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ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ قَدْ يُوهِمُ غَيْرَ الْمُتَبَحِّرِ فِي صِنَاعَةِ الْحَدِيثِ أَنَّ خَبَرَ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ مَعْلُولٌ

ibnhibban:1866Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > al-Walīd b. Shujāʿ al-Sakūnī from my father > Abū Khaythamah > al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥur > ʿĪsá b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mālik > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ Aḥad Banī Mālik > ʿAbbās b. Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

[Machine] He was in a gathering where his father was present, and he was one of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ . In the gathering, there were Abu Huraira, Abu Usaid, and Abu Humaid Al-Saadi, who were from the Ansar. They were discussing about prayer, and then Abu Humaid said, "I will inform you about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." They replied, "Show us." He stood up to pray, and they watched. He began by saying the Takbeer (Allahu Akbar) and raising his hands to the level of his shoulders, then he raised his hands to the level of his ears before bowing, and he positioned his hands neither levelled with knees nor crossed but placed them on thighs. Then, he raised his head and said, "Sami Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears whoever praises Him)," and raised his hands. Then, he said, "Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)," and prostrated, placing his forehead, nose, arms, and feet on the ground while his hands were prostrated as well. Then, he said the Takbeer, sat with one of his legs tucked and the other extended, and said the Takbeer again before prostrating with the other leg as well. Then, he said the Takbeer, stood up without tawarruk (resting on the buttocks on the ground while seated) and performed another rakah (unit of prayer). He repeated the same actions and then sat after the two rakahs, until he intended to stand up, he said the Takbeer, performed the two final rakahs, and after completing the prayer, he said the Tasleem to the right, "Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah)," and to the left, "Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah)." Al-Hasan bin Al-Hur narrated that Isa also mentioned in the gathering during the Tashahhud, that the Prophet ﷺ would place his left hand on his left thigh and his right hand on his right thigh, then he would point with one finger in supplication.  

ابن حبّان:١٨٦٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ شُجَاعٍ السَّكُونِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِيُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحُرِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عِيسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ أَحَدُ بَنِي مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي مَجْلِسٍ كَانَ فِيهِ أَبُوهُ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَفِي الْمَجْلِسِ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبُو أُسَيْدٍ وَأَبُو حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَأَنَّهُمْ تَذَاكَرُوا الصَّلَاةَ فَقَالَ أَبُو حُمَيْدٍ أَنَا أَعْلَمُكُمْ بِصَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالُوا فَأَرِنَا قَالَ فَقَامَ يُصَلِّي وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ «فَبَدَأَ يُكَبِّرُ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حِذَاءَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ لِلرُّكُوعِ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ أَيْضًا ثُمَّ أَمْكَنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنْ رُكْبَتَيْهِ غَيْرَ مُقَنِّعٍ وَلَا مُصَوِّبٍ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَقَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَسَجَدَ فَانْتَصَبَ عَلَى كَفَّيْهِ وَرُكْبَتَيْهِ وَصُدُورِ قَدَمَيْهِ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ فَجَلَسَ وَتَوَرَّكَ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ وَنَصَبَ قَدَمَهُ الْأُخْرَى ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ فَسَجَدَ الْأُخْرَى فَكَبَّرَ فَقَامَ وَلَمْ يَتَوَرَّكْ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَرَكَعَ الرَّكْعَةَ الْأُخْرَى وَكَبَّرَ كَذَلِكَ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ بَعْدَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى إِذَا هُوَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْهَضَ لِلْقِيَامِ كَبَّرَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ سَلَّمَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ» قَالَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحُرِّ وَحَدَّثَنِي عِيسَى أَنَّ مِمَّا حَدَّثَهُ أَيْضًا فِي الْمَجْلِسِ فِي التَّشَهُّدِ «أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَيَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ يُشِيرُ فِي الدُّعَاءِ بِإِصْبَعٍ وَاحِدَةٍ»  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Bayhaqī
abudawud:730[Chain 1] Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Abū ʿĀṣim al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Makhlad [Chain 2] Musaddad > Yaḥyá And Hadhā Ḥadīth Aḥmad > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd / Ibn Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ

