MOST COMMON MISTAKES IN SALAT

Common Mistakes in Salaat, that must be avoided...!
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7 Common mistakes, made in prayers
Mistake 1:
Reciting Surat al-Fatiha fast without pausing after
each verse.
The Prophet (SAW) used to pause after each verse of
this surah.(Abu Dawood)
Mistake 2:
Sticking the arms to the sides of the body, in rukoo' or
sujood, and sticking the belly to the thighs in sujood.
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said:
'Let not one of you support himself on his forearms (in
sujood) like the dog. Let him rest on his palms and
keep his elbows away from his body.'
(Sahih Muslim).
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) used to keep his arms
away from his body during rukoo' and sujood that the
whiteness of his armpits could be seen.(Sahih Muslim)
Mistake 3:
Gazing upward during prayer.
This may cause loss of concentration.
We are commanded to lower our gaze, and look at the
point at which the head rests during sujood.
The Prophet (SAW) warned:
'Let those who raise their gaze up during prayer stop
doing so, or else their sights would not return to
them. i.e. lose their eyesight.'
(Muslim)
Mistake 4 :
Resting only the tip of the head on the floor during
sujood.
The Prophet (SAW) said:
'I am commanded to prostrate on seven bones the
forehead and the nose, the two hands [palms], the two
knees, and the two feet.'
(Sahih Muslim)
Applying the above command necessitates resting the
forehead and the nose on the ground during sujood.
Mistake 5 :
Hasty performance of prayer which does not allow
repose and calmness in rukoo' or sujood.
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) saw a man who did not
complete his rukoo' [bowing], and made a very short
sujood [prostration] ; he (SAW) said:
'If this man dies while praying in this manner, he
would die upholding a religion other than the religion
of Muhammad.'
Abu Hurairah (RA) said: 'My beloved friend,
Muhammad (SAW) forbade me to perform postures of
prayer copying the picking of a rooster; (signifying fast
performance of prayer), moving eyes around like a fox
and the sitting like monkeys ( i.e. to sit on thighs).'
(Imam Ahmad & at-Tayalisi)
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said:
' The worst thief is the one who steals from his own
prayer.' People asked, 'Messenger of Allah! How could
one steal from his own prayer?' He (SAW) said: 'By
not completing its rukoo' and sujood.'
(At Tabarani & al-Hakim).
To complete rukoo' is to stay in that posture long
enough to recite 'Subhana Rabbiyal Adtheem' three
times, SLOWLY, and 'Subhana Rabbiyal A'ala' three
times, SLOWLY, in sujood. He (SAW) also announced:
'He who does not complete his rukoo' and sujood, his
prayer is void.'(Abu Dawood & others)
Mistake 6 :
Counting tasbeeh with the left hand
The Prophet (SAW) used to count tasbeeh on the
fingers of his right hand after salah. Ibn Qudamah
(RA) said: ' The Messenger of Allah (SAW) used his
right hand for tasbeeh.'
(Abu Dawood).
The above hadeeth indicates clearly that the Prophet
(SAW) used only one hand for counting tasbeeh. No
Muslim with sound mind would imagine that the
Prophet (SAW) used his left hand for counting
tasbeeh.
Aa'ishah (RA) said that the Prophet (SAW) used his
left hand only for Istinjaa', or cleaning himself after
responding to the call of nature.
He never used it for tasbeeh.
Yasirah (RA) reported: The Prophet (SAW)
commanded women to count tasbeeh on their fingers.
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: 'They (the
fingers) will be made to speak, and will be questioned
(on the Day of Resurrection)'
(At-Tirmidhi)
The above Hadeeth indicates that it is preferable to
count tasbeeh on the fingers of the right hand than to
do so on masbahah (rosary).
Mistake 7 :
Crossing in front of a praying person.
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) warned:
'Were the one who crosses in front of a praying person
to know the consequences of doing so, he would have
waited for *forty better than to cross in front of him.'
(Sahih Bukhari and Muslim).
*The forty in the tradition may be; days months or
even years. Allah knows the best.