A man who enters while the people are bowing and bows before reaching the row

Zayd bin Wahb said: I went with Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) from his house to the mosque. When we reached the middle of the mosque, the imam bowed. Abdullah said the takbir and went into bowing, and I bowed along with him. Then we walked in the state of bowing until we reached the row, by which time the people had already raised their heads from bowing. Then, when the imam completed the prayer, I stood up, thinking that I had missed that rak'ah. But Abdullah took me by the hand and sat me down, and said: "You did catch that rak'ah."

Ibn Sirin said: Abu Ubaydah once came to the mosque while the people were bowing. He bowed behind the row, then walked until he entered the row. Then he narrated the same from his father.

Abu Umamah said: Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) bowed before reaching the row, and then, walking in the state of bowing, went and joined the row.

Kathir bin Aflah said: Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) found the congregation while the people were bowing. He bowed without having joined the row, and then entered the row.

Ubaydullah bin Abi Yazid said: I saw Sa'id bin Jubayr do the same.

Hisham bin Urwah said: My father would enter the mosque while the imam was bowing, and he would bow before reaching the row and then enter the row.

Waqa' said: Sa'id bin Jubayr and I entered the mosque while the people were bowing. We both bowed at the door and then walked and joined the row.

Yazid bin Abi Habib said that he saw Abu Salamah enter the mosque while the people were in the state of bowing; so he bowed, and then, while still bowing, he walked forward slowly and joined the row.

Ata said, concerning a person who enters the mosque while the people are in the state of bowing: When he has passed the women, he should say Allahu Akbar and bow, then walk on until he enters the row; and if the prostration reaches him before that, he should prostrate wherever it reaches him.

Uthman bin al-Aswad said: Amr bin Tamim and I entered the mosque. The imam bowed, so he and I also bowed, and the two of us walked in the state of bowing until we joined the row. When we had completed the prayer, Amr said to me: "From whom did you hear about what you did just now?" I said: "From Mujahid." He said: "I have seen Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) do this."

Al-Qasim and al-Hasan said, concerning a man who enters the mosque when the people have already bowed: If he thinks that he will catch the people before they raise their heads, he should bow and then walk until he enters the row.