Narrated Thabit: Anas used to demonstrate to us the prayer of the Prophet and while demonstrating, he used to raise his head from bowing and stand so long that we would say that he had forgotten (the prostration).
Read More..Narrated Al-Bara': The bowing, the prostrations, the period of standing after bowing and the interval between the two prostrations of the Prophet used to be equal in duration .
Read More..Narrated Aiyub: Abu Qilaba said, Malik bin Huwairith used to demonstrate to us the prayer of the Prophet at times other than that of the compulsory prayers. So (once) he stood up for prayer and performed a perfect Qiyam (standing and reciting from the Holy Qur'an) and then bowed and performed bowing perfectly; then he raised his head and stood straight for a while. Abu Qilaba added, Malik bin Huwairith in that demonstration prayed like this Sheikh of ours, Abu Yazid. Abu, Yazid used to sit (for a while) on raising his head from the second prostration before getting up.
Read More..Narrated Abu Bakr bin `Abdur Rahman Ibn Harith bin Hisham and Abu Salama bin `Abdur Rahman: Abu Huraira used to say Takbir in all the prayers, compulsory and optional -- in the month of Ramadan or other months. He used to say Takbir on standing for prayer and on bowing; then he would say, Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah, and before prostrating he would say Rabbana wa laka lhamd. Then he would say Takbir on prostrating and on raising his head from the prostration, then another Takbir on prostrating (for the second time), and on raising his head from the prostration. He also would say the Takbir on standing from the second rak`a. He used to do the same in every rak`a till he completed the prayer. On completion of the prayer, he would say, By Him in Whose Hands my soul is! No doubt my prayer is closer to that of Allah's Apostle than yours, and this was His prayer till he left this world.
Read More..And Abu Huraira said, When Allah's Apostle raised his head from (bowing) he used to say Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa laka l-hamd. He Would invoke Allah for some people by naming them: O Allah! Save Al-Walid bin Al-Walid and Salama bin Hisham and `Aiyash bin Abi Rabi`a and the weak and the helpless people among the faithful believers O Allah! Be hard on the tribe of Mudar and let them suffer from famine years like that of the time of Joseph. In those days the Eastern section of the tribe of Mudar was against the Prophet.
Read More..Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle fell from a horse and the right side of his body was injured. We went to inquire about his health meanwhile it was time for the prayer and he led the prayer sitting and we also prayed while sitting. On completion of the prayer he said, The Imam is to be followed; say Takbir when he says it; bow when he bows; rise when he rises and when he says Sami`a l-lahu liman hamidah, say, Rabbana wa laka l-hamd , and prostrate if he prostrates. Sufyan narrated the same from Ma`mar. Ibn Juraij said that his (the Prophet's) right leg had been injured.
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