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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صفة الصلاةChapters on the Description of Prayer
بَابُ مِقْدَارِ الرُّكُوعِ وَصِفَتِهِ وَالطُّمَأْنِينَةِ فِيهِ وَفِي جَمِيعِ الْأَرْكَانِ عَلَى سَوَاءٍChapter on the Amount and Description of Bowing and Tranquility in It and All Pillars Equally
Hadith 1687
اُردوEn
عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا رَكَعَ لَوْ وَضِعَ قَدْحٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ لَمْ يُهْرَقْ
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ruku‘, he would be so straight that if a bowl of water were placed on his back, it would not spill.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The meaning of this hadith is also established by the narration of Sahih Muslim, whose words are as follows: When the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) performed bowing (ruku‘), he would neither lower his head nor raise it upwards, rather he would keep it between these two states. Also, the following hadith is noteworthy: Sayyiduna Abu Mas‘ud Badri (radi Allahu anhu) reports that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: ((The prayer of a man is not sufficient until he straightens his back in bowing (ruku‘) and prostration (sujud).)) … Such a prayer is not sufficient in which a person does not make his back completely straight in bowing and prostration. Acting upon this necessary Sunnah is only possible when a person performs the prayer with composure and tranquility. (Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Nasa’i, Ibn Majah)