I am one among you who is more informed of the way the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed. They said: Why, By Allah, you did not follow him more than us, nor did you remain in his company longer than us? He said: Yes. They said: Then describe (how the Prophet prayed). He said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up to pray, he raised his hands so as to bring them opposite his shoulders, and uttered the takbir (Allah is the most great), until every bone rested in its place properly: then re recited (some verses from the Quran); then he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), raising his hands so as to bring them opposite his shoulders; then he bowed; placing the palms of his hands on his knees and keeping himself straight, neither raising nor lowering his head; then raised his head saying: “Allah listens to him who praise Him”; then raised his hands so as to bring them exactly opposite to his shoulders; then uttered: “Allah is most great”; then lowered himself to the ground (in prostration), keeping his arms away from his sides; then raised his head, bent his left foot and sat on it, and opened the toes when he prostrated: then he uttered: “Allah is most great”; then raised his head, bent his left foot and sat on it so that every bone returned to its place properly; then he did the same in the second (rak’ah). At the end of the two Rak’ahs he stood up and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), raising his hands so as to bring them opposite to his shoulders; then he bowed, placing the palms of his hands on his knees and keeping himself straight, neither raising or lowering his head: then raised his head saying: “Allah listens to him who praises Him”; then raised his hands so as to bring them exactly opposite his shoulders; then uttered: “Allah is most great”; then lowered himself to the ground (in prostration), keeping his arms away from his sides; then raised his head, bent his left foot and sat on it, and opened the toes when he prostrated himself; then he prostrated; then uttered: “Allah is most great”; then raised his head, bent his left foot and sat on it so that every bone returned to its place properly; then he did the same in the second (rak’ah). At the end of two rak’ahs he stood up and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), raising his hands so as to bring them opposite to his shoulders in the way he had uttered the Takbir (Allah is most great) at the beginning of the prayer; then he did that in the remainder of his prayer; and after prostration which if followed by the taslim (salutation) he out his left foot and sat on his left hip. They said: You have spoken the truth. This is how he(peace be upon him) used to pray.  

أبو داود:٧٣٠حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى وَهَذَا حَدِيثُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيَّ فِي عَشْرَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْهُمْ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ قَالَ أَبُو حُمَيْدٍ أَنَا أَعْلَمُكُمْ بِصَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالُوا فَلِمَ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا كُنْتَ بِأَكْثَرِنَا لَهُ تَبَعًا وَلاَ أَقْدَمَنَا لَهُ صُحْبَةً قَالَ بَلَى قَالُوا فَاعْرِضْ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا مَنْكِبَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرُ حَتَّى يَقِرَّ كُلُّ عَظْمٍ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ مُعْتَدِلاً ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرُ فَيَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا مَنْكِبَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَرْكَعُ وَيَضَعُ رَاحَتَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَعْتَدِلُ فَلاَ يَصُبُّ رَأْسَهُ وَلاَ يُقْنِعُ ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ فَيَقُولُ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا مَنْكِبَيْهِ مُعْتَدِلاً ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ ثُمَّ يَهْوِي إِلَى الأَرْضِ فَيُجَافِي يَدَيْهِ عَنْ جَنْبَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ وَيَثْنِي رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى فَيَقْعُدُ عَلَيْهَا وَيَفْتَحُ أَصَابِعَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِذَا سَجَدَ وَيَسْجُدُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَيَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ وَيَثْنِي رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى فَيَقْعُدُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ كُلُّ عَظْمٍ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ ثُمَّ يَصْنَعُ فِي الأُخْرَى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ كَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا مَنْكِبَيْهِ كَمَا كَبَّرَ عِنْدَ افْتِتَاحِ الصَّلاَةِ ثُمَّ يَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ فِي بَقِيَّةِ صَلاَتِهِ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتِ السَّجْدَةُ الَّتِي فِيهَا التَّسْلِيمُ أَخَّرَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَقَعَدَ مُتَوَرِّكًا عَلَى شِقِّهِ الأَيْسَرِ قَالُوا صَدَقْتَ هَكَذَا كَانَ يُصَلِّي ﷺ  

abudawud:733ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Badr > Zuhayr Abū Khaythamah > al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥur > ʿĪsá b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mālik > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ Aḥad Banī Mālik > ʿAbbās or ʿAyyāsh b. Sahl al-Sāʿidī

He then raised his head after bowing and uttered:”Allah listens to him who praises Him, to Thee, our Lord, be the praise,” and raised his hands. He then uttered: “Allah is most great”; then he prostrated himself and rested on his palms, knees, and the end of his toes while prostrating: then he uttered the Takbir (Allah is most great), and sat down on his hips and raised his other foot; then he uttered the takbir and prostrated himself; then he uttered takbir and stood up, but did not sit on his hips. He (the narrator) then narrated the rest of the tradition. He further said: Then he sat down at the end of two rak’ahs; when he was about to stand after two rak’ahs, he uttered the takbir; then he offered the last two rak’ahs of the prayer. The narrator did not mention about his sitting on the hips spreading out his feet.  

