Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: He spent the night at the house of his maternal aunt, Sayyida Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her). The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) got up to perform prayer, so I also got up to perform prayer. I stood on his left side, so he took hold of my head and made me stand on his right side.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: We were traveling with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), until when evening came, we reached near a water area. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Who will go ahead of us to the pond, drink from it, and give us to drink as well? Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I stood up. I said: This person, O Messenger of Allah. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Who will be with Jabir? So Sayyiduna Jabbar bin Sakhr (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up. Then both of us walked to the well. He drew one, or perhaps two, buckets from it, then we filled it, then we drew water from it until we filled it. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to us first. He asked: Do you both permit? We said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) began to give water to his she-camel. She drank the water, then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) gave her a chance, so she urinated, then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) tied her, then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to the pond. He performed ablution from it, then I stood up. I also performed ablution from the water of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ablution. Then Sayyiduna Jabbar bin Sakhr (may Allah be pleased with him) went to relieve himself. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) stood up and began to pray. I had a sheet which I had wrapped around myself in the opposite direction, but it did not cover me completely. It had some edges which I tied and wrapped in the opposite direction. Then I came and stood on the left side of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) took my hand and turned me to stand on his right side. Then Sayyiduna Jabbar bin Sakhr came. He performed ablution, then he came and stood on the left side of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). So the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) took both of us with both his hands and made us stand behind him. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) kept observing us. I did not realize it at first, then I realized. He said: In this way, he indicated and said, tie it. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) finished the prayer. He said: O Jabir! I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! I am present. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: When your garment is wide, then wrap it in the opposite direction, but when it is tight, then tie it as a waist-wrapper.

Sayyiduna Wabisah bin Ma’bad Asadi رضي الله عنه reports: The Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم saw a man performing prayer alone behind the rows, so the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم instructed him to repeat the prayer.

Sayyiduna Wabisah bin Ma’bad (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man performing prayer alone behind the row, so he ordered him to repeat the prayer.

Hilal bin Yasaf narrates: Ziyad bin Abu Ja’d took my hand while we were in "Riqah." He brought me to an elderly man from the tribe of Banu Asad. His name was Sayyiduna Wabisah bin Ma’bad. Ziyad said that this elder had narrated this hadith to me. A man performed prayer behind the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) standing alone; he did not stand with anyone else (in the row), so the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) ordered him to repeat the prayer. (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) This narration was heard by Hilal bin Yasaf from Amr bin Rashid, from Wabisah bin Ma’bad. And he (Wabisah) narrated it from Ziyad, from Sayyiduna Wabisah (may Allah be pleased with him). So both chains of transmission are preserved.

Sayyiduna Wabisah bin Ma’bad (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man performed prayer standing alone behind the row, so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ordered him to repeat the prayer.

Abdur Rahman bin Ali bin Shaiban narrates from his father, who was included in the delegation. He says: We presented ourselves before the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). We performed prayer behind the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). When the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) completed the prayer, a man was standing alone and performing prayer. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) stopped by him. When that man completed his prayer, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said to him: Perform your prayer again, for the prayer of a person who stands alone behind the row is not valid.

Sayyiduna Ali bin Shiban (may Allah be pleased with him), who was included in the delegation that came to the service of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) from Banu Hanifa, narrates: I performed prayer behind the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). When the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) completed the prayer, he saw a man who was standing alone behind the row and performing prayer. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) asked him: Did you pray like this? He replied: Yes. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: Repeat your prayer, for the prayer of the one who stands alone behind the row is not valid.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I performed prayer standing beside the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) kept performing prayer standing behind us, and I kept performing prayer standing beside the Prophet (peace be upon him), following his lead.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: His maternal grandmother, Sayyidah Maleekah (may Allah be pleased with her), invited the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) for a meal that she had prepared for him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate it, then he said: "Stand up so that I may lead you in prayer." Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I got up and went to the mat, which had turned black due to excessive use. I washed it with water. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood on it, and I and another boy formed a row behind him, and the elderly woman stood behind us. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in two rak‘ahs of prayer and then concluded the prayer.