Sayyiduna Miswar bin Yazid al-Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I was present with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the prayer, and while reciting he (peace and blessings be upon him) left out something in between. A man said: O Messenger of Allah! You left out such-and-such a verse. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then why did you not remind me of it?" He said: I thought it had been abrogated.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5782
Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited in a certain prayer and became confused in the recitation. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer, he asked Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him): "Did you pray with us?" He said: Yes! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then what prevented you from prompting me?"
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5783
Humayd (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): In the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we used to prompt the imams (in their recitation).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5784
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to prompt one another in the prayer.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5785
Amir bin Sa'd (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I was sitting in Makkah, and a fragrant-smelling man was praying at the Maqam (of Ibrahim), and a man was sitting behind him prompting him. It was Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5786
Isa bin Tahman (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I heard Thabit al-Bunani (may Allah have mercy on him) say that when Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) stood for prayer, a boy would stand behind him holding a copy of the Qur'an, and when he got stuck on anything, the boy would prompt him.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5788
Al-Harith narrates from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ali! I love for you what I love for myself, and I dislike for you what I dislike for myself. Do not recite the Qur'an while bowing, nor while prostrating; do not pray with your hair tied up in a knot, for it is the Shaytan's seat; do not squat (iq'a') between the two prostrations; do not play with the pebbles; do not spread out your forearms (on the ground); do not prompt the imam; do not wear a gold ring; do not wear qassi garments; and do not ride on silk saddle-cushions, that is, do not sit on them."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5790
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) what serves as evidence for prompting the imam.
Abu Dawud said: Abu Ishaq heard only four hadiths from al-Harith, and this is not one of them. Al-Harith is not used as evidence.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5791
(a) Abu Ubayd (may Allah have mercy on him) says: This is how I memorised it from him; then later it reached me that he had no doubt about it: "When your imam asks you for food, feed him."
(b) Abu Abd al-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates it like the first saying, but with an addition: What is his asking for food? He said: "When he falters and falls silent, prompt him."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5792
Abu Abd al-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that it is the sunnah that "when the imam asks you for a prompt, you prompt him." I said: Abu Abd al-Rahman! What is meant by the imam asking for food? He said: When he falls silent.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5793
Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami narrates from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "When your imam asks you for food, feed him," meaning that if he forgets in the prayer, prompt him.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5794
Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami narrates from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): When your imam asks you for food, feed him, meaning that if he forgets in the prayer, prompt him.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5795