أبو داود:٧٣٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَدْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرٌ أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحُرِّ حَدَّثَنِي عِيسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ أَحَدِ بَنِي مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبَّاسٍ أَوْ عَيَّاشِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي مَجْلِسٍ فِيهِ أَبُوهُ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَفِي الْمَجْلِسِ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبُو حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ وَأَبُو أُسَيْدٍ بِهَذَا الْخَبَرِ يَزِيدُ أَوْ يَنْقُصُ قَالَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ يَعْنِي مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ فَقَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَسَجَدَ فَانْتَصَبَ عَلَى كَفَّيْهِ وَرُكْبَتَيْهِ وَصُدُورِ قَدَمَيْهِ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ فَجَلَسَ فَتَوَرَّكَ وَنَصَبَ قَدَمَهُ الأُخْرَى ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ فَسَجَدَ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ فَقَامَ وَلَمْ يَتَوَرَّكْ ثُمَّ سَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ بَعْدَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى إِذَا هُوَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْهَضَ لِلْقِيَامِ قَامَ بِتَكْبِيرَةٍ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُخْرَيَيْنِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ التَّوَرُّكَ فِي التَّشَهُّدِ  

ibnmajah:1061Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Abū ʿĀṣim > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ

‘While he was among ten of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ including Abu Qatadah: “I heard Abu Humaid As-Sa’idi say: ‘I am the most knowledgeable of you concerning the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.’ They said: ‘Why? By Allah, you did not follow him more than we did, and you did not accompany him for longer.’ He said: ‘Yes I am.’ They said: ‘Show us.’ He said: ‘When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up for prayer, he would say the Takbir, then he would raise his hands parallel to his shoulders, and every part of his body would settle in place. Then he would recite, then he would raise his hands parallel to his shoulders and bow, placing his palms on his knees and supporting his weight on them. He neither lowered his head, nor raised it up, it was evenly balanced (between either extreme). Then he would say: “Sami’ Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears those who praise Him); and he would raise his hands parallel with his shoulders, until every bone returned to its place. Then he would prostrate himself on the ground, keeping his arms away from his sides. Then he would raise his head and tuck his left foot under him and sit on it, and he would spread his toes when he prostrated.* Then he would prostrate, then say the Takbir and sit on his left foot, until every bone returned to its place. Then he would stand up and do the same in the next Rak’ah. Then when he stood up after two Rak’ah, he would raise his hands level with his shoulders as he did at the beginning of the prayer. Then he would offer the rest of his prayer in like manner until, when he did the prostration after which the Taslim comes, he would push one of his feet back and sit with his weight on his left side, Mutawarrikan.’** They said: ‘You have spoken the truth; this is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform the prayer.’” * Meaning that he would plant them in such a way that they were facing the Qiblah. ** Mutawarrikan: i.e., sitting with the left foot brought forward so that one's buttocks are in direct contact with the ground.  

ابن ماجة:١٠٦١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيَّ فِي عَشْرَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيهِمْ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ فَقَالَ أَبُو حُمَيْدٍ أَنَا أَعْلَمُكُمْ بِصَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالُوا لِمَ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا كُنْتَ بِأَكْثَرِنَا لَهُ تَبَعَةً وَلاَ أَقْدَمَنَا لَهُ صُحْبَةً قَالَ بَلَى قَالُوا فَاعْرِضْ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ كَبَّرَ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا مَنْكِبَيْهِ وَيَقِرَّ كُلُّ عُضْوٍ مِنْهُ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرُ وَيَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا مَنْكِبَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَرْكَعُ وَيَضَعُ رَاحَتَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ مُعْتَمِدًا لاَ يَصُبُّ رَأْسَهُ وَلاَ يُقْنِعُ مُعْتَدِلاً ثُمَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ وَيَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا مَنْكِبَيْهِ حَتَّى يَقِرَّ كُلُّ عَظْمٍ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ ثُمَّ يَهْوِي إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَيُجَافِي يَدَيْهِ عَنْ جَنْبَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ وَيَثْنِي رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى فَيَقْعُدُ عَلَيْهَا وَيَفْتَخُ أَصَابِعَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِذَا سَجَدَ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُ ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرُ وَيَجْلِسُ عَلَى رِجْلِهِ الْيُسْرَى حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ كُلُّ عَظْمٍ مِنْهُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَصْنَعُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الأُخْرَى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا مَنْكِبَيْهِ كَمَا صَنَعَ عِنْدَ افْتِتَاحِ الصَّلاَةِ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي بَقِيَّةَ صَلاَتِهِ هَكَذَا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتِ السَّجْدَةُ الَّتِي يَنْقَضِي فِيهَا التَّسْلِيمُ أَخَّرَ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الأَيْسَرِ مُتَوَرِّكًا قَالُوا صَدَقْتَ هَكَذَا كَانَ يُصَلِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

bayhaqi:2517Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. Sinān al-Qazzāz al-Baṣrī > Abū ʿĀṣim > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ

