216 - Yazid ibn 'Abd Allah al-Asbahani informed me, saying: Yahya ibn al-Rabi' narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, Dawud, and Humayd, from Mujahid, regarding the verse: "Who sees you when you stand, and your movements among those who prostrate" [Surah ash-Shu'ara: 219]: That the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to see his companions during his prayer from behind him, just as he saw them from before him.
٢١٦ - أَخْبَرَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، قَالَ: ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، قَالَ: ثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، وَدَاوُدَ، وَحُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، {الَّذِي يَرَاكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ، وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ} [الشعراء: ٢١٩] أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَرَى أَصْحَابَهُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ، كَمَا يَرَى مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ "
