Al-Hajj?j then said: ‘May All?h ( - عز وجل -) reward you with the best of rewards, O You good teacher. Since then I have never done Sal?t but I remember them’. Then he stood up and went away’. (1)

On the other hand, some people are so late in following the Im?n in his acts especially when doing Ruk?‘ or Suj?d, some do them even in a lazy way. These have indeed contradicted the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) order in following the Im?m.

Some Im?ms push their followers to delay catching up with them when the former do the acts of Sal?t so fast. There is no might but with All?h.

[42] Reciting Takb?ratul Ihr?m while bowing down by the Masb?q:

The following are some of the mistakes done by a Masb?q:

[1/ 42] Reciting Takb?ratul Ihr?m while going down for Ruk?‘ instead of reciting it while standing in order to catch up the Rak‘ah with the Im?m. This contradicts the prophets’ ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) order which states: ‘When you stand to do Sal?t, recite Takb?r’.

Accordingly, reciting Takb?ratul Ihr?m should be done while standing not while sitting or going down for Ruk?‘or Suj?d.

Regarding this, Ash-Shawk?n? said: ‘Reciting Takb?ratul Ihr?m while in a sitting posture or in different wordings is Bid‘ah and every Bid ‘ah is misguidance which leads its doer a stray.

So, what makes one fall in such Bid‘ah ?! Is it what some one said or did, is this an enough reason to give away the truth?! (2) The Jumh?r shared Ash-Shawk?n? his opinion, and so did An-Nawaw? who said: ‘One must recite Takb?ratul Ihr?m while standing, so is the case with the Ma’m?m who attends the Sal?t while the Im?m is doing Ruk?‘, the former should recite Takb?r while standing. If one recited even one letter of the Takb?r while bowing, his Sal?t is rendered invalid -if it was an obligatory one. If the Sal?t is an optional one, there is a disagreement amongst scholars regarding its validity’. (3)