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darimi:1372Saʿīd b. al-Rabīʿ > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibn Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ

The bowing of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and when he raised his head from bowing, and his prostration, and the time between the two prostration, were almost equal in length. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1065)  

الدارمي:١٣٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى حَدَّثَنِي الْبَرَاءُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ «رُكُوعُهُ إِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَسُجُودُهُ وَبَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:792Badal b. al-Muḥabbar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibn Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ

The bowing, the prostration the sitting in between the two prostrations and the standing after the bowing of the Prophet ﷺ but not qiyam (standing in the prayer) and quʿud (sitting in the prayer) used to be approximately equal (in duration).  

البخاري:٧٩٢حَدَّثَنَا بَدَلُ بْنُ الْمُحَبَّرِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْحَكَمُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

كَانَ رُكُوعُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَسُجُودُهُ وَبَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ مَا خَلاَ الْقِيَامَ وَالْقُعُودَ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ  

bukhari:801Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibn Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ

The bowing, the prostrations, the period of standing after bowing and the interval between the two prostrations of the Prophet ﷺ used to be equal in duration .  

البخاري:٨٠١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ رُكُوعُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَسُجُودُهُ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَبَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ  

nasai:1148ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd Abū Qudāmah > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibn Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ

"In the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, his bowing, his prostration, standing after he raised his head from bowing and (sitting) between the two prostrations, were almost the same."  

النسائي:١١٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَبُو قُدَامَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَكَمُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

كَانَ صَلاَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رُكُوعُهُ وَسُجُودُهُ وَقِيَامُهُ بَعْدَ مَا يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَبَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ  

nasai:1065Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn ʿUlayyah > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

The bowing of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and when he raised his head from bowing, and his prostration, and the time between the two prostration, were almost equal in length.  

النسائي:١٠٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ رُكُوعُهُ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَسُجُودُهُ وَمَا بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ  

ahmad:18469Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Faḥaddathanī Bih Ibn Abū Laylá > Faḥaddath > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

"The Salat of Messenger of Allah (was such that) when he bowed, and when he raised his head from bowing, and when he prostrated, and when he raised his head from prostration it (all) was nearly the same." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 279)   

أحمد:١٨٤٦٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ فَحَدَّثَنِي بِهِ ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ فَحَدَّثَ أَنَّ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَاصَلَّى فَرَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَإِذَا سَجَدَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السُّجُودِ وَبَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ  

ahmad:18514ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibn Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ

The bowing of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and when he raised his head from bowing, and his prostration, and the time between the two prostration, were almost equal in length. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1065)   

أحمد:١٨٥١٤حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَكَمُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَسُجُودُهُ وَمَا بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ قَدْرِ الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ لِلْمُصَلِّي فِي صَلَاتِهِ

ibnhibban:1884ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá

[Machine] About Al-Bara' ibn 'Azib, it was reported, "The Prophet ﷺ used to lower his head after bowing (rukoo') and also after prostration (sujood), and his sitting between the two prostrations was close to being equal (to the rest of his body)."  

ابن حبّان:١٨٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى

عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ «كَانَ رُكُوعُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَفْعُهُ رَأْسَهُ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ وَسُجُودُهُ وَجُلُوسُهُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ»  

nasai-kubra:656Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn ʿUlayyah > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

The bowing of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and when he raised his head from bowing, and his prostration, and the time between the two prostration, were almost equal in length. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1065)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٥٦أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ رُكُوعُهُ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَسُجُودُهُ وَمَا بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ»