\n\n \nYahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Salama\nibn Abdar-Rahman ibn Awf that Abu Hurayra used to lead them in prayer\nand would say "Allah is greater" whenever he lowered himself and\nraised himself. When he had finished he would say, "By Allah, I am the\nperson whose prayer most resembles the prayer of the Messenger of\nAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace."\n\n

\n\n \nYahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Salama\nibn Abdar-Rahman ibn Awf that Abu Hurayra used to lead them in prayer\nand would say "Allah is greater" whenever he lowered himself and\nraised himself. When he had finished he would say, "By Allah, I am the\nperson whose prayer most resembles the prayer of the Messenger of\nAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace."\n\n

\nوَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، كَانَ يُصَلِّي لَهُمْ فَيُكَبِّرُ كُلَّمَا خَفَضَ وَرَفَعَ فَإِذَا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَشْبَهُكُمْ بِصَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