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ان المومن اذا صلى الفريضة فى جماعة تناثرت عنه الذنوب كما تتناثر هذه الورق

When a believer performs the obligatory prayer in congregation, his sins fall away from him just as these leaves fall.

الاثنان فما فوقهما جماعة

Two persons and more constitute a congregation.

اذا اقيمت الصلاة فلا صلاة الا المكتوبة الا ركعتي الصبح

When the iqamah is called, there is no prayer except the obligatory one, except for the two Sunnah units of Fajr.

لا تسبقوا امامكم بالركوع فانكم تدركون بما سبقكم

Do not precede your imam in bowing, for you will still catch up with what he preceded you in.

حضرت الصلاة صلاة المكتوبة ونحن مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم على ركابنا فتقدم بنا ثم امنا فصلينا على ركابنا

The time for the obligatory prayer came and we were with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, on our mounts. He went ahead and led us in prayer, and we pr...

يا على! لا تفتح على الامام فى الصلاة

O Ali! Do not correct the imam during prayer.

المراة وحدها صف

A woman alone constitutes a row by herself.

كان لا يدع ركعتي الفجر فى السفر ولا فى الحضر

He (the Prophet, peace be upon him) would not leave the two Sunnah units of Fajr, whether in travel or at home.

من صلى قبل الظهر اربعا غفر له ذنوبه يومه ذالك

Whoever prays four units before the Dhuhr prayer, his sins for that day will be forgiven.

من لم يداوم على اربع قبل الظهر لم تنله شفاعتي

Whoever does not consistently pray four units before the Dhuhr prayer will not receive my intercession.

من صلى اربع ركعات قبل العصر حرم الله بدنه على النار

Whoever prays four units before the Asr prayer, Allah will make his body forbidden for the Hellfire.

من صلى بعد المغرب ست ركعات لم يتكلم بينهن بسوء عدلن له بعبادة ثنتي عشرة سنة

Whoever prays six units after the Maghrib prayer without speaking any evil between them, they will be counted for him as equivalent to twelve years of worship.

من صلى بين المغرب والعشاء عشرين ركعة بني الله له بيتا فى الجنة

Whoever prays twenty units between Maghrib and Isha, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise.

كان صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلي بعد المغرب ركعتين يطيل فيهما القراءة حتي يتصدع اهل المسجد

He (the Prophet, peace be upon him) used to pray two units after Maghrib, reciting at such length that the people of the mosque would leave.

قال على كان لي من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم مدخلان، مدخل بالليل و مدخل بالنهار فكنت اذا دخلت بالليل تنحنح لي

Ali said: "I had two times of entry to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him — one at night and one during the day. When I came to him at night (and he was ...

شرف المومن قيامه بالليل

The honor of a believer lies in his standing in prayer at night.

ركعتان فى جوف الليل يكفران الخطايا

Two units of prayer in the middle of the night expiate sins.

ركعتان يركعهما ابن آدم فى جوف الليل الاخر خير له من الدنيا وما فيها ولو لا ان اشق على امتي لفرضتهما عليهم

Two units that the son of Adam prays in the last part of the night are better for him than the world and everything in it. Were it not that I would burden my Um...

لا تدعن صلاة الليل ولو حلب شاة

Never abandon the night prayer, even if it is only for as long as it takes to milk a sheep.

يا اهل القرآن لا توسدوا القرآن واتلوه حق تلاوته فى آناء الليل و النهار

O people of the Quran! Do not make the Quran a pillow. Recite it as it deserves to be recited, during the hours of the night and the day.