Sunan an-Nasa'i 1053

Qutaybah informed us: Bakr ibn Mudar narrated to us, from Ibn ʿAjlan, from ʿAli ibn Yahya al-Zuraqi, from his father, from his uncle Rifaʿah ibn Rafiʿ—who had been at Badr—who said: “We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man entered the mosque and prayed. The Messenger watched him without the man noticing. Then the man left, came to the Messenger, and greeted him. He returned the greeting and said, ‘Go back and pray, for you have not prayed.’ The narrator said, ‘I do not know whether this was the second or third time.’ The man said, ‘By the One who sent down the Book to you, I have tried my utmost. Teach me and show me.’ He said: ‘When you intend to pray, perform ablution and do it well; then stand and face the qiblah; say the takbir; recite; then bow until you are at ease in bowing. Then rise until you are standing upright. Then prostrate until you are at ease in prostration. Then raise your head until you are at ease sitting. Then prostrate until you are at ease in prostration. If you do that, you will have completed your prayer; whatever you omit from these steps, you will have left out from your prayer.’”