English translation
777. It was reported from Ismā‘īl bin Yūnus, from Al-Ḥasan who said: “Samurah said: ‘I learnt (from the Prophet ﷺ) two (places) to pause during the prayer: Once when the Imām says the Takbīr, until he starts reciting, and once when he finishes the Fātiḥat Al-Kitāb and a Sūrah, before going into Rukū‘.’ (Upon hearing this) ‘Imrān bin Ḥuṣain did not reject it, so they wrote to Ubayy (bin Ka‘b) in Al-Madīnah, and he agreed with Samurah.” (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū Dāwūd said: This is what Ḥumaid said in this Hadīth: “And once when he finished the recitation.”[1]