The people were behind him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited a long recitation, then he said the takbīr and made a long bowing (rukūʿ), then he raised his head and said: "Samiʿa Allāhu liman ḥamidah, Rabbanā wa laka al-ḥamd" (Allah hears the one who praises Him; our Lord, and to You is the praise). Then he stood and recited a long recitation that was shorter than the first recitation, then he said the takbīr and bowed a long bowing that was shorter than the first bowing, then he said: "Samiʿa Allāhu liman ḥamidah, Rabbanā wa laka al-ḥamd." Then he did the same in the other rakʿah, completing four rakʿahs and four prostrations, and the sun had cleared before he departed.

1181 — Aḥmad ibn Ṣāliḥ narrated to us, ʿAnbasah narrated to us, Yūnus narrated to us, from Ibn Shihāb, who said: Kathīr ibn ʿAbbās used to narrate—

(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Ibn Shihāb: he is Muḥammad ibn Muslim al-Zuhrī, and Yūnus: he is ibn Yazīd al-Aylī, and Ibn Wahb: he is ʿAbd Allāh, and Ibn al-Sarḥ: he is Aḥmad ibn ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd Allāh.

It was also recorded by al-Bukhārī (1046), (1047), (1058), (1065), (1066), (1212), and (3203); Muslim (901); Ibn Mājah (1263); al-Tirmidhī (569); and al-Nasāʾī in al-Kubrā (1860), (1861), (1870), (1871), (1892), and (1897) via the route of Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī; and by al-Bukhārī (1044) and (1058), Muslim (901), and al-Nasāʾī (1872) and (1900) via the route of Hishām ibn ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr, both from ʿUrwah, with it.

It was also recorded by al-Bukhārī (1050), (1056), and (1064); Muslim (903); and al-Nasāʾī (1873), (1874), (1875), and (1899) via the route of ʿAmrah bint ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, and by al-Nasāʾī (1879) via the route of Abū Ḥafṣah, the freed slave of ʿĀʾishah, both from ʿĀʾishah.

It is in Musnad Aḥmad (24045), and Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān (2840), (2841), and (2845).

The ḥadīth will also come via the route of Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, under number (1187), but it was not cited in full.