"They used to pray with the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam), and when he bowed, they bowed. And when he said, 'Allāh hears the one who praises Him,' they would remain standing until they saw him place his face (in another version: his forehead) on the ground, then they would follow him." Narrated by Muslim (2/46), Abū Dāwūd (622), and from him by Abū ʿAwānah (2/179), and al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Awsaṭ" (2/295/1-2) through various chains from Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī from Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī. Muḥārib ibn Dithār said: I heard ʿAbdullāh ibn Yazīd say on the pulpit: al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib told me—and he was, as far as I know, not a liar—that they used to... etc. The other wording is from Abū Dāwūd, and the context is from al-Ṭabarānī, who said: "This ḥadīth was not narrated from Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī except by Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī." I say: He is Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥārith, a trustworthy and reliable imam, with compilations, among the men of the two Shaykhs. And Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī, whose name is Sulaymān ibn Abī Sulaymān, is also trustworthy among their men, so the chain is extremely authentic. Abū Isḥāq al-Sabīʿī also followed him according to the two Shaykhs and others, and it is included with the ḥadīth of the translation in my "Ṣaḥīḥ Abū Dāwūd" (631). And there is another chain for it from al-Barāʾ (632). I only included the ḥadīth here for two reasons: first, that the majority of the worshippers neglect what it contains regarding delaying the prostration until the imam places his forehead on the ground, and I do not exclude anyone from them, even those who are keen..