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nasai-kubra:708Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdah > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Bow and prostrate properly, for by Allah (SWT) I can see you from behind my back when you bow and prostrate." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1117)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكُمْ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِي فِي رُكُوعِكُمْ وَسُجُودِكُمْ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:742Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Perform the bowing and the prostrations properly. By Allah, I see you from behind me (or from behind my back) when you bow or prostrate."  

البخاري:٧٤٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَقِيمُوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِي وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَسَجَدْتُمْ  

muslim:425aMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

Perform bowing and prostration well. By Allah, I see you even if you are behind me, or he said: (I see you) behind my back when you bow or prostrate.  

مسلم:٤٢٥aحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَقِيمُوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِي وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَسَجَدْتُمْ  

nasai:1117Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdah > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Bow and prostrate properly, for by Allah (SWT) I can see you from behind my back when you bow and prostrate."  

النسائي:١١١٧أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ خَلْفِ ظَهْرِي فِي رُكُوعِكُمْ وَسُجُودِكُمْ  

suyuti:3996a

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Perform the bowing and the prostrations properly. By Allah, I see you from behind me (or from behind my back) when you bow or prostrate." (Using translation from Bukhārī 742)   

السيوطي:٣٩٩٦a

"أقيمُوا الرُّكوعَ والسُّجُود، فوالله إني لأراكُمْ مِن بعد ظَهْرِي إذا ركَعُتمْ وإذا سَجَدْتُمْ".  

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