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ahmad:18581Hushaym > al-ʿAwwām > ʿAzrah > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[Machine] When we used to pray behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , we would stand in rows until he prostrated, and then we would follow him.  

أحمد:١٨٥٨١حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنِ الْعَوَّامِ عَنْ عَزْرَةَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قُمْنَا صُفُوفًا حَتَّى إِذَا سَجَدَ تَبِعْنَاهُ