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2447. Abū 'Imrān Al-Jawnī narrated: "From Anas bin Mālik who said: 'I do not recognize anything (today) from what we were upon during the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.' So I said: 'What about the Ṣalāt?' He said: 'Have you (people) not done what you know (you have done)?'" (Ṣāḥīh)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is
Hasan Gharīb from this route, [as a narration of Abū 'Imrān Al-Jawnī]. And it has been related through other routes from Anas.
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The state of bliss that was there during the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ, thanks to his benign presence and companionship, gradually started waning away. This was in spite of the fact that all the physical acts of devotion were still there in their original form but the spirit of submissiveness that marked the prayers in the days of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs had started weakening in later times.