[Machine] Ibn Mas'ud said, "Do not stand between the columns and do not join a group while they are talking."  

ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «لَا تَصْطَفُّوا بَيْنَ السَّوَارِي وَلَا تَأْتَمُّوا بِالْقَوْمِ وَهُمْ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ»  

[Machine] Abdullah said: "Do not associate with people who have doubts, and do not pray between structures."  

عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَا تَأْتَمُّوا بِقَوْمٍ يَمْتَرُونَ وَلَا تُصَلُّوا بَيْنَ السَّوَارِي»  

[Machine] I heard Ibn Masud saying, "Do not stand between the rows and do not pray when there are people passing in front of you."  

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ «لَا تَصْطَفُّوا بَيْنَ الْأَسَاطِينِ وَلَا تُصَلِّ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ قَوْمٌ يَمُرُّونَ»  

[Machine] "I hated praying between the pillars, single or double."  

«إِنَّمَا كَرِهْتُ الصَّلَاةَ بَيْنَ الْأَسَاطِينِ الْوَاحِدِ وَالِاثْنَيْنِ»  

[Machine] Ibn Mas'ud used to say the takbeer every time he lowered or raised his body.  

«أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَانَ يُكَبِّرُ كُلَّمَا خَفَضَ وَرَفَعَ»  

[Machine] "That Ibn Mas'ud used to raise his hands at the beginning, then he would not raise them afterwards."  

«أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَانَ» يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي أَوَّلِ شَيْءٍ ثُمَّ لَا يَرْفَعُ بَعْدُ  

[Machine] "Abdullah used to not raise his hands in anything during prayer except in the first Takbeer."  

«كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ لَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ إِلَّا فِي التَّكْبِيرَةِ الْأُولَى»  

[Machine] He used to raise his hands when he entered prayer, then he wouldn't raise them afterwards.  

أَنَّهُ «كَانَ إِذَا دَخَلَ الصَّلَاةَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ لَا يَرْفَعُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ»  

[Machine] And on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud, he said that when they would begin, they would say, "Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise. Blessed is Your name, exalted is Your majesty, and there is no deity worthy of worship except You, before the reading."  

وَعَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا اسْتَفْتَحُوا قَالُوا «سُبْحَانَكَ اللهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ قَبْلَ الْقِرَاءَةِ»  

[Machine] "He used to say, 'O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the accursed Satan, from his whisperings, his blowing, and his insinuations.'"  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ أَنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ مِنْ هَمْزِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ»  

[Machine] His whisper means Satan, his sneezing means madness, his snorting means arrogance, and his breath means poetry.  

هَمْزُهُ يَعْنِي الشَّيْطَانَ الْمُؤْتَةَ يَعْنِي الْجُنُونَ وَنَفْخُهُ الْكِبْرُ وَنَفْثُهُ الشَّعْرُ  

[Machine] "Ali and Ibn Mas'ud did not pronounce aloud 'Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim' (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful) nor 'A'udhu billahi min ash-Shaytan ir-Rajim' (I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed) nor 'Ameen'."  

«كَانَ عَلِيٌّ وَابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ لَا يَجْهَرَانِ بِبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَلَا بِالتَّعَوُّذِ وَلَا بِآمِينَ»  

[Machine] Ibn Mas'ud used to begin his prayer with "Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds."  

أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَانَ يَفْتَتِحُ صَلَاتَهُ بِ {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ}  

“We used to recite the Opening of the Book and a Surah behind the Imam in the first two Rak’ah of the Zuhr and the ‘Asr, and in the last wo Rak’ah (we would recite) the Opening of the Book.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 843)   

«أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَسُورَةٍ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ وَفِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ»  

[Machine] "That Ibn Mas'ud prayed Isha with them and recited forty verses from Al-Anfal, then in the second rakah he recited a chapter from Al-Mufassal."  

«أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ صَلَّى بِهِمُ الْعِشَاءَ فَقَرَأَ بِأَرْبَعِينَ مِنَ الْأَنْفَالِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ بِسُورَةٍ مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ»  

[Machine] Ibn Mas'ood led us in the night prayer, and he started with Surah Al-Anfal until he reached the verse "What an excellent protector and what an excellent helper" and then he bowed. Then, in the second unit, he recited two separate Surahs.  

