Sahih al-Bukhari
Book 8: Prayers (Salat)
كتاب الصلاة
167 hadith in this book
1How As-Salat (the Prayer) was prescribed on the night of Al-Isra (miraculous night journey) of the Prophet (pbuh) to Jerusalem (and then to the heavens)باب كَيْفَ فُرِضَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فِي الإِسْرَاءِ2It is obligatory to wear clothes while offering As-Salat (the prayers)باب وُجُوبِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي الثِّيَابِ3To tie Izar (dress worn below the waist) at one's back while offering Salat (prayers)باب عَقْدِ الإِزَارِ عَلَى الْقَفَا فِي الصَّلاَةِ4To offer As-Salat (the prayers) with a single garment wrapped round the bodyباب الصَّلاَةِ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ مُلْتَحِفًا بِهِ5If someone offers Salat (prayer) wrapped in a single garment, he should cross its corners round his shouldersباب إِذَا صَلَّى فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ فَلْيَجْعَلْ عَلَى عَاتِقَيْهِ6If the garment is tight (over the body)باب إِذَا كَانَ الثَّوْبُ ضَيِّقًا7To offer As-Salat (the prayers) in a Syrian cloak (made by infidels)باب الصَّلاَةِ فِي الْجُبَّةِ الشَّأْمِيَّةِ8It is disliked to the naked during As-Salat (the prayers)باب كَرَاهِيَةِ التَّعَرِّي فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَغَيْرِهَا9To offer Salat (prayer) with a shirt, trousers, a Tubban or a Qaba (an outer garment with full length sleeves)باب الصَّلاَةِ فِي الْقَمِيصِ وَالسَّرَاوِيلِ وَالتُّبَّانِ وَالْقَبَاءِ10What may be used to cover the private parts of the bodyباب مَا يَسْتُرُ مِنَ الْعَوْرَةِ11To pray without a Ridaباب الصَّلاَةِ بِغَيْرِ رِدَاءٍ12What is said about the thighباب مَا يُذْكَرُ فِي الْفَخِذِ13In how many (what sort of) clothes a woman should offer Salat (prayer)باب فِي كَمْ تُصَلِّي الْمَرْأَةُ فِي الثِّيَابِ14If a person offered Salat (prayer) in a dress with marks and looked at those marks during the Salatباب إِذَا صَلَّى فِي ثَوْبٍ لَهُ أَعْلاَمٌ وَنَظَرَ إِلَى عَلَمِهَا15If someone offers Salat (prayer) in a garment bearing marks of a cross or picture, will he Salat be annulled? And what is forbidden thereofبَابُ إِنْ صَلَّى فِي ثَوْبٍ مُصَلَّبٍ أَوْ تَصَاوِيرَ هَلْ تَفْسُدُ صَلاَتُهُ وَمَا يُنْهَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ16Whoever offered Salat (prayer)in a silk Farruj (an outer garment opened at the back) and then took it off.باب مَنْ صَلَّى فِي فَرُّوجِ حَرِيرٍ ثُمَّ نَزَعَهُ17(It is permissible) to offer Salat (prayer) in a red garmentباب الصَّلاَةِ فِي الثَّوْبِ الأَحْمَرِ18(It is permissible) to offer Salat (prayer) on roofs, a pulpit or woodباب الصَّلاَةِ فِي السُّطُوحِ وَالْمِنْبَرِ وَالْخَشَبِ19If the clothes of a prayer person in prostration touched his wife [would that make his Salat (prayer) invalid]?باب إِذَا أَصَابَ ثَوْبُ الْمُصَلِّي امْرَأَتَهُ إِذَا سَجَدَ20To offer As-Salat (the prayers) on the Hasir (a mat that is made of the leaves of date-palm trees and is as long as or longer than a man's stature)باب الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْحَصِيرِ21To offer As-Salat (the prayers) on a Khumra (a small mat, hardly sufficient for the face and hands while prostrating during Salat)باب الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْخُمْرَةِ22To offer As-Salat (the prayers) on the bedباب الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ23To prostrate on a garment in scorching heatباب السُّجُودِ عَلَى الثَّوْبِ فِي شِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ24To offer Salat (prayer) with the shoes onباب الصَّلاَةِ فِي النِّعَالِ25To offer As-Salat (the prayers) wearing Khuff (leather socks)باب الصَّلاَةِ فِي الْخِفَافِ26If someone does not prostrate properlyباب إِذَا لَمْ يُتِمَّ السُّجُودَ27During Prostrations one should show his armpits and separate his forearms from his bodyباب يُبْدِي ضَبْعَيْهِ وَيُجَافِي فِي السُّجُودِ28Superiority of (praying) facing the Qiblah with the toes toward it as wellباب فَضْلِ اسْتِقْبَالِ الْقِبْلَةِ29The Qiblah for the people of Al-Madina, Sham and the East.