Musnad Ahmad 8502

Translation

✧ The imam is only to be followed. When he says takbir, then say takbir, and do not say takbir until he says takbir. When he bows, then bow, and do not bow until he bows. When he says: God hears the one who praises Him, then say: Our Lord, to You belongs all praise. When he prostrates, then prostrate, and do not prostrate until he prostrates. And if he prays sitting, then all of you pray sitting.

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What scholars said about it

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• Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

  صححه

  machine translationHe declared it sound (ṣaḥḥaḥahu). Report a problem

  in مسند أحمد, p. 8575

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   Dhakwān al-Sammān

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 101 AH
   أَبِي صَالِحٍ السَّمَّانِثقة ثبت
   عن
3. 3
   Muṣʿab b. Muḥammad

   no harm in him (lā baʾs bih)d. between 121 AH and 130 AH
   مُصْعَبُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍلا بأس به
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Wuhayb

   memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), trustworthy and reliable (thiqah thabt), but he changed slightly at the end of his lifed. 165 AH, also said: 169 AH
   وُهَيْبٌالحافظ ، ثقة ثبت ، لكنه تغير قليلا بآخره
   حدثنا
5. 5
   ʿAffān

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 219 AH, or 220 AH
   عَفَّانُثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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