1389 - He said: Abu 'Abd Allah narrated to us, he said: Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, he said: al-A'mash narrated to us, from Zayd ibn Wahb, he said: Hudhayfah entered the mosque and saw a man praying near the doors of Kindah, and he was not perfecting his bowing (ruku') or his prostration (sujud). When he finished, Hudhayfah said to him: 'How long have you been praying like this?' He replied: 'For forty years.' Hudhayfah said to him: 'You have not prayed for forty years, and if you were to die while this is your prayer, you would have died upon something other than the natural disposition (fitra) upon which Allah created Muhammad.' Then he turned to him to instruct him, saying: 'A man may perform a light prayer while still perfecting his bowing and prostration.'
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