حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَمُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمَعْنَی عَنْ وُهَيْبٍ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ فَإِذَا کَبَّرَ فَکَبِّرُوا وَلَا تُکَبِّرُوا حَتَّی يُکَبِّرَ وَإِذَا رَکَعَ فَارْکَعُوا وَلَا تَرْکَعُوا حَتَّی يَرْکَعَ وَإِذَا قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ فَقُولُوا اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَکَ الْحَمْدُ قَالَ مُسْلِمٌ وَلَکَ الْحَمْدُ وَإِذَا سَجَدَ فَاسْجُدُوا وَلَا تَسْجُدُوا حَتَّی يَسْجُدَ وَإِذَا صَلَّی قَائِمًا فَصَلُّوا قِيَامًا وَإِذَا صَلَّی قَاعِدًا فَصَلُّوا قُعُودًا أَجْمَعُونَ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَکَ الْحَمْدُ أَفْهَمَنِي بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 603
Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: The imam is appointed only to be followed; when he says "Allah is most great, " say "Allah is most great" and do not say "Allah is most great" until he says "Allah is most great. " When he bows; bow; and do not bow until he bows. And when he says "Allah listens to him who praise Him, " say "O Allah, our Lord, to Thee be the praise. " The version recorded by Muslim goes: "And to Thee be the praise: And when he prostrate; and do not prostrate until he prostrates. When he prays standing, pray standing, and when he prays sitting, all of you pray sitting. Abu Dawud said: The words "O Allah, our Lord, to You be the praise" reported by Sulaiman were explained to me by some of our companions.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020