“Should Irecite when the Imam is reciting?” He said: “A man asked theProphet(ﷺ) whether there was recitation in every prayer. TheMessenger ofAllah (ﷺ) said: ‘Yes.’ A man among the peoplesaid: ‘It has becomeobligatory.’”

“We used to recite theOpening of the Book and a Surah behind the Imam in the first twoRak’ah of the Zuhr and the ‘Asr, and in the last wo Rak’ah (wewouldrecite) the Opening of the Book.”

“There are two pauseswhich I memorized from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but `Imran binHusain denied that. We wrote to Ubayy bin Ka`b in Al-Madinah, andhewrote that Samurah had indeed memorized them.”(One of the narrators) Sa`eed said: "We said to Qatadah: 'What are these two pauses?' He said: 'When he started his prayer, and when he finished reciting.'Then later he said: 'And when he recited: 'Not (the way) of those who earned your anger, nor of those who went astray.' They used to like (for the Imam) when he had finished reciting to remain silent until he had caught his breath.'"

“I memorized two pauses in the prayer, a pause beforereciting and a pause when bowing. ‘Imran bin Husain denied that, sothey wrote to Al-Madinah, to Ubayy bin Ka’b, and he said thatSamurahwas speaking the truth.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘The Imam has been appointed to be followed, so when he saysAllahu Akbar, then say Allahu Akbar, when he recites, then listenattentively; when he says: Not (the way) of those who earned Youranger, nor of those who went astray,[1:7] then say Amin; when he bowsthen bow; when he says Sami’ Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hearsthosewho praise Him), then say Allahumma Rabbana wa lakal-hamd (OAllah,our Lord, to You is the praise);” when he prostrates thenprostrate;and if he prays sitting down then all of you pray sittingdown.’”

“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) said: ‘When the Imam recites, then listen attentively, andifhe is sitting (in the prayer) then the first remembrance thatanyoneof you recites should be the Tashahhud.’”

“I heard Abu Hurairah say:‘TheProphet (ﷺ) led his Companions in a prayer; we think it was theSubh. He said: “Did anyone among you recite?” A man said: “Idid.” Hesaid: “I was saying to myself, what is wrong with methat someone isfighting to wrest the Qur’an from me?”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)ledus in prayer,” and he mentioned a similar report, and added to it,and he said: “And after that they were quiet in the prayers inwhichthe Imam recites aloud.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:‘Whoever has an Imam, the recitation of the Imam is hisrecitation.’”

“When the reciter says Amin, then say Amin, for the angels sayAmin,and if a person’s Amin coincides with the Amin of the angels,hisprevious sins will be forgiven.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:“When the reciter says Amin, then say Amin, for if a person’sAmincoincides with the Amin of the angels, his previous sins will beforgiven.”

“The people stopped sayingAmin,but when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said ‘Not (the way) ofthosewho earned Your Anger, nor of those who went astray’[1:7] hewouldsay Amin, until the people in the first row could hear it, andthemosque would shake with it.

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)saying ‘Amin’ after he said, ‘nor of those who wentastray.’[1:7]

“Iperformed prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) and when he said: ‘Nor ofthose who went astray’,[1:7] he said Amin and we heard that fromhim.”

“The Jewsdonot envy you for anything more than they envy you for the Salam and(saying) ‘Amin’.”

“The Jews do not envy you for anything more than they envy youforthe Salam and (saying) Amin, so say Amin a great deal.”

“I saw the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)raising his hands until they were parallel to his shoulders whenhestarted the prayer, and when he bowed in Ruku’, and when he raisedhis head from Ruku’, but he did not raise them between the twoprostrations.”

It wasnarrated that Malik bin Huwairith said that when the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) said Allahu Akbar, he would raise his hands until theywere close to his ears; when he bowed in Ruku’ he did likewise, andwhen he raised his head from Ruku’ he did likewise.

“I saw the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) raising his hands during prayer until they were parallel withhis shoulders when he started to pray, when he bowed and when heprostrated.”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) used to raise his hands at every Takbir (saying Allahu Akbar)inthe obligatory prayer.”