4. The Book of Prayers

٤۔ كتاب الصلاة

4.38 Moderation In All Pillars Of The Prayer, And Making It Brief Yet Complete

٤۔٣٨ باب اعْتِدَالِ أَرْكَانِ الصَّلاَةِ وَتَخْفِيفِهَا فِي تَمَامٍ

(272) 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).  

(٢٧٢) 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  

(273) bukhari:821Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Thābit > Anas > Innī Lā Ālū

Anas said, "I will leave no stone unturned in making you offer the prayer as I have seen the Prophet ﷺ making us offer it." Anas used to do a thing which I have not seen you doing. He used to stand after the bowing for such a long time that one would think that he had forgotten (the prostrations) and he used to sit in-between the prostrations so long that one would think that he had forgotten the second prostration.  

(٢٧٣) البخاري:٨٢١حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ إِنِّي لاَ آلُو

أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ بِكُمْ كَمَا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِنَا قَالَ ثَابِتٌ كَانَ أَنَسٌ يَصْنَعُ شَيْئًا لَمْ أَرَكُمْ تَصْنَعُونَهُ كَانَ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ قَامَ حَتَّى يَقُولَ الْقَائِلُ قَدْ نَسِيَ وَبَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ حَتَّى يَقُولَ الْقَائِلُ قَدْ نَسِيَ