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265. Abū Mas'ūd Al-Anṣārī [Al-Badrī] narrated that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said: "The Ṣalāt is not acceptable if a man is not at rest — meaning his back — while bowing and prostrating." (Ṣaḥīh)
He said: There are narrations on this topic from 'Alī bin Shaibān, Anas, Abū Hurairah, and Rifā'ah Az-Zuraqī.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of Abū Mas'ūd [Al-Anṣārī] is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Ḥadīth.
This is acted upon by the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and those after them: They held the view that a man is to bring his back to rest while bowing and prostrating.
Ash-Shāfi'i, Ahmad, and Ishāq said that whoever does not bring his back to rest while bowing and prostrating then his Ṣalāt is void due to the Ḥadīth of the Prophet ﷺ: "The Ṣalāt is not acceptable in which a man does not keep his back straightened while bowing and prostrating."
Abū Ma'mar's (one of the narrators) name is 'Abdullāh bin Sakḥbarah, and Abū Mas'ūd Al-Anṣārī Al-Badri's name is 'Uqbah bin 'Amr.
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Commentary
In the light of this Ḥadīth, the three A'immah and Abū Yūsuf said that the performance of each pillar of prayer with proper due satisfaction, calmness and straightness is compulsory; the abandonment of it will invalidate the prayer; because the Prophet ﷺ commanded the person to repeat the prayer, who performed Rukū' and Sujūd without proper calmness, straightness and satisfaction.
