can see you from behind my back when you bow and when you prostrate). And (he saw a man not completing his bowing and pecking in his prostration while praying, and he said: (Abū Yaʿlá in his Musnad, al-Bayhaqī, and al-Ṭabarānī, and authenticated by Ibn Khuzaymah) (If this man were to die in this state, he would die on a religion other than that of Muḥammad [he pecks his prayer like a crow pecks blood]. The one who does not complete his bowing and pecks in his prostration is like a hungry person who eats one or two dates, which do not suffice him at all) (ḥadīth ḥasan). Abū Hurayrah (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) said: (My close friend forbade me (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) from pecking in my prayer like a rooster, from turning like a fox, and from sitting like a monkey) (Ibn Abī Shaybah and al-Ṭabarānī, authenticated by al-Ḥākim and agreed upon by al-Dhahabī). And he would say: (The worst thief among people is the one who steals from his prayer). They said: O Messenger of Allāh, how does one steal from his prayer? He said: (He does not complete its bowing and prostration). And (he was praying and glanced with the corner of his eye at a man not straightening his back in bowing and prostration. When he finished, he said: