Common Mistakes In Solat

COMMON MISTAKES IN PRAYERS.
Dear All,
Forward it to many Muslims, so that they can
learn and correct their
mistakes with the help of Allah
Common Errors in Prayer That MUST Be
Avoided:-
1. Reciting Surat al-Fatiha without pausing after
each verse.
The Prophet (SAW) used to pause after each
verse of this surah. (Abu
Dawood)
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).
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)
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.
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 onemessengerm
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)
6. Counting tasbeeh with the left hand
The Prophet (SAW) used to count tasbeeh on the
fingers of his right hand
after salah. lbn Qudamah (RA) said:? "The
Messenger of Allah (SAW) used
his right hand for tasbeeh." ( Abu Dawud) 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.
he Messenger of Allah (SAW) said:?"They (the
fingers) will be made to speak,
and will be questioned (on the Day of
Resurrection. )" (At-Tirmithi)
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) .
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
days months or even years.
Allah knows best.
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