh and the `Asr prayers, and of maintaining them
باب فَضْلِ صَلاَتَىِ الصُّبْحِ وَالْعَصْرِ وَالْمُحَافَظَةِ عَلَيْهِمَا ‏
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Chapter: The beginning of the time for Maghrib when the sun sets
باب بَيَانِ أَنَّ أَوَّلَ وَقْتِ الْمَغْرِبِ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ ‏
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Chapter: The time of `Isha and delaying it
باب وَقْتِ الْعِشَاءِ وَتَأْخِيرِهَا ‏
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Chapter: It is recommended to pray Subh early, at the beginning of its time, when it is still dark; and the length of recitation therein
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ التَّبْكِيرِ بِالصُّبْحِ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا وَهُوَ التَّغْلِيسُ وَبَيَانِ قَدْرِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِيهَا
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Chapter: It is disliked to delay the prayers beyond their proper times, and what a person should do if the Imam delays the prayer
باب كَرَاهِيَةِ تَأْخِيرِ الصَّلاَةِ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا الْمُخْتَارِ وَمَا يَفْعَلُهُ الْمَأْمُومُ إِذَا أَخَّرَهَا الإِمَامُ
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Chapter: The virtue of prayer in congregation, and clarifying the stern warning against staying away from it, and that it is fard kifayah
باب فَضْلِ صَلاَةِ الجَمَاعَةِ وَبَيَانِ التَّشْدِيدِ فِي التَّخَلُّفِ عَنْهَا ‏
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Chapter: It is obligatory for the one who hears the call to prayer to come to the masjid
باب يَجِبُ إِتْيَانُ الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى مَنْ سَمِعَ النِّدَاءَ ‏
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Chapter: Prayer in congregation is one of the sunnah of guidance
باب صَلاَةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى ‏
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Chapter: The prohibition of leaving the masjid once the Mu’adhdhin has called the Adhan
باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ الْخُرُوجِ، مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ إِذَا أَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ ‏
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Chapter: The virtue of praying `Isha and Subh in congregation
باب فَضْلِ صَلاَةِ الْعِشَاءِ وَالصُّبْحِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ ‏‏
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Chapter: Concession allowing one to not attend the congregation if there is an excuse
باب الرُّخْصَةِ فِي التَّخَلُّفِ عَنِ الْجَمَاعَةِ، بِعُذْرٍ ‏
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Chapter: It is permissible to offer voluntary prayers in congregation, and to pray on hasir (palm-fiber mats), khumrah (small mats), cloth, and other pure things
باب جَوَازِ الْجَمَاعَةِ فِي النَّافِلَةِ وَالصَّلاَةِ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ وَخُمْرَةٍ وَثَوْبٍ وَغَيْرِهَا مِنَ الطَّاهِرَاتِ
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Chapter: The virtue of offering the obligatory prayers in congregation, the virtue of waiting for prayer and taking many steps towards the masjid, the virtue of walking to the masjid
باب فَضْلِ صَلاَةِ الْجَمَاعَةِ وَانْتِظَارِ الصَّلاَةِ ‏‏
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Chapter: The virtue of taking many steps to the masjid
باب فَضْلِ كَثْرَةِ الْخُطَا إِلَى الْمَسَاجِدِ ‏
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Chapter: Walking to prayer erases sins and raises one in status
باب الْمَشْىُ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ تُمْحَى بِهِ الْخَطَايَا وَتُرْفَعُ بِهِ الدَّرَجَاتُ ‏
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Chapter: The virtue of sitting in one’s prayer place after Subh, and the virtue of the masajid
باب فَضْلِ الْجُلُوسِ فِي مُصَلاَّهُ بَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ وَفَضْلِ الْمَسَاجِدِ ‏‏
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Chapter: Who is more entitled to lead the prayer
باب مَنْ أَحَقُّ بِالإِمَامَةِ
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Chapter: It is recommended to say qunut in all prayers if a calamity befalls the Muslims – and refuge is sought from Allah (regarding that). It is recommended to say qunut in Subh at all times. And the clarification that it is to be said after raising the
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ الْقُنُوتِ فِي جَمِيعِ الصَّلاَةِ إِذَا نزَلَتْ بِالْمُسْلِمِينَ نَازِلَةٌ ‏‏
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Chapter: Making up a missed prayer. And it is recommended to hasten to make it up
باب قَضَاءِ الصَّلاَةِ الْفَائِتَةِ وَاسْتِحْبَابِ تَعْجِيلِ قَضَائِهَا ‏‏