"We were with Sa'eed bin Al-'Asi in Tabaristan, and Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman was with us. He said: 'Which of you offered the fear prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' Hudhaifah said: 'I did.' So Hudhaifah stood and the people formed two rows behind him, one row behind him and one row facing the enemy. He led those who were behind him in praying one rak'ah, then they went and took the place of the others, and the others came and he led them in praying one rak'ah, and they did not make it up." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1530)   

«أَيُّكُمْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ؟» فَقَامَ حُذَيْفَةُ «فَصَفَّ النَّاسَ خَلْفَهُ صَفًّا وَصَفًّا مُوَازِيَ الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِالَّذِينَ خَلْفَهُ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ هَؤُلَاءِ مَكَانَ هَؤُلَاءِ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً وَلَمْ يَقْضُوا»  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the prayer of fear with one who had gonorrhea, performing the prayer, bowing and prostrating, without making up any missed actions." This is a witness to the hadith that preceded it, and it is authentic in its chain of narration.  

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى بِذِي قَرَدٍ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ رَكْعَةً رَكْعَةً وَلَمْ يَقْضُوا» هَذَا شَاهِدٌ لِلْحَدِيثِ الَّذِي قَبْلَهُ «وَهُوَ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ»  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, performed the prayer of fear with a group of his companions. He arranged them in rows and prayed alongside them, matching the movements of the enemy. Then they went towards the enemy, and the enemy came towards them, and they all prayed with the Prophet, peace be upon him, a unit of prayer. Then he greeted them."  

«صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ بِذِي قَرَدٍ فَصَفَّ خَلْفَهُ صَفًّا وَصَفًّا مُوَازِيَ الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى مَعَهُ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبُوا إِلَى مَصَافِّ أُولَئِكَ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ إِلَى مَصَافِّ هَؤُلَاءِ وَصَلَّوْا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ»  

[Machine] He asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about praying in a bow, so he said, "Pray in a bow and drop the horn."  

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فِي الْقَوْسِ فَقَالَ «صَلِّ فِي الْقَوْسِ وَاطْرَحِ الْقَرْنَ»  

[Machine] Regarding the hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the prayer of fear, he said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood with a group behind him, and another group behind the group that was behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed seated, all facing the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the takbeer, then the two groups behind him also said the takbeer. He performed the first prostration, and they performed prostration with him while the others remained seated. Then he stood up and they stood up and moved behind him until they were in the position of their companions sitting, and the other group came forward and he prayed a Rak'ah and performed two prostrations, then he made the salaam and the others stayed seated. Then the two groups, one after the other, performed a Rak'ah and two prostrations each."  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي صَلَاةِ الْخَوْفِ قَالَ «قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَطَائِفَةٌ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ وَطَائِفَةٌ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الطَّائِفَةِ الَّتِي خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُعُودٌ وُجُوهُهُمْ كُلُّهُمْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَبَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَبَّرَتِ الطَّائِفَتَانِ فَرَكَعَ فَرَكَعَتْ مَعَهُ الطَّائِفَةُ الَّتِي خَلْفَهُ وَالْآخَرُونَ قُعُودٌ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَسَجَدُوا أَيْضًا وَالْآخَرُونَ قُعُودٌ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَقَامُوا وَنَكَصُوا خَلْفَهُ حَتَّى كَانُوا مَكَانَ أَصْحَابِهِمْ قُعُودًا وَأَتَتِ الطَّائِفَةُ الْأُخْرَى فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ وَالْآخَرُونَ قُعُودٌ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ فَقَامَتِ الطَّائِفَتَانِ كِلْتَاهُمَا فَصَلَّوْا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ رَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ رَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ»  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the prayer of fear. He divided the people into two groups: one group stood behind him, and another group stood in front of him. When the enemy approached, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his voice in takbir (saying Allahu Akbar), and the group that stood behind him also raised their voices in takbir. Then he bowed and they all bowed, prostrated and they all prostrated. Then he raised his head and they all raised their heads, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down while the others prostrated for themselves a second prostration. Then they stood up and proceeded towards the back until they were no longer behind him, and another group emerged and stood behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . They raised their voices in takbir, then bowed and prostrated for themselves. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed his second prostration, and they prostrated with him. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up in his prayer and they prostrated for themselves a second prostration. Finally, both groups stood together behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he performed a rak'ah (unit of prayer) with them, and they all bowed and prostrated. All of these actions were performed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ very swiftly, without any delay, to the best of his ability. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave the salam (Islamic greeting) and they also gave the salam. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up again, and the people followed him in all his prayers."  

«صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ» قَالَتْ فَصَدَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ النَّاسَ صَدْعَتَيْنِ فَصُفَّتْ طَائِفَةٌ وَرَاءَهُ وَقَامَتْ طَائِفَةٌ وِجَاءَ الْعَدُوُّ قَالَتْ فَكَبَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَبَّرَتِ الطَّائِفَةُ الَّذِينَ صَفُّوا خَلْفَهُ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَرَكَعُوا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ وَسَجَدُوا ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَرَفَعُوا ثُمَّ مَكَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسًا وَسَجَدُوا لِأَنْفُسِهِمِ السَّجْدَةَ الثَّانِيَةَ ثُمَّ قَامُوا ثُمَّ نَكَصُوا عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ يَمْشُونَ الْقَهْقَرَى حَتَّى قَامُوا مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ وَأَقْبَلَتِ الطَّائِفَةُ الْأُخْرَى فَصَفُّوا خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَبَّرُوا ثُمَّ رَكَعُوا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَجْدَتَهُ الثَّانِيَةَ فَسَجَدُوا مَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي رَكْعَتِهِ وَسَجَدُوا لِأَنْفُسِهِمِ السَّجْدَةَ الثَّانِيَةَ ثُمَّ قَامَتِ الطَّائِفَتَانِ جَمِيعًا فَصَفُّوا خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَكَعَ بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً فَرَكَعُوا جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَسَجَدُوا جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَرَفَعُوا مَعَهُ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَرِيعًا جِدًّا لَا يَأْلُو أَنْ يُخَفِّفَ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمُوا ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ شَرَكَهُ النَّاسُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ كُلِّهَا  

[Machine] "I heard Abu Ali Al-Hafiz saying: The Prophet ﷺ led the people in the prayer of fear, which is the Maghrib prayer, with three rak'ahs. Then, he left and the others came, and he led them in three rak'ahs."  

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى بِالْقَوْمِ فِي صَلَاةِ الْخَوْفِ صَلَاةَ الْمَغْرِبِ ثَلَاثَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ وَجَاءَ الْآخَرُونَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ ثَلَاثَ رَكَعَاتٍ» سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَلِيٍّ الْحَافِظَ يَقُولُ  

We accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at Usfan, and Khalid ibn al-Walid was the chief of unbelievers. We offered the noon prayer. Thereupon, the unbelievers said: We suffered from negligence; we became careless. We should have attacked them while they were praying. Thereupon the verse was revealed, relating to the shortening of the prayer (in time of danger) between the noon and afternoon (prayer). When the time of the afternoon prayer came, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood facing the qiblah, and the unbelievers were standing in front of him. The people stood in a row behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and there was another row behind this row. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ bowed and all of them bowed. He then prostrated and also the row near him prostrated. The other people in the second row remained standing and stood guard over them. When they performed two prostrations and stood up, those who were behind them prostrated. The people in the front row near him then stepped backward taking the place of the people in the second row and the second row took the place of the first row. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then bowed and all of them bowed together. Then he and the row near him prostrated themselves. The other people in the second row remained standing and stood guard over them. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the row near him (i.e. the front row) were seated, the people in the second row behind them prostrated themselves. Then all of them were seated. (He (the Prophet) then uttered the salutation upon all of them. He prayed in his manner at Usfan as well as at the territory of Banu Sulaym. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Ayyub and Hisham from Abu al-Zubair on the authority of Jabir to the same effect from the Prophet ﷺ. Similarly, this has been transmitted by Dawud b. Husain from 'Ikrimah, on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas. This has also been reported by 'Abd al-Malik, from 'Ata' from Jabir in like manner. This has also been narrated by Qatadah from al-Hasan from Hittan on the authority of Abu Musa in a similar way. Similarly, this has been reported by 'Ikrimah b. Khalid from Mujahid from the Prophet ﷺ. This has also been reported by Hisham b. 'Urwah from his father from the Prophet ﷺ. This is the opinion of al-Thawri. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1236)   

