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nasai-kubra:1256Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > ʿAmr b. ʿAwn > Abū ʿAwānah > Hilāl > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

"I watched the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he prayed, and I noticed that his standing, his bowing, his standing up after bowing, his prostration, his sitting between the two prostrations and his sitting between the taslim and departing were almost the same in length." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1332)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٢٥٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ هِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

رَمَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَوَجَدْتُ «قِيَامَهُ وَرَكْعَتَهُ فَاعْتِدَالَهُ بَعْدَ الرَّكْعَةِ فَسَجْدَتَهُ فَجَلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ فَسَجْدَتَهُ فَجَلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ التَّسْلِيمِ وَالِانْصِرَافِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ»  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Bayhaqī
muslim:471aḤāmid b. ʿUmar al-Bakrāwī And ʾAbū Kāmil Fuḍayl b. Ḥusayn al-Jaḥdarī > Abū ʿAwānah > Ḥāmid > Abū ʿAwānah > Hilāl b. Abū Ḥumayd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

I noticed the prayer of Muhammad ﷺ and saw his Qiyam (standing), his bowing, and then going back to the standing posture after bowing, his prostration, his sitting between the two prostrations, and his prostration and sitting between salutation and going away, all these were nearly equal to one another.  

مسلم:٤٧١aوَحَدَّثَنَا حَامِدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْبَكْرَاوِيُّ وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ فُضَيْلُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ أَبِي عَوَانَةَ قَالَ حَامِدٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

رَمَقْتُ الصَّلاَةَ مَعَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَوَجَدْتُ قِيَامَهُ فَرَكْعَتَهُ فَاعْتِدَالَهُ بَعْدَ رُكُوعِهِ فَسَجْدَتَهُ فَجَلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ فَسَجْدَتَهُ فَجَلْسَتَهُ مَا بَيْنَ التَّسْلِيمِ وَالاِنْصِرَافِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ  

nasai:1332Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > ʿAmr b. ʿAwn > Abū ʿAwānah > Hilāl > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

"I watched the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he prayed, and I noticed that his standing, his bowing, his standing up after bowing, his prostration, his sitting between the two prostrations and his sitting between the taslim and departing were almost the same in length."  

النسائي:١٣٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ هِلاَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

رَمَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَوَجَدْتُ قِيَامَهُ وَرَكْعَتَهُ وَاعْتِدَالَهُ بَعْدَ الرَّكْعَةِ فَسَجْدَتَهُ فَجَلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ فَسَجْدَتَهُ فَجَلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ التَّسْلِيمِ وَالاِنْصِرَافِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ  

abudawud:854Musaddad

I witnessed Muhammed ﷺ –Abu Kamil’s version has the wording: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ-during his prayer. I found his standing like his bowing and prostration and his moderation in bowing was like that of his prostration, and his sitting between the two prostration and his prostration(and his sitting between the salutation) and going away( after finishing the prayer) were nearly equal to one another. Abu Dawud said: Musaddad said: His bowing and his moderation in bowing and prostration, and his prostration and his sitting between the two prostrations, and his prostration and sitting between the salutation and going away (after finishing the prayer) were nearly equal.  

أبو داود:٨٥٤حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ دَخَلَ حَدِيثُ أَحَدِهِمَا فِي الآخَرِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ رَمَقْتُ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ

وَقَالَ أَبُو كَامِلٍ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَوَجَدْتُ قِيَامَهُ كَرَكْعَتِهِ وَسَجْدَتِهِ وَاعْتِدَالَهُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ كَسَجْدَتِهِ وَجَلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ وَسَجْدَتَهُ مَا بَيْنَ التَّسْلِيمِ وَالاِنْصِرَافِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ فَرَكْعَتَهُ وَاعْتِدَالَهُ بَيْنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَسَجْدَتَهُ فَجَلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ فَسَجْدَتَهُ فَجَلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ التَّسْلِيمِ وَالاِنْصِرَافِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ
ahmad:18598ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > Hilāl b. Abū Ḥumayd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

I noticed the prayer of Muhammad ﷺ and saw his Qiyam (standing), his bowing, and then going back to the standing posture after bowing, his prostration, his sitting between the two prostrations, and his prostration and sitting between salutation and going away, all these were nearly equal to one another. (Using translation from Muslim 471a)  

أحمد:١٨٥٩٨حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

رَمَقْتُ الصَّلَاةَ مَعَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَوَجَدْتُ قِيَامَهُ فَرَكْعَتَهُ فَاعْتِدَالَهُ بَعْدَ الرَّكْعَةِ فَسَجْدَتَهُ فَجِلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ فَجِلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ التَّسْلِيمِ وَالِانْصِرَافِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ  

darimi:1373ʿAmr b. ʿAwn > Abū ʿAwānah > Hilāl b. Ḥumayd al-Wazzān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ

"I watched the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he prayed, and I noticed that his standing, his bowing, his standing up after bowing, his prostration, his sitting between the two prostrations and his sitting between the taslim and departing were almost the same in length." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1332)   

الدارمي:١٣٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ الْوَزَّانِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

رَمَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَوَجَدْتُ «قِيَامَهُ وَرَكْعَتَهُ وَاعْتِدَالَهُ بَعْدَ الرَّكْعَةِ فَسَجْدَتَهُ فَجِلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ فَسَجْدَتَهُ وجِلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ التَّسْلِيمِ وَالِانْصِرَافِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ» قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ هِلَالُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ أُرَى أَبُو حُمَيْدٍ الْوَزَّانُ  

bayhaqi:2755[Chain 1] Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ḍabbī > Abū Kāmil And Musaddad [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Naḍr al-Faqīh > Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > Musaddad > Abū ʿAwānah > Hilāl b. Abū Ḥumayd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib ؓ

I noticed the prayer of Muhammad ﷺ and saw his Qiyam (standing), his bowing, and then going back to the standing posture after bowing, his prostration, his sitting between the two prostrations, and his prostration and sitting between salutation and going away, all these were nearly equal to one another. (Using translation from Muslim 471a)   

البيهقي:٢٧٥٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا أَبُو كَامِلٍ وَمُسَدَّدٌ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ أنبأ مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ ؓ قَالَ

رَمَقْتُ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَوَجَدْتُ قِيَامَهُ وَرَكْعَتَهُ وَاعْتِدَالَهُ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ فَسَجْدَتَهُ فَجِلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ فَسَجْدَتَهُ فَجِلْسَتَهُ بَيْنَ التَّسْلِيمِ وَالِانْصِرَافِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ مُسَدَّدٍ