حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مُوسَی الْخُتَّلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَی بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَی بْنِ خَلَّادِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ الزُّرَقِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَصَّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ فِيهِ فَتَوَضَّأْ کَمَا أَمَرَکَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ ثُمَّ تَشَهَّدْ فَأَقِمْ ثُمَّ کَبِّرْ فَإِنْ کَانَ مَعَکَ قُرْآنٌ فَاقْرَأْ بِهِ وَإِلَّا فَاحْمَدْ اللَّهَ وَکَبِّرْهُ وَهَلِّلْهُ وَقَالَ فِيهِ وَإِنْ انْتَقَصْتَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا انْتَقَصْتَ مِنْ صَلَاتِکَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 861
Rifaah bin Rafi has also narrated this tradition through a different chain from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. This version goes: Then perform ablution in a way Allah, the exalted, has command you, then say the shahadah and get up and say the takbir. Then if you know any of the Quran, recite it; otherwise say: “Praise be to Allah”; “Allah is most great”; “ There is no god but Allah” He ( the narrator) also said in this version: If some defect remains in this, that detect will remain in your prayer.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020