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِعُسْفَانَ وَعَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَصَلَّيْنَا الظُّهْرَ فَقَالَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ لَقَدْ أَصَبْنَا غِرَّةً لَقَدْ أَصَبْنَا غَفْلَةً لَوْ كُنَّا حَمَلَنَا عَلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْقَصْرِ بَيْنَ الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتِ الْعَصْرُ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةِ وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ أَمَامَهُ فَصَفَّ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَفٌّ وَصَفٌّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الصَّفِّ صَفٌّ آخَرُ فَرَكَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَكَعُوا جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ وَسَجَدَ الصَّفُّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُ وَقَامَ الْآخَرُونَ يَحْرُسُونَهُمْ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى هَؤُلَاءِ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ وَقَامُوا سَجَدَ الْآخَرُونَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا خَلْفَهُمْ ثُمَّ تَأَخَّرَ الصَّفُّ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ إِلَى مَقَامِ الْآخَرِينَ وَرَكَعُوا جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ الصَّفُّ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ وَقَامَ الْآخَرُونَ يَحْرُسُونَهُمْ فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالصَّفُّ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ سَجَدَ الْآخَرُونَ ثُمَّ جَلَسُوا جَمِيعًا فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَصَلَّاهَا بِعُسْفَانَ وَصَلَّاهَا يَوْمَ بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ  

Did you pray in time of danger with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? AbuHurayrah replied: Yes. Marwan then asked: When? AbuHurayrah said: On the occasion of the Battle of Najd. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up to offer the afternoon prayer. One section stood with him (to pray) and the other was standing before the enemy, and their backs were towards the qiblah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ uttered the takbir and all of them too uttered the takbir, i.e. those who were with him and those who were facing the enemy. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered one rak'ah and the section that was with him also prayed one rak'ah. He then prostrated himself and those who were with him also prostrated, while the other section was standing before the enemy. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then stood up and the section with him also stood up. They went and faced the enemy and the section that was previously facing the enemy stepped forward. They bowed and prostrated while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was standing in the same position. Then they stood up and the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon) prayed another rak'ah and all of them bowed and prostrated along with him. After that the section that was standing before the enemy came forward and they bowed and prostrated, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ remained seated and also those who were with him. The salutation then followed. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ uttered the salutation and all of them uttered it together. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed two rak'ahs and each of the two sections prayed one rak'ah with him (and the other by themselves). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1240)  

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ هَلْ صَلَّيْتَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ؟ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ نَعَمْ قَالَ مَرْوَانُ مَتَى؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ «عَامَ غَزْوَةِ نَجْدٍ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ فَقَامَتْ مَعَهُ طَائِفَةٌ وَطَائِفَةٌ أُخْرَى مُقَابِلَ الْعَدُوِّ وَظُهُورُهُمْ إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ فَكَبَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَبَّرُوا جَمِيعًا الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ وَالَّذِينَ مُقَابِلَ الْعَدُوِّ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَكْعَةً وَاحِدَةً وَرَكَعَتِ الطَّائِفَةُ الَّتِي خَلْفَهُ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَسَجَدَتِ الطَّائِفَةُ الَّتِي تَلِيهِ وَالْآخَرُونَ قِيَامٌ مُقَابِلَ الْعَدُوِّ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَامَتِ الطَّائِفَةُ الَّتِي مَعَهُ وَذَهَبُوا إِلَى الْعَدُوِّ فَقَابَلُوهُمْ وَأَقْبَلَتِ الطَّائِفَةُ الَّتِي مُقَابِلَ الْعَدُوِّ فَرَكَعُوا وَسَجَدُوا وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَائِمٌ كَمَا هُوَ ثُمَّ قَامُوا فَرَكَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَكْعَةً أُخْرَى وَرَكَعُوا مَعَهُ وَسَجَدُوا مَعَهُ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَتِ الطَّائِفَةُ الَّتِي كَانَتْ مُقَابِلَ الْعَدُوِّ فَرَكَعُوا وَسَجَدُوا وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَاعِدٌ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ كَانَ السَّلَامُ فَسَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَسَلَّمُوا جَمِيعًا فَكَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَكْعَتَانِ وَلِكُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ رَكْعَةٌ رَكْعَةٌ»