Worship

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَيُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: الصَّلاةُ عَل...

The Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked: 'Which deed is the best?' He said: 'Prayer at its proper time.' It was asked: 'Then what?' He...

الطُّهُورُ شَطْرُ الإِيمَانِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلَأُ الْمِيزَانَ

Purification is half of faith, and 'praise be to Allah' fills the scale.

حُبِّبَ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا النِّسَاءُ وَالطِّيبُ وَجُعِلَتْ قُرَّةُ عَيْنِي فِي الصَّلَاةِ

I have been made to love three things from your world: women, perfume, and the coolness of my eyes has been placed in prayer.

إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُحَاسَبُ بِهِ الْعَبْدُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ صَلَاتُهُ

The first thing a servant will be held accountable for on the Day of Judgment is their prayer.

أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ

The best prayer after the obligatory prayer is the night prayer.

لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ

Were it not that I would cause hardship to my community, I would have commanded them to use the tooth-stick at every prayer.

لِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ: فَرْحَةٌ عِنْدَ فِطْرِهِ، وَفَرْحَةٌ عِنْدَ لِقَاءِ رَبِّهِ

The fasting person has two moments of joy: when he breaks his fast and when he meets his Lord.

مِفْتَاحُ الصَّلَاةِ الطُّهُورُ، وَتَحْرِيمُهَا التَّكْبِيرُ، وَتَحْلِيلُهَا التَّسْلِيمُ

The key to prayer is purification, its beginning is the takbir (saying Allahu Akbar), and its conclusion is the taslim (saying As-salamu...

أَحَبُّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَدْوَمُهَا وَإِنْ قَلَّ

The most beloved deed to Allah is the most regular and constant even if it is small.

رَأْسُ الأَمْرِ الإِسْلامُ، وَعَمُودُهُ الصَّلاةُ، وَذِرْوَةُ سَنَامِهِ الْجِهَادُ

The head of the matter is Islam, its pillar is prayer, and its peak is jihad.

أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ أَنَّ نَهْرًا بِبَابِ أَحَدِكُمْ يَغْتَسِلُ مِنْهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ هَ...

If there was a river at the door of one of you and he bathed in it five times a day, would any dirt remain on him? They said: No. He said:...

سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ فَإِنَّ تَسْوِيَةَ الصُّفُوفِ مِنْ تَمَامِ الصَّلَاةِ

Straighten your rows, for straightening the rows is part of the perfection of prayer.

أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ

The best prayer after the obligatory prayer is the night prayer.

إِنَّ فِي الصَّلَاةِ لَشُغْلًا

When the Prophet was asked a question while praying, he said: 'Indeed, in prayer there is occupation (focus and worship).'

رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا

The two rak'ahs of Fajr (sunnah) are better than the world and everything in it.

وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْ...

By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, the smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better to Allah than the scent of musk.

إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُحَاسَبُ بِهِ الْعَبْدُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ صَلَاتُهُ

The first deed for which a servant will be held accountable on the Day of Judgment is his prayer.

صَلَاةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ تَفْضُلُ صَلَاةَ الْفَذِّ بِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً

Prayer in congregation is twenty-seven degrees superior to prayer offered individually.

خَمْسُ صَلَوَاتٍ افْتَرَضَهُنَّ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مَنْ أَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُنَّ وَصَلَّاهُنَّ لِوَقْتِهِ...

Allah has prescribed five prayers. Whoever performs ablution well and prays them on time has a covenant with Allah that He will forgive him.

مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَذْكُرُ رَبَّهُ وَالَّذِي لَا يَذْكُرُ مَثَلُ الْحَيِّ وَالْمَيِّتِ

The example of the one who remembers his Lord and the one who does not is like the example of the living and the dead.

الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ وَالْجُمُعَةُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ وَرَمَضَانُ إِلَى رَمَضَانَ مُكَفِّرَاتٌ مَا ...

The five daily prayers, Friday to Friday, and Ramadan to Ramadan are expiation for what is between them, as long as major sins are avoided.

إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ الْعَبْدُ الْمُسْلِمُ أَوِ الْمُؤْمِنُ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ خَرَجَ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ كُلُّ ...

When a Muslim servant or believer washes his face during ablution, every sin he committed with his eyes is washed away with the water, or...

صَلَاةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ تَفْضُلُ صَلَاةَ الْفَذِّ بِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً

The congregational prayer is twenty-seven degrees superior to the prayer offered individually.

لِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ: فَرْحَةٌ عِنْدَ فِطْرِهِ وَفَرْحَةٌ عِنْدَ لِقَاءِ رَبِّهِ

The fasting person has two moments of joy: one when he breaks his fast and one when he meets his Lord.

سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ فَإِنَّ تَسْوِيَةَ الصُّفُوفِ مِنْ إِقَامَةِ الصَّلَاةِ

Straighten your rows, for straightening the rows is part of establishing the prayer properly.

أَفْضَلُ الْأَعْمَالِ الصَّلَاةُ لِوَقْتِهَا

The best of deeds is prayer performed on time.

خَيْرُ يَوْمٍ طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ فِيهِ خُلِقَ آدَمُ وَفِيهِ أُدْخِلَ الْ...

The best day on which the sun rises is Friday. On that day Adam was created, on it he entered Paradise, and on it he was expelled from it.

أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ

The best prayer after the obligatory prayer is the night prayer.

أَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ الرَّبُّ مِنَ الْعَبْدِ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ الآخِرِ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَ...

The closest the Lord is to His servant is in the last part of the night. If you are able to be among those who remember Allah at that hour,...

مِفْتَاحُ الصَّلاةِ الطُّهُورُ وَتَحْرِيمُهَا التَّكْبِيرُ وَتَحْلِيلُهَا التَّسْلِيمُ

The key to prayer is purification (ablution), its beginning is the takbir (saying Allahu Akbar), and its conclusion is the taslim (saying...

ثَلاثَةٌ لا تُرَدُّ دَعْوَتُهُمْ: الصَّائِمُ حَتَّى يُفْطِرَ، وَالإِمَامُ الْعَادِلُ، وَدَعْوَةُ الْ...

The supplications of three are not rejected: the fasting person until they break their fast, the just ruler, and the prayer of the...

كُلُّ امْرِئٍ فِي ظِلِّ صَدَقَتِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يُفْصَلَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ

Every person will be under the shade of their charity on the Day of Judgment until matters are settled between people.

أَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ الرَّبُّ مِنَ الْعَبْدِ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرِ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ ت...

The closest the Lord is to His servant is in the last part of the night. So if you can be among those who remember Allah at that hour, then...

لِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ فَرْحَةٌ عِنْدَ فِطْرِهِ وَفَرْحَةٌ عِنْدَ لِقَاءِ رَبِّهِ

The fasting person has two moments of joy: when he breaks his fast and when he meets his Lord.

الطُّهُورُ شَطْرُ الْإِيمَانِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلَأُ الْمِيزَانَ

Purification is half of faith, and 'All praise is due to Allah' fills the Scale.

لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ

Were it not that I would cause hardship to my community, I would have commanded them to use the siwak (tooth-stick) before every prayer.

إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ الْعَبْدُ الْمُسْلِمُ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ خَرَجَ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ كُلُّ خَطِيئَةٍ نَظَرَ ...

When a Muslim servant performs ablution and washes his face, every sin that he looked at with his eyes comes out from his face with the...

أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ

The best prayer after the obligatory prayer is the night prayer.

سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ فَإِنَّ تَسْوِيَةَ الصُّفُوفِ مِنْ تَمَامِ الصَّلَاةِ

Straighten your rows, for the straightening of the rows is part of the perfection of the prayer.

مَنِ اغْتَسَلَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَمَسَّ مِنْ طِيبٍ إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ وَلَبِسَ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ ثِيَ...

Whoever takes a bath on Friday and applies perfume if he has any, wears his best clothes, then goes to the mosque without stepping over...

مِفْتَاحُ الصَّلَاةِ الطُّهُورُ، وَتَحْرِيمُهَا التَّكْبِيرُ، وَتَحْلِيلُهَا التَّسْلِيمُ

The key to prayer is purification, its beginning is the takbir, and its end is the taslim.

أَفْضَلُ الْأَعْمَالِ الصَّلَاةُ لِوَقْتِهَا

The best of deeds is prayer performed at its proper time.

صَلَاةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ تَفْضُلُ صَلَاةَ الْفَذِّ بِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً

The congregational prayer is twenty-seven degrees superior to the prayer offered individually.

أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ؟ فَإِنَّهَا تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُ...

Is any of you unable to recite one-third of the Quran in a night? Surah al-Ikhlas equals one-third of the Quran.

تُعْرَضُ الْأَعْمَالُ يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَالْخَمِيسِ، فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يُعْرَضَ عَمَلِي وَأَنَا صَائ...

Deeds are presented on Monday and Thursday, and I like my deeds to be presented while I am fasting.

مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ

Whoever fasts Ramadan out of faith and seeking reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.

لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مَا فِي النِّدَاءِ وَالصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَجِدُوا إِلَّا أَنْ يَسْ...

If people knew the reward of pronouncing the adhan and standing in the first row, and found no other way except by drawing lots, they would...

زَيِّنُوا الْقُرْآنَ بِأَصْوَاتِكُمْ

Beautify the Quran with your voices.

مَنِ اغْتَسَلَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَغَسَّلَ وَبَكَّرَ وَابْتَكَرَ وَدَنَا وَاسْتَمَعَ وَأَنْصَتَ كَا...

Whoever takes a bath on Friday, goes early to the mosque, walks and does not ride, sits near the imam, listens and does not talk, for every...

مَنْ قَامَ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ

Whoever stands in prayer on the Night of Qadr out of faith and seeking reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.

مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيُحْسِنُ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ يُقْبِلُ عَ...

No Muslim performs ablution well, then prays two rak'ahs with full heart and attention, except that Paradise becomes obligatory for him.

صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى، فَإِذَا خَشِيَ أَحَدُكُمُ الصُّبْحَ صَلَّى رَكْعَةً وَاحِدَةً تُو...

The night prayer is two by two. When one fears the approach of dawn, let him pray one rak'ah as witr to make his prayer odd-numbered.

إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلَا يَبْصُقْ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قِبَلَ وَجْهِهِ...

When one of you is praying, let him not spit in front of him, for Allah is in front of him when he prays.

إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ الْعَبْدُ الْمُسْلِمُ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ خَرَجَ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ كُلُّ خَطِيئَةٍ نَظَرَ ...

When a Muslim servant performs ablution and washes his face, every sin he committed with his eyes comes out with the water.

مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ خَرَجَتْ خَطَايَاهُ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ مِنْ تَحْتِ أ...

Whoever performs ablution well, his sins will come out of his body, even from under his fingernails.

سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ فَإِنَّ تَسْوِيَةَ الصُّفُوفِ مِنْ إِقَامَةِ الصَّلَاةِ

Straighten your rows, for straightening the rows is part of establishing the prayer.

أَوْتِرُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُصْبِحُوا

Pray the witr before dawn.

أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ أَنَّ نَهْرًا بِبَابِ أَحَدِكُمْ يَغْتَسِلُ مِنْهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ هَ...

If there were a river at your door in which you wash five times a day, would any dirt remain? That is the likeness of the five prayers;...

الصَّلَاةَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ

Prayer, prayer! And treat well those whom your right hands possess.

لَا صَلَاةَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَقْرَأْ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ

There is no prayer for the one who does not recite al-Fatiha.

السِّوَاكُ مَطْهَرَةٌ لِلْفَمِ مَرْضَاةٌ لِلرَّبِّ

The miswak is a purification for the mouth and a means of pleasing the Lord.

أَوَّلُ مَا يُحَاسَبُ بِهِ الْعَبْدُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الصَّلَاةُ

The first thing for which a servant will be held accountable on the Day of Resurrection is the prayer.

مَنْ فَاتَتْهُ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ فَكَأَنَّمَا وُتِرَ أَهْلَهُ وَمَالَهُ

Whoever misses the Asr prayer, it is as if he lost his family and his wealth.

مَنْ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فَهُوَ فِي ذِمَّةِ اللَّهِ

Whoever prays the Fajr prayer in congregation is under the protection of Allah.

أَكْثِرُوا الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيَّ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ

Send abundant blessings upon me on Friday.

مَنْ صَلَّى الضُّحَى ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ قَصْرًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ

Whoever prays twelve rak'ahs of Duha, Allah will build for him a palace in Paradise.

إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ فِي هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ قَوْمٌ يَعْتَدُونَ فِي الطُّهُورِ وَالدُّعَاءِ

There will be in this nation people who transgress in purification and supplication.