Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 782 – Volume 1, Book 12

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Volume 1, Book 12, Number 782:
Narrated Abu Qilaba:
Once Malik bin Huwairith said to his friends, "Shall I show you how Allah's Apostle used to offer
his prayers?" And it was not the time for any of the compulsory congregational prayers. So he stood
up (for the prayer) bowed and said the Takbir, then he raised his head and remained standing for a
while and then prostrated and raised his head for a while (sat up for a while). He prayed like our
Sheikh 'Amr Ibn Salama. (Aiyub said, "The latter used to do a thing which I did not see the people do –
ing i.e. he used to sit between the third and the fourth Rak'a). IMalik bin Huwairith said, "We came to
the Prophet (after embracing Islam) and stayed with him. He said to us, 'When you go back to your
families, pray such and such a prayer at such and such a time, pray such and such a prayer at such
and such a time, and when there is the time for the prayer then only of you should pronounce the
Adhan for the prayer and the oldest of you should lead the prayer."
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