باب قِبْلَةِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَأَهْلِ الشَّأْمِ وَالْمَشْرِقِ30The Statement of Allah " And take you (people) the Maqam (place) of Ibrahim (Abraham) (or the stone on which Abrahim stood while he was building the Kabah as a place of prayer (for some of your Salat e.g., two Raka after the Tawaf of Kabah)"بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى}31[During the obligatory Salat (prayers)] one should face the Qiblah (Kabah at Makkah) wherever one may beباب التَّوَجُّهِ نَحْوَ الْقِبْلَةِ حَيْثُ كَانَ32What has been said about (facing) the Qiblah (Kabah at Makkah) and wherever considered that there was no need to repeat the Salat (prayer) if someone offered prayers by mistake facing a direction other than that of the Qiblahبَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْقِبْلَةِ، وَمَنْ لاَ يَرَى الإِعَادَةَ عَلَى مَنْ سَهَا فَصَلَّى إِلَى غَيْرِ الْقِبْلَةِ33To scrape off the sputum from the mosque with the hand (using some tool or other, or using n tool)باب حَكِّ الْبُزَاقِ بِالْيَدِ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ34To scrape the nasal secretion off the mosque with gravelباب حَكِّ الْمُخَاطِ بِالْحَصَى مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ35It is forbidden to spit on the right side while in Salat (prayers)باب لاَ يَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، فِي الصَّلاَةِ36One should spit on the left side or under one's left footباب لِيَبْزُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ، أَوْ تَحْتَ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى37The expiation for spitting in the mosqueباب كَفَّارَةِ الْبُزَاقِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ38The burying of the expectoration in the mosqueباب دَفْنِ النُّخَامَةِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ39If the spit or sputum comes out suddenly then one should spit in the corner of one's garnetباب إِذَا بَدَرَهُ الْبُزَاقُ فَلْيَأْخُذْ بِطَرَفِ ثَوْبِهِ40Preaching of the Imam to the people regarding the proper offering of As-Salat (the prayers) and the mention of the Qiblah (Kabah at Makkah)باب عِظَةِ الإِمَامِ النَّاسَ فِي إِتْمَامِ الصَّلاَةِ، وَذِكْرِ الْقِبْلَةِ41It is permissible to say, "Masjid (mosque) of Bani so-and-so?باب هَلْ يُقَالُ مَسْجِدُ بَنِي فُلاَنٍ42The distribution (of goods or wealh) and the hanging of a cluster of dates in the mosque.باب الْقِسْمَةِ وَتَعْلِيقِ الْقِنْوِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ43Receivng and invitation to dinner in the mosque and accepting itباب مَنْ دَعَا لِطَعَامٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَمَنْ أَجَابَ فِيهِ44To give the judicial verdicts in the mosque and to perform the Al-Lian between men and women (husbands and wives) thereباب الْقَضَاءِ وَاللِّعَانِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ بَيْنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ45If someone enters a house, should he offer prayers where he likes, or as he is told? And he should not look out to seek information about the place or do spyingباب إِذَا دَخَلَ بَيْتًا يُصَلِّي حَيْثُ شَاءَ، أَوْ حَيْثُ أُمِرَ، وَلاَ يَتَجَسَّسُ46About (taking) the mosques in the housesباب الْمَسَاجِدِ فِي الْبُيُوتِ47While entering the mosques etc. one should start with the right footباب التَّيَمُّنِ فِي دُخُولِ الْمَسْجِدِ وَغَيْرِهِ48Is it permissible to dig the graves of pagans of the period of Ignorance, and to use that place as a mosque?