| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27580 | | Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet ﷺ said: The imam is appointed only to be followed; when he says Allah is most great; say Allah is most great and do not say Allah is most great until he says Allah is most great. When he bows; bow; and do not bow until he bows. And when he says Allah listens to him who praise Him; say O Allah; our Lord; to Thee be the praise. The version recorded by Muslim goes: And to Thee be the praise: And when he prostrate; and do not prostrate until he prostrates. When he prays standing; pray standing; and when he prays sitting; all of you pray sitting.Abu Dawud said: The words O Allah; our Lord; to You be the praise reported by Sulaiman were explained to me by some of our companions. | The Chapter on Prostration And Bowing in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on About The Imam Praying While Sitting Down in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27596 | | Narrated Muawiyah Ibn Abu Sufyan: The Prophet ﷺ said: Do not try to outstrip me in bowing and prostrating because however earlier I bow you will join me when I raise my head from bowing ; I have become bulky. | The Chapter on Prostration And Supplications in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on The One Behind The Imam Has Been Commanded To Follow The Imam in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27598 | | AlBara b.Azib said ; we used to pray along with the prophet ﷺ ; none of us bowed his back until he saw that the prophet ﷺ bowed his back. | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers The Month Of Ramadan in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on The One Behind The Imam Has Been Commanded To Follow The Imam in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27599 | | AlBara Bin Azib said; They the Companions used to pray along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When he bowed; they bowed; and when he said; Allah listens to him who praises him; they remained standing until they saw that he placed his placed his forehead on the ground: then they would follow him ﷺ | The Chapter on Bowing In Prayers And Altawaf in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on The One Behind The Imam Has Been Commanded To Follow The Imam in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27660 | | Abu Bakrah said that he came to the Masjid when the prophet ﷺ was bowing. So I bowed outside the row before joining it. The prophet ﷺ said; May Allah increase your eagerness! But do not do it again. | The Chapter on Prolonging The Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on A Person Bows Outside Of The Row in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27661 | | AlHasan reported : Abu Bakrah came when the apostle of Allah ﷺ was bowing. So he bowed without the row before joining it. He then went to the row. When the prophet ﷺ finished his prayer; he said: which of your bowed without the row; and then went to the row? Abu Bakrah said; it was i. the prophet ﷺ said: May Allah increase your eagerness ! but do not do it again. | The Chapter on Prayers Rows And Bowing And Prostrations in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on A Person Bows Outside Of The Row in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27698 | | Salim reported on the authority of his father Ibn Umar : I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that when he began prayer; he used to raise his hands opposite his shoulders; and he did so when he bowed; and raised his head after bowing. Sufyan a narrator once said: When he raised his head:; and after he used to say: When he raised his head after bowing. He would not raise his hands between the two prostrations. | The Chapter on The Format Of Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Raising The Hands In The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27699 | | Abdullah Bin Umar said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to raise his hands opposite his shoulders when he began prayer; then he uttered takbir Allah is most great in the same condition; and then he bowed. And when he raised his back head after bowing he raised them opposite his shoulders; and said: Allah listens to him who praises Him. But he did not raise his hand when he prostrated himself; he rather raised them when he uttered the takbir Allah is most great before bowing until his prayer is finished. | The Chapter on Standing For Prayers And Bowing in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Raising The Hands In The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27700 | | Abd AlJabbar Bin Wail b.Hujr said: I was a small boy and I did not understand the prayer of my father. So WaIl Bin Alqamah reported Wail Bin Hujr as saying: I offered prayer along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He used to raise his hands when he pronounced the takbir Allah is most great ; then pulled his garment around him; then placed his right hand on his left; and entered his hands in his garment. When he was about to bow he took his hands out of his garment; and then raised them. And when he raised his head after bowing; he raised his hands. He then prostrated himself and placed his face forehead on the ground between his hands. And when he raised his head after prostration; he also raised his hands until he finished his prayer. Muhammad a narrator said: I mentioned it to AlHasan Bin Abu AlHasan who said: This is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered prayer; some did it and others abandoned it.Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Hammam from Ibn Juhadah; but he did not mention the raising of hands after he raised his head at the end of the prostration. | The Chapter on The Format Of Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Raising The Hands In The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27703 | | Narrated Wail Ibn Hujr: I purposely looked at the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ; how he offered it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up; faced the direction of the qiblah and uttered the takbir Allah is most great and then raised his hands in front of his ears; then placed his right hand on his left catching each other. When he was about to bow; he raised them in the same manner. He then placed his hands on his knees. When he raised his head after bowing; he raised them in the like manner. When he prostrated himself he placed his forehead between his hands. He then sat down and spread his left foot and placed his left hand on his left thigh; and kept his right elbow aloof from his right thigh. He closed his two fingers and made a circle with the fingers. I Aasi m Ibn Kulayb saw him Bishr Ibn AlMufaddal say in this manner. Bishr made the circle with the thumb and the middle finger and pointed with the forefinger. | The Chapter on Body Parts The Hands And Thumbs in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Raising The Hands In The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27721 | | Narrated Ali Ibn Abu Talib: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood for offering the obligatory prayer; he uttered the takbir Allah is most great and raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and he did like that when he finished recitation of the Quran and was about to bow; and he did like that when he rose after bowing; and he did not raise his hands in his prayer while he was in his sitting position. When he stood up from his prostrations at the end of two rakahs ; he raised his hands likewise and uttered the takbir Allah is most great and raised his hands so as to bring them up to his shoulders; as he uttered the takbir in the beginning of the prayer. | The Chapter on Tashahhud Raising From Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Those Who Mentioned That He Should Raise His Hands After