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ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ الِاعْتِمَادُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ عِنْدَ الْقِيَامِ مِنَ الْقُعُودِ الَّذِي وَصَفْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:1935 – ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ al-Sakhtiyānī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah

[Machine] "I do indeed pray, but I do not desire prayer. Rather, I desire to teach you how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray. He said, 'Remember Allah when you raise your head from prostration in the first raka'ah, sit upright for a moment, then stand while relying on the ground.'"  

ابن حبّان:١٩٣٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ السَّخْتِيَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا مَسْجِدَنَا قَالَ

إِنِّي لَأُصَلِّي وَمَا أُرِيدُ الصَّلَاةَ وَلَكِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُعَلِّمَكُمْ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي قَالَ «فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ حَيْثُ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السُّجُودِ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى اسْتَوَى قَاعِدًا ثُمَّ قَامَ فَاعْتَمَدَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ»  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad
abudawud:843 – Ziyād b. Ayyūb > Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Jāʾanā Abū Sulaymān Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith > Masjidinā > And al-Lah Innī Lʾuṣallī Wamā Urīd al-Ṣalāh Walakinnī Urīd

Abu Sulaiman Malik b. al-Huwairth came to our mosque, and said: By Allah, I Shall offer prayer, though I do not intend to pray; I only intend to show you how I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying. The narrator said: ( He then prayed and ) he sat at the end of the first rak’ah when he raised his head after the last prostration.  

أبو داود:٨٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ قَالَ جَاءَنَا أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ الْحُوَيْرِثِ إِلَى مَسْجِدِنَا فَقَالَ

وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأُصَلِّي وَمَا أُرِيدُ الصَّلاَةَ وَلَكِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُرِيَكُمْ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي قَالَ فَقَعَدَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الأُولَى حِينَ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السَّجْدَةِ الآخِرَةِ  

ahmad:15599 – Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Jāʾ Abū Sulaymān Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith > Masjidinā > And al-Lh Innī Laʾuṣallī Wamā Urīd al-Ṣalāh Walakinnī Urīd

Abu Sulaiman Malik b. al-Huwairth came to our mosque, and said: By Allah, I Shall offer prayer, though I do not intend to pray; I only intend to show you how I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying. The narrator said: ( He then prayed and ) he sat at the end of the first rak’ah when he raised his head after the last prostration. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 843)   

أحمد:١٥٥٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ قَالَ جَاءَ أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ الْحُوَيْرِثِ إِلَى مَسْجِدِنَا فَقَالَ

وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأُصَلِّي وَمَا أُرِيدُ الصَّلَاةَ وَلَكِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُرِيَكُمْ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي قَالَ فَقَعَدَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى حِينَ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السَّجْدَةِ الْأَخِيرَةِ ثُمَّ قَامَ