بَابُ هَلْ تُنْبَشُ قُبُورُ مُشْرِكِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَيُتَّخَذُ مَكَانَهَا مَسَاجِدَ49To offer As-Salat (the prayer) in a sheep-foldباب الصَّلاَةِ فِي مَرَابِضِ الْغَنَمِ50To offer As-Salat (the prayer) in the camel yards (the places where the camels are stationed)باب الصَّلاَةِ فِي مَوَاضِعِ الإِبِلِ51Whoever offered Salat (prayer) with furnace or fire or any other worshipable thing in front of him but he intended Salat solely for Allahباب مَنْ صَلَّى وَقُدَّامَهُ تَنُّورٌ أَوْ نَارٌ أَوْ شَىْءٌ مِمَّا يُعْبَدُ، فَأَرَادَ بِهِ اللَّهَ52The dislikeness of offering As-Salat (the prayers) in grave-yardsباب كَرَاهِيَةِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي الْمَقَابِرِ53(What is said about) offering Salat (Prayer) at the places where the earth had sunk down and Allah's punishment had fallenباب الصَّلاَةِ فِي مَوَاضِعِ الْخَسْفِ وَالْعَذَابِ54To offer As-Salat (the prayer) in a church or in a temple etc.باب الصَّلاَةِ فِي الْبِيعَةِ55Chapterباب56The sayings of the Prophet (pbuh) "The earth has been made for me a Masjid (place for praying) and a thing to purify (to perform Tayammum)."باب قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " جُعِلَتْ لِيَ الأَرْضُ مَسْجِدًا وَطَهُورًا "57Sleeping of a woman in the mosque (and residing in it)باب نَوْمِ الْمَرْأَةِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ58Sleeping of a men in the mosqueباب نَوْمِ الرِّجَالِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ59To offer As-Salat (the prayer) whe returning from a journeyباب الصَّلاَةِ إِذَا قَدِمَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ60If one entered a mosque, one should offer two Rak'a (Tahayyat-al-Masjid) before sittingباب إِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَلْيَرْكَعْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ61Al-Hadath (passing wind) in the mosqueباب الْحَدَثِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ62The construction of (the prophet's pbuh) mosqueباب بُنْيَانِ الْمَسْجِدِ63To co-operate in building a mosqueباب التَّعَاوُنِ فِي بِنَاءِ الْمَسْجِدِ64Employing the carpenter and the technical hand (artsan) in making the wooden pulpit or building the mosqueباب الاِسْتِعَانَةِ بِالنَّجَّارِ وَالصُّنَّاعِ فِي أَعْوَادِ الْمِنْبَرِ وَالْمَسْجِدِ65(The superiority of) whoever built a mosqueباب مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا66While passing through a mosque, (one should better) hold the arrowheads (with the hand)باب يَأْخُذُ بِنُصُولِ النَّبْلِ إِذَا مَرَّ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ67Passing through the mosque (is permissible)باب الْمُرُورِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ68(What is said about) reciting poetry in the mosque?باب الشِّعْرِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ69The presence of spearmen (with their spears) in the mosque (is permissible)باب أَصْحَابِ الْحِرَابِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ70Mentioning about sales and purchases on the pulpit in the mosqueباب ذِكْرِ الْبَيْعِ وَالشِّرَاءِ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ71Asking a debtor to repay what he owes and catching the debtor in the mosqueباب التَّقَاضِي وَالْمُلاَزَمَةِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ72Sweeping (cleaning) of the mosque and removing rags, dirt and sticks from itباب كَنْسِ الْمَسْجِدِ وَالْتِقَاطِ الْخِرَقِ وَالْقَذَى وَالْعِيدَانِ73The order of banning the trade of alcoholic drinks was issues in the mosqueباب تَحْرِيمِ تِجَارَةِ الْخَمْرِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ74Servants for the mosqueباب الْخَدَمِ لِلْمَسْجِدِ75To fasten a prisoner or a debtor in the mosqueباب الأَسِيرِ أَوِ الْغَرِيمِ يُرْبَطُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ76To take a bath on embracing Islam and fasten a prisoner in the mosqueبَابُ الاِغْتِسَالِ إِذَا أَسْلَمَ، وَرَبْطِ الأَسِيرِ أَيْضًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ77To pitch a tent in the mosque for patients, etcباب الْخَيْمَةِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ لِلْمَرْضَى وَغَيْرِهِمْ78To take the camel inside the mosque if necessaryباب إِدْخَالِ الْبَعِيرِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ لِلْعِلَّةِ79CHAPERباب80Al-Khaukhah (a small door) and a path in the mosqueباب الْخَوْخَةِ وَالْمَمَرِّ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ81The