Hadith on Call To Prayers (Adhaan): The Imam Is To Be Followed And If He Prays Standing Then Pray Standing, And Bow When He Bows, And Raise Your Heads When He Raises His Head; Prostrate When He Prostrates; And If He Says sami'A L-Lahu Liman Hamidah, You Should Say, rabbana Wa Laka L-Hamd

Sahih al-Bukhari 732 (Book 10, Hadith 126) #706

Following the Imam in Prayer

SUMMARY: The Prophet (ﷺ) taught us to follow the Imam in prayer and to say "Rabbana wa laka l-hamd" when the Imam says "Sami'a l-lahu liman hamidah".

Narrated Anas bin Malik Al-Ansari: Allah's Messenger ﷺ rode a horse and fell down and the right side of his body was injured. On that day he prayed one of the prayers sitting and we also prayed behind him sitting. When the Prophet ﷺ finished the prayer with Taslim, he said, "The Imam is to be followed and if he prays standing then pray standing, and bow when he bows, and raise your heads when he raises his head; prostrate when he prostrates; and if he says "Sami'a l-lahu liman hamidah", you should say, "Rabbana wa laka l-hamd.:

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَكِبَ فَرَسًا، فَجُحِشَ شِقُّهُ الأَيْمَنُ، قَالَ أَنَسٌ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ فَصَلَّى لَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ صَلاَةً مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ وَهْوَ قَاعِدٌ، فَصَلَّيْنَا وَرَاءَهُ قُعُودًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَمَّا سَلَّمَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ، فَإِذَا صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَصَلُّوا قِيَامًا، وَإِذَا رَكَعَ فَارْكَعُوا، وَإِذَا رَفَعَ فَارْفَعُوا، وَإِذَا سَجَدَ فَاسْجُدُوا وَإِذَا قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ‏.‏ فَقُولُوا رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ

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prayer * follow * imam * obedience * worship * salat * iqamah * taslim

EXPLANATIONS:

This hadith is about following the Imam in prayer. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ taught us that when we are praying with an Imam, we should follow him and do what he does. For example, if he stands up for prayer then we should stand up too; if he bows down then we should bow down too; and if he says “Sami’a Allahu liman hamidah” then we should say “Rabbana wa laka alhamd” after him. This teaches us to be obedient to our leaders and shows us how important it is to pray together as a community.

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