حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَقَ قَالَ ح و حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ يَحْيَی أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْبَرَائُ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ کَذُوبٍ أَنَّهُمْ کَانُوا يُصَلُّونَ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنْ الرُّکُوعِ لَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا يَحْنِي ظَهْرَهُ حَتَّی يَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَبْهَتَهُ عَلَی الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَخِرُّ مَنْ وَرَائَهُ سُجَّدًا
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 1062
Thabit reported it on the authority of Anas: I have never said such a light and perfect prayer as I said behind the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). The prayer of the Messenger. of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was well balanced. And so too was the prayer of Abu Bakr well balanced. When it was the time of 'Umar b. al-Khattab he prolonged the morning prayer. When the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Allah listened to him who praised Him, he stood erect till we said: He has forgotten. He then prostrated and sat between two prostration till we said: He has forgotten.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020