COMMON
MISTAKES MADE IN SALAAH
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Common Errors in Prayer That MUST Be Avoided:-
1.
Reciting Surat al-Fatiha fast 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).THIS IS ONLY FOR MEN ACCORDING
TO IMAAM ABU HANIFAH (RA) WALLAHU AALAM.
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
Hurayrah (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 one steal from 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 Salaah.
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. A’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.
The
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; beeds).
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.
And,
Allah knows best. |