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1054. It was narrated that Rifā'ah bin Rāfi' – who had been present at Badr – said: "We were with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ when a man entered the Masjid and prayed. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ watched him without him realizing, then he finished, came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and greeted him with Salām. He returned the Salām and said: 'Go back and pray, for you have not prayed.'" He (the narrator) said: "I do not know if it was the second or third time, – (the man) said: 'By the One Who revealed the Book to you, I have
tried my best. Teach me and show me.' He said: 'When you want to pray, perform Wuḍū' and do it well, then stand up and face the Qiblah. Then say the Takbīr, then recite, then bow until you are at ease in bowing. Then stand up until you are standing up straight. Then prostrate until you are at ease in prostration, then raise your head until you are at ease in sitting, then prostrate until you are at ease in prostration. If you do that then you will have done your prayer properly, and whatever you failed to do properly is going to detract from your prayer.'" (Sahīh)
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Commentary
1. The Tasbihāt: the glorifications are not obligatory in the bowing and the prostration postures. If they are omitted incidentally or absent-mindedly, the prayer will be considered valid. However, they ought not to be abandoned intentionally, because the intentional abandonment of the excellent practice of the Prophet ﷺ or the Sunnah is worthy of denouncement.
2. In Hadīth 1054, one of the chains of this Hadīth, there is an explicit command to recite Surat Al-Fātiḥah. Therefore, by the Noble Qur'ān, only Surat Al-Fātiḥah is meant. (Sunan Abū Dāwūd: 859).
