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ahmad:13973 – ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿd > ʿAmmī Yaʿqūb > Sharīk > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Moderate yourselves in your prostration, and none of you should spread out his arms as if he were reclining like a dog. Complete your bowing and prostrations, and by Allah, I see you from behind me when you bow and when you prostrate."  

أحمد:١٣٩٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي يَعْقُوبُ عَنْ شَرِيكٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ اعْتَدِلُوا فِي سُجُودِكُمْ وَلَا يَفْتَرِشْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِي أَوْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا سَجَدْتُمْ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
bukhari:742 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Perform the bowing and the prostrations properly. By Allah, I see you from behind me (or from behind my back) when you bow or prostrate."  

البخاري:٧٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَقِيمُوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِي وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَسَجَدْتُمْ  

muslim:425a – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

Perform bowing and prostration well. By Allah, I see you even if you are behind me, or he said: (I see you) behind my back when you bow or prostrate.  

مسلم:٤٢٥a – حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَقِيمُوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِي وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَسَجَدْتُمْ  

muslim:425b – [Chain 1] Abū Ghassān al-Mismaʿī > Muʿādh / Ibn Hishām from my father [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ said: Complete the bowing and prostration well. By Allah, I see you behind my back as to how you bow and prostrate or when you bow and prostrate.  

مسلم:٤٢٥b – حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو غَسَّانَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا مَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا مَا سَجَدْتُمْ وَفِي حَدِيثِ سَعِيدٍ إِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا سَجَدْتُمْ  

ahmad:13453 – ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Perform the bowing and prostration perfectly, for by Allah, I can see you from behind me when you bow and prostrate."  

أحمد:١٣٤٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ وَاللهِ لَأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا سَجَدْتُمْ  

ahmad:12821 – ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Complete the bowing and prostration, for by Allah, I see you from behind me when you bow and when you prostrate.'"  

أحمد:١٢٨٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا مَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا مَا سَجَدْتُمْ  

ahmad:12321 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And Yazīd > Shuʿbah > Qatādah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Perform the bowing and the prostrations properly. By Allah, I see you from behind me (or from behind my back) when you bow or prostrate." (Using translation from Bukhārī 742)  

أحمد:١٢٣٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَيَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِي وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَسَجَدْتُمْ  

ahmad:12148 – Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Complete your bowing and prostration, for by Allah, I can see you after me, and perhaps he said, 'from behind my back' when you bow and when you prostrate."  

أحمد:١٢١٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِي وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا سَجَدْتُمْ  

suyuti:3996a –

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Perform the bowing and the prostrations properly. By Allah, I see you from behind me (or from behind my back) when you bow or prostrate." (Using translation from Bukhārī 742)   

السيوطي:٣٩٩٦a –

"أقيمُوا الرُّكوعَ والسُّجُود، فوالله إني لأراكُمْ مِن بعد ظَهْرِي إذا ركَعُتمْ وإذا سَجَدْتُمْ".  

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