Hadrat Abu Humaid as-Sa‘idi once told a company of ten of the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)’s companions that he was more informed than any of them regarding the manner in which God’s Messenger conducted his prayer, and when they asked him to expound it to them, he said:When God’s Messenger stood up to pray he raised his hands so as to bring them opposite his shoulders and said the takbir; then he recited some verses; then said the takbir, raising his hands so as to bring them opposite his shoulders; then he bowed, placing the palms of his hands on his knees and keeping himself straight neither raising nor lowering his head; then raised his head saying, “God listens to him who praises Him”; then raised his hands placing them exactly opposite his shoulders; then said the takbir; then lowered himself to the ground in prostration, keeping his arms away from his sides and bending his toes; then raised his head, bent his left foot and sat on it; then he adopted a natural position so that every bone returned properly to its place; then he prostrated himself; then he said the takbir, raised himself and bent his left foot and sat on it: then he adopted a natural position so that every bone returned to its place; then he got up, and did the same as that in the second rak'a. At the end of two rak'as he stood up and said the takbir, raising his hands so as to bring them opposite his shoulders in the way he had said the takbir on beginning to pray; then he did that in the remainder of his prayer, and after the sajda* which is followed by the taslim he put out his left foot and sat on his left hip; then he uttered the taslim. They said, “You have spoken the truth. This is how he used to pray.”
*i.e. prostration
Abu Dawud and Darimi transmitted it. And Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted something to the same effect. Tirmidhi saying that this is a hasan sahih tradition.
Then he bowed and placed his hands on his knees as though he were clutching them, and he bent his arms and kept them away from his sides. He (i.e. the narrator) said that he then prostrated himself placing his nose and his forehead on the ground, keeping his arms away from his sides, placing the palms of his hands : When he sat at the end of two rak'as he sat on the sole of his left foot and raised the right, and after the fourth he placed his left hip on the ground and put out both feet on one side.
A version by Abu Dawud of the tradition of Abu Humaid.
Urdu Translation
حضرت ابو حمید ساعدی رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ نے رسول اللہ صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کے دس صحابہ کرام رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہم کے سامنے فرمایا: میں تم سب سے زیادہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کی نماز جانتا ہوں۔ انہوں نے کہا: بیان فرمائیے! آپ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ نے فرمایا: نبی کریم صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآلہ وسلم جب نماز کے لیے کھڑے ہوتے تو اپنے ہاتھ کندھوں تک اٹھاتے پھر تکبیر کہتے اور اس وقت تک ٹھہرتے کہ ہر ہڈی اپنی جگہ پر آ جاتی۔ پھر قراءت فرماتے، پھر تکبیر کہتے اور ہاتھ کندھوں تک اٹھاتے، پھر رکوع کرتے اور ہتھیلیاں گھٹنوں پر رکھتے۔ پھر (رکوع میں) سیدھے رہتے نہ سر نیچے جھکاتے نہ اوپر اٹھاتے۔ پھر سر اٹھاتے اور کہتے: 'سمع اللہ لمن حمدہ'، پھر ہاتھ کندھوں کے برابر اٹھاتے یہاں تک کہ سیدھے ہو جاتے اور ہر ہڈی اپنی جگہ آ جاتی، پھر کہتے 'اللہ اکبر' اور سجدے میں جاتے۔ (ابو داؤد، ترمذی)
Hadrat Abu Humaid as-Sa‘idi once told a company of ten of the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)’s companions that he was more informed than any of them regarding the manner in which God’s Messenger conducted his prayer, and when they asked him to expound it to them, he said:When God’s Messenger stood up to pray he raised his hands so as to bring them opposite his shoulders and said the takbir; then he recited some verses; then said the takbir, raising his hands so as to bring them opposite his shoulders; then he bowed, placing the palms of his hands on his knees and keeping himself straight neither raising nor lowering his head; then raised his head saying, “God listens to him who praises Him”; then raised his hands placing them exactly opposite his shoulders; then said the takbir; then lowered himself to the ground in prostration, keeping his arms away from his sides and bending his toes; then raised his head, bent his left foot and sat on it; then he adopted a natural position so that every bone returned properly to its place; then he prostrated himself; then he said the takbir, raised himself and bent his left foot and sat on it: then he adopted a natural position so that every bone returned to its place; then he got up, and did the same as that in the second rak'a. At the end of two rak'as he stood up and said the takbir, raising his hands so as to bring them opposite his shoulders in the way he had said the takbir on beginning to pray; then he did that in the remainder of his prayer, and after the sajda* which is followed by the taslim he put out his left foot and sat on his left hip; then he uttered the taslim. They said, “You have spoken the truth. This is how he used to pray.”
*i.e. prostration
Abu Dawud and Darimi transmitted it. And Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted something to the same effect. Tirmidhi saying that this is a hasan sahih tradition.
Then he bowed and placed his hands on his knees as though he were clutching them, and he bent his arms and kept them away from his sides. He (i.e. the narrator) said that he then prostrated himself placing his nose and his forehead on the ground, keeping his arms away from his sides, placing the palms of his hands : When he sat at the end of two rak'as he sat on the sole of his left foot and raised the right, and after the fourth he placed his left hip on the ground and put out both feet on one side.
A version by Abu Dawud of the tradition of Abu Humaid.
حضرت ابو حمید ساعدی رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ نے رسول اللہ صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کے دس صحابہ کرام رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہم کے سامنے فرمایا: میں تم سب سے زیادہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کی نماز جانتا ہوں۔ انہوں نے کہا: بیان فرمائیے! آپ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ نے فرمایا: نبی کریم صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآلہ وسلم جب نماز کے لیے کھڑے ہوتے تو اپنے ہاتھ کندھوں تک اٹھاتے پھر تکبیر کہتے اور اس وقت تک ٹھہرتے کہ ہر ہڈی اپنی جگہ پر آ جاتی۔ پھر قراءت فرماتے، پھر تکبیر کہتے اور ہاتھ کندھوں تک اٹھاتے، پھر رکوع کرتے اور ہتھیلیاں گھٹنوں پر رکھتے۔ پھر (رکوع میں) سیدھے رہتے نہ سر نیچے جھکاتے نہ اوپر اٹھاتے۔ پھر سر اٹھاتے اور کہتے: 'سمع اللہ لمن حمدہ'، پھر ہاتھ کندھوں کے برابر اٹھاتے یہاں تک کہ سیدھے ہو جاتے اور ہر ہڈی اپنی جگہ آ جاتی، پھر کہتے 'اللہ اکبر' اور سجدے میں جاتے۔ (ابو داؤد، ترمذی)
