The
Prophet (SAW) used to pause after each verse of this surah. (Abu
Dawood)
Mistake 2 : Sticking the
arms to the
sides of the body, in rukoo'
or sujood, and sticking the belly to the
thighs in sujood.
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: "Let
not one of you support himself on
his forearms (in sujood) like the dog.
Let him rest on his palms and keep his elbows
away from his body."
(Sahih Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) used to keep his
arms away from his body
during rukoo' and sujood that the whiteness of
his armpits could be seen
(Sahih Muslim).
Mistake 3 : Gazing upward during prayer.
This may cause loss of concentration. We are
commanded to lower our gaze,
and look at the point at which the head rests
during sujood.
The Prophet (SAW) warned: "Let those who
raise their gaze up during prayer
stop doing so, or else their sights would not
return to them. [i.e. lose
their eyesight]." (Muslim)
Mistake 4 : Resting only the tip of the head
on the floor during sujood.
The Prophet (SAW) said: "I am commanded to prostrate on seven
bones the
forehead and the nose, the two hands [palms],
the two knees, and the two
feet." (Sahih Muslim)
Applying the above command necessitates
resting the forehead and the nose
on the ground during sujood.
Mistake 5 : Hasty performance
of prayer which does not allow repose
and calmness in rukoo' or sujood.
The
Messenger of Allah
(SAW) saw a man who did not
complete his
rukoo' [bowing], and made a very short sujood [prostration] ;
he (SAW)
said:
"If this man dies
while praying in
this manner, he would
die upholding a religion other than the
religion of Muhammad."
Abu Hurairah (RA) said:
"My beloved friend, Muhammad (SAW)
forbade me to perform postures of
prayer copying
the picking of a rooster; (signifying fast performance of
prayer), moving eyes around like a fox and the
sitting like monkeys ( i.e.
to sit on thighs)." (Imam Ahmad &
at-Tayalisi)
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: " The worst thief is the one who
steals from his own prayer." People asked, 'Messenger of Allah! How
could one steal from his own prayer?' He (SAW)
said: "By not completing
its rukoo' and sujood." (At Tabarani
& al-Hakim).
To complete rukoo' is to stay in that posture
long enough to recite
'Subhana
rabbiyal Adtheem' three
times, SLOWLY, and
'Subhana rabbiyal-a'ala' three times, SLOWLY,
in sujood.
He (SAW) also announced:
"He who does not complete his rukoo' and
sujood, his prayer is void ."
(Abu Dawood & others)
Mistake 6 : Counting tasbeeh with the left
hand
The Prophet (SAW) used to count tasbeeh on the
fingers of his right hand
after salah.
Ibn Qudamah (RA) said: " The Messenger of Allah (SAW) used his
right hand
for tasbeeh." (Abu Dawood)
The above hadeeth indicates clearly that the
Prophet (SAW) used only one
hand for counting tasbeeh. No Muslim with sound mind would imagine that
the Prophet (SAW) used his left hand for
counting tasbeeh. Aa'ishah (RA)
said that the Prophet (SAW) used his left hand
only for Istinjaa', or
cleaning himself after responding to the call
of nature. He never used it
for tasbeeh.
Yasirah (RA) reported: The
Prophet (SAW) commanded women to
count tasbeeh on their fingers.
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: "They (the fingers) will be made to
speak, and will be questioned (on the Day of
Resurrection. )"
(At-Tirmidhi)
The above Hadeeth indicates that it is
preferable to count tasbeeh on the
fingers of the right hand than to do so on
masbahah (rosary).
Mistake 7 : Crossing in front of a praying
person.
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) warned: "Were the one who crosses in front of a
praying person to know the consequences of
doing so, he would have waited
for *forty better than to cross in front of
him." (Sahih Bukhari and
Muslim).
*The forty in the tradition may be day's
months or even years. Allah knows
best.
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