Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 123-129



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 Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Does the man who lifts his head ahead of the Imam (from prostration) not fear that Allah may change his head into the head of an ass? (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 125)


Abu Huraira reported:


The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Does the man who lifts his head before the Imam not fear that Allah may change his face into that of an ass? (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 126)


This hadith has been narrated by Abu Huraira by another chain of transmitters except for the words narrated by Rabi' b. Muslim:


"Allah may make his face like the face of an ass." (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 127)


Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 123-129


Chapter 26: The Prohibition On Lifting Ones Gaze To The Heavens When in Salat.


Jabir b. Samura reported:


The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The people who lift their eyes towards the sky in Prayer should avoid it or they would lose their eyesight. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 128)


Abu Huraira reported:


People should avoid lifting their eyes towards the sky while supplicating in prayer, otherwise their eyes would be snatched away. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 129)


Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 116-122 - SOLTLANE

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