Volume 1, Book 12, Number 783:
Narrated Al-Bara’:
The time taken by the Prophet in prostrations, bowing, and the sitting interval between the two
prostrations was about the same.
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 784:
Narrated Thabit:
Anas said, “I will leave no stone unturned in making you offer the prayer as I have seen the Proph –
et making us offer it.” Anas used to do a thing which I have not seen you doing. He used to stand
after the bowing for such a long time that one would think that he had forgotten (the prostrations)
and he used to sit in-between the prostrations so long that one would think that he had forgotten the
second prostration.
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 785:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “Be straight in the prostrations and none of you should put his forearms on the
ground (in the prostration) like a dog.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 786:
Narrated Malik bin Huwairith Al-Laithi:
I saw the Prophet praying and in the odd Rakat, he used to sit for a moment before getting up.
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 787:
Narrated Aiyub:
Abu Qilaba said, “Malik bin Huwairith came to us and led us in the prayer in this mosque of ours
and said, ‘I lead you in prayer but I do not want to offer the prayer but just to show you how Allah’s
Apostle performed his prayers.” I asked Abu Qilaba, “How was the prayer of Malik bin Huwairith?”
He replied, “Like the prayer of this Sheikh of ours– i.e. ‘Amr bin Salima.” That Sheikh used to pro –
nounce the Takbir perfectly and when he raised his head from the second prostration he would sit
for a while and then support himself on the ground and get up.
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 788:
Narrated Said bin Al-Harith:
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Abu Said led us in the prayer and said the Takbir aloud on arising from the prostration, and on
prostrating, on rising again, and on getting up from the second Rak’a. Abu Said said, “I saw the
Prophet doing the same.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 789:
Narrated Mutarrif:
‘Imran and I prayed behind ‘Ali bin Abi Talib and he said Takbir on prostrating, on rising and on
getting up after the two Rakat (i.e. after the second Rak’a). When the prayer was finished, ‘Imran took
me by the hand and said, “He (‘Ali) has prayed the prayer of Muhammad” (or said, “He made us re –
member the prayer of Muhammad).”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 790:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abdullah:
I saw ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar crossing his legs while sitting in the prayer and I, a mere youngster in
those days, did the same. Ibn ‘Umar forbade me to do so, and said, “The proper way is to keep the
right foot propped up and bend the left in the prayer.” I said questioningly, “But you are doing so
(crossing the legs).” He said, “My feet cannot bear my weight.”