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Imam can appoint someone else for him when he is ill

 319. ´Ubaidullah bin ´Abdullah said: I went to ´Aishah and asked her to describe to me the illness of Allah´s Messenger sallahu alayhi wa sallam. ´Aishah said:Yes. The Prophet sallahu alayhi wa sallam became seriously ill and asked, ´´Have the people performed the Salat (prayer)?´´ We replied, ´´No, O messenger of Allah. They are waiting for you.´´ He said, ´´Put water for me in a trough.´´ We did so. He took a bath and tried to get up but fainted. When he recovered, he again asked, ´´Have the people performed the Salat (prayer)?´´ We said, ´´No, they are waiting for you. O Messenger of Allah,´´ he again said, ´´Put water in a trough for me.´´ We did so and he took a bath and tried to get up but fainted again. Then he recovered and said, ´´Have the people performed the Salat (prayer)?´´ We replied, ´´NO, they are waiting for you. O Messenger of Allah.´´ We did so and he washed himself and tried to get up but he fainted. When he recovered, he asked, ´´Have the people performed the ...

Commanding the Imam to be considerate of people

 318. Abu Mas´ud Al-Ansari narrated: A man came to the Messenger of Allah sallahu alayhi wa sallam and said: ´´I keep away from the morning congregational prayer on account of such and such (the Imam) because he prolongs us in the prayer.´´ I never saw the Prophet sallahu aayhi wa sallam angrier when giving an exhoration than he was on that day. He said: ´´O people, some of you scare people away, so whoever of you leads the people in prayer, let him bje brief; for behind him are the weak, the aged, and the people who have (urgent) needs to attend.´´

Following the Imam and acting after him

 317. Al-Bara narrated: They (the Companions) used to pray with the Messenger of Allah sallahu alayhi wa sallam and they bowed when he bowed, and when he raised his head after bowing, he called: ´´Sami´-Allahu liman hamdiah (Allah listened to him who praised Him),´´ and we kept standing until we saw him placing his face on the ground and then we followed him.

Who is most entitled to be an Imam

 316. Abu Mas´ud Al-Ansari narrated that Allah´s Messenger sallahu aayhi wa sallam said: ´´The one who recites the Book of Allah best, let him be the Imam; but if they are equal in reciting it, then the one who has most knowledge regarding Sunnah. If they are equal regardign the Sunnah, then the earliest one to emigrate; if they immigrated at the same time, then the earliest one to embrace Islam. No man should lead another in prayer in his (the latter´s) domain, or sit in his seat in his house, without his permission.´´

Turning to the right or left at the end of prayer

 315. ´Abdullah bin Mas´ud narrated: None of you should give a share to Satan of his self by thinking that it is necessary for him to turn to the right side only (after prayer). I saw the Messenger of Allah sallahu alayhi wa sallam move often turning to the left. 

Tasbih, Tahmid and Takbir after every Salat (prayer)

 314. Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah sallahu alayhi wa sallam said: ´´He who says ´Subhan Allah´ after every prayer thirty-tree times, and ´Alhamdulillah´ thirty-tree times, and ´Allahu Akbar´ thirty-times, so it is ninety-nine times in all, and says to complete a hundred: ´La ilaha illallahu, Wahdahu la shrika lahu lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu, wa Wuwa ´ala kuli sha´in Qadeer (There is no true God but Allah having no åartner, to Him belongs sovereignty and to Him is the praise, due, and He has power over everyhing),´ his sins will be forgiven even if they are as much as the foam of the sea.´´

The Takbir (Allahu Akbar) after prayer

 313. Ibn ´Abbas narrated: We used to know that Allah´s Messenger sallahu alayhi wa sallam had finished his prayer when we heard the Takbir (Allahu Akbar).