What invalidates prayer

Abdullah bin Umar reported,

Nothing that passes in front of a person who is praying interrupts the prayer.

Ali bin Abu Talib reported,

Nothing that passes in front of someone praying breaks the prayer.

Abu Hurairah reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you prays, let him place something in front of him. If he cannot find anything, let him set up a stick. If he has no stick, let him draw a line. Then whatever passes in front of him will not harm…

Abu Hurairah reported,

Abu Qasim ﷺ said, "When one of you prays, let him place something in front of him. If he cannot find anything, let him set up a stick. If he has no stick with him, let him draw a line, and then nothing that passes in front of him will harm…

Abu Hurairah reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "When one of you prays, let him place something in front of him. If he cannot find anything, let him set up a stick. If he cannot find that either, let him draw a line. Then nothing that passes in front of him will harm…

Abdullah bin Mughafal reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "A woman, a donkey, and a dog interrupt the prayer."

Busr bin Saeed reported,

Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani sent him to Abu Juhaym to ask what he had heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding a person who passes in front of someone praying, and what the consequence is for doing so. Abu Juhaym said, "The Messenger of…

Abdullah bin Zayd bin Asim reported,

A complaint was brought to the Prophet ﷺ about a man who senses something during prayer. He said, "He should not break his prayer unless he detects an odor or hears a sound."

Abu Hurairah reported,

Abu Hurayrah reported, raising it to the Prophet ﷺ, who said, "When one of you prays, let him pray toward something. If there is nothing, then a staff. If he has no staff, let him draw a line. Then whatever passes in front of him will not…

Anas bin Malik reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The prayer is interrupted by a dog, a donkey, and a woman."

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Sabra reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you prays, let him place a barrier in front of him for his prayer, even if it be only an arrow."

Busr bin Saeed reported,

Abu Juhaym, the nephew of Ubayy bin Kaab, sent me to Zayd bin Khalid to ask him what he had heard about a person passing in front of someone praying. He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'For him to stand for forty,' I do not…

Sabra bin Mabad reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you prays, let him place a barrier in front of him for his prayer, even if it be only an arrow."

Sahl bin Abu Hathma reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you prays toward a barrier, let him stand close to it, so that Satan does not cut off his prayer."

Ibn Shihab reported,

I heard Abu al-Ahwas, the freed slave of Banu Layth, narrating to us in the gathering of Ibn al-Musayyab, while Ibn al-Musayyab was sitting there, that he heard Abu Dharr say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you stands for…

Sahl bin Abu Hathma reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you prays toward a barrier, let him stay close to it so that Satan does not cut off his prayer."

Abdullah bin Zayd bin Asim reported,

A complaint was brought to the Prophet ﷺ about a man who senses something during the prayer to the point that it seems real to him. He said, "He should not break off the prayer unless he hears a sound or detects an odor."

Abu Hurairah reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If any of you knew what burden he takes upon himself by passing in front of his brother while he is praying, standing for a hundred years would be better for him than the single step he took."

Abdullah bin Burayda reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What stands between us and them is the prayer. Whoever abandons it has disbelieved."

Thawban reported,

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Between a servant and disbelief or faith stands the prayer. If he abandons it, he has committed shirk."

Abu Dharr reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "When one of you stands for prayer, mercy faces him, so let him not wipe away the pebbles." In another narration, "Let him not touch the pebbles."

Ata reported,

I have heard that a black dog and a menstruating woman cut off the prayer. Ata said, Urwa bin Zubayr told me that Ayesha informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed while she was lying across in front of him, and he said, "Are they…

Abdullah bin Zayd and Abu Bashir reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was leading them in prayer one day when a woman passed by in the open valley. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gestured to her to stay back, so she stepped away until he had finished praying, and then she passed by.

Busr bin Saeed reported,

They sent me to Zayd bin Khalid to ask him about passing in front of someone who is praying. He informed me that the Prophet ﷺ said, "For a person to stand for forty is better for him than to pass in front of him." Sufyan said, "I do not…

Huzaifa bin Yaman reported,

He saw a man who was not completing his bowing and prostration properly, so he said, "You have not prayed. If you were to die, you would die upon other than the natural way upon which Allah created Muhammad ﷺ." In another narration, "You…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Between a man and polytheism and disbelief stands the abandonment of prayer."

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Between a man and polytheism and disbelief stands the abandonment of prayer."

Abu Hurairah reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in the noon prayer, and at the back of the rows was a man who performed the prayer poorly. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave the closing salutation, he called out to him, "So-and-so, do you not fear Allah?…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Nothing stands between a servant and disbelief except abandoning the prayer."

Abdullah bin Masud reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Keep the prayer brief, for behind you stand the weak, the elderly, and those with pressing needs."

