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bayhaqi:2582Mālik > Balaghah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar And Zayd b. Thābit Kānā Yaqūlān Man Adrak al-Rakʿah Qabl

[Machine] That the imam raises his head means he has completed the prostration.  

البيهقي:٢٥٨٢قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ وَزَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ كَانَا يَقُولَانِ مَنْ أَدْرَكَ الرَّكْعَةَ قَبْلَ

أَنْ يَرْفَعَ الْإِمَامُ رَأْسَهُ فَقَدْ أَدْرَكَ السَّجْدَةَ  


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bayhaqi:2580Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥārith al-Faqīh > Abū Muḥammad b. Ḥayyān > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan > Abū ʿĀmir Mūsá b. ʿĀmir > al-Walīd / Ibn Muslim > Mālik And Ibn Jurayj > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] That the imam raises his head indicates that he has completed that unit of prayer.  

البيهقي:٢٥٨٠وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ حَيَّانَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ ثنا أَبُو عَامِرٍ مُوسَى بْنُ عَامِرٍ ثنا الْوَلِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُسْلِمٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ وَابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَدْرَكَ الْإِمَامَ رَاكِعًا فَرَكَعَ قَبْلَ

أَنْ يَرْفَعَ الْإِمَامُ رَأْسَهُ فَقَدْ أَدْرَكَ تِلْكَ الرَّكْعَةَ