The Book of Prayer

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "When one of you prays, he should put something in front of him, and if he cannot find something he should set up a stick; but if he has no stick with him he should draw a line, then what passes in front of him will not harm him." [Reported by Ahmad and Ibn Majah. And Ibn Hibban graded it Sahih (authentic). And he who claims it is Mudtarib (inconclusive) is not correct. Rather is Hasan (good)].

Narrated Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Nothing interrupts Salat (prayer), but avert as much as you can (things that cut off prayer)." [Reported by Abu Dawud and there is weakness in its chain].

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade keeping one's hands on one's waist while praying. [Agreed upon]. The wording is that of Muslim's. And it's meaning is to put (one's) hands on his waist.

And in the narration of al-Bukhari narrated by 'Aishah (RA) is:

"This is a practice of the Jews."

Narrated Anas (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "If supper is brought (and the prayer is ready) start with it (the food) before you pray the Maghrib (prayer)." [Agreed upon].

Narrated Abu Dhar (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "When one of you is praying he must not remove pebbles (from his face) for the mercy is facing him." [Reported by al-Khamsah with a Sahih (authentic) chain].

And Ahmad added to the above Hadith:

"(remove the pebbles) once or leave (them)."

It is also reported in as-Sahih on the authority of Mu'aiqib without mention of the reason.

Narrated 'Aishah (RA):

I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about looking around during prayer and he said, "It is something which the devil snatches from a person's prayer." [Reported by al-Bukhari].

at-Tirmidhi has reported and graded as Sahih (authentic) the narration of Anas (RA):

"Avoid looking around when you are engaged in prayer, for looking around is destruction. And if you must do it, do so in the voluntary prayers."

Narrated Anas (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "When anyone of you is engaged in Salat (prayer), he is holding intimate conversation with his Rabb so he should not spit in front of him, nor to his right side, but to his left side, under his foot". [Agreed upon].

A narration has:

"or under his foot."

Narrated [Anas (RA)]:

'Aishah (RA) had a Qiram (a soft piece of cloth with colours) with which she had screened one side of her house. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Take away this Qiram of yours, for its pictures are displayed in front of me during my prayer." [Reported by al-Bukhari].

al-Bukhari and Muslim have also reported a Hadith narrated by her ['Aishah (RA)] in which is mentioned the story of Abu Jahm's Ambijania (a plain woolem garment) with the addition:

"it (the Khamisa) has distracted me from my prayer."

Narrated Jabir bin Samura (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Those people who raise their eyes to heaven while in Salat (prayer) should stop (doing so) or else their sight will not return to them." [Reported by Muslim].

Narrated 'Aishah (RA) in another narration of it from Muslim:

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "No Salat (prayer) can be (rightly offered) with food brought (before the worshiper) or when he is resisting the urge to relive himself of the two filths (i.e. urine and feces)."

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA):

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Yawning is caused by the devil, so when one of you yawns he must repress it as much as he can." [Reported by Muslim].

Also reported by at-Tirmidhi, and he added:

"during Salat (prayers)."

Narrated 'Aishah (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered that the mosques be built in residential districts and that it be cleaned and perfumed. [Reported by Ahmad, Abu Dawud, and at-Tirmidhi. The latter considered it Mursal [missing link in the chain after the Tabi'i (student of a Companion)].

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "May Allah curse the Jews! They have turned the graves of their Prophets into mosques." [Agreed upon].