Huzaifa bin Yaman reported,

He saw a man who was not completing his bowing or his prostration properly. When the man finished his prayer, Hudhayfah said to him, "You have not prayed." And I think he added, "If you were to die in this state, you would die upon…

Abdullah bin Abbas reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The prayer is interrupted by a black dog and a menstruating woman."

Ali bin Shayban reported,

He narrated that he set out as a delegate to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, "We prayed behind the Prophet ﷺ, and out of the corner of his eye he noticed a man who was not straightening his back during the bowing and prostration." When…

Hani bin Muawiya reported,

I performed Hajj during the time of Uthman bin Affan, and I sat down in the mosque of the Prophet ﷺ. There was a man relating to the people, who said, "We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day when a man came forward and prayed by this…

Abu Dharr reported,

He attributed it to the Prophet ﷺ, "When one of you stands for prayer, mercy faces him, so let him not wipe away the pebbles."

Sahl bin Abu Hathma reported,

Sufyan, tracing it back to the Prophet ﷺ, said, and on another occasion Sufyan said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you prays toward a sutrah, let him draw close to it so that Satan cannot break his prayer."

Abu Hurairah reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Be brief in the prayer, for behind you are the weak, the elderly, and those with pressing needs." He said, Ibrahim al-Taymi also narrated to us the same from Harith bin Suwayd, from Abdullah. He said, Ibrahim…

Abu Hurairah reported,

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "So-and-so prays at night, but when morning comes, he steals." The Prophet ﷺ replied, "What he recites will soon restrain him."

Talq bin Ali reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah [[r4]] does not look at the prayer of a servant who does not straighten his back between its bowing and its prostration."

Ayesha reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you becomes drowsy during his prayer, let him sleep, for he may intend to seek forgiveness and end up cursing himself instead."

Abu Hurairah reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Is any one of you unable, after completing his prayer, to step forward, or step back, or move to his right, or to his left?"

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Between a man and polytheism and disbelief stands the abandonment of prayer."

Abdullah bin Abbas reported,

The menstruating woman and the dog. Yahya said that Shuba traced it back to the Prophet.

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Between a man and polytheism, or disbelief, lies the abandonment of prayer."

Abu Dharr reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "When one of you stands to pray, let him not wipe the pebbles, for mercy is facing him."

Zayd bin Wahb reported,

Hudhayfah saw a man who was not completing his bowing and prostration properly. He said to him, "You have not prayed, and if you were to die in this state, you would die upon other than the natural way in which Allah established Muhammad…

Abdullah bin Abbas reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Keep the prayer brief, for behind you stand the weak, the elderly, and those with pressing needs."

Abu Hurairah reported,

The Prophet ﷺ said, "There is to be no diminishment in prayer or in the greeting of peace." Ahmad said, "What I understand by this is that you should not give the greeting of peace during prayer, nor should anyone give it to you, and that a…

Sabra reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man's barrier in prayer can be an arrow, so when one of you prays, let him place an arrow before him as a barrier."

Abdullah bin Anma reported,

I saw Ammar bin Yasir enter the mosque and pray, and he made the prayer brief. When he came out, I went up to him and said, "Abu al-Yaqzan, you made the prayer very short." He replied, "Did you see me fall short in any of its essentials?" I…

Abu Hurairah reported,

The Messenger of Allah led us in prayer one day, then turned to us and said, "So-and-so, will you not perfect your prayer? Should the one praying not consider how he is praying when he prays? He prays only for his own sake. By Allah, I see…

Abu Abdullah reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led his companions in prayer, then sat with a group of them. A man came in and stood to pray, but he kept rushing through his bowing and pecking in his prostration. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you see this man? Whoever…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Between a servant and disbelief lies the abandonment of prayer."

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Between a man and polytheism and disbelief stands the abandonment of prayer."

Huzaifa bin Yaman reported,

Hudhayfah saw a man who did not complete his bowing or prostration properly. When the man finished his prayer, Hudhayfah called him over and asked him, "How long have you been praying like this?" The man replied, "I have been praying this…

Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Between a servant and disbelief, or polytheism, lies the abandonment of prayer."

Abu Ali reported,

We accompanied Uqba bin Amir on a journey, and he would not lead us in prayer. We said to him, "May Allah have mercy on you. Will you not lead us in prayer, since you are one of the companions of Muhammad ﷺ?" He replied, "No. I heard the…

Abu Masud Uqba bin Amr reported,

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, so-and-so prolongs the prayer with us so much that I hold back from joining." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ became angrier in giving an admonition than I had ever seen him before, then…

Nawfal bin Muawiya reported,

A hadith like this one of Abu Hurairah, except that Abu Bakr adds the words "of the prayer", "whoever misses a prayer, it is as though he has been robbed of his family and his property."