Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1155
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، كَانَ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ فَيُكَبِّرُ كُلَّمَا خَفَضَ وَرَفَعَ فَإِذَا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَشْبَهُكُمْ صَلاَةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Translation
Qutaybah ibn Sa‘id reported to us, from Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from Abu Salamah, that Abu Hurairah used to lead them in prayer and say the takbir whenever he went down or rose. When he finished, he would say, “By Allah, among you I am the one whose prayer most closely resembles the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).”