Volume 1, Book 12, Number 709:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “Perform the bowing and the prostrations properly. By Allah, I see you from be –
hind me (or from behind my back) when you bow or prostrate.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 710:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar used to start the prayer with “Al-hamdu lil-lahi Rabbil-‘ala-min
(All praises are for Allah the Lord of the Worlds).”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 695:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
One night I stood to the left of the Prophet in the prayer but he caught hold of me by the hand or
by the shoulder (arm) till he made me stand on his right and beckoned with his hand (for me) to go
from behind (him). (Al-Kashmaihani-Fateh al-Bari).
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 696:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Allah’s Apostle used to pray in his room at night. As the wall of the room was LOW, the people saw
him and some of them stood up to follow him in the prayer. In the morning they spread the news.
The following night the Prophet stood for the prayer and the people followed him. This went on for
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two or three nights. Thereupon Allah’s Apostle did not stand for the prayer the following night, and
did not come out. In the morning, the people asked him about it. He replied, that he way afraid that
the night prayer might become compulsory.
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 697:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet had a mat which he used to spread during the day and use as a curtain at night. So a
number of people gathered at night facing it and prayed behind him.
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 698:
Narrated Zaid bin Thabit:
Allah’s Apostle made a small room in the month of Ramadan (Sa’id said, “I think that Zaid bin
Thabit said that it was made of a mat”) and he prayed there for a few nights, and so some of his com –
panions prayed behind him. When he came to know about it, he kept on sitting. In the morning, he
went out to them and said, “I have seen and understood what you did. You should pray in your
houses, for the best prayer of a person is that which he prays in his house except the compulsory
prayers.”
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Book 12: Characteristics of Prayer
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 699:
Narrated Anas bin Malik Al-Ansari:
Allah’s Apostle rode a horse and fell down and the right side of his body was injured. On that day
he prayed one of the prayers sitting and we also prayed behind him sitting. When the Prophet fin –
ished the prayer with Taslim, he said, “The Imam is to be followed and if he prays standing then pray
standing, and bow when he bows, and raise your heads when he raises his head; prostrate when he
prostrates; and if he says “Sami’a-l-lahu Liman hamida”, you should say, “Rabbana wa-laka-l hamd.:
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 700:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah’s Apostle fell from a horse and got injured so he led the prayer sitting and we also prayed
sitting. When he completed the prayer he said, “The Imam is to be followed; if he says Takbir then
say Takbir, bow if he bows; raise your heads when he raises his head, when he says, ‘Sami’ a-l-lahu
Liman hamida say, ‘Rabbana laka-l-hamd’, and prostrate when he prostrates.”