صَلَّى بِنَا ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ فَاسْتَفْتَحَ بِسُورَةِ الْأَنْفَالِ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ {نِعْمَ الْمَوْلَى وَنِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ} رَكَعَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ بِسُورَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ  

[Machine] Abdullah recited in the last night prayer in the first unit [They ask you about the spoils of war...] until [What an excellent guardian and helper He is] then he bowed, then he recited in the second unit with a chapter from the detailed [Quran]. He said, "Yes."  

أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ قَرَأَ فِي الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ فِي أَوَّلِ رَكْعَةٍ {يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْأَنْفَالِ} حَتَّى بَلَغَ {نِعْمَ الْمَوْلَى وَنِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ} ثُمَّ رَكَعَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ بِسُورَةٍ مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ  

[Machine] Ammana Abdullah bin Mas'ud fi salaatil 'isha'il akhirati faftataha al-anfaal faqara'a hatta itha balagha {ni'ma al-mawla wa ni'ma al-nasir} raka'a thumma qama faqara'a fi al-raka'at al-thaniyati bi surahin.  

أَمَّنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فِي صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ فَافْتَتَحَ الْأَنْفَالَ فَقَرَأَ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ {نِعْمَ الْمَوْلَى وَنِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ} رَكَعَ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَقَرَأَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ بِسُورَةٍ  

[Machine] "O Abu Abdur Rahman, do I read behind the imam?" He said, "Listen to the Quran, for in the prayer there is occupation, and that imam will suffice for you."  

يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أقْرَأُ خَلْفَ الْإِمَامِ؟ قَالَ «أَنْصِتْ لِلْقُرْآنِ فَإِنَّ فِي الصَّلَاةِ شُغْلًا وَسَيَكْفِيكَ ذَلِكَ الْإِمَامُ»  

[Machine] "To be an imam who does not recite."  

أَنْ يَكُونَ إِمَامًا لَا يَقْرَأُ»  

[Machine] Ibn Masood used to not recite behind the imam, and Ibrahim used to adhere to it.  

«أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَانَ لَا يَقْرَأُ خَلْفَ الْإِمَامِ» وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَأْخُذُ بِهِ  

[Machine] "That Ibn Mas'ud used to not recite behind the imam" and Ibrahim used to adhere to it.  

«أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَانَ لَا يَقْرَأُ خَلْفَ الْإِمَامِ» وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَأْخُذُ بِهِ  

[Machine] "When the imam greets you, do not ignore him as his words are important."  

«إِذَا تَعَايَا الْإِمَامُ فَلَا تَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّهُ كَلَامٌ»  

[Machine] He said, "It is a statement."  

وَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ كَلَامٌ»  

[Machine] Alqamah and Al-Aswad said: "We prayed behind Abdullah, and when he went into the bowing position, he placed his hands on his knees and struck our hands." So we did the same.  

عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ وَالْأَسْوَدِ قَالَا «صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ طَبَّقَ كَفَّيْهِ وَوَضَعَهُمَا بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَضَرَبَ أَيْدِيَنَا» فَفَعَلْنَا ذَلِكَ  

[Machine] "Verily, Ibn Masud knelt and placed his hands flat and positioned them between his knees."  

«أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ رَكَعَ فَطَبَّقَ يَدَيْهِ وَجَعَلَهُمَا بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ»  

[Machine] Abdullah used to place his hands between his knees and spread his arms on his thighs when he would bow.  

«كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ» يُطَبِّقُ إِذَا رَكَعَ يَجْعَلُ يَدَيْهِ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَيَفْرِشُ ذِرَاعَيْهِ عَلَى فَخِذَيْهِ  

[Machine] "That Abdullah used to say in his bowing, 'O Lord, forgive me.'"  

«أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ كَانَ» يَقُولُ فِي رُكُوعِهِ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي  

[Machine] To say in his bowing and prostration, "Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika, la ilaha ghairuka."  

أَنْ يَقُولَ فِي رُكُوعِهِ وَسُجُودِهِ «سُبْحَانَكَ اللهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ»  

[Machine] Abu al-Aswad used to say, in his prostration, "You are free from any imperfections, O Lord, there is no god but You." Shaddad used to say, "You are free from any imperfections, there is no deity except You."  

أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَقُولُ فِي سُجُودِهِ سُبْحَانَكَ لَا رَبَّ غَيْرُكَ قَالَ شَدَّادٌ كَانَ يَقُولُ «سُبْحَانَكَ لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ»  

[Machine] "I entered the mosque and found Abdullah praying. He performed a bow and I started reciting Surah Al-A'raf. I finished it before he prostrated."  

«دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَوَجَدْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ يُصَلِّي فَرَكَعَ وَافْتَتَحْتُ سُورَةَ الْأَعْرَافِ فَفَرَغْتُ مِنْهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ»  

[Machine] Allah hears the one who praises Him, so let the one behind him say, "Our Lord, to You belongs all praise."  

سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ مَنْ خَلْفَهُ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ  

[Machine] Allah hears whoever praises Him, so let it be said by those behind Him: "Our Lord, to You is the praise."  

سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ مَنْ خَلْفَهُ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ  

[Machine] Abdullah said, "When one of you prostrates, let them not prostrate like a camel with its hump raised, nor like a reclining person, for indeed when they perfect their prostration, all of their bones prostrate.”  

عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِذَا سَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَسْجُدْ مُتَوَرِّكًا وَلَا مُضْطَجِعًا فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا أَحْسَنَ السُّجُودَ سَجَدَتْ عِظَامُهُ كُلُّهَا»  

[Machine] "If one of you prostrates, then do not prostrate as if lying down or with limbs widespread, for indeed when one prostrates properly, every limb of theirs shall prostrate."  

«إِذَا سَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَسْجُدُ مُضْطَجِعًا وَلَا مُتَوَرِّكًا فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا أَحْسَنَ السُّجُودَ سَجَدَ كُلُّ عُضْوٍ مِنْهُ»  

[Machine] "He rises on the balls of his feet in the first and second units of the prayer."  

«يَنْهَضُ عَلَى صُدُورِ قَدَمَيْهِ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى وَالثَّانِيَةِ»  

[Machine] "Abdullah used to rise on the balls of his feet."  

«كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ» يَنْهَضُ عَلَى صُدُورِ قَدَمَيْهِ  

[Machine] That Ibn Mas'ood used to do it.  

أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَانَ يَفْعَلُهُ  

[Machine] "Abdullah used to perform it when he raised his head from prostration."  

«كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ» إِذَا كَبَّرَ حِينَ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السَّجْدَةِ قَامَ بِهَا  

[Machine] "Abdullah said, 'Do not pluck (your hair), for indeed your hair prostrates and for every hair you will receive reward.' He (the person) said, 'I only plucked it so that it does not become untidy.' He (Abdullah) said, 'If it becomes untidy, it is better for you.'"  

لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَا تَعْقِصْ فَإِنَّ شَعْرَكَ يَسْجُدُ وَإِنَّ لَكَ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ أَجْرًا» قَالَ إِنَّمَا عَقَصْتُهُ لِكَيْ لَا يَتَتَرَّبَ قَالَ «إِنْ يَتَتَرَّبْ خَيْرٌ لَكَ»  

[Machine] Abdullah came across a man prostrating, with his head shaved. He unraveled his head covering and sent it as a gift. Then he waited until the man finished praying and said to him, "Indeed, your hair prostrates with you, so do not shave it, for you will be rewarded for every single hair of it." The man said, "I was afraid that it would become infested with lice." Abdullah replied, "If it had become infested with lice, it would have been better for you."  

مَرَّ عَبْدُ اللهِ عَلَى رَجُلٍ سَاجِدٍ قَدْ عَقَصَ رَأْسَهُ فَحَلَّ عَقِيصَتَهُ فَأَرْسَلَهَا ثُمَّ انْتَظَرَ حَتَّى صَلَّى فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِنَّ» شَعْرَكَ يَسْجُدُ مَعَكَ فَلَا تَعْقِصْهُ فَإِنَّ لَكَ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ مِنْهُ أَجْرًا فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ إِنِّي خِفْتُ أَنْ يَتَتَرَّبَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِنْ يَتَتَرَّبْ خَيْرٌ لَكَ»  

[Machine] "Abdullah would not turn around in prayer if his need was on his right, he would turn away from his right. And if his need was on his left, he would turn away from his left."  

«كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ» لَا يَسْتَدِيرُ فِي صَلَاةٍ إِنْ كَانَتْ حَاجَتُهُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ انْفَتَلَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ حَاجَتُهُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ انْفَتَلَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ  

[Machine] He used to say, "When the imam concludes the prayer, go wherever you need to go, to the right or to the left, and do not turn around like a donkey."  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ «إِذَا سَلَّمَ الْإِمَامُ فَانْصَرَفَ حَيْثُ كَانَتْ حَاجَتُكَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا وَلَا تَسْتَدِرِ اسْتِدَارَةَ الْحِمَارِ»  

“He took my head or the hair of my head and made me stand on his right side”. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 611)  

عَنْ يَمِينِهِ»  

[Machine] "If the imam concludes the prayer, then let him stand up or move away from his position." So I said, "Is it permissible for him to move away from his position and face the qibla?". He replied, "Moving away can mean either going to the west or to the east, away from one's original position."  

«إِذَا سَلَّمَ الْإِمَامُ فَلْيَقُمْ أَوْ لِيَنْحَرِفْ عَنْ مَجْلِسِهِ» فَقُلْتُ يُجْزِئُهُ يَنْحَرِفُ عَنْ مَجْلِسِهِ وَيَسْتَقْبِلُ الْقِبْلَةَ؟ قَالَ «الِانْحِرَافُ يُغَرِّبُ أَوْ يُشَرِّقُ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ»  

[Machine] It means: "It is narrated that he (referring to the Prophet Muhammad) used to stand up from his seat or turn towards the east or west when greeting someone."  

أَنَّهُ «كَانَ إِذَا سَلَّمَ قَامَ عَنْ مَجْلِسِهِ أَوِ انْحَرَفَ مُشَرِّقًا أَوْ مُغَرِّبًا»  

[Machine] "If the Imam says salam and someone has a need, he should not wait for the Imam to receive him with his face, for the dividing point of the prayer is the salutation." So, when Abdullah says salam, he does not wait for long before he stands up or turns from his place and receives them with his face.  

«إِذَا سَلَّمَ الْإِمَامُ وَلِلرَّجُلِ حَاجَةٌ فَلَا يَنْتَظِرْهُ إِذَا سَلَّمَ أَنْ يَسْتَقْبِلَهُ بِوَجْهِهِ فَإِنَّ فَصْلَ الصَّلَاةِ التَّسْلِيمُ» فَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ إِذَا سَلَّمَ لَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ يَقُومَ أَوْ يَتَحَوَّلَ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ وَيَسْتَقْبِلُهُمْ بِوَجْهِهِ  

[Machine] "If you are behind the imam, do not perform the rukoo' (bowing) until he bows, and do not prostrate until he prostrates, and do not raise your head before him. If the imam finishes the prayer, without standing up or turning away and you have a need, then leave and abandon it, as your prayer is completed."  

«إِذَا كُنْتَ خَلْفَ الْإِمَامِ فَلَا تَرْكَعْ حَتَّى يَرْكَعَ وَلَا تَسْجُدْ حَتَّى يَسْجُدَ وَلَا تَرْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ قَبْلَهُ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ الْإِمَامُ وَلَمْ يَقُمْ وَلَمْ يَنْحَرِفْ وَكَانَتْ لَكَ حَاجَةٌ فَاذْهَبْ وَدَعْهُ فَقَدْ تَمَّتْ صَلَاتُكَ»  

[Machine] Abu Khalid, one of the companions of Abdullah, narrated that a man came to Abdullah and said, "O Abu Abdur Rahman, so-and-so recites the Quran while he is bowing and recites it while he is prostrating." Abdullah said, "Indeed, there are men who recite the Quran but their recitation does not go beyond their throats. Verily, it (the Quran) enters the heart and settles in it, benefiting (the person)."  

عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فُلَانٌ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَهُوَ رَاكِعٌ وَيَقْرَأُ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِنَّ رِجَالًا يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ فِي الْقَلْبِ فَرَسَخَ فِيهِ نَفَعَ»  

[Machine] It is as if it is a thrown garment.  

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