Sunan Abi Dawud, 863

Rapporté par Uqbah ibn Amr al-Ansari : Salim al-Barrad a dit : Nous sommes allés voir Abu Mas’ud Uqbah ibn Amr al-Ansari et lui avons dit : « Raconte-nous la prière du Messager d’Allah ﷺ. » Il s’est levé devant nous dans la mosquée et a prononcé le takbir. Lorsqu’il s’est incliné, il a posé ses mains sur ses genoux, les doigts en dessous, et a gardé les bras écartés du corps, de sorte que tout reprenait bien sa place. Puis il a dit : « Allah entend celui qui Le loue » ; ensuite il s’est redressé complètement. Puis il a dit le takbir et s’est prosterné, posant les paumes au sol ; il a gardé les bras écartés du corps, de sorte que tout reprenait bien sa place. Ensuite, il a relevé la tête et s’est assis de façon à ce que tout reprenne sa place ; puis il a répété cela de la même manière. Il a accompli quatre rak‘as ainsi et a terminé sa prière. Puis il a dit : « C’est ainsi que nous avons vu le Messager d’Allah ﷺ faire la prière. »

Narrated Uqbah ibn Amr al-Ansari: Salim al-Barrad said: We came to AbuMas'ud Uqbah ibn Amr al-Ansari and said to him: Tell us about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He stood up before us in the mosque and said the takbir. When he bowed, he placed his hands upon his knees and put his fingers below, and kept his elbows (arms) away from his sides, so everything returned properly to its place. Then he said: "Allah listens to him who praises Him"; then he stood up so that everything returned properly to its place; then he said the takbir and prostrated and put the palms of his hands on the ground; he kept his elbow (arms) away from his sides, so that everything returned to its proper place. Then he raised his head and sat so that everything returned to its place; he then repeated it in a similar way. Then he offered four rak'ahs of prayer like this rak'ah and completed his prayer. Then he said: Thus we witnessed the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offering his prayer