حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ قَالَ جَائَنَا أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ مَالِکُ بْنُ الْحُوَيْرِثِ إِلَی مَسْجِدِنَا فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُصَلِّي وَمَا أُرِيدُ الصَّلَاةَ وَلَکِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُرِيَکُمْ کَيْفَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي قَالَ فَقَعَدَ فِي الرَّکْعَةِ الْأُولَی حِينَ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنْ السَّجْدَةِ الْآخِرَةِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 843
Abu Qilabah said: Abu Sulaiman Malik bin al-Huwairth came to our mosque, and said: By Allah, I Shall offer prayer, though I do not intend to pray; I only intend to show you how I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying. The narrator said: ( He then prayed and ) he sat at the end of the first rak’ah when he raised his head after the last prostration.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020