Anas said: The Prophet (peace be upon hm), Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman used to begin the recitation with“Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe. ”

Aishah said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم began prayer with the takbir (Allah is most great) and with reciting“Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe”. And when he bowed, he neither raised up nor lowered down his head, but kept it between the two (conditions). And when he raised his head after bowing, he did not prostrate himself until he stood up straight; and when he raised his head after prostration, he did not prostrate (the second time) until he sat down properly; and he recited al-tahiyyat after every pair of rak’ahs; and when he sat, he spread out his left foot and raised his right. He forbade to sit like the sitting of the devil, and to spread out to hands (on the ground in prostration) like animals. He used to finish prayer with uttering the salutation.

Anas bin Malik said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: A surah has just been revealed to me. He then recited: ”In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Lo! We have given thee Abundance”until he finished it. Then he asked: Do you know what Abundance (al-Kawthar) is? They replied: Allah and His Messenger know it better. He said: It is a river of which my Lord, the Exalted, the Majestic has promised me to give in Paradise.

Urwah reported on the authority of Aishah mentioning the incident of slander. She said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم sat and unveiled his face and said:“I take refuge in Allah, All-Hearing, All-Knowing from the accursed devil. Lo! They who spread the slander are a gang among you. ”Abu Dawud said: This is a rejected (munkar) tradition. A group of narrators have reported this tradition from al-Zuhri; but did not mention this detail. I am afraid the phrase concerning“seeking refuge in Allah”is the statement of Humaid.