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I remember Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and also the mouthful of water which he took from a bucket in our house
and ejected (on me). I heard from `Itban bin Malik Al-Ansari, who was one from Bani Salim, saying,
“I used to lead my tribe of Bani Salim in prayer. Once I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said to him, ‘I have
weak eyesight and at times the rainwater flood intervenes between me and the mosque of my tribe and
I wish that you would come to my house and pray at some place so that I could take that place as a
place for praying (mosque). He said, “Allah willing, I shall do that.” Next day Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) along
with Abu Bakr, came to my house after the sun had risen high and he asked permission to enter. I gave
him permission, but he didn’t sit till he said to me, “Where do you want me to pray in your house?” I
pointed to a place in the house where I wanted him to pray. So he stood up for the prayer and we
aligned behind him. He completed the prayer with Taslim and we did the same simultaneously.”

I remember Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and also the mouthful of water which he took from a bucket in our house
and ejected (on me). I heard from `Itban bin Malik Al-Ansari, who was one from Bani Salim, saying,
“I used to lead my tribe of Bani Salim in prayer. Once I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said to him, ‘I have
weak eyesight and at times the rainwater flood intervenes between me and the mosque of my tribe and
I wish that you would come to my house and pray at some place so that I could take that place as a
place for praying (mosque). He said, “Allah willing, I shall do that.” Next day Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) along
with Abu Bakr, came to my house after the sun had risen high and he asked permission to enter. I gave
him permission, but he didn’t sit till he said to me, “Where do you want me to pray in your house?” I
pointed to a place in the house where I wanted him to pray. So he stood up for the prayer and we
aligned behind him. He completed the prayer with Taslim and we did the same simultaneously.”

(the freed slave of Ibn `Abbas) Ibn `Abbas told me, “In the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) it was the custom to
celebrate Allah’s praises aloud after the compulsory congregational prayers.” Ibn `Abbas further said,
“When I heard the Dhikr, I would learn that the compulsory congregational prayer had ended.”

I used to recognize the completion of the prayer of the Prophet (ﷺ) by hearing Takbir.

Some poor people came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “The wealthy people will get higher grades and will
have permanent enjoyment and they pray like us and fast as we do. They have more money by which
they perform the Hajj, and `Umra; fight and struggle in Allah’s Cause and give in charity.” The
Prophet said, “Shall I not tell you a thing upon which if you acted you would catch up with those who
have surpassed you? Nobody would overtake you and you would be better than the people amongst
whom you live except those who would do the same. Say “Subhana l-lah”, “Al hamdu li l-lah” and
“Allahu Akbar” thirty three times each after every (compulsory) prayer.” We differed and some of us
said that we should say, “Subhan-al-lah” thirty three times and “Al hamdu li l-lah” thirty three times
and “Allahu Akbar” thirty four times. I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) who said, “Say, “Subhan-al-lah” and “Al
hamdu li l-lah” and “Allahu Akbar” all together [??], thirty three times.”

(the clerk of Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba) Once Al-Mughira dictated to me in a letter addressed to
Muawiya that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to say after every compulsory prayer, “La ilaha illa l-lahu wahdahu la
sharika lahu, lahu l-mulku wa lahu l-hamdu, wa huwa `ala kulli shay’in qadir. Allahumma la mani`a
lima a`taita, wa la mu`tiya lima mana`ta, wa la yanfa`u dhal-jaddi minka l-jadd. [There is no Deity but
Allah, Alone, no Partner to Him. His is the Kingdom and all praise, and Omnipotent is he. O Allah!
Nobody can hold back what you gave, nobody can give what You held back, and no struggler’s effort
can benefit against You].” And Al-Hasan said, “Al-jadd’ means prosperity [??].”

I was sitting with some of the companions of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and we were discussing about the way of
praying of the Prophet. Abu Humaid As-Sa`idi said, “I remember the prayer of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) better
than any one of you. I saw him raising both his hands up to the level of the shoulders on saying the
Takbir; and on bowing he placed his hands on both knees and bent his back straight, then he stood up
straight from bowing till all the vertebrate took their normal positions. In prostrations, he placed both
his hands on the ground with the forearms away from the ground and away from his body, and his toes
were facing the Qibla. On sitting In the second rak`a he sat on his left foot and propped up the right
one; and in the last rak`a he pushed his left foot forward and kept the other foot propped up and sat
over the buttocks.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I have been ordered to prostrate on seven bones i.e. on the forehead along with the
tip of the nose and the Prophet (ﷺ) pointed towards his nose, both hands, both knees and the toes of both
feet and not to gather the clothes or the hair.”

(he was from the tribe of Uzd Shanu’a [??] and was the ally of the tribe of `Abdul-Manaf and was one
of the companions of the Prophet): Once the Prophet (ﷺ) led us in the Zuhr prayer and stood up after the
second rak`a and did not sit down. The people stood up with him. When the prayer was about to end
and the people were waiting for him to say the Taslim, he said Takbir while sitting and prostrated
twice before saying the Taslim and then he said the Taslim.”

Once I went to Abu- Sa`id Al-Khudri and asked him, “Won’t you come with us to the date-palm trees
to have a talk?” So Abu Sa`id went out and I asked him, “Tell me what you heard from the Prophet (ﷺ)
about the Night of Qadr.” Abu Sa`id replied, “Once Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) performed I`tikaf (seclusion) on
the first ten days of the month of Ramadan and we did the same with him. Gabriel came to him and
said, ‘The night you are looking for is ahead of you.’ So the Prophet (ﷺ) performed the I`tikaf in the
middle (second) ten days of the month of Ramadan and we too performed I`tikaf with him. Gabriel
came to him and said, ‘The night which you are looking for is ahead of you.’ In the morning of the
20th of Ramadan the Prophet (ﷺ) delivered a sermon saying, ‘Whoever has performed I`tikaf with me
should continue it. I have been shown the Night of “Qadr”, but have forgotten its date, but it is in the
odd nights of the last ten nights. I saw in my dream that I was prostrating in mud and water.’ In those
days the roof of the mosque was made of branches of date-palm trees. At that time the sky was clear
and no cloud was visible, but suddenly a cloud came and it rained. The Prophet (ﷺ) led us in the prayer
and I saw the traces of mud on the forehead and on the nose of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). So it was the
confirmation of that dream.”