Abu Saeed al-Khudri said: The mark of earth was seen on the forehead and nose of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who had led the people I prayer. Abu Ali said: Abu Dawud did not recite this tradition when he recited his collection (of sunan) for the fourth time.

Jabir bin Samurah said (this is the version of the narrator Uthman): The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the mosque and saw there some people praying raising their hand towards the heaven. (This Is the common version: ) He said: People must stop raising their eyes to the heaven. The narrator Musaddad said: During prayer, otherwise their sight will be taken away.

Anas bin Malik reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ assaying: What is the matter that people raise their (Upwards) in prayer. He then said sternly: They should stop doing that, otherwise their sight will be snatched away.

Aishah said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ once prayed with a sheet of cloth upon him. It had prints and paintings. He said: The prints of this (sheet) distracted my attention; take it to Abu Jahm and bring a blanket to me.

The above-mentioned tradition has also been narrated by Aishah through a different chain of transmitters. This version adds: He (the prophet) took a kind of sheet of cloth known as kurdi which belongs to Abu Jahm. The people told him; Messenger of Allah, the (former) sheet of cloth was better than this kind of kurdi sheet.

Narrated Sahl ibn al-Hanzaliyyah: The iqamah for the morning prayer was pronounced and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began to offer prayer while he was looking at the mountain-pass. (Abu Dawud elaborated that the Prophet had sent a horseman to the mountain-pass at night in order to keep watch. )

Abu Qatadah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was leading the people in prayer with Umamah daughter of Zainab daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ (in his lap). When he prostrated, he put her down and when he got up (after prostration) he lifted her up.

Narrated Abu Qatadah: We were sitting in the mosque when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came upon us carrying Umamah daughter of Abul As ibn ar-Rabi. Her mother was Zaynab daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She (Umamah) was a child and he (the Prophet) was carrying her on his shoulder. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led (the people) in prayer while she was on his shoulder. When he bowed he put her down and took her up when he got up. He kept on doing so until he finished his prayer.

Abu Qatadah al-Ansari said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ leading the people in prayer with Umamah daughter of Abu al-As on his neck (shoulder). When he prostrated, he put her down. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Makhramah did not hear from his father except one tradition.

Abu Qatadah, a Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said: While we were waiting for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for the noon or afternoon prayer, and Bilal had already called him for prayer, he came upon us with Umamah daughter of Abu al-As and daughter of his daughter on his neck. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood at the place of prayer and we stood behind him and she (Umamah) (all this time) was in her place. He uttered the takbir and we also uttered. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to bow, he took her and put her down, and then he bowed and prostrated till he finished his prostration. He then got up and took her and returned he to her place. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept on doing that in every rak’ah until he finished his prayer. May peace be upon him.