21. Actions while Praying

٢١۔ كتاب العمل فى الصلاة

21.18 Thinking of something during As-Salat (the prayer)

٢١۔١٨ باب تَفَكُّرِ الرَّجُلِ الشَّىْءَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ

[Machine] And Umar said: "I will prepare my army while I am in prayer."

وَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ إِنِّي لأُجَهِّزُ جَيْشِي وَأَنَا فِي الصَّلاَةِ.

bukhari:1221Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > Rawḥ > ʿUmar > Ibn Saʿīd > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith

I offered the ʿAsr prayer with the Prophet ﷺ and after finishing the prayer with Taslim he got up quickly and went to some of his wives and then came out. He noticed the signs of astonishment on the faces of the people caused by his speed. He then said, "I remembered while I was in my prayer that a piece of gold was Lying in my house and I disliked that it should remain with us throughout the night, and so I have ordered it to be distributed."  

البخاري:١٢٢١حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ هُوَ ابْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ ؓ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْعَصْرَ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَامَ سَرِيعًا دَخَلَ عَلَى بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَرَأَى مَا فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ مِنْ تَعَجُّبِهِمْ لِسُرْعَتِهِ فَقَالَ ذَكَرْتُ وَأَنَا فِي الصَّلاَةِ تِبْرًا عِنْدَنَا فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ يُمْسِيَ أَوْ يَبِيتَ عِنْدَنَا فَأَمَرْتُ بِقِسْمَتِهِ  

bukhari:1222Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > al-Layth > Jaʿfar > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah > Rasūl

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When the Adhan for the prayer is pronounced, then Satan takes to his heels passing wind so that he may not hear the Adhan and when the Mu'adh-dhin finishes, he comes back; and when the Iqama is pronounced he again takes to his heels and when it is finished, he again comes back and continues reminding the praying person of things that he used not to remember when not in prayer till he forgets how much he has prayed." Abu Salama bin ʿAbdur-Rahman said, "If anyone of you has such a thing (forgetting the number of rakʿat he has prayed) he should perform two prostrations of Sahu (i.e. forgetfulness) while sitting." Abu Salama narrates this from Abu Huraira.  

البخاري:١٢٢٢حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أُذِّنَ بِالصَّلاَةِ أَدْبَرَ الشَّيْطَانُ لَهُ ضُرَاطٌ حَتَّى لاَ يَسْمَعَ التَّأْذِينَ فَإِذَا سَكَتَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ أَقْبَلَ فَإِذَا ثُوِّبَ أَدْبَرَ فَإِذَا سَكَتَ أَقْبَلَ فَلاَ يَزَالُ بِالْمَرْءِ يَقُولُ لَهُ اذْكُرْ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ يَذْكُرُ حَتَّى لاَ يَدْرِي كَمْ صَلَّى قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِذَا فَعَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ وَسَمِعَهُ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ مِنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ  

bukhari:1223Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

People say that I narrate too many narrations of the Prophet; once I met a man (during the lifetime of the Prophet) and asked him, "Which Sura did Messenger of Allah ﷺ s recite yesterday in the ʿIsha' prayer?" He said, "I do not know." I said, "Did you not attend the prayer?" He said, "Yes, (I did)." I said, "I know. He recited such and such Sura."  

البخاري:١٢٢٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ

أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ يَقُولُ النَّاسُ أَكْثَرَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَلَقِيتُ رَجُلاً فَقُلْتُ بِمَ قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْبَارِحَةَ فِي الْعَتَمَةِ فَقَالَ لاَ أَدْرِي فَقُلْتُ لَمْ تَشْهَدْهَا قَالَ بَلَى قُلْتُ لَكِنْ أَنَا أَدْرِي قَرَأَ سُورَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا