Sunan Abi Dawood

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا ثَابِتٌ وَحُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ قَالَ مَا صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَجُلٍ أَوْجَزَ صَلَاةً مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي تَمَامٍ وَکَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ قَامَ حَتَّی نَقُولَ قَدْ أَوْهَمَ ثُمَّ يُکَبِّرُ وَيَسْجُدُ وَکَانَ يَقْعُدُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ حَتَّی نَقُولَ قَدْ أَوْهَمَ

Anas bin Malik said: I did not offer prayer behind anyone more brief than the one offered by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and that was perfect. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah listens to him who praises Him, ” he stood long we thought that he had omitted something; then he say takbir (Allah is most great) and prostrate, and would sit between the two prostrations so long that we thought that he had omitted something.

اَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ، ← ثَابِتٍ وَحُمَيْدٌ ← حَمَّادٍ، ← مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ وَأَبُو کَامِلٍ دَخَلَ حَدِيثُ أَحَدِهِمَا فِي الْآخَرِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَی عَنْ الْبَرَائِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ رَمَقْتُ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ أَبُو کَامِلٍ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَوَجَدْتُ قِيَامَهُ کَرَکْعَتِهِ وَسَجْدَتِهِ وَاعْتِدَالَهُ فِي الرَّکْعَةِ کَسَجْدَتِهِ وَجِلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ وَسَجْدَتَهُ مَا بَيْنَ التَّسْلِيمِ وَالِانْصِرَافِ قَرِيبًا مِنْ السَّوَائِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ فَرَکْعَتُهُ وَاعْتِدَالُهُ بَيْنَ الرَّکْعَتَيْنِ فَسَجْدَتُهُ فَجِلْسَتُهُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ فَسَجْدَتُهُ فَجِلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ التَّسْلِيمِ وَالِانْصِرَافِ قَرِيبًا مِنْ السَّوَائِ

Al-Bara bin Azib said: I witnessed Muhammed ﷺ –Abu Kamil’s version has the wording: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ-during his prayer. I found his standing like his bowing and prostration and his moderation in bowing was like that of his prostration, and his sitting between the two prostration and his prostration (and his sitting between the salutation) and going away ( after finishing the prayer) were nearly equal to one another. Abu Dawud said: Musaddad said: His bowing and his moderation in bowing and prostration, and his prostration and his sitting between the two prostrations, and his prostration and sitting between the salutation and going away (after finishing the prayer) were nearly equal.

الْبَرَائَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ ← عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَی ← هِلَالِ بْنِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ ← أَبُو عَوَانَةَ،

حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ النَّمَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْبَدْرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا تُجْزِئُ صَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ حَتَّی يُقِيمَ ظَهْرَهُ فِي الرُّکُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ

Narrated Abu Masud al-Badri: The Prophet ﷺ said: A man's prayer does not avail him unless he keeps his back steady when bowing and prostrating.

أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْبَدْرِيِّ، ← أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ ← عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ ← سُلَیْمَانَ ← شُعْبَةُ ← حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ النَّمَرِيُّ،

حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَيَّاضٍ ح و حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّی حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَی بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ وَهَذَا لَفْظُ ابْنِ الْمُثَنَّی حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَدَخَلَ رَجُلٌ فَصَلَّی ثُمَّ جَائَ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرَدَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ وَقَالَ ارْجِعْ فَصَلِّ فَإِنَّکَ لَمْ تُصَلِّ فَرَجَعَ الرَّجُلُ فَصَلَّی کَمَا کَانَ صَلَّی ثُمَّ جَائَ إِلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلَيْکَ السَّلَامُ ثُمَّ قَالَ ارْجِعْ فَصَلِّ فَإِنَّکَ لَمْ تُصَلِّ حَتَّی فَعَلَ ذَلِکَ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَکَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا أُحْسِنُ غَيْرَ هَذَا فَعَلِّمْنِي قَالَ إِذَا قُمْتَ إِلَی الصَّلَاةِ فَکَبِّرْ ثُمَّ اقْرَأْ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مَعَکَ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ ثُمَّ ارْکَعْ حَتَّی تَطْمَئِنَّ رَاکِعًا ثُمَّ ارْفَعْ حَتَّی تَعْتَدِلَ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ اسْجُدْ حَتَّی تَطْمَئِنَّ سَاجِدًا ثُمَّ اجْلِسْ حَتَّی تَطْمَئِنَّ جَالِسًا ثُمَّ افْعَلْ ذَلِکَ فِي صَلَاتِکَ کُلِّهَا قَالَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ فَإِذَا فَعَلْتَ هَذَا فَقَدْ تَمَّتْ صَلَاتُکَ وَمَا انْتَقَصْتَ مِنْ هَذَا شَيْئًا فَإِنَّمَا انْتَقَصْتَهُ مِنْ صَلَاتِکَ وَقَالَ فِيهِ إِذَا قُمْتَ إِلَی الصَّلَاةِ فَأَسْبِغْ الْوُضُوئَ

Abu Hurairah said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the mosque, a man also entered it and prayed. He then came and saluted the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned the salutation and said to him: Go back and pray, for you have not prayed. The man returned and prayed as he prayed before. He then came to Prophet ﷺ and saluted him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: “ And upon you be peace. “ Go back and pray, for you have not prayed. He did so three times. Then the man said: By Him who has sent you (as a Prophet) with truth; I cannot do better than this; so teach me. He said: When you get up to pray, utter the takbir (Allah is most great); then recite a convenient portion of the Quran; then bow and remain quietly in that position; then sit and remain quietly in that position; then raise yourself and stand erect: then prostrate yourself and remain quietly in that position; then sit and remain quietly in that position; then do that throughout all your prayer. Abu Dawud said: Al-Qanabi reported this tradition from Saeed bin Abi Saeed on the authority of Abu Hurairah. This version has the wording in the last: When you do this, then your prayer is completed. If you omit anything form this, you omit that much from your prayer. This version also has the wording: when you get up for praying, perform the abulation perfectly.

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ إِسْحَقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَی بْنِ خَلَّادٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَذَکَرَ نَحْوَهُ قَالَ فِيهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّهُ لَا تَتِمُّ صَلَاةٌ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ النَّاسِ حَتَّی يَتَوَضَّأَ فَيَضَعَ الْوُضُوئَ يَعْنِي مَوَاضِعَهُ ثُمَّ يُکَبِّرُ وَيَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ وَيُثْنِي عَلَيْهِ وَيَقْرَأُ بِمَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ أَکْبَرُ ثُمَّ يَرْکَعُ حَتَّی تَطْمَئِنَّ مَفَاصِلُهُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ حَتَّی يَسْتَوِيَ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ أَکْبَرُ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُ حَتَّی تَطْمَئِنَّ مَفَاصِلُهُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ أَکْبَرُ وَيَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ حَتَّی يَسْتَوِيَ قَاعِدًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ أَکْبَرُ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُ حَتَّی تَطْمَئِنَّ مَفَاصِلُهُ ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ فَيُکَبِّرُ فَإِذَا فَعَلَ ذَلِکَ فَقَدْ تَمَّتْ صَلَاتُهُ

Narrated Rifaah ibn Rafi: A man entered the mosque. . . . . . He then narrated the tradition like the one narrated in (No. 855). This version is as follows: The Prophet ﷺ said: The prayer of anyone is not perfect unless he performs ablution perfectly; he should then utter the takbir, and praise Allah, the Exalted, and admire Him; he should then recite the Quran as much as he desires. He should then say: "Allah is Most Great". Next he should bow so that all his joints return to their proper places. Then he should say: "Allah listens to the one who praises Him", and stand erect. He should then say: "Allah is most great, " and should prostrate himself so that all his joints are completely at rest. Then he should say: "Allah is most great"; he should raise his head (at the end of prostration) till he sits erect. Then he should say: "Allah is most great"; then he should prostrate himself till all his joints return to their proper places. Then he should raise his head and say the takbir. When he does so, then his prayer is completed.

عَمِّہٖ ← عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ خَلَّادٍ، ← إِسْحَقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ ← حَمَّادٍ، ← مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ

حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِکِ وَالْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَی بْنِ خَلَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ بِمَعْنَاهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّهَا لَا تَتِمُّ صَلَاةُ أَحَدِکُمْ حَتَّی يُسْبِغَ الْوُضُوئَ کَمَا أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَيَغْسِلَ وَجْهَهُ وَيَدَيْهِ إِلَی الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ وَيَمْسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَرِجْلَيْهِ إِلَی الْکَعْبَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُکَبِّرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَيَحْمَدَهُ ثُمَّ يَقْرَأَ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ مَا أَذِنَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَتَيَسَّرَ فَذَکَرَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ يُکَبِّرَ فَيَسْجُدَ فَيُمَکِّنَ وَجْهَهُ قَالَ هَمَّامٌ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ جَبْهَتَهُ مِنْ الْأَرْضِ حَتَّی تَطْمَئِنَّ مَفَاصِلُهُ وَتَسْتَرْخِيَ ثُمَّ يُکَبِّرَ فَيَسْتَوِيَ قَاعِدًا عَلَی مَقْعَدِهِ وَيُقِيمَ صُلْبَهُ فَوَصَفَ الصَّلَاةَ هَکَذَا أَرْبَعَ رَکَعَاتٍ حَتَّی تَفْرُغَ لَا تَتِمُّ صَلَاةُ أَحَدِکُمْ حَتَّی يَفْعَلَ ذَلِکَ

Narrated Rifaah ibn Rafi: This version (of Hadith No 856) adds: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The prayer of any of you is not complete until he performs ablution perfectly, as Allah, the Exalted, has ordered you. He should wash his face and hands up to the elbows, and wipe his head and (wash) his feet up to the ankles. Then he should exalt Allah and praise Him. Then he should recite the Quran as much as it is convenient for him. (Narrator then narrated the tradition like Hammad's, No. 856). He said: He then utter the takbir and prostration himself so that his face is at rest. Hammam (sub-narrator) said: Sometimes he reported: So that his forehead is at rest on the ground, and his joints return to their places and are loosened. Then he should say the takbir and then sit right on his hips and erect his back. He described the nature of prayer in this way by offering four rak'ahs until he finished it. The prayer of any of you is not complete unless he does so.

عَمِّهِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، ← أَبِيهِ ← عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ خَلَّادٍ، ← إِسْحَقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ ← هَمَّامٌ، ← هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِکِ وَالْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ ← الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ

حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَی بْنِ خَلَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ بِهَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ قَالَ إِذَا قُمْتَ فَتَوَجَّهْتَ إِلَی الْقِبْلَةِ فَکَبِّرْ ثُمَّ اقْرَأْ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَبِمَا شَائَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ وَإِذَا رَکَعْتَ فَضَعْ رَاحَتَيْکَ عَلَی رُکْبَتَيْکَ وَامْدُدْ ظَهْرَکَ وَقَالَ إِذَا سَجَدْتَ فَمَکِّنْ لِسُجُودِکَ فَإِذَا رَفَعْتَ فَاقْعُدْ عَلَی فَخِذِکَ الْيُسْرَی

This tradition has also been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Rifaah bin Rafi. This version goes: When you get up and face the qiblah, what Allah wishes you to recite. And when you bow, put your palms on your knees and stretch out your back. When you prostrate yourself, do it completely ( so that you are at the rest). When you raise yourself then sit on your left thigh.

رِفَاعَۃَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، ← أَبِيهِ ← عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ خَلَّادٍ، ← مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَمْرٍو ← خَالِدٌ، ← وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ،

حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَقَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ يَحْيَی بْنِ خَلَّادِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِهَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ قَالَ إِذَا أَنْتَ قُمْتَ فِي صَلَاتِکَ فَکَبِّرْ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی ثُمَّ اقْرَأْ مَا تَيَسَّرَ عَلَيْکَ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ وَقَالَ فِيهِ فَإِذَا جَلَسْتَ فِي وَسَطِ الصَّلَاةِ فَاطْمَئِنَّ وَافْتَرِشْ فَخِذَکَ الْيُسْرَی ثُمَّ تَشَهَّدْ ثُمَّ إِذَا قُمْتَ فَمِثْلَ ذَلِکَ حَتَّی تَفْرُغَ مِنْ صَلَاتِکَ

This tradition has also been transmitted by Rifaah b Rafi through a different chain of narrators. This version has: When you get up to pray, say the takbir, exalting Allah; then recite the Quran as much as it is convenient for you. The version adds: When you sit in the middle of the prayer, do it completely (so that you are at rest) and spread your left thigh; then recite the tashahhud. Then if you get up (again), do in a similar way until you finish your prayer.

عَمِّهِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، ← أَبِيهِ ← عَلِيُّ بْنُ يَحْيَی بْنِ خَلَّادِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ ← مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَقَ ← إِسْمَعِيلُ ← مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ،

حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مُوسَی الْخُتَّلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَی بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَی بْنِ خَلَّادِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ الزُّرَقِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَصَّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ فِيهِ فَتَوَضَّأْ کَمَا أَمَرَکَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ ثُمَّ تَشَهَّدْ فَأَقِمْ ثُمَّ کَبِّرْ فَإِنْ کَانَ مَعَکَ قُرْآنٌ فَاقْرَأْ بِهِ وَإِلَّا فَاحْمَدْ اللَّهَ وَکَبِّرْهُ وَهَلِّلْهُ وَقَالَ فِيهِ وَإِنْ انْتَقَصْتَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا انْتَقَصْتَ مِنْ صَلَاتِکَ

Rifaah bin Rafi has also narrated this tradition through a different chain from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. This version goes: Then perform ablution in a way Allah, the exalted, has command you, then say the shahadah and get up and say the takbir. Then if you know any of the Quran, recite it; otherwise say: “Praise be to Allah”; “Allah is most great”; “ There is no god but Allah” He ( the narrator) also said in this version: If some defect remains in this, that detect will remain in your prayer.

رِفَاعَۃَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، ← جَدِّهِ، ← أَبِيهِ ← يَحْيَی بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَی بْنِ خَلَّادِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ الزُّرَقِيُّ ← إِسْمَعِيلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ ← عَبَّادُ بْنُ مُوسَی الْخُتَّلِيُّ

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الْحَکَمِ ح و حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ مَحْمُودٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شِبْلٍ قَالَ نَهَی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ نَقْرَةِ الْغُرَابِ وَافْتِرَاشِ السَّبْعِ وَأَنْ يُوَطِّنَ الرَّجُلُ الْمَکَانَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ کَمَا يُوَطِّنُ الْبَعِيرُ هَذَا لَفْظُ قُتَيْبَةَ

Narrated Abdur Rahman ibn Shibl: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited to peck like a crow, and to spread (the forearms) like a wild beast, and to fix a place in the mosque like a camel which fixes its place. These are the wordings of Qutaybah.

عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شِبْلٍ؛ ← تَمِيمِ بْنِ مَحْمُودٍ، ← جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ← اللَّيْثُ ← قُتَيْبَةُ، ← و، ← جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الْحَکَمِ ← يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، ← اللَّيْثُ ← أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ

حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عَطَائِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ سَالِمٍ الْبَرَّادِ قَالَ أَتَيْنَا عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَمْرٍو الْأَنْصَارِيَّ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ حَدِّثْنَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَامَ بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَکَبَّرَ فَلَمَّا رَکَعَ وَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَی رُکْبَتَيْهِ وَجَعَلَ أَصَابِعَهُ أَسْفَلَ مِنْ ذَلِکَ وَجَافَی بَيْنَ مِرْفَقَيْهِ حَتَّی اسْتَقَرَّ کُلُّ شَيْئٍ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ فَقَامَ حَتَّی اسْتَقَرَّ کُلُّ شَيْئٍ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ کَبَّرَ وَسَجَدَ وَوَضَعَ کَفَّيْهِ عَلَی الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ جَافَی بَيْنَ مِرْفَقَيْهِ حَتَّی اسْتَقَرَّ کُلُّ شَيْئٍ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَجَلَسَ حَتَّی اسْتَقَرَّ کُلُّ شَيْئٍ مِنْهُ فَفَعَلَ مِثْلَ ذَلِکَ أَيْضًا ثُمَّ صَلَّی أَرْبَعَ رَکَعَاتٍ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ الرَّکْعَةِ فَصَلَّی صَلَاتَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَکَذَا رَأَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي

