Mistakes of Salaah -( 10-20 of 40)
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11. Raising the eyes to the sky during salaat or looking to
the right and left without due
cause. As far as raising the eyes, it is forbidden and bears
the threat of punishment. It is
narrated by Jabir Ibn Samurah (radiallahu ‘anhu) who said:
The Messenger of allah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said: Let the people stop
raising their eyes to the sky in the salaah or let their sight not return to
them. [Muslim]
12. As far as looking around unnecessarily, it is a
deficiency in the salaah of the worshipper
as long as he has not turned his entire body in another
direction [i.e. away from the Qiblah]. If however the entire body is turned
then the salaah is invalidated. It is narrated by ‘Aisha (radiallahu ‘anhaa)
who said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) about
looking around in the salaah. He said:It is misappropriation pilfered by
Shaitaan from the salaah of the worshipper. [Al-Bukhaari]. At-Tirmidhi also
collected an authentic hadeeth:Be warned of turning or looking around in the
salaah because it is destruction.And there are other ahadeeth on
looking around in the salaah.
13. Sitting on one’s haunches (Al-Iq’aa) during the salaah
and prostrating with the elbows (AlIftiraash) on the ground. Al-Iqaa’ is
forbidden as related by Abu Hurairah (radiallahu ‘anhu) who said: My dear
friend forbade me three things: He forbade me from pecking like a
rooster [just touching the head in prostration – trans], sitting on the haunches
like a dog, and looking around like a fox.Transmitted by Ahmed and others and
its isnaad (chain) has by graded hasan (good) by Al-Mundhiri and Al-Haithami. The
Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) forbade a man from spreading
his arms on the ground like a beast of prey. Summarizing a hadeeth collected by
Muslim from ‘Aisha (radiallahu ‘anhaa) as well as by At-Tirmidhi, Ahmed and
others from Jaabir (radiallahu ‘anhu) marfoo’an (attributable to the Prophet): If
any of you prostrates (sajdah) then keep straight and not spread his
arms like the sitting of a dog.
14. Wearing a thin (see-through) garment that does not
sufficiently cover the ‘auwrah (private
area). This is an invalidator of the salaah because covering
one’s ‘auwrah is a condition for a sound salaah. The man’s ‘aurah is -
according to what is most authentic – from the navel to the knee. Likewise he
must cover his shoulders or one of them1 in accordance with the
statement of Allah: O
children of Aadam wear you adornments to every masjid.[Al-‘Araaf 31]
It is sufficient to wear a
single garment to cover the ‘auwrah according to what is narrated from ‘Umar
Ibn Salamah (radiallahu ‘anhu): He saw the Messenger of allah (sallallahu
‘alaihi wa sallam praying in a single garment (thowub) in the house of Umm
Salamah, he had cast both ends over himself. [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
Ibn Qudaamah (rahimahullah) stated: It is obligatory to cover
sufficiently to hide the color
of the skin, for if it is thin enough that the color of the
skin may be seen from behind to the extent that the whiteness or redness of the
skin is percieved thane salaah in it is not allowed in that covering has not
been achieved.
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15. A woman not covering her head with the khimaar in salaah
and not covering her feet. The
‘aurah of the swoman in the sallah is her entire body with
the exception of her face. Nor is
there any harm if she covers her face due to the passing by
of men or the like. It is
obligatory for her to wear a khimaar which is a head covering
that also covers the bosom.
This according to his (slallahu ‘aliahi wa sallam)
statement:Allah does not accept the
salaah of the menstruating female unless she is wearing a
khimaar.[Collected by
Ahmed and the collectors of the six most authentic books
except An-Nisaa’i and it has be
authenticated by Ibn Khuzaimah and others. It is also
obligatory that she cover the tops of
her feet in compliance with the hadeeth“The entire woman is
‘auwrah”Collected by AtTirmidhee with an authentic isnaad. Along this same
meaning is what is transmitted by
Malik and abu Dawood and others from Muhammad Ibn Said Inb
Qunfudh from his
mother who asked Umm Salamah (radiallahu ‘anhaa), the wife of
the Prophet (sallallahu
‘alaihi wa sallam), about what garment a woman should pray
in. She answered: She
1
The evidence for covering the shoulders is found in an
authentic hadeeth in the collection of Abu
Dawood, however we were unable to determine why the shaykh
exempts one shoulder.
should pray in a khimaar and a full, loose-fitting chemise
that conceals the tops of
her feet.Also with this meaning is the hadeeth of Umm
Salamah:Lower it by an arms
length.
