The masjid
Going to and being in the house of Allah
58 verified supplications · 35 written out in full
إِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ …
Stepping into the masjid
Said on entering, asking for the doors of mercy.
ُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ
Leaving the masjid
On the way in you ask for mercy. On the way out, for provision.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ …
Sending prayers upon the Prophet ﷺ
The wording he ﷺ gave when the Companions asked how they should do it.
الْمَلاَئِكَةُ تُصَلِّي عَلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مَا دَامَ فِي مُصَلاَّهُ الَّذِي صَلَّى فِيهِ، مَا …
While you are still sitting where you prayed
The angels keep asking for you as long as you stay in the place you pray
تَقُولِينَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي
The night of decree, if you catch it
Aisha asked what to say if she knew which night it was. This was the ans
خَيْرُ يَوْمٍ طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ فِيهِ خُلِقَ آدَمُ وَفِيهِ …
The best day the sun rises on
There is an hour in it in which nothing is asked that is not given.
فَإِذَا قُضِيَتِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةُ فَٱنتَشِرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ …
Straight after the prayer ends
What the Qur'an tells you to do the moment Friday prayer is over.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي الأَمْرِ سَعَةً
Praise for there being more than one right way
Aisha was asked about his ﷺ witr and gave several different answers.
قُولُوا اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى آلِ …
How to send prayers upon him, in full
They said they knew how to greet him, but asked how to pray for him.
إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَلاَئِكَةً يَطُوفُونَ فِي الطُّرُقِ، يَلْتَمِسُونَ أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ، فَإِذَا …
What happens where people gather to remember Him
Angels are described as roaming the roads looking for exactly this.
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ …
The words called out five times a day
Taught word by word to Abū Maḥdhūrah, whose voice he ﷺ had liked.
يُسَلِّمُ الرَّاكِبُ عَلَى الْمَاشِي وَإِذَا سَلَّمَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ وَاحِدٌ أَجْزَأَ عَنْهُمْ
Who says salām first
An order of precedence, and it runs the way you might not expect.
وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟ بِحَبْلِ ٱللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا۟ ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ …
When a community is coming apart
A command about holding, and about not letting go separately.
أَتُرِيدُ أَنْ تَكُونَ فَتَّانًا يَا مُعَاذُ إِذَا أَمَمْتَ النَّاسَ فَاقْرَأْ بِالشَّمْسِ …
On leading people for longer than they can take
Muʿādh led a long night prayer and a man left and prayed alone.
وَلْتَكُن مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ …
On there being people who do this work
A command that a group should exist, not that everyone must.
سَبْعَةٌ يُظِلُّهُمُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي ظِلِّهِ يَوْمَ لاَ ظِلَّ إِلاَّ ظِلُّهُ إِمَامٌ …
Seven kinds of people under shade
A list of who is sheltered on a day with no other shelter.
اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي جَلِيسًا
Praying for someone to sit with
ʿAlqama arrived in a strange city, prayed two rakʿahs, and asked for thi
صَلاَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ تُضَعَّفُ عَلَى صَلاَتِهِ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَفِي سُوقِهِ …
What is said for you while you sit waiting for prayer
It continues as long as you stay in the place and do not break wuḍū.
إِنَّمَا الإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ فَلاَ تَخْتَلِفُوا عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ فَكَبِّرُوا …
On not racing ahead of the person leading
The instruction is about staying behind him, not with him.
إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةِ ٱلْقَدْرِ وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ لَيْلَةُ …
What that one night is measured against
A comparison given in units of time.
اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ عُبَيْدَكَ هَذَا - يَعْنِي أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَأُمَّهُ - إِلَى عِبَادِكَ …
A second prayer for Abū Hurayrah's mother
After she believed, he asked for something more.
يَا مُعَاذُ أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ ـ أَوْ فَاتِنٌ ثَلاَثَ مِرَارٍ ـ فَلَوْلاَ صَلَّيْتَ بِسَبِّحِ …
Told off for leading a long prayer at night
A man came in late from work and left the congregation.
صَلاَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ تَزِيدُ عَلَى صَلاَتِهِ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَصَلاَتِهِ فِي سُوقِهِ …
What is being said while you wait in the mosque
Repeated over you as long as you stay in the place.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَا لَكُمْ إِذَا نَابَكُمْ شَىْءٌ فِي صَلاَتِكُمْ أَخَذْتُمْ …
Walking away from an argument he could have won
Two men were disputing and he simply stopped talking about it.
مَا بَالُ أَحَدِكُمْ يَقُومُ مُسْتَقْبِلَ رَبِّهِ فَيَتَنَخَّعُ أَمَامَهُ أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ …
A correction about behaviour in the mosque
He turned to the people, visibly annoyed, and made the point with a ques
الإِمَامُ ضَامِنٌ وَالْمُؤَذِّنُ مُؤْتَمَنٌ اللَّهُمَّ أَرْشِدِ الأَئِمَّةَ وَاغْفِرْ …
A prayer for whoever leads and whoever calls
Both roles are named, with a different word for each.
