Urwah ibn az-Zubayr reported that Marwan ibn al-Hakam asked Abu Hurairah: Did you pray in time of danger with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ? Abu Hurairah replied: Yes. Marwan then asked: When? Abu Hurairah said: On the occasion of the Battle of Najd. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم stood up to offer the afternoon prayer. One section stood with him (to pray) and the other was standing before the enemy, and their backs were towards the qiblah. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم uttered the takbir and all of them too uttered the takbir, i. e. those who were with him and those who were facing the enemy. Then the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم offered one rak'ah and the section that was with him also prayed one rak'ah. He then prostrated himself and those who were with him also prostrated, while the other section was standing before the enemy. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then stood up and the section with him also stood up. They went and faced the enemy and the section that was previously facing the enemy stepped forward. They bowed and prostrated while the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was standing in the same position. Then they stood up and the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم prayed another rak'ah and all of them bowed and prostrated along with him. After that the section that was standing before the enemy came forward and they bowed and prostrated, while the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم remained seated and also those who were with him. The salutation then followed. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم uttered the salutation and all of them uttered it together. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم prayed two rak'ahs and each of the two sections prayed one rak'ah with him (and the other by themselves).

Narrated Abu Ayyash az-Zuraqi: We accompanied the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم at Usfan, and Khalid ibn al-Walid was the chief of unbelievers. We offered the noon prayer. Thereupon, the unbelievers said: We suffered from negligence; we became careless. We should have attacked them while they were praying. Thereupon the verse was revealed, relating to the shortening of the prayer (in time of danger) between the noon and afternoon (prayer). When the time of the afternoon prayer came, the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم stood facing the qiblah, and the unbelievers were standing in front of him. The people stood in a row behind the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and there was another row behind this row. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم bowed and all of them bowed. He then prostrated and also the row near him prostrated. The other people in the second row remained standing and stood guard over them. When they performed two prostrations and stood up, those who were behind them prostrated. The people in the front row near him then stepped backward taking the place of the people in the second row and the second row took the place of the first row. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then bowed and all of them bowed together. Then he and the row near him prostrated themselves. The other people in the second row remained standing and stood guard over them. When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and the row near him (i. e. the front row) were seated, the people in the second row behind them prostrated themselves. Then all of them were seated. (He (the Prophet) then uttered the salutation upon all of them. He prayed in his manner at Usfan as well as at the territory of Banu Sulaym. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Ayyub and Hisham from Abu al-Zubair on the authority of Jabir to the same effect from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . Similarly, this has been transmitted by Dawud bin Husain from Ikrimah, on the authority of Ibn Abbas. This has also been reported by Abd al-Malik, from Ata from Jabir in like manner. This has also been narrated by Qatadah from al-Hasan from Hittan on the authority of Abu Musa in a similar way. Similarly, this has been reported by Ikrimah bin Khalid from Mujahid from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . This has also been reported by Hisham bin Urwah from his father from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . This is the opinion of al-Thawri.

Narrated Sahl bin Abi Hathmah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم prayed in time of danger and divided them (the people) behind him in two rows. He then led those who were near him in one rak'ah. Then he stood and remained standing till those who were in second row offered one rak'ah. Thereafter they came forward and those who were in front of them (in the first row) stepped backward. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم led them in one rak'ah of prayer. He sat down till those who were in the second row completed on rak'ah. He then uttered the salutation.

Narrated Salih bin Khawwat: On the authority of a person who offered the prayer in time of danger along with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم at the battle of Dhat al-Riqa. One section of people stood in the row of prayer along with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and the other section remained standing in front of the enemy. He led those who were with him in one rak'ah and remained standing (in his place) and they completed (the second rak'ah) by themselves. Then they turned away and arrayed before the enemy. Thereafter the other section came and he led them in the rak'ah which remained from his prayer. He then remained sitting (in his place) and they completed their one rak'ah by themselves. He then uttered the salutation along with them. Malik said: I like the tradition reported by Yazid bin Ruman (i. e. the present tradition) more than (other versions) I heard.

Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Aishah through a different chain of narrators. She said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم uttered the takbir and the section that was in the same row with him also uttered the takbir. He then bowed and they also bowed, and he prostrated and they also prostrated. Then he raised his head and they also raised (their heads). The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then remained seated. They prostrated alone and stood up and retraced their footsteps and stood behind them. Then the other section came; they stood up and uttered the takbir and bowed by themselves. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم prostrated himself and they also prostrated with him. Then the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم stood up and they performed the second prostration by themselves. Then both the sections stood up and prayed with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . He bowed and they also bowed, and then he prostrated himself and they also prostrated themselves. Then he returned and performed the second prostration and they also prostrated with him as quickly as possible, showing no slackness in quick prostration. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then uttered the salutation. After that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم stood up. Thus everyone participated in the entire prayer.

Narrated Ibn Umar: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم led one section in one rak'ah of prayer and the other section was facing the enemy. Then they turned away and took the position of the other section. They (the other section) came and he (the Prophet) led them in the second rak'ah. He then uttered the salutation. Thereafter they stood up and completed the remaining rak'ah, they went away and the other section completed their remaining rak'ah. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Nafi and Khalid bin Madan from Ibn Umar in like manner from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . This has also been transmitted similarly by Masruq ad Yusuf bin Mihran on the authority of Ibn Abbas. This has been narrated by Yunus from al-Hasan from Abu Musa something similarly, saying that Abu Musa has done so.

Narrated Hudhayfah: Thalabah ibn Zahdam said: We accompanied Saad ibn al-As at Tabaristan. He stood and said: Which of you prayed along with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم in time of danger? Hudhayfah said: I then he led one section in one rak'ah and the other section in one rak'ah. They did not pray the second rak'ah by themselves. Abu Dawud: This tradition has been transmitted by Ubaid Allah bin Abdullah and Mujahid on the authority of Ibn Abbas from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم in like manner. This has also been narrated by Abdullah bin Shaqiq from Abu Hurairah from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . Yazid al-Faqir and Abu Musa also narrated this tradition from Jabir from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . Some of the narrators said in the version narrated by Yazid al-Faqir that they completed their second rak'ah. This has also been narrated by Simak al-Hanafi on the authority of Ibn Umar from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم something similar. Zaid bin Thabit also narrated from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم in like manner. This version adds: The people prayed on rak'ah and the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم prayed two rak'ahs.

Narrated Abu Bakrah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم offered the noon prayer in time of danger. Some of the people formed a row behind him and others arrayed themselves against the enemy. He led them in two rak'ahs and then he uttered the salutation. Then those who were with him went away and took the position of their companions before the enemy. Then they came and prayed behind him. He led them in two rak'ahs and uttered the salutation. Thus the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم offered four rak'ahs and his companions offered two rak'ahs. Al-Hasan used to give legal verdict on the authority of this tradition. Abu Dawud said: This will be so in the sunset prayer. The imam will offer six rak'ahs and the people three rak'ahs. Abu Dawud said: Yahya bin Abi Kathir narrated from Abu Salamah from Jabir from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم something similar. Sulaiman al-Yashkuri reported it from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم in like manner.