[ENG | PDF] Common Mistakes in the Prayer - Shaykh Muhammad 'Umar Bazmool
أبو بلال نعيم بن عبد المجيد
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
COMMON MISTAKES IN THE PRAYER
Shaykh Muhammad 'Umar Bazmool
MISTAKES MADE IN QIYAAM
1. Negligence regarding the Matter of the Sutrah
That which is correct is what the Prophetصلى اللهُ عليه وآله وسَلَّم said: “Do not pray except towards a Sutrah.” Saheeh Muslim
Ibn Abdil-Barr said: “It is befitting that the worshipper should draw near to his Sutrah and not be far from it.” Al-Kaafee 1/45
Imaam Maalik said: “The (drawing of) the line is Baatil (Falsehood).” Al-Mudawwanah
2. The Woman Uncovering her Feet in Salat
That which is correct is that which Imaam Ash-Shaafi’ee said: “It is upon the woman to cover everything in Salat with the exception of her hands and her face.”
He also said: “All of the woman is ‘Awrah except her hands and face; and the top of her feet is ‘Awrah.” Kitaab Al-Umm
3. Exaggerating in Spreading the Feet or Closing Them
Ibn ‘Umar, may Allaah be pleased with him, narrated that the Prophetصلى اللهُ عليه وآله وسَلَّم would not spread his feet far apart nor would he have them close to each other. Fiqh Al-‘Ibaadaat pg. 148
4. Audibly Pronouncing the Intention
That which is correct is what Aboo ‘Abdullaah Muhammad ibn Al-Qaasim Al-Maalikee said: “The intention is from the actions of the heart. So articulation of it is an innovation; along with the fact that it contains disturbance of the people.” Majmoo’ah Ar-Rasaa’il Al-Kubraa 1/254
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It is reported that Imâm Muhammad b. Sîrîn – Allâh have mercy on him – said:
"There were people who abandoned knowledge and sitting with the scholars, and [instead] took to their chambers and prayed until their skin dried [from exertion in worship]. Thereafter they began to contradict the Sunnah and thus were destroyed. By Allâh, never does a person act without knowledge, except that he spoils and corrupts more than he fixes and rectifies. {Al-Asbahânî, Al-Targhîb wa Al-Tarhîb 3:98}