lmrin bin Husain reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) led us in Zuhr or 'Asr prayer (noon or the afternoon prayer). (On concluding it) he said: Who recited behind me (the verses): Sabbih Isma Rabbik al-a'la (Glorify the name of thy Lord, the Most High)? There upon a person said: It was I, but I intended nothing but goodness. I felt that some one of you was disputing with me in it (or he was taking out from my tongue what I was reciting), said the Holy Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) .

'Imran bin Husain reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) observed the Zuhr prayer and a person recited Sabbih Isma Rabbik al-a'la (Glorify the name of thy Lord, the Most High) behind him. When he (the Holy Prophet) concluded the prayer he said: Who amongst you recited (the above-mentioned verse) or who amongst you was the reciter? A person said: It was I. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) observed: I thought as if someone amongst you was disputing with me (in what I was reciting).

'Imran bin Husain reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) observed the Zuhr prayer and a person recited Sabbih Isma Rabbik al-a'la (Glorify the name of thy Lord, the Most High) behind him. When he (the Holy Prophet) concluded the prayer he said: Who amongst you recited (the above-mentioned verse) or who amongst you was the reciter? A person said: It was I. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) observed: I thought as if someone amongst you was disputing with me (in what I was reciting).

Anas reported: I observed prayer along with the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and with Abu Bakr, Umar and 'Uthman (may Allah be pleased with all of them), but I never heard any one of them reciting Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim loudly.

Anas reported: I observed prayer along with the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and with Abu Bakr, Umar and 'Uthman (may Allah be pleased with all of them), but I never heard any one of them reciting Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim loudly.

'Abda reported: 'Umar bin al-Khattab used to recite loudly these words: Subhanak Allahumma wa bi hamdika wa tabarakasmuka wa ta'ala jadduka wa la ilaha ghairuka [Glory to Thee,O Allah, and Thine is the Praise, and Blessed is Thy Name. and Exalted is Thy Majesty. and there is no other object of worship beside Thee] . Qatada informed in writing that Anas bin Malik (RA) had narrated to him: I observed prayer behind the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and Abu Bakr (RA) and Umar and 'Uthman. They started (loud recitation) with: Al-hamdu lillahi Rabb al-'Alamin [All Praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds] and did not recite Bismillah ir- Rahman-ir-Rahim (loudly) at the beginning of the recitation or at the end of it.

'Abda reported: 'Umar bin al-Khattab used to recite loudly these words: Subhanak Allahumma wa bi hamdika wa tabarakasmuka wa ta'ala jadduka wa la ilaha ghairuka [Glory to Thee,O Allah, and Thine is the Praise, and Blessed is Thy Name. and Exalted is Thy Majesty. and there is no other object of worship beside Thee] . Qatada informed in writing that Anas bin Malik (RA) had narrated to him: I observed prayer behind the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and Abu Bakr (RA) and Umar and 'Uthman. They started (loud recitation) with: Al-hamdu lillahi Rabb al-'Alamin [All Praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds] and did not recite Bismillah ir- Rahman-ir-Rahim (loudly) at the beginning of the recitation or at the end of it.

Narrated to us by Ali ibn Hujr al-Sa'di, narrated to us by Ali ibn Mushir, informed us by al-Mukhtar ibn Fulful, from Anas ibn Malik. And narrated to us by Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah (and the wording is his), narrated to us by Ali ibn Mushir, from al-Mukhtar, from Anas, who said: "While the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was one day among us, he dozed off for a short while, then he raised his head smiling. So we said: What made you laugh, O Messenger of Allah? He said: A surah has just been revealed to me. Then he recited: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful: Indeed, We have granted you al-Kawthar { 1 } So pray to your Lord and sacrifice { 2 } Indeed, your enemy is the one cut off { 3 } Surah al-Kawthar, verses 1-3." Then he said: Do you know what al-Kawthar is? We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: It is a river which my Lord, Mighty and Majestic, has promised me. Upon it is much good. It is a basin to which my ummah will come on the Day of Resurrection. Its vessels are as numerous as the stars. Then a servant from among them will be driven away, and I will say: My Lord, he is from my ummah! He will say: You do not know what they innovated after you. Ibn Hujr added in his narration: among us in the mosque, and he said: What they innovated after you?

Mukhtar bin Fulful reported that he had heard Anas bin Malik (RA) say that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) dozed off, and the rest of the hadith is the same as transmitted by Mushir except for the words that he (the Holy Prophet) said: It (Kauthar) is a canal which my Lord the Exalted and the Glorious has promised me in Paradise. There is a tank over it, but he made no mention of the tumblers like the number of the stars.

Wa'il bin Hujr reported: He saw the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) raising his hands at the time of beginning the prayer and reciting takbir, and according to Hammam (the narrator), the hands were lifted opposite to ears. He (the Holy Prophet) then wrapped his hands in his cloth and placed his right hand over his left hand. And when he was about to bow down, he brought out his hands from the cloth, and then lifted them, and then recited takbir and bowed down, and when (he came back to the erect position) he recited: "Allah listened to him who praised Him." And when prostrates, he prostrated between the two palms.