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. Excerpt from Radioislam.co.za
------------- "I have conviction that Allah has power over everything.Verily!Allah's knowledge includes and encompasses everything".
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