I am one among you who is more informed of the way the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed. They said: Why, By Allah, you did not follow him more than us, nor did you remain in his company longer than us? He said: Yes. They said: Then describe (how the Prophet prayed). He said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up to pray, he raised his hands so as to bring them opposite his shoulders, and uttered the takbir (Allah is the most great), until every bone rested in its place properly: then re recited (some verses from the Quran); then he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), raising his hands so as to bring them opposite his shoulders; then he bowed; placing the palms of his hands on his knees and keeping himself straight, neither raising nor lowering his head; then raised his head saying: “Allah listens to him who praise Him”; then raised his hands so as to bring them exactly opposite to his shoulders; then uttered: “Allah is most great”; then lowered himself to the ground (in prostration), keeping his arms away from his sides; then raised his head, bent his left foot and sat on it, and opened the toes when he prostrated: then he uttered: “Allah is most great”; then raised his head, bent his left foot and sat on it so that every bone returned to its place properly; then he did the same in the second (rak’ah). At the end of the two Rak’ahs he stood up and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), raising his hands so as to bring them opposite to his shoulders; then he bowed, placing the palms of his hands on his knees and keeping himself straight, neither raising or lowering his head: then raised his head saying: “Allah listens to him who praises Him”; then raised his hands so as to bring them exactly opposite his shoulders; then uttered: “Allah is most great”; then lowered himself to the ground (in prostration), keeping his arms away from his sides; then raised his head, bent his left foot and sat on it, and opened the toes when he prostrated himself; then he prostrated; then uttered: “Allah is most great”; then raised his head, bent his left foot and sat on it so that every bone returned to its place properly; then he did the same in the second (rak’ah). At the end of two rak’ahs he stood up and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), raising his hands so as to bring them opposite to his shoulders in the way he had uttered the Takbir (Allah is most great) at the beginning of the prayer; then he did that in the remainder of his prayer; and after prostration which if followed by the taslim (salutation) he out his left foot and sat on his left hip. They said: You have spoken the truth. This is how he(peace be upon him) used to pray. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 730)   

البيهقي:٢٥١٧أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْقَزَّازُ الْبَصْرِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيَّ فِي عَشَرَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِيهِمْ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ رِبْعِيٍّ فَقَالَ أَبُو حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ أَنَا أَعْلَمُكُمْ بِصَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالُوا لِمَ؟ مَا كُنْتَ أَكْثَرَنَا لَهُ تَبَعًا وَلَا أَقْدَمَنَا لَهُ صُحْبَةً قَالَ بَلَى قَالُوا فَاعْرِضْ عَلَيْنَا قَالَ فَقَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا مَنْكِبَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرُ حَتَّى يَقِرَّ كُلُّ عُضْوٍ مِنْهُ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ مُعْتَدِلًا ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرُ وَيَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا مَنْكِبَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَرْكَعُ وَيَضَعُ رَاحَتَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَعْتَدِلُ وَلَا يَنْصُبُ رَأْسَهُ وَلَا يَقْنَعُ ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ فَيَقُولُ سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا مَنْكِبَيْهِ حَتَّى يَعُودَ كُلُّ عَظْمٍ مِنْهُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ مُعْتَدِلًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ ثُمَّ يَهْوِي إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَيُجَافِي يَدَيْهِ عَنْ جَنْبَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ فَيَثْنِي رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى فَيَقْعُدُ عَلَيْهَا وَيَفْتَحُ أَصَابِعَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِذَا سَجَدَ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُ فَيَقُولُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ ثُمَّ يَثْنِي رِجْلَهُ فَيَقْعُدُ عَلَيْهَا مُعْتَدِلًا حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ أَوْ يَقِرَّ كُلُّ عَظْمٍ مَوْضِعَهُ مُعْتَدِلًا ثُمَّ يَصْنَعُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُخْرَى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ كَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا مَنْكِبَيْهِ كَمَا فَعَلَ أَوْ كَبَّرَ عِنْدَ افْتِتَاحِ الصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ يَصْنَعُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فِي بَقِيَّةِ صَلَاتِهِ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ فِي السَّجْدَةِ الَّتِي فِيهَا التَّسْلِيمُ أَخَّرَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَقَعَدَ مُتَوَرِّكًا عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْسَرِ فَقَالُوا جَمِيعًا صَدَقَ هَكَذَا كَانَ يُصَلِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَبِمَعْنَاهُ  

