Remembrance 9 from Chapter 120

Rabbanā ātinā fi-d-dunyā ḥasanatan wa fi-l-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa qinā ‘adhāba-n-Nār.

According to another version, he performed four takbīrs and stood awhile until we thought that he was going to say a fifth takbīr. He then gave salāms to his right and left. When he turned, we asked him: “What is this?” He replied: “I extended the time in accordance with what I saw the Messenger of Allah do”, or “this is what the Messenger of Allah did”. Al-Ḥākim Abū ‘Abdullāh described this hadith as ṣaḥīḥ.

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