حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ عَنْ بُدَيْلِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَوْزَائِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَفْتَتِحُ الصَّلَاةَ بِالتَّکْبِيرِ وَالْقِرَائَةِ بِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَکَانَ إِذَا رَکَعَ لَمْ يُشَخِّصْ رَأْسَهُ وَلَمْ يُصَوِّبْهُ وَلَکِنْ بَيْنَ ذَلِکَ وَکَانَ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنْ الرُّکُوعِ لَمْ يَسْجُدْ حَتَّی يَسْتَوِيَ قَائِمًا وَکَانَ يَقُولُ فِي کُلِّ رَکْعَتَيْنِ التَّحِيَّاتُ وَکَانَ إِذَا جَلَسَ يَفْرِشُ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَی وَيَنْصِبُ رِجْلَهُ الْيُمْنَی وَکَانَ يَنْهَی عَنْ عَقِبِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَعَنْ فَرْشَةِ السَّبُعِ وَکَانَ يَخْتِمُ الصَّلَاةَ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 783
Aishah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ began prayer with the takbir (Allah is most great) and with reciting “Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe”. And when he bowed, he neither raised up nor lowered down his head, but kept it between the two (conditions). And when he raised his head after bowing, he did not prostrate himself until he stood up straight; and when he raised his head after prostration, he did not prostrate (the second time) until he sat down properly; and he recited al-tahiyyat after every pair of rak’ahs; and when he sat, he spread out his left foot and raised his right. He forbade to sit like the sitting of the devil, and to spread out to hands (on the ground in prostration) like animals. He used to finish prayer with uttering the salutation.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020