COMMON MISTAKES IN PRAYERS

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Common Errors in Prayer That MUST Be Avoided:-
1. Reciting Surat Al-Fatiha without pausing after each verse.
The Prophet (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) 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 (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) 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 (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) 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 (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) 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 (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) 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 (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam ) saw a man who did not complete his
Rukoo' [bowing], and made a very short Sujood [prostration] ; He (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) said:
"If this man dies while praying in this manner, he would die upholding a
religion other than the religion of Muhammad." Abu Hurairah (RadiyuAllah Anhu) said: "My
beloved friend, Muhammad (SallaAllahu Alaiyhi Wa Sallam) 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 (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) said:? "The worst thief is the one who steals
from his own prayer."? People asked,
'Messenger of Allah! How could one mess his own prayer?' He (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam )
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 (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) 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 (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) used to count Tasbeeh on the fingers of His right hand
after Salah. lbn Qudamah (RadiyuAllah Anhu) said:? "The Messenger of Allah (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) used
his right hand for tasbeeh." ( Abu Dawud) The above hadeeth indicates clearly
that the Prophet (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) used only one hand for counting Tasbeeh.?No Muslim
with sound mind would imagine that the Prophet (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam)?used His left Hand
for counting Tasbeeh. Aa'ishah (RadiyuAllahAnha ) said that the Prophet (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam)used His left
hand only for Istinjaa', or cleaning Himself after responding to the call of
nature.? He never used it for Tasbeeh.
Yasirah (RadiyuAllah Anhu) reported:?The Prophet(SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) commanded women to count
Tasbeeh on their fingers.
he Messenger of Allah (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) 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 (SallahuAlaiyhi Wa Sallam) 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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