رَوَاهُ هُشَيْمُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ وَعَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ السَّمْعِيُّ وَغَيْرُهُمْ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ وَرُوِيَ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ وَأَصْحَابِهِ
bayhaqi:2642Abū al-Fatḥ Hilāl b. Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Ḥaffār> Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥusayn b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿAlī b. Ashkāb > Abū Badr Shujāʿ b. al-Walīd > Abū Khaythamah > al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥur > ʿĪsá b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mālik > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Mālik > ʿAyyāsh or ʿAbbās b. Sahl al-Sāʿidī

[Machine] "He was in a council with his father, and he was one of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ. Abu Hurairah, Abu Usaid, and Abu Humaid Al-Sa'idi were also in the council. They were discussing prayer, so Abu Humaid said, "I will show you how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed." They asked, "How?" He said, "I learned it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." They said, "Show us." So he got up to pray, and they watched him. He started by saying the takbeer, then he raised his hands towards his shoulders and repeated the takbeer for bowing. He raised his hands again until his hands were level with his knees, without covering his head or pointing with his fingers. Then he raised his head and said, "Allah listens to the one who praises Him. Our Lord, to You belongs all praise!" He raised his hands again, then said, "Allah is the Greatest," and prostrated, placing his forehead, knees, and feet on the ground. He remained in prostration for a while, then raised his head and said the takbeer. He sat down and placed one foot under him, and extended the other foot. Then he said the takbeer, prostrated again, and said the takbeer. This means he stood up without sitting in between the two prostrations. Then he repeated the same for the second unit of prayer. After the two units, he sat down and when he wanted to get up for the final standing, he said the takbeer and performed another two units of prayer. Then he concluded the prayer by saying the salaam on his right and left sides, saying, "Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah." He said, "Ibn 'Isa also reported to me that one of the things he mentioned about sitting in the tashahhud is to place the left hand on the left thigh and the right hand on the right thigh, then to point with one finger and make supplication like this."  

البيهقي:٢٦٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْفَتْحِ هِلَالُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ الْحَفَّارُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ أنبأ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَشْكَابَ ثنا أَبُو بَدْرٍ شُجَاعُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحُرِّ حَدَّثَنِي عِيسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَيَّاشٍ أَوْ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي مَجْلِسٍ فِيهِ أَبُوهُ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَفِي الْمَجْلِسِ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبُو أُسَيْدٍ وَأَبُو حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَنَّهُمْ تَذَاكَرُوا الصَّلَاةَ فَقَالَ أَبُو حُمَيْدٍ أَنَا أَعْلَمُكُمْ بِصَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالُوا كَيْفَ؟ قَالَ اتَّبَعْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالُوا فَأَرِنَا قَالَ فَقَامَ يُصَلِّي وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَبَدَأَ فَكَبَّرَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ نَحْوَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ لِلرُّكُوعِ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ أَيْضًا حَتَّى أَمْكَنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنْ رُكْبَتَيْهِ غَيْرَ مُقَنَّعٍ رَأْسَهُ وَلَا مُصَوِّبِهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ اللهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ فَسَجَدَ فَانْتَصَبَ عَلَى كَفَّيْهِ وَرُكْبَتَيْهِ وَصُدُورِ قَدَمَيْهِ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ فَجَلَسَ فَتَوَرَّكَ إِحْدَى قَدَمَيْهِ وَنَصَبَ قَدَمَهُ الْأُخْرَى ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ وَسَجَدَ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ يَعْنِي فَقَامَ وَلَمْ يَتَوَرَّكْ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَرَكَعَ الرَّكْعَةَ الْأُخْرَى كَذَلِكَ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ بَعْدَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى إِذَا هُوَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْهَضَ لِلْقِيَامِ قَامَ بِتَكْبِيرٍ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ أَيْضًا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي عِيسَى أَنَّ مِمَّا حَدَّثَهُ أَيْضًا فِي الْجُلُوسِ فِي التَّشَهُّدِ أَنْ يَضَعَ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَيَضَعَ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ يُشِيرَ بِالدُّعَاءِ بِإِصْبَعٍ وَاحِدَةٍ هَكَذَا  

رَوَاهُ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَدْرٍ وَرَوَاهُ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ أَبِي بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ وَرَوَى عُتْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي حَكِيمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ مُحَمَّدًا فِي إِسْنَادِهِ وَالصَّحِيحُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ قَدْ شَهِدَهُ مِنْ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