Islam

 293. Mas´ab bin Sa´d said: I performed prayer by the side of my father and plaved my hands between my knees. My father said to me: ´´Place your hands on your knees.´´ Then I did the  same for the second time, so he hot my hands and said: ´´We were forbidden to do so and were commanded to place our palms on the knees.´´

 292. Al-Aswad and ´Alqamah said: We came to the hous of ´Abdullah bin Mas´ud He said: ´´Have these people performed prayer behind you?´´ We said: ´´No.´´ He said: ´´Then stand up and perform prayer.´´ He neither ordered us to pronounce Adhan nor Iqamah We went to stand behind him. He caught hold of our hands and made one of us stand on his right side and the other on his left side. When he bowed, we placed our hands on our knees. He struck our hands and put his hands together, palm to palm, then put them between his thighs. When he finished the prayer, he said: ´´There will come to you Amir (rules) who will defer prayers from their appointed time and make such delay that a little time will be left before sunset. So when you see them doing so, perform Salat (prayer) at its appointed time and then perform prayer along with them (as Nafl). And when you are three, pray together (standing in one row); and when you are more than three, appoint one of you as an Imam. And when any one of ...

 291. Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam said: ´´Does not the man who lifts his head before the Imam fear that Allah may turn his shape like that of a donkey?´´

 290. Anas narrated: The Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam one day led us in prayer, and when he finished he turned his face towards us and said: ´´O people! I am your Imam, so do not precede me in Ruku´ (bowing) and Sujud (prostrations) and in Qiyam (standing) and turning (faces in Taslim), for I see you in front of me and behind me.´´ Then he said: ´´By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, if you could see what I seek, you would have laughed little and wept much more.´´ They said: ´´What did you see, O Messenger of Allah?´´ He replied: ´´I saw Jannah and Hell.´´

 289. Jabir narrated: MU´adh (bin Jabal) used to pray with the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam then would come to lead his people in prayer. One night he performed ´Isha (night) prayer with the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam. He then came to his people and led them in prayer beginning with Surah Al-Baqarah. A man turned aside, said the Taslim (As-Salamu ´Alaikum for concluding the prayer), then prayed alone and departed. People said to him: ´´Have you become a hypocrite, O so-and-so?´´ He said: ´´I swear by Allah that I have not, but I will certainly go to Allah´s Messenger salla alayhi wa sallam and inform (him) about this.´´ He then came to the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam and said: ´´O Messenger of Allah, we look after camels that we use for watering, and work by day. Mu´adh performed the ´Isha (night) prayer with you. He then came and began with surah Al-Baqarah.´´ Allah´s Messenger salla alayhi wa sallam then turned to Mu´adh and said: ´´Are you there (to put the p...

 288. Ibn ´Abbas said that Ummul-Fadal bint Al-Harith heard him (Ibn ´Abbas) as he was reciting Surat Al-Mursalat (Surah 77), She said: ´´O my son! You reminded me of the recitation of this Surah. It was the last Surah which I heard the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam reciting in the Maghrib (evening) prayer.´´