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Rh It is related from ʾUmárah bin Ruaibah that, 'He saw Bishr bin Marwán standing on the pulpit and raising his hands (when delivering the public address), and he said, "May God curse these two hands! for verily I have seen the Apostle of God, and he did no more than speak with his hand thus"—and he made a sign with his fore-finger.'—Muslim.

It is related from Salim bin ʿAbduʾlláh bin ʿOmar, from his father, that he said, 'I went on a military expedition with the Apostle of God towards Nejd, and we faced the enemy and drew up in line to meet them. Then the Apostle of God stood up to lead the prayers for us; and one party stood up with him and one party remained facing the enemy, and the Apostle of God bowed down with those who were with him and prostrated himself in two prostrations. After that, they moved off to the place of those who had not prayed, and they came and the Apostle of God bowed once with them and prostrated in two prostrations. Then he gave the salutation, and every one of them stood up and bowed once for himself and prostrated in two prostrations.' And Náfiʿ has related the same, but adds, 'And if the danger were more imminent than that, they prayed man by man, standing on their feet or mounted or facing the Qibla or without facing it.' Náfiʿ says, 'I do not imagine that Ibn ʿOmar mentioned that, except he had it from the Apostle of God.'—Al Bukhárí.

It is related from Jábir that he said, 'We went forward with the Apostle of God until we came to Dhatuʾl-Riqáʿ; and when we came to a shady tree we left it for the Apostle of God. And a man of the polytheists came, and the Apostle's sword was hanging from the tree, and he took the sword of the Prophet of God and unsheathed it and said to the Apostle of God, "Art thou not afraid of me?" He replied, "No." He said, "Who can protect thee from me?" He replied, "God will protect me from thee." Jábir said, "Then the companions of the Prophet frightened the man, and he returned the sword to its sheath and hung it up. Then we were called to prayers, and the Prophet prayed with one party in two rakʿahs, and then they moved behind and he prayed with the other party in two