Narrated Uqbah ibn Amr al-Ansari: Salim al-Barrad said: We came to Abu Masud Uqbah ibn Amr al-Ansari and said to him: Tell us about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He stood up before us in the mosque and said the takbir. When he bowed, he placed his hands upon his knees and put his fingers below, and kept his elbows (arms) away from his sides, so everything returned properly to its place. Then he said: "Allah listens to him who praises Him"; then he stood up so that everything returned properly to its place; then he said the takbir and prostrated and put the palms of his hands on the ground; he kept his elbow (arms) away from his sides, so that everything returned to its proper place. Then he raised his head and sat so that everything returned to its place; he then repeated it in a similar way. Then he offered four rak'ahs of prayer like this rak'ah and completed his prayer. Then he said: Thus we witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ offering his prayer.

سَالِمٍ الْبَرَّادِ ← عَطَائِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ ← جَرِيرٌ ← زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ،

حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ حَکِيمٍ الضَّبِّيِّ قَالَ خَافَ مِنْ زِيَادٍ أَوْ ابْنِ زِيَادٍ فَأَتَی الْمَدِينَةَ فَلَقِيَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ فَنَسَبَنِي فَانْتَسَبْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ يَا فَتَی أَلَا أُحَدِّثُکَ حَدِيثًا قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَی رَحِمَکَ اللَّهُ قَالَ يُونُسُ وَأَحْسَبُهُ ذَکَرَهُ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُحَاسَبُ النَّاسُ بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِمْ الصَّلَاةُ قَالَ يَقُولُ رَبُّنَا جَلَّ وَعَزَّ لِمَلَائِکَتِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ انْظُرُوا فِي صَلَاةِ عَبْدِي أَتَمَّهَا أَمْ نَقَصَهَا فَإِنْ کَانَتْ تَامَّةً کُتِبَتْ لَهُ تَامَّةً وَإِنْ کَانَ انْتَقَصَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا قَالَ انْظُرُوا هَلْ لِعَبْدِي مِنْ تَطَوُّعٍ فَإِنْ کَانَ لَهُ تَطَوُّعٌ قَالَ أَتِمُّوا لِعَبْدِي فَرِيضَتَهُ مِنْ تَطَوُّعِهِ ثُمَّ تُؤْخَذُ الْأَعْمَالُ عَلَی ذَاکُمْ

Narrated Abu Hurairah: Anas ibn Hakim ad-Dabbi said that he feared Ziyad or Ibn Ziyad; so he came to Madina and met Abu Hurairah. He attributed his lineage to me and I became a member of his lineage. Abu Hurairah said (to me): O youth, should I not narrate a tradition to you? I said: Why not, may Allah have mercy on you? (Yunus (a narrator) said: I think he narrated it (the tradition) from the Prophet ﷺ: ) The first thing about which the people will be called to account out of their actions on the Day of Judgment is prayer. Our Lord, the Exalted, will say to the angels - though He knows better: Look into the prayer of My servant and see whether he has offered it perfectly or imperfectly. If it is perfect, that will be recorded perfect. If it is defective, He will say: See there are some optional prayers offered by My servant. If there are optional prayer to his credit, He will say: Compensate the obligatory prayer by the optional prayer for My servant. Then all the actions will be considered similarly.

أَنَسِ بْنِ حَکِيمٍ الضَّبِّيِّ ← الْحَسَنُ، ← يونس، ← إِسْمَعِيلُ ← يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،