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Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 163-167 Chapter 31: Moderation When Reciting Qur'an In A Prayer When It Is to Be Recited Out Loud, And Making it Neither Too Loud nor Too Soft, And When There Is the Fear of Negative Consequences If It Is Recited Out Loud . Ibn 'Abbas reported: The word of (Allah) Great and Glorious: 'And utter not thy prayer loudly, nor be low in it" (xvii. 110) was revealed as the Messenger of Allah (Peace Be Upon Him) was hiding himself in Mecca. When he led his Companions in prayer he raised his voice (while reciting the) Qur'an. And when the polytheists heard that, they reviled the Qur'an and Him Who revealed it and him who brought it. Upon this Allah, the Exalted, said to His Apostle (ﷺ): Utter not thy prayer so loudly that the polytheists may hear thy recitation and (recite it) not so low that it may be inaudible to your Companions. Make them hear the Qur'an, but do not recite it loudly and seek a (middle) way betwe...

Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 149-162 Chapter 29: The Command to Women Who Are Praying Behind Men Not to Raise Their Heads from Prostration Before the Men Have Done So. Sahl b. Sa'd reported: I saw men having tied (the ends) of their lower garments around their necks, like children, due to shortage of cloth and offering their prayers behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). One of the proclaimers said: O women folk, do not lift your heads till men raise (them). ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 149 ) Chapter 30: Women Going Out to The Masjid So Long as No Fitnah Results from That; and They Should Not Go Out Wearing Perfume. Salim narrated it from his father ('Abdullah b. Umar) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When women ask permission for going to the mosque, do not prevent them. ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 150 ) Abdullah b. Umar reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: Don't prevent your women from goin...

Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 134-148 Chapter 28: Straightening the Rows; The Virtue of The Front Row and Then the Next; Competing With One Another For the Front Row; The People of Virtue Should Take Precedence and Be Closest to The Imam . Abu Mas'ud reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) used to touch our shoulders in prayer and say: Keep straight, don't be irregular, for there would be dissension in your hearts. Let those of you who are sedate and prudent be near me, then those who are next to them, then those who are next to them. Abu Mas'ud said: Now-a-days there is much dissension amongst you. ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 134 ) This hadith is narrated by Ibn Uyaina with the same chain of transmitters. ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 135 ) Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Let those who are sedate and prudent be near me, then those who are next to them (saying it three times), and beware...

Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 130-133 Chapter 27: The Command to Be Calm During the Prayer and The Prohibition of Gesturing with One's Hand and Raising It When Saying the Salam; And Completing the First Rows, Aligning in Them, And the Command to Come Together . Jabir b. Samura reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to us and said: "How is it that I see you lifting your hands like the tails of headstrong horses? Be calm in prayer." He (the narrator) said: He then again came to us and saw us (sitting) in circles. He said: "How is it that I see you in separate groups?" He (the narrator) said: He again came to us and said: "Why don't you draw yourselves up in rows as angels do in the presence of their Lord?" We said: Messenger of Allah, how do the angels draw themselves up in rows in the presence of their Lord? He (the Holy Prophet) said: "They make the first rows complete and keep close together in the row." ( Explai...

Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 123-129 Chapter 25: The Prohibition of Preceding the Imam While Bowing, Prostrating and So On . Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) one day led us in the prayer, and when he completed the Prayer he turned his face towards us and said: O People, I am your Imam, so do not precede me in bowing and prostration and in standing and turning (faces, i.e. In pronouncing salutation), for I see you in front of me and behind me, and then said: By Him in Whose hand Is the life of Muhammad, if you could see what I see, you would have laughed little and wept much more, they said: What did you see, Messenger of Allah? He replied: (I saw) Paradise and Hell. ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 123 ) This hadith is narrated by Anas with another chain of transmitters, and in the hadith transmitted by Jarir there is no mention of" turning (faces)". ( Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 124 ) Abu Huraira reported: The...