Those who used to teach the tashahhud and order that it be taught

Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have been given the opening words of speech, its concluding words and its comprehensive words. We said: Teach us some of what Allah has taught you. Then he taught us the words of the tashahhud.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to teach us the words of the tashahhud in prayer just as a teacher teaches children.

Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami says: We used to learn the tashahhud just as we used to learn a surah of the Qur'an.

Al-Aswad says: We saw Alqamah learning the tashahhud from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) just as one learns a surah of the Qur'an.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to teach us the tashahhud just as he used to teach us a surah of the Qur'an.

Ibrahim says: The predecessors used to memorize this tashahhud, that is, the tashahhud of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), with great care, and they took pains over every single letter of it.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to teach us the tashahhud just as a surah of the Qur'an is taught.

Umayr bin Sa'id says: I came with my father to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and he taught us this tashahhud (that is, the tashahhud of Abdullah).

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), we did not use to write anything of the hadiths except the istikharah and the tashahhud.

Al-Aswad says: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to teach us the tashahhud of the prayer just as he used to teach us a surah of the Qur'an. He would make us take care of it down to the alif and the waw.

Abu al-Aliyah says: Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) heard a man in prayer saying during the tashahhud: 'Al-hamdu lillah, at-tahiyyatu lillah' (Praise be to Allah; all greetings are for Allah). Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) rebuked him, saying: Why are you starting with al-hamdu lillah! When you sit, begin with at-tahiyyatu lillah.

Al-A'mash says: Ibrahim used to make us take care even of the waw in the tashahhud, and he would say: 'As-salawatu wa at-tayyibatu' (the prayers and the good things).

Ibrahim says: The predecessors used to learn the tashahhud just as they learned a surah of the Qur'an.