Those who completed the takbir and did not omit any of it at every rising and lowering

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say the takbir at every rising and lowering, and at every standing and sitting.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them) did not leave out the takbir in any movement.

Amr bin Maymun said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say the takbir completely.

Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) had done no other meritorious deed, reviving these two takbirs would have been enough for him; that is, the takbir of bowing (ruku') and of prostration.

Abu Mijlaz said: Qays bin Ubad advised me to say the takbir whenever I go down into prostration and whenever I rise from prostration.

Wahb bin Kaysan said: Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to teach us the takbir in prayer in this way: that we should say the takbir when going down and when rising up.

Nafi' said: Marwan used to ask Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) to lead the prayer, and he used to say the takbirs in full; and Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) also used to say the takbirs in full.

Awn bin Abdullah said: Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say the takbirs in full.

Abu Razin said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say the takbir whenever he went down into prostration, whenever he rose from it, and whenever he went down.

Abu Razin said: I prayed behind Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and both of them used to say all the takbirs.

Burd said: Makhul used to say the takbir when going down into prostration and when rising between the two rak'ahs.

Amr bin Murrah said: Ibrahim used to say all the takbirs.

Amr bin Dinar said: Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say the takbir when rising from the rak'ah.

Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) once said to the people of his tribe: "Stand up, I will teach you the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." The people formed rows behind him; then he said the takbir, then recited, then said the takbir, then bowed, then raised his head from bowing and said the takbir. He performed the whole prayer in this way.

Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in prayer on the day of the Battle of the Camel, a prayer that reminded us of the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); either we had forgotten it or we had abandoned it deliberately. He led the prayer saying Allahu Akbar every time he went down and every time he rose, and when standing and sitting; and he gave the salam to his right and to his left.

Mutarrif bin Abdullah said: Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) and I prayed with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He would say the takbir when going down into prostration, and he would also say the takbir when raising his head. When he finished the prayer, Sayyiduna Imran said: "He has led us in the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)."

Abd al-Malik said: Sa'id bin Jubayr used to say the takbir when rising from bowing and when going into bowing. When this was mentioned to Abu Ja'far, he said: "He knew that this was how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed." Sa'id said: "It is only something with which a man adorns his prayer."

Al-Zuhri said: Ali bin Husayn told me that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) also used to pray in this way. It was mentioned to him that Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) also used to say Allahu Akbar when rising and when going down.

Ikrimah said: I saw Sayyiduna Ya'la (may Allah be pleased with him) praying near the Station of Ibrahim (Maqam Ibrahim), saying the takbir when rising and when going down. He said: I came to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and told him about this. He said: "Is that not the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? May Ikrimah be motherless!"

Abu Salamah said: When Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in prayer, he used to say the takbir when going down and when rising. And when he finished the prayer, he would say: "Of all of you, my prayer most resembles the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)."