[Machine] Al-Ash'ari said to Abdullah, "Ask him, as he is the most knowledgeable and oldest among us." So he asked him and he said, "You start with four (Takbirs) and end with four (Takbirs). Then you make one Takbir, then add three more Takbirs, then raise your hands and bow. When you raise your head from the prostration, you recite (a verse from the Quran) and then make four Takbirs, then bow."
الْأَشْعَرِيُّ سَلْ عَبْدَ اللهِ فَإِنَّهُ أَعْلَمُنَا وَأَقْدَمُنَا فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ «تَفْتَحُ بِأَرْبَعٍ وَتَخْتِمُ بِأَرْبَعٍ وَتُكَبِّرُ وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ تُضِيفُ إِلَيْهَا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ تُكَبِّرُ فَتَرْكَعُ فَإِذَا رَفَعْتَ مِنَ السَّجْدَةِ قَرَأْتَ ثُمَّ كَبَّرْتَ أَرْبَعًا ثُمَّ تَرْكَعُ»