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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  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, 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  

ahmad:13453ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Perform the bowing and prostration perfectly, for by Allah, I can see you from behind me when you bow and prostrate."  

أحمد:١٣٤٥٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ وَاللهِ لَأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا سَجَدْتُمْ  

ahmad:12821ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Complete the bowing and prostration, for by Allah, I see you from behind me when you bow and when you prostrate.'"  

أحمد:١٢٨٢١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا مَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا مَا سَجَدْتُمْ  

ahmad:12733Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And Muḥammad b. Bakr > Saʿīd Wa-al-Khuffāf > Saʿīd > Qatādahaʿan Anas

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: 'Complete the bowing and prostration, for by Allah, I see you from behind me when you bow and when you prostrate.'"  

أحمد:١٢٧٣٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ وَالْخُفَّافُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَعَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا مَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا مَا سَجَدْتُمْ  

ahmad:12321Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And Yazīd > Shuʿbah > Qatādah

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)  

أحمد:١٢٣٢١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَيَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِي وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَسَجَدْتُمْ  

ahmad:12148Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Complete your bowing and prostration, for by Allah, I can see you after me, and perhaps he said, 'from behind my back' when you bow and when you prostrate."  

أحمد:١٢١٤٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِي وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا سَجَدْتُمْ  

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»  

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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