Sayyar bin Salamah said: I went with my father to the service of Sayyiduna Abu Barzah Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him), who was in a bamboo hut. My father asked him about the prayer times of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so Sayyiduna Abu Barzah (may Allah be pleased with him) informed that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) «هجير» which you call Dhuhr, used to pray at the time of the sun's decline, and when he would pray the Asr prayer, any one of us could return to his house at the farthest end of Madinah and the sun would still be bright. Sayyar said: I do not remember what he said about Maghrib, and the Isha prayer, which you «عتمة» , he used to prefer to delay it, and he would finish the Fajr prayer at a time when a man could recognize the person sitting next to him, and in this (Fajr) prayer he would recite sixty to one hundred verses.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the mosque and saw people raising their eyes towards the sky during prayer, so he said: "Refrain from this, otherwise your eyesight will be taken away."

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is the matter with people who raise their eyes towards the sky during prayer?" He (peace be upon him) forbade them very sternly until he (peace be upon him) said: "You must stop this action, or else Allah, the Exalted, will take away your sight."

Mus'ab bin Sa'd narrated that when the Banu Abdullah bin Mas'ud would bow (in ruku'), they would place their hands between their thighs. So I prayed next to (my father) Sa'd (bin Abi Waqqas) and did the same, but he struck my hand. When the prayer was finished, he said: "Son, place your hands on your knees (in ruku')." The next day, I again prayed next to him and did the same, and again he struck my hand. When the prayer was finished, he said: "We used to place (our hands joined) between our thighs like this, but we were commanded to place our palms on our knees."

Muhammad bin Yusuf reported that Isra'il narrated from Abu Ishaq, who narrated from Mus'ab in the same manner.

Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Shall I not lead you in prayer as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray? (Salim al-Barad said:) So he said the takbir, performed ruku‘, and placed both his hands (palms) on both his knees, and kept his fingers spread apart until every joint became straight.

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) says that when this verse «‏‏‏‏﴿فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ﴾» ‏‏‏‏ was revealed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us: "Say this in your bowing (ruku’)," then when «﴿سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى﴾» was revealed, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite this in your prostrations (sujud)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he prayed one night with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). In bowing, he would say «سجان ربي العظيم» and in prostration, he would say «سبحان ربي الاعلي» . When he passed by a verse of mercy, he would pause and supplicate for mercy, and when he recited a verse of punishment, he would seek refuge.

It is narrated from Abbas bin Sahl that Muhammad bin Maslamah, Abu Usaid, Abu Humayd, and Sahl bin Sa’d gathered together, and the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was mentioned. Abu Humayd said: I have the most knowledge among you all about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) would stand (for prayer), he would say Allahu Akbar and raise his hands. Then when he would go into ruku’, he would raise his hands, then perform ruku’, and place both his palms on both his knees, as if he (peace be upon him) was holding them, and he would keep both his elbows away from his sides, and (in ruku’) he (peace be upon him) would neither lower his head nor raise it.

Salim narrated from his father (Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) began the prayer, he would raise his hands up to his shoulders, then when he bowed (for ruku‘), he would do the same (raise his hands), then when he raised his head from ruku‘, he would raise his hands in the same way and say «سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ، اللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ» , and he would not do so in prostrations (i.e., he would not raise his hands in sujood).