16. Walking in front of the praying person whether they be
the imaam or praying alone and
stepping over the people during the Jumua’h khutbah. It is a
sin upon the person who
passes in front of someone who is praying. If the one praying
has no sutrah then it shold
be estimated to be at the place of prostration so the
passerby should can pass beyond
that point. As narrated in the collections of al-Bukhari and
Muslim by Abu Juhaim Ibn
Haarith (radiallahu‘anhu), who said: The Messenger of Allah
(sallallahu‘alaihi wa sallam)
said:If the one who passes in front of the praying person
knew how serious a sin it
was for him to do so it would have been better for him to
wait for forty than walk in
front of him. [Forty may refer to forty days, months or
years, and Allah knows best –
Trans.]
The one who pushes between the people during the Jumua’h
khutbah harms people
through his being late for the salaah according to the
statement of Al-Mustafah (sallallahu
‘alaihi wa sallam):Sit for you have caused harm and come
late.[Ahmed and others.
Cutting between the people is forbidden. One who enters the
masjid should sit where
there is space unless he sees a genuinely open area where he
should then go to it and
sit.
17. Not saying the takbeeratul-ihraam (opening takbeer) when
entering upon the
congregation while the imaam is in rukoo’. This is a major
mistake in that the takbeeratulihraam is a pillar (rukn) of the salaah that
must be done by the one praying when standing
for the salaah and then afterwards join the imam in the
bowing position (rukoo’). To make
the takbeer (al-ihraam) and then another takbeer before giong
into rukoo’ is more
complete and thorough. Abu Hurairah (radiallahu‘anhu)
narrated:The Messenger of
Allah (sallallahu‘alaihi wa sallam) would make takbeer when
he stood for the sallah
and would then make takbeer upon bowing.
18. Not following the imaam (by getting in the same position)
when coming late and the
imaam is sitting or in sujood (prostrating). It is most
preferred and most sure for the one
who enters the masjid that he join the imaam in whatever
position he may be in, whether
he be in sajdah or otherwise. It is reported by abu Dawood
and others with a saheeh
isnaad that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa
sallam) said:Ifyoucometothe
salaah and we are making sujood then you also make sujood.For
a worshipper to
delay making sajdah is to have in effect prevented himself
from an act of worship which
Allah loves. Ali Ibn Abi Talib and Mua’dh ibn Jabal
(radiallahu‘anhumaa) both stated: The
Messenger of Allah (sallallahu‘alaihi wa sallam) said:If one
of you comes to the salaah
and the imaam is in a position then do what the imaam is
doing. This is collected by
At-Tirmidhi with a weak isnaad however it is in agreement
with the preceeding hadeeth. It
is also strengthened by a narration collected by Abu Dawood
from Mua’dh (radiallahu
‘anhu): I never saw him (the imaam) in a position except I
was also upon it. The
Messenger of Allah (sallallahu‘alaihi wa sallam) said:Verily
Mua’dh has performed an
act that is good for you too, so do likewise.
19. Busying oneself with matters that take one away from the
salaah. This is evidence of
preference of the wordly life over that of the Hereafter,
following vain desires and being
too busy to obey Allah. This is indeed ruination and of evil
consequence to whoever does
it. Allah ta’aala says: O you who believe, let not yuor
wealth or your children divert
you from the remembrance of Allah for whyosoever does that
will be among the
losers.[Al-Munafiqoon 9] And He says in praise of the
believers: Men who are not
diverted by business or trade from the remembrance of Allah
and performance of
salaah.[An-Noor 37] Preoccupation with any act over the
salaah or that leads to being
negligant or lazy toward it such as staying up too lateand
the like, is not permissible. This
is because anything that leads to what is haraam is itself
haraam, and Allah is the One
who guides to the right path.
20. Playing with one’s clothing or watch or the like. This is
an act that negateskhushoo’.The
evidence for khushoo’ has been presented previously in point
5 [see August Issue –Ed.].
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu‘alaihi wa sallam) forbade
rubbing pebbles during the
salaah due to its negative effect on khushoo’ when he said:
If any of you performs the
prayer let him not rub pebbles for mercy is turned towards
him.[Ahmed and the six
collections of hadeeth with an authentic isnaad] A person
might increase playing around
to the point of excessive movement that is outside of the
salaah and thereby nullify it.
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