In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful,
the All-Compassionate
 
"May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon You"
 
Praise be to Allaah, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with
Allaah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah
guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can
guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness that
Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.
 
  
Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah
As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu
 
 
 
"Stealing in Prayer"
 
Lack of composure in Prayer
Taken from  Prohibitions that are taken too lightly - English Translation
Book by Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
 
 
One of the worst forms of theft or cheating is cheating in prayer.


The
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The worst
type of thief is the one who steals from his prayer."

The people asked, "O Messenger of Allaah, how can a person steal from his
prayer?"

He said: "By not doing rukoo' and sujood properly."
(Reported by Imaam Ahmad, 5/310; see also Saheeh al-Jaami, 997).
 
This lack of composure and failure to pause in rukoo and sujood and to stand up
straight after rukoo or sit up properly between sujoods may be observed in many
of those who pray, and hardly any mosque is
free of examples of people who do not have the proper composure in
prayer. Correct composure is one of the pillars of prayer, without which prayer
is invalid.
 
This is a serious matter.


The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "A mans prayer is
not good enough until his back is straight in rukoo and sujood."
(Reported by Abu Dawud, 1/533; see also Saheeh al-Jaami', 7224).
 
 
Abu Abdullaah al-Ashari reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) led his Companions in prayer, then he sat with a
group of them. A man came in and started to pray, but made his movements rapid
like a chicken pecking the ground.
 
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Do you see this?
Whoever dies having done this has died outside of the
community of Muhammad, and his prayer is like a crow pecking blood. The
person who bows then pecks in his sujood is like a hungry man who eats no more
than one or two dates - what good will that do him?"
(Reported by Ibn Khuzaymah in his Saheeh 1/332; see also al-Albaani, Sifat
Salaat al-Nabi (The Prophet's Prayer described), 131).
 

Zayd ibn Wahb said: "Hudhayfah saw a man who was not performing rukoo and sujood
properly.

He said: You have not prayed, and if you were to die, you
would die on a way other than that revealed by Allaah to Muhammad (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him).'"
(Reported by al-Bukhaari, see al-Fath, 2/274).
 
Once a person is aware of this ruling, if he fails to perform prayer with
the proper composure, he should repeat it and repent to Allaah for what
is past; he does not need to repeat all of his previous prayers, as is
indicated by the hadeeth "Repeat your prayer, for you have not prayed." 
 





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