Hazrat Abu Ma'mar says that we asked Hazrat Khabbab how you would estimate the recitation of the Prophet (peace be upon him) in Zuhr and Asr prayers? He replied, by the movement of his blessed beard.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite (Qur'an) in Zuhr and Asr prayers.

Hazrat Saeed bin Iyaz Thamali says that I recite (Qira'at) in every prayer.

Ibrahim considered it disliked to adorn the Mushaf with embellishments.

Hazrat Mujahid says that I came to Hazrat Abdur Rahman Abi Laila with a nugget of gold or silver, so he said, "Do you expect that I will offer it upon the Holy Qur'an?"

Muhammad says that there is no harm in adorning the manuscripts with ornaments.

Hazrat Abi says that when you begin to adorn your copies of the Quran with embellishments and decorate your mosques, then destruction will overtake you.

Hazrat Abu Umamah considered it undesirable to adorn the Mushafs with ornaments.

Hasan says that if a person addicted to intoxication leads people in prayer and performs the bowing and prostration correctly, then his prayer will also be valid and the prayer of all the people will also be valid. Muhammad says that he will also repeat the prayer and the people will also repeat it.

Hazrat Harith bin Barza says that Hazrat Khubaib was brought and sold in Makkah. When the polytheists took him out of the Haram to kill him, he said, "Let me perform two rak'ahs (units of prayer)." The polytheists allowed him, so he performed two rak'ahs. Then he said, "If I had not feared that you would say I prolonged the prayer out of fear of death, I would have performed an even longer prayer."