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
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 858
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.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020