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bayhaqi:2594Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū Ṭāhir ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Bayāḍ> Aḥmad b. Salmān > Quriʾ > al-Ḥārith b. Muḥammad

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, the imam has been appointed to be followed, so when he says 'Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest),' say 'Allahu Akbar,' and when he bows, bow, and when he raises his head, raise your heads, and when he says 'Sami Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears whoever praises Him),' say all together 'Allahumma Rabbana lakal hamd (O Allah, our Lord, all praise is for You),' and when he prostrates, prostrate, and do not prostrate before he does, and when he raises his head, raise your heads, and do not raise your heads before he does.  

البيهقي:٢٥٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي طَاهِرٍ عَطَاءُ بْنُ الْبَيَاضِ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ قَالَ قُرِئَ عَلَى الْحَارِثِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأنا أَسْمَعُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ فِي سَنَةِ مِائَتَيْنِ أنبأ سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ فَكَبِّرُوا وَإِذَا رَكَعَ فَارْكَعُوا وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَارْفَعُوا رُءُوسَكُمْ وَإِذَا قَالَ سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ فَقُولُوا جَمِيعًا اللهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَإِذَا سَجَدَ فَاسْجُدُوا وَلَا تَسْجُدُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَارْفَعُوا رُءُوسَكُمْ وَلَا تَرْفَعُوا رُءُوسَكُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الدَّرَاوَرْدِيِّ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ وَحَدِيثُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ أَتَمُّ

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bukhari:733Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell from a horse and got injured so he led the prayer sitting and we also prayed sitting. When he completed the prayer he said, "The Imam is to be followed; if he says Takbir then say Takbir, bow if he bows; raise your heads when he raises his head, when he says, 'Samiʿa l-lahu liman hamidah say, 'Rabbana laka l-hamd', and prostrate when he prostrates."  

البخاري:٧٣٣حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ خَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ فَرَسٍ فَجُحِشَ فَصَلَّى لَنَا قَاعِدًا فَصَلَّيْنَا مَعَهُ قُعُودًا ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا الإِمَامُ أَوْ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ فَكَبِّرُوا وَإِذَا رَكَعَ فَارْكَعُوا وَإِذَا رَفَعَ فَارْفَعُوا وَإِذَا قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ فَقُولُوا رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَإِذَا سَجَدَ فَاسْجُدُوا  

ahmad:19595Ismāʿīl > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Yūnus b. Jubayr > Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbdullāh al-Raqāshī > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught us our prayers and Sunnahs, and he said, "Indeed, the imam is to be followed. So when he says 'Allahu Akbar,' say 'Allahu Akbar,' and when he says, 'not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray' [Al-Fatiha 7], say 'Ameen,' as Allah, the Most High, will answer your supplication. And when he bows, bow, and when he raises his head, raise yours, and when he says, 'Allah hears whoever praises Him,' say, 'Our Lord, to You is all praise,' as Allah hears you. And when he prostrates, prostrate, and when he raises his head, raise yours. Indeed, the imam prostrates before you and raises before you." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "So do, as such is done."  

أحمد:١٩٥٩٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ حِطَّانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الرَّقَاشِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ

عَلَّمَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاتَنَا وَسُنَّتَنَا فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا الْإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ فَكَبِّرُوا وَإِذَا قَالَ {غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ} [الفاتحة 7] فَقُولُوا آمِينَ يُجِبْكُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى وَإِذَا رَكَعَ فَارْكَعُوا وَإِذَا رَفَعَ فَارْفَعُوا وَإِذَا قَالَ سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ فَقُولُوا رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ يَسْمَعِ اللهُ لَكُمْ وَإِذَا سَجَدَ فَاسْجُدُوا وَإِذَا رَفَعَ فَارْفَعُوا؛ فَإِنَّ الْإِمَامَيَسْجُدُ قَبْلَكُمْ وَيَرْفَعُ قَبْلَكُمْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَتِلْكَ بِتِلْكَ  

ahmad:19627Ismāʿīl > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Yūnus b. Jubayr > Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbdullāh al-Raqāshī > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught us our prayers and rituals and he said, "The Imam should be followed in prayer. So when he says Takbir, say Takbir, and when he recites the verse {Not the way of those who earned Your anger, nor of those who went astray} [Al-Fatiha 7], say Ameen, for Allah will answer your supplication. And when he bows, bow, and when he raises his head, raise yours. And when he says, 'Allah hears him who praises Him,' say, 'O Allah, our Lord, praise be to You.' Allah will hear your supplication. And when he prostrates, prostrate, and when he raises his head, raise yours. The Imam prostrates before you and raises his head before you." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This is for you."  

أحمد:١٩٦٢٧حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ حِطَّانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الرَّقَاشِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ

عَلَّمَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاتَنَا وَسُنَّتَنَا فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا الْإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ فَكَبِّرُوا وَإِذَا قَالَ {غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ} [الفاتحة 7] فَقُولُوا آمِينَ يُجِبْكُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى وَإِذَا رَكَعَ فَارْكَعُوا وَإِذَا رَفَعَ فَارْفَعُوا وَإِذَا قَالَ سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ فَقُولُوا اللهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ يَسْمَعِ اللهُ لَكُمْ وَإِذَا سَجَدَ فَاسْجُدُوا وَإِذَا رَفَعَ فَارْفَعُوا؛ فَإِنَّ الْإِمَامَ يَسْجُدُ قَبْلَكُمْ وَيَرْفَعُ قَبْلَكُمْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تِلْكَبِتِلْكَ