Standing Up After Two Rakah in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27722 | | Malik Bin AlHuwairith said: I saw the Prophet ﷺ raise his hands when he uttered the takbir Allah is most great ; when he bowed and when he raised his head after bowing until he brought them to the lobes of his ears. | The Chapter on Tashahhud Raising From Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Those Who Mentioned That He Should Raise His Hands After Standing Up After Two Rakah in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27738 | | Ali Bin Ali Talib said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up for offering obligatory prayer; he uttered the takbir Allah is most great and raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and he did so when he finished the recitation of the Quran and when he was about to bow; and he did like that when he raised his head after bowing. He did not raise his hands in prayer when he was sitting. When he stood at the end of two rakahs; he raised his hands in a similar way and uttered the takbir and supplicated in a more or less the same manner as narrated by Abd AlAziz in his version. This version does not mention the words All good is in Thy Hands and evil does not pertain to Thee. And this adds: He said when he finished the prayer: O Allah; forgive me my former and latter sins; my open and secret sins; Thou art my deity; there is no God but Thee. | The Chapter on Tashahhud Raising From Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on The Supplication With Which The Prayer Should Be Started in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27760 | | Aisha said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ began prayer with the takbir Allah is most great and with reciting Praise be to Allah; the Lord of the Universe. And when he bowed; he neither raised up nor lowered down his head; but kept it between the two conditions. And when he raised his head after bowing; he did not prostrate himself until he stood up straight; and when he raised his head after prostration; he did not prostrate the second time until he sat down properly; and he recited Altahiyat after every pair of rakahs; and when he sat; he spread out his left foot and raised his right. He forbade to sit like the sitting of the devil; and to spread out to hands on the ground in prostration like animals. He used to finish prayer with uttering the salutation. | The Chapter on The Format Of Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Those Who Do Not Say That BismilaahirRahmanirRahim Should Be Said Aloud in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27823 | | Abdullah Bin Abi Awuf a said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his head after bowing; he said: Allah listens to him who praises Him. O Allah; our lord; to Thee be the praise in the heavens and in all the earth; and all that it please Thee to create afterwards.Abu Dawud said: Sufyan AlThawri and Shubah Bin AlAlHajjaj reported on authority of Ubaid Bin AlHasan: There is no mention of the words after bowing in this tradition. Sufyan said: we met Alshaikh Ubaid Bin AlHasan; he did not say the words bowing in it.Abu dawud said: Shubah narrated this from Abi Ismah; from AlAmash; on the authority of Ubaid; saying: after bowing. | The Chapter on in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on What Should Be Said When One Raises His Head From The Ruku in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27831 | | AlBarab. Azib said: I witnessed Muhammed ﷺ Abu Kamils version has the wording: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ -during his prayer. I found his standing like his bowing and prostration and his moderation in bowing was like that of his prostration; and his sitting between the two prostration and his prostration and his sitting between the salutation and going away after finishing the prayer were nearly equal to one another.Abu Dawud said: Mousaddad said: His bowing and his moderation in bowing and prostration; and his prostration and his sitting between the two prostrations; and his prostration and sitting between the salutation and going away after finishing the prayer were nearly equal. | The Chapter on Prostration Of Forgetfulness in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on The Prolonged Standing After The Ruku And The Sitting Betwen The Two Prostration in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27850 | | Narrated Awuf Ibn Malik AlAshjai: I stood up to pray along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ; he got up and recited Surat AlBaqarah Surah 2. When he came to a verse which spoke of mercy; he stopped and made supplication; and when he came to verse which spoke of punishment; he stopped and sought refuge in Allah; then he bowed and paused as long as he stood reciting Surah AlBaqarah ; and said while bowing; Glory be to the Possessor of greatness; the Kingdom; grandeur and majesty. :Then he prostrated himself and paused as long as he stood up and recited Surat Aal Imran Surah 3 and then recited many surahs one after another. | The Chapter on Glory And Praise To Allah In Recitation in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on What A Person Should Say In His Ruku And Prostration in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27851 | | Narrated Hudhayfah: Hudhayfah saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying at night. He said: Allah is most great three times; Possessor of kingdom; grandeur; greatness and majesty. He then began his prayer and recited Surah AlBaqarah; then he bowed and he paused in bowing as long as he stood up; he said while bowing; Glory be to my mighty Lord; Glory be to my mighty Lord ; then he raised his head; after bowing: then he stood up and he paused as long as he paused in bowing and said; Praise be to my Lord ; then he prostrated and paused in prostration as long as he paused in the standing position; he said while prostrating: Glory be to my most high Lord; then he raised his head after prostration; and sat as long as he prostrated; and said while sitting: O my Lord forgive me. He offered four rakahs of prayer and recited in them Surah AlBaqarah; Aal Imran; AlNisa; AlMaidah; or AlAnam. The narrator Shubah doubted. | The Chapter on Recitation And Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on What A Person Should Say In His Ruku And Prostration in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27898 | | Abu Qatadah; a Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ; said: While we were waiting for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for the noon or afternoon prayer; and Bilal had already called him for prayer; he came upon us with Umamah daughter of Abu AlAs and daughter of his daughter on his neck. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood at the place of prayer and we stood behind him and she Umamah all this time was in her place. He uttered the takbir and we also uttered. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to bow; he took her and put her down; and then he bowed and prostrated till he finished his prostration. He then got up and took her and returned he to her place. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept on doing that in every rakah until he finished his prayer. ﷺ. | The Chapter on Prostration While Reciting Alquran in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Actions During The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27933 | | Aisha said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray standing at night for a long time; and used to pray sitting at night for a long time. When he prayed standing; he bowed standing; and when he prayed sitting; he bowed sitting. | The Chapter on Prayers And Mercy Praise And Supplications in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on The Prayer Of The One Sitting Down in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
