We came to the Prophet (after embracing Islam) and stayed with him. He said to us, 'When you go back to your families, pray such and such a prayer at such and such a time, pray such and such a prayer at such and such a time, and when there is the time for the prayer then only of you should pronounce the Adhan for the prayer and the oldest of you should lead the prayer.
Read More..Narrated Al-Bara': The time taken by the Prophet in prostrations, bowing, and the sitting interval between the two prostrations was about the same.
Read More..Narrated Thabit: Anas said, I will leave no stone unturned in making you offer the prayer as I have seen the Prophet making us offer it. Anas used to do a thing which I have not seen you doing. He used to stand after the bowing for such a long time that one would think that he had forgotten (the prostrations) and he used to sit in-between the prostrations so long that one would think that he had forgotten the second prostration.
Read More..Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, Be straight in the prostrations and none of you should put his forearms on the ground (in the prostration) like a dog.
Read More..Narrated Malik bin Huwairith Al-Laithi: I saw the Prophet praying and in the odd rak`at, he used to sit for a moment before getting up.
Read More..Narrated Aiyub: Abu Qilaba said, Malik bin Huwairith came to us and led us in the prayer in this mosque of ours and said, 'I lead you in prayer but I do not want to offer the prayer but just to show you how Allah's Apostle performed his prayers. I asked Abu Qilaba, How was the prayer of Malik bin Huwairith? He replied, Like the prayer of this Sheikh of ours-- i.e. `Amr bin Salima. That Sheikh used to pronounce the Takbir perfectly and when he raised his head from the second prostration he would sit for a while and then support himself on the ground and get up.
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