Once Malik bin Huwairith said to his friends, "Shall I show you how Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to offer his prayers?" And it was not the time for any of the compulsory congregational prayers. So he stood up (for the prayer) bowed and said the Takbir, then he raised his head and remained standing for a while and then prostrated and raised his head for a while (sat up for a while). He prayed like our Sheikh ʿAmr Ibn Salama. (Aiyub said, "The latter used to do a thing which I did not see the people doing i.e. he used to sit between the third and the fourth rakʿa). Malik bin Huwairith said, "We came to the Prophet (after embracing Islam) and stayed with him. He said to us, 'When you go back to your families, pray such and such a prayer at such and such a time, pray such and such a prayer at such and such a time, and when there is the time for the prayer then only of you should pronounce the Adhan for the prayer and the oldest of you should lead the prayer."  

لأَصْحَابِهِ أَلاَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ صَلاَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَذَاكَ فِي غَيْرِ حِينِ صَلاَةٍ فَقَامَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ فَكَبَّرَ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَامَ هُنَيَّةً ثُمَّ سَجَدَ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ هُنَيَّةً فَصَلَّى صَلاَةَ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَلِمَةَ شَيْخِنَا هَذَا قَالَ أَيُّوبُ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا لَمْ أَرَهُمْ يَفْعَلُونَهُ كَانَ يَقْعُدُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ وَالرَّابِعَةِ قَالَ فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَقَمْنَا عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ لَوْ رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَى أَهْلِيكُمْ صَلُّوا صَلاَةَ كَذَا فِي حِينِ كَذَا صَلُّوا صَلاَةَ كَذَا فِي حِينِ كَذَا فَإِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَلْيُؤَذِّنْ أَحَدُكُمْ وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَكْبَرُكُمْ  

[Machine] He said one day, and that was not during prayer time, "Shall I show you how the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, may ﷺ , used to be?" Then he stood and performed the standing position perfectly, then he bowed and performed the bowing position perfectly, then he raised his head and stood straight for a moment. Abu Qilaba said, "Our Shaykh, Abu Burayd, prayed with us and he used to sit upright when lifting his head from the last prostration of the first unit, then he stood up."  

قَالَ يَوْمًا وَذَلِكَ فِي غَيْرِ وَقْتِ الصَّلَاةِ أَلَا أُرِيَكُمْ كَيْفَ كَانَ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَامَ فَأَمْكَنَ الْقِيَامَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ فَأَمْكَنَ الرُّكُوعَ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَانْتَصَبَ قَائِمًا هُنَيْئَةً قَالَ أَبُو قِلَابَةَ وَصَلَّى بِنَا صَلَاةَ شَيْخِنَا هَذَا أَبِي بُرَيْدٍ وَكَانَ أَبُو بُرَيْدٍ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السَّجْدَةِ الْأَخِيرَةِ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى اسْتَوَى قَاعِدًا ثُمَّ نَهَضَ  

[Machine] to his companions, "Shall I not show you how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray?" He then stood up and performed the prayer. He then raised his head and stood straight for a while, then he prostrated. He then raised his head and waited for a moment, then he prostrated again. Abu Qilaba said, "Our Sheikh, Amr ibn Salama, prayed in this manner." Ayyub said, "Amr used to do something that I do not see people doing. When he raised his head from the last two prostrations in the first and third units, he sat down for a moment and then stood up."  

لِأَصْحَابِهِ أَلَا أُرِيكُمْ كَيْفَ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَذَلِكَ فِي غَيْرِ حِينَ صَلَاةٍ فَقَامَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ فَكَبَّرَ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَامَ هُنَيْئَةً ثُمَّ سَجَدَ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ ثُمَّ انْتَظَرَ هُنَيْئَةً ثُمَّ سَجَدَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو قِلَابَةَ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ شَيْخِنَا هَذَا يَعْنِي عَمْرَو بْنَ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَيُّوبُ وَكَانَ عَمْرٌو يَصْنَعُ شَيْئًا لَا أَرَى النَّاسَ يَصْنَعُونَهُ كَانَ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنْ آخِرِ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ فِي الْأُولَى وَالثَّالِثَةِ اسْتَوَى قَاعِدًا ثُمَّ يَقُومُ