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَافْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ
What he said walking in, and what changed on the way out
One word is different between the two.
أَفَتَّانٌ يَا مُعَاذُ أَفَتَّانٌ يَا مُعَاذُ
Why he called Muadh a man who drives people away
A man walked out of the prayer and prayed alone.
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
How he closed the prayer, and how the two sides differed
Waʾil ibn Hujr noticed that they were not the same.
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِوَجْهِهِ الْكَرِيمِ وَسُلْطَانِهِ الْقَدِيمِ مِنَ …
What he said stepping into the mosque
ʿUqbah asked whether that was really all of it.
أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنِ النَّفَرِ الثَّلاَثَةِ أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمْ فَأَوَى إِلَى اللَّهِ …
Three men and a gap in the circle
Only one of them left.
هَلْ تَرَوْنَ قِبْلَتِي هَا هُنَا فَوَاللَّهِ مَا يَخْفَى عَلَىَّ خُشُوعُكُمْ وَلاَ …
What he told them he could see
He asked them a question before saying it.
مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا لِلَّهِ كَمَفْحَصِ قَطَاةٍ أَوْ أَصْغَرَ بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي …
What is built in return
One condition is attached and it is not about the size.
لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْمَارُّ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ الْمُصَلِّي مَاذَا عَلَيْهِ لَكَانَ أَنْ يَقِفَ …
What passing in front of someone praying costs
The unit is left unstated on purpose.
قَدْ أُرِيتُ الآنَ ـ مُنْذُ صَلَّيْتُ لَكُمُ الصَّلاَةَ ـ الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ …
What he had just seen while leading them
He climbed the pulpit straight after the prayer.
From the wider collections
Each of these passed the same grading rule. They are shown with the source narration rather than a written-out translation.
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ، اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ، مَا لَمْ يُحْدِثْ فِيهِ
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 477 · Prayers (Salat)
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ، اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ. وَلاَ يَزَالُ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلاَةٍ مَا …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 647 · Call to Prayers (Adhaan)
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ، اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ، مَا لَمْ يُحْدِثْ فِيهِ، مَا لَمْ يُؤْذِ فِيهِ
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2119 · Sales and Trade
رَبِّي لاَتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، وَلَكِنْ أُخُوَّةُ الإِسْلاَمِ وَمَوَدَّتُهُ، لاَ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3654 · Companions of the Prophet
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} هِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4474 · Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh))
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا هُوَ الْحَقَّ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِنَ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4648 · Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh))
اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ اللَّهُمَّ تُبْ عَلَيْهِ مَا لَمْ يُؤْذِ فِيهِ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1506 · The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer
اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ . وَإِذَا خَرَجَ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1652 · The Book of Prayer - Travellers
اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ فَإِذَا خَرَجَ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي …
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 465 · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ اللَّهُمَّ تُبْ عَلَيْهِ مَا لَمْ يُؤْذِ فِيهِ …
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 559 · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
تُقْبَلُ صَلاَةٌ لاِمْرَأَةٍ تَطَيَّبَتْ لِهَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى تَرْجِعَ فَتَغْتَسِلَ …
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4174 · Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)
أَشْفَارِ عَيْنَيْهِ فَإِذَا غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ خَرَجَتِ الْخَطَايَا مِنْ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى …
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 103 · The Book of Purification
لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ …
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 189 · The Book of Purification
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَافْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ فَضْلِكَ
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 314 · The Book on Salat (Prayer)
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلاً مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ …
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3147 · Chapters on Tafsir
أَشْفَارِ عَيْنَيْهِ فَإِذَا غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ خَرَجَتْ خَطَايَاهُ مِنْ يَدَيْهِ فَإِذَا مَسَحَ …
Sunan Ibn Mājah 282 · The Book of Purification and its Sunnah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَالسَّلاَمُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَافْتَحْ …
Sunan Ibn Mājah 771 · The Book On The Mosques And The Congregations
اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَإِذَا خَرَجَ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ …
Sunan Ibn Mājah 773 · The Book On The Mosques And The Congregations
تُقْبَلْ لَهَا صَلاَةٌ حَتَّى تَغْتَسِلَ
Sunan Ibn Mājah 4002 · Tribulations
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ فَإِنْ قَامَ مِنْ مُصَلاَّهُ فَجَلَسَ فِي …
Muwaṭṭa' Mālik 385 · Shortening the Prayer
مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ مِثْلَ هَذَا الْوُضُوءِ، ثُمَّ أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6433 · To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)
مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا - قَالَ بُكَيْرٌ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ - يَبْتَغِي بِهِ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 7470 · The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts
صَلاَةٌ فِي مَسْجِدِي هَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ صَلاَةٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْمَسَاجِدِ إِلاَّ …
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3916 · Chapters on Virtues