English Translation

Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us, Abu Khalid al-Ahmar narrated to us from Husayn al-Mu'allim; and Ishaq ibn Ibrahim said — and the wording is his —: Isa ibn Yunus informed us, Husayn al-Mu'allim narrated to us from Budayl ibn Maysara, from Abu al-Jawza', from Umm al-Mu'minin Hadrat A'isha (may Allah be well pleased with her), who said: The Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to begin the prayer with the takbir and the recitation with 'Al-hamdu lillahi Rabbil-'alamin' (Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds). When he bowed, he neither raised his blessed head nor lowered it, but kept it between these extremes. When he raised his blessed head from bowing, he would not go into prostration until he stood upright. When he raised his blessed head from prostration, he would not prostrate again until he sat upright. After every two rak'ahs he would recite the Tahiyyat. He would place his left foot flat and keep his right foot upright. He forbade sitting on the heels like the devil, and he forbade a person from spreading his arms on the ground like a predatory animal. And he would conclude the prayer with the salutation.