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.
Read More..Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Harith: Abu Sa`id led us in the prayer and said the Takbir aloud on arising from the prostration, and on prostrating, on rising again, and on getting up from the second rak`a. Abu Sa`id said, I saw the Prophet doing the same.
Read More..Narrated Mutarrif: `Imran and I prayed behind `Ali bin Abi Talib and he said Takbir on prostrating, on rising and on getting up after the two rak`at (i.e. after the second rak`a). When the prayer was finished, `Imran took me by the hand and said, He (`Ali) has prayed the prayer of Muhammad (or said, He made us remember the prayer of Muhammad).
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abdullah: I saw `Abdullah bin `Umar crossing his legs while sitting in the prayer and I, a mere youngster in those days, did the same. Ibn `Umar forbade me to do so, and said, The proper way is to keep the right foot propped up and bend the left in the prayer. I said questioningly, But you are doing so (crossing the legs). He said, My feet cannot bear my weight.
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