By the One in Whose Hand my soul is, I am the closest among you to the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). Such was his prayer until he departed this world
Chapter: One should say Takbir while going in prostration.
Authentic
hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim)Sahih al-Bukhari 803
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that
he used to say takbīr in every obligatory and supererogatory prayer during Ramadan and others. He would say takbīr when he rose and say takbīr when he bowed. Then, he would say: "Sami'a allāhu liman hamidah" (Allah hears he who praises Him). Then, he would say, "Rabbanā wa laka al-hamd" (Our Lord,
praise be to You) before prostrating. Then, he would say: "Allāhu akbar" (Allah is the Greatest) as he went down to prostration. Then, he would say takbīr upon raising his head from prostration, then say takbīr upon prostrating, and then say takbīr upon raising his head from prostration. Then, he would say takbīr upon rising from the sitting position both times. He would do so in every Rak'ah until he finished the prayer. Then, he would say as he left: "By the One in Whose Hand my soul is, I am the closest among you to the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). Such was his prayer until he departed this world."
Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 803, 789), Muslim (No. 392b), Abu Dawud (No. 836), An-Nasa’i (No. 1150) and Ahmad (No. 9474).
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) describes part of the Prophet's prayer. He informs that when he stood for prayer, he would say the takbīr of ihrām (opening takbīr). Then, he would say takbīr in the following cases: when he bowed for Rukū 'when he prostrated himself and raised his head from prostration. When he made the second prostration, he raised his head and rose from the first two Rak'ahs after sitting for the first tashahhud in the three-Rak'ah or four-Rak'ah prayer. Then, he would do this in the whole prayer until he finished it. He would say upon raising his back from Rukū ': Allah hears he who praises Him. And while standing upright, he would say: Our Lord, praise be to You.
Then, Abu Hurayrah would say after he finished the prayer: By the One in Whose Hand my soul is, I am the closest among you to the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). Such was his prayer until he departed this world.
Lessons
Takbīr is to be said with every movement in the prayer, except when he rises from Rukū‘, at which point he says: Allah hears he who praises Him.
The Companions were keen to follow the Prophet's example and preserve his Sunnah.
Explanation in Arabic
يَروي أبو هريرة رضي الله عنه جزءًا من صفة صلاة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، ويخبر أنه كان إذا قام إلى الصلاة يكبر حين يقوم تكبيرة الإحرام، ثم يكبر حين يَنْتَقل إلى الركوع، وحين يسجد، وحين يرفع رأسه من السجود، وحين يسجد السجدة الثانية، وحين يرفع رأسه منها، وحين يقوم من الركعتين الأوليين بعد الجلوس للتشهد الأول في الصلاة الثلاثية أو الرباعية، ثم يفعل ذلك في الصلاة كلها حتى يقضيَها، وكان يقول حين يرفع ظهره من الركوع: سمع الله لمن حمده، ثم يقول وهو قائم: ربنا لك الحمد.
ثم يقول أبو هريرة حين ينصرف من الصلاة: والذي نفسي بيده، إني لأقربكم شَبَهًا بصلاة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، إن كانت هذه صفة صلاته حتى فارق الدنيا.
يكون التكبير أثناء كلِّ خَفْضٍ ورَفْعٍ إلا في رفعه من الركوع فيقول سمع الله لمن حمده.
حرص الصحابة على الاقتداء بالنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وحفظ سُنَّتِه.
Abu Dawudهذا الكلام الأخير يجعله مالك والزبيدي وغيرهما عن الزهري عن علي بن حسين ووافق عبد الأعلى عن معمر شعيب بن أبي حمزة عن الزهري — سنن أبي داود (836)
Al-Bayhaqiموصول — السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (2/67)
Other versions
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