“I heard him when he was among ten of theCompanionsof the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), one of whom was AbuQatadah binRib`i, saying: ‘I am the most knowledgeable of youabout the prayer of the Messengerof Allah (ﷺ). When he stood up for prayer, hestood up straight andraised his hands until they were parallel tohis shoulders, then hesaid: Allahu Akbar. When he wanted to bow inRuku`, he raised hishands until they were parallel to hisshoulders. When he said Sami`Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hearsthose who praise Him), he raised hishands and stood up straight.When he stood up after two Rak`ah, hesaid Allahu Akbar and raisedhis hands until they were parallel to hisshoulders, as he did whenhe started the prayer.’”

“Abu Humaid, Abu Usaid As-Sa’di, Sahlbin Sa’d, and Muhammad bin Maslamah came together and spoke abouttheprayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Abu Humaid said: ‘I amthemost knowledgeable of you about the prayer of the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up and said AllahuAkbar,and raised his hands, then he raised them when he said AllahuAkbarfor Ruku’, then he stood up and raised his hands, and stoodstraightuntil every bone had returned to its place.’”

“When the Prophet (ﷺ)stood up to offer a prescribed prayer, he said Allahu Akbar andraisedhis hands until they were parallel to his shoulders. When hewanted tobow he did likewise; when he raised his head from bowing hedidlikewise; and when he stood up after the two prostrations he didlikewise.”*

It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)used toraise his hands at every Takbir (saying Allahu Akbar).

It wasnarrated from Anas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used toraisehis hands when he entered prayer, and when he bowed in Ruku’.

“I said: ‘I will look attheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) and see how he performs the prayer.’ Hestood up and faced the Qiblah, and raised his hands until they wereparallel to his ears. When he bowed, he raised them likewise, andwhenhe raised his head from Ruku’, he raised them likewise.”

“I sawthe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) doing that.” (One of the narrators)said:“Ibrahim bin Tahman (one of the narrators) raised his handsto hisears.”

“When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)bowed, he neither raised his head nor lowered it, rather (he didsomething) between that.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘No prayer is acceptable in which a man does not settle hisspine when bowing and when prostrating.’”

“We set out until we came to theMessenger ofAllah (ﷺ), and we gave him our oath of allegiance andperformedprayer behind him. He glanced out of the corner of his eyeat a manwho was not settling his spine when he bowed and prostrated.When theProphet (ﷺ) finished the prayer, he said: ‘O Muslims, thereis noprayer for the one who does not settle his spine when bowing andprostrating.’”

“I heard Wabisah bin Ma’bad saying:‘Isaw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performing prayer, and when hebowedhe made his back so straight that if water were poured on it, itwould have stayed there.’”

“I bowed (in prayer)besidemy father, and I put my hands between my knees. He struck myhand andsaid: ‘We used to do that, then we were commanded to put themonthe knees.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) usedtobow with his hands on his knees and his upper arms held away fromhissides.”

“Sami’ Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears those who praiseHim),” he said: “Rabbana wa lakal-hamd (O our Lord, to You is thepraise).”

“When the Imam says: ‘Sami’ Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hearsthose who praise Him),’ say: ‘Rabbana wa lakal-hamd (O our Lord,toYou is the praise).’”

“When the Imam says: ‘Sami’ Allahu limanhamidah(Allah hears those who praise Him),’ say: ‘Allahumma,Rabbana walakal-hamd (O Allah! O our Lord! To You is the praise).’”

“When the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)raised his head from Ruku’, he said: ‘Sami’ Allahu limanhamidah, Allahumma, Rabbana lakal-hamd, mil’ as-samawati wa mil’al-ard wa mil’ ma shi’ta min shay’in ba’d (Allah hears thosewho praiseHim. O Allah! O our Lord, to You is the praise as much asfills theheavens, as much as fills the earth and as much as You willafterthat).’”

“I heard Abu Juhaifah say: Goodfortune was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)while he was performing prayer. A man said: ‘so-and-so’s fortuneis inhorses.’ Another man said: ‘So-and-so’s fortune is incamels.’ Anotherman said: ‘So-and-so’s fortune is in sheep.’Another man said: ‘So-and-so’s fortune is in slaves.’ While theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) wasfinishing his prayer, he raised his headat the end of the last Rak’ahand said: ‘Allahumma Rabbanalakal-hamd mil’ as-samawati wa mil’ al-ard wa mil’ ma shi’tamin shai’in ba’du. Allahumma la mani’ limaa’taita wa lamu’ti lima mana’ta, wa la yanfa’u dhal-jaddi minkal-jadd(Allahhears those who praise Him. O Allah! O our Lord! To You is thepraiseas much as fills the heavens, as much as fills the earth and asmuchas You will after that. O Allah, there is none who can withholdwhatYou give, and none who can give what You withhold, and the goodfortune of any fortunate person is to no avail against You).’ TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) elongated the word Jadd (fortune) so thatthey would know that it was not as they had said.”

It wasnarrated from Maimunah that when the Prophet (ﷺ) prostrated,hewould hold his forearms away from his sides, such that if a lambwanted to pass under his arms, it would be able to do so.

“I was with my father on the plain inNamirah,*when some riders passed us and made their camels kneel downat theside of the road. My father said to me: ‘Stay with yourlambs until Igo to those people and see what they want.’ He said:Then he (myfather) went out and I came, (i.e., I came near,) thenthere was theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ), and the time for prayer cameso I prayedwith them, and I was looking at the whiteness of thearmpits of theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) every time he prostrated.” Ibn Majah said: The people say `Ubaidullah bin `Abdullah, but Abu Bakr bin Abu Shaibah said: "The people say `Abdullah bin `Ubaidullah."Muhammad bin Bashshar said: "`Abdur-Rahman bin Mahdi, Safwan bin `Eisa and Abu Dawud all said: 'Dawud bin Qais narrated to us, from `Ubaidullah bin `Abdullah bin Aqram, from his father, from the Prophet (ﷺ).'" With similar wording.