doors and locks of the Kabah and the mosquesباب الأَبْوَابِ وَالْغَلَقِ لِلْكَعْبَةِ وَالْمَسَاجِدِ82The entering of a pagan in the mosqueباب دُخُولِ الْمُشْرِكِ الْمَسْجِدَ83Raising the voice in the mosqueباب رَفْعِ الصَّوْتِ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ84The religious gathering in circles and sitting in the mosqueباب الْحِلَقِ وَالْجُلُوسِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ85To lie flat (on the back) in the mosqueباب الاِسْتِلْقَاءِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَمَدِّ الرِّجْلِ86(If) a mosque (is built) on a road, it should not be a cause of harm for the peopleباب الْمَسْجِدِ يَكُونُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ مِنْ غَيْرِ ضَرَرٍ بِالنَّاسِ87To offer As-Salat (the prayers) in a mosque situated in a marketباب الصَّلاَةِ فِي مَسْجِدِ السُّوقِ88To clasp one's hands by interlocking the fingers in the mosque or outside the mosqueباب تَشْبِيكِ الأَصَابِعِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَغَيْرِهِ89The mosques which are on the way to Al-Madina and the places where the Prophet (pbuh) had offered Salat (Prayers)بَابُ الْمَسَاجِدِ الَّتِي عَلَى طُرُقِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَالْمَوَاضِعِ الَّتِي صَلَّى فِيهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ90The Sutra of the Imam is also a Sutra for those who are behind himباب سُتْرَةُ الإِمَامِ سُتْرَةُ مَنْ خَلْفَهُ91What should be the distance between the person offering Salat (prayer) and the Sutra?باب قَدْرِ كَمْ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَ الْمُصَلِّي وَالسُّتْرَةِ92To offer As-Salat (the prayer) using a Harba (a short spear) (as a Sutra)باب الصَّلاَةِ إِلَى الْحَرْبَةِ93To offer As-Salat (the prayer) using an 'Anaza (a spear-headed stick) (as a Sutra)باب الصَّلاَةِ إِلَى الْعَنَزَةِ94Sutra (for the prayer)in Makkah and elsewhere.باب السُّتْرَةِ بِمَكَّةَ وَغَيْرِهَا95To offer As-Salat (the prayer) facing a pillarباب الصَّلاَةِ إِلَى الأُسْطُوَانَةِ96To offer non-congregational As-Salat (the prayers) between the pillarsباب الصَّلاَةِ بَيْنَ السَّوَارِي فِي غَيْرِ جَمَاعَةٍ97CHAPTERباب98To offer As-Salat (the prayer) facing a Rahila camel, a tree or a camel saddle as a Sutra).باب الصَّلاَةِ إِلَى الرَّاحِلَةِ وَالْبَعِيرِ وَالشَّجَرِ وَالرَّحْلِ99To offer As-Salat (the prayer) facing a bedباب الصَّلاَةِ إِلَى السَّرِيرِ100The person offering Salat (prayer) should repulse that person who tries to pass in front of himباب يَرُدُّ الْمُصَلِّي مَنْ مَرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ101The sin of a person who passes in front of a person offering Salatباب إِثْمِ الْمَارِّ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ الْمُصَلِّي102A man facing a man while offering Salat (prayer)باب اسْتِقْبَالِ الرَّجُلِ صَاحِبَهُ أَوْ غَيْرَهُ فِي صَلاَتِهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي103To offer As-Salat (the prayer) behind a sleeping personباب الصَّلاَةِ خَلْفَ النَّائِمِ104To offer Nawafil (non-obligatory prayers) behind a sleeping womanباب التَّطَوُّعِ خَلْفَ الْمَرْأَةِ105Whoever says "Nothing annuls As-Salat (the prayer) (i.e. nothing of what others do, not the praying person himself)."باب مَنْ قَالَ لاَ يَقْطَعُ الصَّلاَةَ شَىْءٌ106If a small girl is carried on one's neck during the Salat (prayer)باب إِذَا حَمَلَ جَارِيَةً صَغِيرَةً عَلَى عُنُقِهِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ107To offer Salat (prayer) facing a bed occupied by a menstruatng womanباب إِذَا صَلَّى إِلَى فِرَاشٍ فِيهِ حَائِضٌ108Is it permissible to touch or push one's wife in prostration in order to prostrate properly?باب هَلْ يَغْمِزُ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ عِنْدَ السُّجُودِ لِكَىْ يَسْجُدَ109A woman can remove troublesome or offensive things from a person in Salat (prayer)باب الْمَرْأَةِ تَطْرَحُ عَنِ الْمُصَلِّي، شَيْئًا مِنَ الأَذَى
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