raise, and when I prostrate, prostrate. Let me not find a man preceding me in bowing or in prostration." It was narrated by Ibn Mājah (962) from Dāram, from Saʿīd ibn Abī Burdah, from Abū Burdah, from Abū Mūsá who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: and he mentioned it. I said: Its narrators are trustworthy except for this Dāram, who is unknown, even though Ibn Ḥibbān considered him reliable. However, the ḥadīth is authentic, as it has been reported separately in other ḥadīths, including the ḥadīth of Muʿāwiyah in a raised form: "I have become heavy, so do not precede me in bowing or in prostration, for if I precede you when I bow, you will catch up with me when I raise, and if I precede you when I prostrate, you will catch up with me when I raise." It was narrated by al-Dārimī and others with a good chain, and it is also found in "Ṣaḥīḥ Abū Dāwūd" (630). Among them is the ḥadīth of Anas ibn Mālik in a raised form: "O people, I am your imam, so do not precede me in bowing, nor in prostration, nor in standing, nor in leaving..." It was narrated by Muslim and others, and it is also found in "Ṣaḥīḥ Abū Dāwūd" (635).

- "I only speak the truth." It was narrated by al-Tirmidhī in "al-Sunan" (1/359) and "al-Shamāʾil" (2/34) and al-Baghawī in "Sharḥ al-Sunnah" (3602) and Aḥmad (2/360) through the route of Ibn al-Mubārak from Usāmah ibn Zayd from Saʿīd al-Maqburī from Abū Hurayrah who said: "They said: O Messenger of Allāh! You joke with us? He said..." and he mentioned it. Al-Tirmidhī said: "A good, authentic ḥadīth."