English translation
842. It was reported from Ayyūb, from Abū Qilābah who said: “Abū Sulaimān Mālik bin Al-Ḥuwaīrith came to us in our Masjid, and said: ‘I swear by Allāh, I (sometimes) pray with you, and I don’t intend to pray, but I only wish to demonstrate to you how I saw the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ pray.’” He said: “I asked Abū Qilābah: ‘How did he used to pray?’” He replied: ‘Just like this Shaikh of ours prays’ — meaning their Imām, ‘Amr bin Salamah. — “And he (Abū Qilābah) also mentioned that he (Mālik bin Al-Ḥuwaīrith) would sit after completing the second prostration of the first Rak‘ah, and then stand.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
