Saeed bin Harith says: Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) had fallen ill or had gone somewhere; in any case, Sayyiduna Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in prayer. At the beginning of the prayer, at the time of bowing (ruku‘), after saying "Sami‘a Allahu liman hamidah" when rising from ruku‘, when raising his head from prostration (sajdah), when going into prostration, and when standing up for the third rak‘ah after two rak‘ahs, he said "Allahu Akbar." He continued the prayer in this manner until he completed it. When he finished the prayer, someone said to him: People have objected to your way of praying. (Upon hearing this) he went out and stood by the pulpit and said: By Allah! I do not care whether your prayer is different or not; I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) praying in exactly this way.

Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash’ari (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Sayyiduna Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) reminded us of the prayer which we used to perform with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), either we had forgotten it or deliberately abandoned it. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), when he would bow (in ruku’), rise (from ruku’), and prostrate (in sujood), he would say Allahu Akbar.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I performed a prayer behind Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), and he reminded me of that prayer which I had performed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the two caliphs. Mutarrif says: (Upon hearing this) I went and prayed with him, (I saw that) when he would go into prostration and when he would raise his head from bowing, he would say the takbeer. Then I asked: O Abu Najid! Who was the first to abandon this method? He said: When Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) became old and his voice became weak, he abandoned it.

Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Abzi (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I prayed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did not say takbeer, that is, when he would bow and rise.