What to say in bowing and prostration

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When this was revealed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "When the help of Allah and the victory come," whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited it, he would say the takbir and go into bowing, and he would say: "Subhanakallahumma wa bihamdika, Allahummaghfir li, innaka antat-Tawwabur-Rahim (Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You; O Allah, forgive me, indeed You are the Accepter of repentance, the Most Merciful)."
Imam Ahmad, Imam Abu Ya'la, Imam al-Bazzar, and Imam al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat recorded it. In the chains of the three it is mentioned that Abu Ubaydah narrated it from his father, although he did not hear from his father. The narrators of al-Tabarani are the narrators of the Sahih, except for the narrator Hammad, who is thiqah (trustworthy) but suffered from confusion (ikhtilat).

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have been forbidden to recite (the Qur'an) in bowing or prostration. So when you bow, acknowledge the greatness of Allah Almighty, and when you prostrate, strive earnestly in supplication, for it is fitting that it be answered for you."
Abdullah recorded it in his Ziyadat; Imam Abu Ya'la recorded it as a mawquf (Companion's own statement) narration; and Imam al-Bazzar also recorded it. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: In the Sahih, only this part of it is mentioned: "I have been forbidden to recite (the Qur'an) in bowing and prostration." Its chain contains Abd al-Rahman bin Ishaq bin al-Harith, who is da'if (weak) according to all of them.

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that once she found the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) missing from his bed, so she searched for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with her hand. The hand of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) fell upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was in prostration, and he was saying: "O my Lord, grant my soul its piety and purify it; indeed You are the best of those who purify it; You are its Guardian and its Master."
Imam Ahmad recorded it; its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: It was my appointed night with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) slipped out of bed, and I thought that perhaps he was going to one of his other wives. So I too went out, feeling jealous, and I saw that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in prostration, like a garment cast on the ground. I heard him saying: "My being and my thought have prostrated to You, and my heart has believed in You. O my Lord, this is my hand and what I have committed against myself. O Mighty One, who is hoped for in every great matter, forgive the great sin." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head and asked: "Why did you come out?" Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) replied: "A suspicion came to my mind." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Some suspicion is a sin; seek forgiveness from Allah Almighty. Jibril came to me and told me to say these words that you have just heard. You too should say them in your prostration, for whoever says these words, he will be forgiven before he raises his head" (here the narrator is unsure about one word).
Imam Abu Ya'la recorded it; its chain contains Uthman bin Ata' al-Khurasani, whom Duhaym declared thiqah (trustworthy), while Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him), Imam Muslim, Yahya bin Ma'in and others declared him da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Jubayr bin Mut'im (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say in bowing three times "Subhana Rabbiyal-Azim (Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent)," and in prostration three times "Subhana Rabbiyal-A'la (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High)."
Imam al-Bazzar and Imam al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir recorded it. Imam al-Bazzar said: From Sayyiduna Jubayr,
this narration is reported only with this chain. Its chain contains Abd al-Aziz bin Ubaydullah, who is salih (fair), but not strong.

Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say in bowing three times "Subhana Rabbiyal-Azim (Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent)," and in prostration three times "Subhana Rabbiyal-A'la (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High)."
Imam al-Bazzar and Imam al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir recorded it. Imam al-Bazzar said: To our knowledge, this hadith is reported from Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah only with this chain. The narrator Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Bakrah is salih al-hadith (fair in hadith).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: It is the Sunnah that a man should say in bowing three times "Subhana Rabbiyal-Azim (Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent)," and in prostration three times "Subhana Rabbiyal-A'la (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High)."
Imam al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains al-Sari bin Isma'il, who is da'if (weak) according to the scholars of hadith.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went into prostration, he would say in his prostration: "My self and my thought have prostrated to You, and my heart has believed in You. I acknowledge Your favour upon me. This is my hand and what I have committed against myself."
Imam al-Bazzar recorded it; its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed, and when he bowed he said "Subhanallahi wa bihamdihi (Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him)" three times, then he raised his head.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains Shahr bin Hawshab, about whom there is some criticism, though more than one scholar has declared him thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I began to observe the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) closely, and I listened to him attentively, and in most of his prayer he would say "Subhana Rabbil-Alamin (Glory be to the Lord of the worlds)."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains Sadaqah bin Abdullah al-Samin, whom Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him), Imam Muslim and others declared da'if (weak), while Imam Abu Hatim, Duhaym and others declared him thiqah (trustworthy).

Abdullah bin Ziyad al-Asadi said that he heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud saying while bowing: "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah (There is no might and no power except with Allah)."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Abd al-Rahman bin Yazid said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) would level the pebbles once with his hand when he was about to prostrate, and in his prostration he would say: "Labbayka wa sa'dayka (Here I am at Your service, and happiness can only be attained from You)."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

It is reported about Abu al-Aswad and Shaddad bin al-Azma' that once they were with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). The narrator said: The two of them differed. Abu al-Aswad said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say in his prostration: "Glory be to You, O Allah, there is no lord other than You," while Shaddad said that he used to say: "Glory be to You, there is no god other than You."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; the narrators of Abu al-Aswad's narration are the narrators of the Sahih, while Shaddad was declared thiqah (trustworthy) by Ibn Hibban.

Abu Malik narrates from his father that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Any servant who goes into prostration and says: 'Rabbighfir li (O my Lord, forgive me)', if he says it three times, Allah Almighty forgives him before he raises his head."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir as a narration of Muhammad bin Jabir from this Abu Malik, and I have not seen anyone who gave the biographies of these two.

Amr bin Dinar said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "Load your needs onto the obligatory prayers."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. Amr bin Dinar did not hear from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him); the remaining narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).

Abu Khalid, one of the students of Sayyiduna Abdullah, said: A man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah and said: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman, so-and-so recites the Qur'an while bowing, and when he is in prostration he also recites the Qur'an at that time." Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "There will be people who recite the Qur'an but it will not go beyond their throats, whereas it should (go beyond the throat and) enter the heart, settle firmly in it and bring benefit."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except that I have not found anyone who gave the biography of the narrator Abu Khalid.