Forward it to as much Muslims. So that they can learn their mistakes
with help of Allah
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(R.A)
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 Hurairah (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 salah.
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. Aa'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).
7. Crossing in front of a praying person.
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) warned:?"Were the one who crosses in
frontof a praying person to know the consequences of doing so, he would
havewaited for *forty better than to cross in front of him." (Sahih
Bukhariand Muslim).*The forty in the tradition may be days months or even
years.
Allah knows best.
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