The People of Kufa complained against Sa`d to `Umar and the latter dismissed him and appointed
`Ammar as their chief . They lodged many complaints against Sa`d and even they alleged that he did
not pray properly. `Umar sent for him and said, "O Aba 'Is-haq! These people claim that you do not
pray properly." Abu 'Is-haq said, "By Allah, I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Allah's
Apostle and I never reduced anything of it. I used to prolong the first two rak`at of `Isha prayer and
shorten the last two rak`at." `Umar said, "O Aba 'Is-haq, this was what I thought about you." And then
he sent one or more persons with him to Kufa so as to ask the people about him. So they went there
and did not leave any mosque without asking about him. All the people praised him till they came to
the mosque of the tribe of Bani `Abs; one of the men called Usama bin Qatada with a surname of Aba
Sa`da stood up and said, "As you have put us under an oath; I am bound to tell you that Sa`d never
went himself with the army and never distributed (the war booty) equally and never did justice in legal
verdicts." (On hearing it) Sa`d said, "I pray to Allah for three things: O Allah! If this slave of yours is
a liar and got up for showing off, give him a long life, increase his poverty and put him to trials." (And
so it happened). Later on when that person was asked how he was, he used to reply that he was an old
man in trial as the result of Sa`d's curse. `Abdul Malik, the sub narrator, said that he had seen him
afterwards and his eyebrows were overhanging his eyes owing to old age and he used to tease and
assault the small girls in the way.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 10, Hadith 149
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar
used to say the tashahhud saying, "In the name of Allah. Greetings
belong to Allah. Prayers belong to Allah. Pure actions belong to
Allah. Peace be on the Prophet and the mercy of Allah and His
blessings. Peace be on us and on the slaves of Allah who are salihun.
I testify that there is no god except Allah. I testify that Muhammad
is the Messenger of Allah."
"Bismillah, at-tahiyatu lillah,
as-salawatu lillah, az-zakiyatu lillah. As-salamu ala'n-nabiyyi wa
rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. As-salamu alayna wa ala
ibadi'llahi's-salihin. Shahidtu an la ilaha illallah. Shahidtu anna
Muhammadu'r-rasulu'llah."
He used to say this after the first
two rakas and he would make supplication with whatever seemed fit to
him when the tashahhud was completed. When he sat at the end of the
prayer, he did the tashahhud in a similar manner, except that after
the tashahhud he made supplication with whatever seemed fit to him.
When he had completed the tashahhud and intended to say the taslim, he
said, "Peace be on the Prophet and His mercy and blessings. Peace be
upon us and on the slaves of Allah who are salihun."
"As-
salamu ala'n-nabiyyi wa rahmatu'llahi wa barakatuhu. As-salamu alayna
wa ala ibadi'llahi'ssalihin ."
He then said, "Peace be upon
you" to his right, and would return the greeting to the imam, and if
anyone said "Peace be upon you" from his left he would return the
greeting to him.
Muwatta Malik Book 3, Hadith 57