It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: One night I found the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) missing, and I thought that he had gone to another wife. So I searched and looked for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). But when I returned, I saw that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the state of bowing or prostration, reciting this supplication: "Subhanaka wa bihamdika la ilaha illa anta" (Glory be to You and with Your praise, there is no deity except You). And in another narration: He was reciting this supplication in prostration: "Rabbi ighfir li ma asrartu wa ma a'lantu" (O my Lord! Forgive me my hidden and open sins). Seeing this, I said: May my parents be sacrificed for you, indeed I was thinking of something else, and you were engaged in something else.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The servant is closest to his Lord while in the state of prostration, so make abundant supplication in it.

Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would raise his head from prostration, he would not perform the second prostration until he had sat upright.

Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Abzi (may Allah be pleased with him) described the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) by performing the prayer: he performed sajdah (prostration) and remained there until every limb settled in its place, then he rose until every bone returned to its place, then he performed the second sajdah until every bone took its place, then he rose and did the same in the second rak‘ah as he had done in the first rak‘ah, then said: The prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was like this.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite this supplication between the two prostrations in the night prayer: "Rabbighfir li, warhamni, warfa‘ni, warzuqni, wahdini." (O my Lord! Forgive me, have mercy on me, elevate me, provide for me, and guide me.)

Abu Qalabah says: Sayyiduna Abu Sulayman Malik bin Huwayrith (may Allah be pleased with him) came to our mosque and said: By Allah! I will certainly pray, although I do not intend to pray; I only want to show you how I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) praying. Then he (prayed and in it) when he raised his head from the second prostration of the first rak‘ah, he sat down once, then stood up (for the second rak‘ah).

. (Second chain) A similar hadith is narrated, except that it also contains: Abu Qilabah says: So they prayed in the manner of our Shaykh, Sayyiduna Amr bin Salamah al-Jarmi, may Allah be pleased with him, who used to lead prayers during the Prophetic era. Ayyub says: I saw Amr bin Salamah doing something which I do not see you people doing; when he would rise from the two prostrations, he would sit straight and then stand up for the first and third rak‘ah.

Under this chapter, the following sub-chapters and hadiths have been mentioned.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the tribes of Ri'l, Dhakwan, 'Usayyah, and Banu Lihyan came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and made it appear that they had become Muslims. Then they sought help from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) against their own people. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent seventy men from the Ansar to help them. In those days, we used to call them the Qurra (reciters), because during the day they would gather wood and at night they would pray. The people of those tribes took them along, and when they reached near Bi'r Ma'unah, they betrayed them and killed those seventy companions. Because of this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Qunoot in the morning prayer for a month, in which he would invoke curses upon the tribes of Ri'l, Dhakwan, 'Usayyah, and Banu Lihyan. Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that people recited about this incident in the Qur'an. According to the narration of Ibn Ja'far, it was this verse: {بَلِّغُوْا عَنَّا قَوْمَنَا أَنَّا قَدْ لَقِیْنَا رَبَّنَا فَرَضِیَ عَنَّا وَأَرْضَانَا } meaning: "Convey from us to our people that we have met our Lord, and He is pleased with us and we are pleased with Him." Then this verse was abrogated.

(Second chain) Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not feel as much grief for any group as he felt for these people; they were called the Qurra (reciters). Sufyan says: This verse was revealed about these people: {بَلِّغُوْا قَوْمَنَا عَنَّا أَنَّا قَدْ رَضِیْنَا وَرَضِیَ عَنَّا} meaning: "Convey to our people that we are pleased with our Lord and He is pleased with us." Someone asked Imam Sufyan, "About whom was this verse revealed?" He said: "About the people of Bi’r Ma‘unah."