Travel, illness and special prayers

Shortening prayer on a journey, praying when ill, the funeral and eclipse prayers, Istikharah. 5 hadith.

1. Pray standing, sitting, or on your sideWhoever cannot stand may pray sitting, and whoever cannot sit may pray lying down.Imran ibn HusainSahih al-Bukhari 1117
2. Shortening the prayer is a giftShortening the prayer on a journey is charity from Allah; accept it.Ya'la ibn Umayyah, from UmarSahih Muslim 686
3. The reward of the funeral prayerAttending a funeral prayer earns a qirat; staying for the burial two qirats, like two mountains.Abu HurairahSahih al-Bukhari 1325, Sahih Muslim 945
4. Forty people praying over the deadWhen forty believers pray over a Muslim, Allah accepts their intercession.Abdullah ibn AbbasSahih Muslim 948
5. The eclipse prayerWhen you see an eclipse, pray and supplicate until it clears.al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bahSahih al-Bukhari 1043, Sahih Muslim 915