Ways of The Prophet (S.A.W)
by Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Hai ArifiGUIDE LINES IN RESPECT OF THE MOSQUE
When you go to the mosque you should keep the following instructions in mind and this should be done all the five times:
Leaving home for every Salaah after having performed ablution [Bukhari]
Leaving home with the niyyah to perform the Salaah (i.e. the real and prior intention should be for Salaah only). [Bukhari]
Leaving aside all worldly activities on hearing the azan as if one had no concern with them at all. [Tirmizi, Nashrut-Tib]
Saying the following suplication on leaving home and on the way to the mosque.
In the name of ALLAAH, I put my trust in ALLAAH, there is no power or strenght save with Him. [Tirmizi]
According to traditions, the following Dua (supplication) may be recited while going on way to the mosque. Seventy thousand angels pray for him who says it.
(By the right bestowed on those who beg of Thee and by the right which Thy worshippers carry with Thy authority, I proclaim that I have not set out with any intention of vanity or pride or grandeur or ostentation, but for the fear or Thy anger and to seek Thy pleasure and I ask Thee to shelter me from the Fire (of Hell) and to forgive my sins, for there is surely none else than Thee who pardons (sins). [lbn Majah]
Walk with dignity, taking rather small steps while going for Salaah, for these steps are counted and there is a reward for each step. [Al- Targhib]
While entering the mosque, take out the left foot from the shoe and put in on the shoe: then take out the right foot from the shoe and step into the mosque.
Abstain from talking about unnecessary worldly affairs; recite the QURAAN and remember ALLAAH (Zikar) in low voice if others are saying their Salaah; do not spit towards the QIBLAH, do not stretch you legs towards the QIBLAH, refrain from singing; neither search for things inside the mosque that might have been lost outside, nor make any announcement about it; abstain from playing with the clothes or other things; do not interlock the fingers; in short do not do anything against the dignity of the mosque. [Tabarani- Musnad Ahmed]
Make sure of joining the prayers with the congregation at the point of Takbir-i-Tahrimah. [Muslim]
Straighten the rows before the Takbir is said.
Sit in the first row as far as possible. Either just behind the Imam or to his right, otherwise to his left; sit in the second row if the first row if full; then in the next row and so on. In short, do not sit in a back row if there is space in the first. [Muslim, Abu Dawud]
Keep the rows perfectly straight; stand shoulder to shoulder leaving no empty places in such a manner that the shoulder and the ankles are respectively in one line. [Sahah]
Perform every Salaah with such devotion and humility as if this is the last Salaah of one’s life.
Inclining the heart towards ALLAAH while in Salaah and keep the limbs at rest. [Abu Dawud, Nisai]
Busy yourself in the remembrances of ALLAAH (Zikar) after the fard part of the Fajr Salaah.
After each of the five Salaah remain seated on one’s place, for as long one is seated the angels Salaah for his forgiveness. [Al - Targhib]
After Fajr Salaah busy yourself in the remembrance of ALLAAH (Zikar) till lshraq Salaah. [Tirmizi]
So long as the persons wait for performing Salaah with the congregation, they get the reward for performing Salaah itself. [Bukhari]
Remember ALLAAH (tasbeeh) or say durud (invoke blessings on the Prophet) in the interval between the Sunnah prayer and the fard, thus obtaining more reward. Remembering ALLAAH in the following manner between the Sunnah prayer and the fard of Fajr Salaah brings immense reward: 
