Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to teach us the Tashahhud just as he used to teach us the Surahs of the Noble Qur'an, and he (peace be upon him) used to say: "All verbal acts of worship that are blessed, and all physical acts of worship, and all financial acts of worship, all of them are for Allah. O Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon you), peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is His servant and His Messenger." And in the narration of Ibn Rumh, it is mentioned that he (peace be upon him) used to teach (the Tashahhud) just as he used to teach the Qur'an.

Narrated from Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate in prayer:“O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, and I seek refuge in You from the trial of the Dajjal, and I seek refuge in You from the trials of life and death, and I seek refuge in You from sin and debt.”A man asked,“O Messenger of Allah! Why do you so often seek refuge from debt?”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied,“When a person is in debt, he tells lies and breaks promises.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): O Messenger of Allah! Teach me a supplication which I may recite in my prayer. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Say, "O Allah! I have greatly wronged myself, or committed much injustice against myself, and none forgives sins except You. So forgive me with forgiveness from Your presence, and have mercy on me. Surely, You are the Most Forgiving, Most Merciful."

Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) stood up (for prayer), and we heard him saying,“I seek refuge with Allah from you.”Then he said,“I curse you as Allah has cursed you,”(he said this three times), and he extended his hand as if taking something. When he finished the prayer, we said,“O Messenger of Allah! Today in the prayer we heard you say things we had never heard before, and we also saw you extend your hand.”The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said,“The enemy of Allah, Iblis, came with a flame of fire to burn my face. I said three times, ‘I seek refuge with Allah from you.’ Then I said, ‘I curse you as Allah has cursed you, a complete curse.’ He did not retreat after the three times, so I wanted to seize him. By Allah, if it were not for the supplication of our brother Sulaiman (peace be upon him), he would have remained tied up till morning, and the children of Madinah would have played with him.”

Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We were sitting with Sayyiduna Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived. Sayyiduna Bashir bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) asked,“O Messenger of Allah! Allah has commanded us to send blessings upon you, so tell us how we should send blessings upon you?”Upon hearing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remained completely silent, and we wished that he had not asked (Sayyiduna Bashir, may Allah be pleased with him). Then, after a short while, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said,“Send blessings in this way: ‘O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad as You sent blessings upon Ibrahim and upon the family of Ibrahim, and send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad as You sent blessings upon Ibrahim and upon the family of Ibrahim in all the worlds. Indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.’ And the way of sending salam (peace) you already know.”

'Amir bin Sa'd narrates from his father, Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him), that I used to see the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) turning his face to the right and to the left while saying salam, to the extent that the whiteness of his cheek would become visible to me.

'Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that when we used to pray with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), at the end of the prayer we would say "As-salamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah" to the right and to the left, while also gesturing with our hands. Upon seeing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "You gesture with your hands as if they are the tails of mischievous horses moving. It is sufficient for you to place your hands on your thighs in the sitting position and turn your face to the right and to the left, saying 'As-salamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah.'"

Warrad, who was the freed slave of Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him), says that Sayyiduna Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna Mu’awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer and said salam, he would say:“There is no true deity except Allah, He is alone and has no partner, sovereignty belongs to Him and all praise is for Him, and He is capable of everything. O Allah, none can withhold what You give, and none can give what You withhold, and the effort of the striver is of no benefit before You.”

`Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that we used to recognize the conclusion of the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) when he would say Allahu Akbar.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace be upon him) said: Whoever says (Subhan Allah) 33 times, (Alhamdulillah) 33 times, and (Allahu Akbar) 33 times after every prayer, these will be ninety-nine words, and completes one hundred by saying once (”La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul mulk wa lahul hamd wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer”), meaning“There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, He is alone, He has no partner, His is the dominion and for Him is all praise, and He is over all things competent,”then his sins will be forgiven even if they are as much as the foam of the sea (i.e., countless).