Sahih Muslim Book - 4, Hadith - 1058

وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِىُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِى حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ غَلَبَ عَلَى الْكُوفَةِ رَجُلٌ - قَدْ سَمَّاهُ - زَمَنَ ابْنِ الأَشْعَثِ فَأَمَرَ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنْ يُصَلِّىَ بِالنَّاسِ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّى فَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ قَامَ قَدْرَ مَا أَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْءَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَمِلْءَ الأَرْضِ وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَىْءٍ بَعْدُ أَهْلَ الثَّنَاءِ وَالْمَجْدِ لاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَلاَ مُعْطِىَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ. قَالَ الْحَكَمُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِى لَيْلَى فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ يَقُولُ كَانَتْ صَلاَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَرُكُوعُهُ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَسُجُودُهُ وَمَا بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ. قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فَذَكَرْتُهُ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ فَقَالَ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ أَبِى لَيْلَى فَلَمْ تَكُنْ صَلاَتُهُ هَكَذَا.

It was narrated that Al-Hakam said: "Al-Kufah was taken over by a man - and he named him - at the time of Ibn Al-Ash'ath. He commanded Abu 'Ubaidah bin 'Abdullah to lead the people in prayer, and he used to pray, when he raised his head from bowing, he would stand for as long as it takes to say: 'Allahumma! Rabbana lakal-hamdu mil'as-samawati wa mil 'al-ardi wa mil'a ma sh'ita min shay'in ba'du, ahlath-thana'i wal-majdi, la mani'a lima a'taita, wa la mu'ti lima man'at, wa la yanfa'u dhal-jaddi minkal-jadd. (O Allah, our Lord, to You be praise, filling the heavens, filling the earth, and filling whatever You will besides that, Lord of Glory and Majesty, none can withhold what You bestow and none can bestow what You withhold, nor can the fortune of the fortunate avail him anything before You.)"' Al-Hakam said: "I mentioned that to 'Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Laila and he said: 'I heard Al-Bara' bin 'Azib say: "The Salat of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), his bowing, when he lifted his head from bowing, his prostration and his (sitting) between the two prostrations were almost all equal in length." Shu'bah said: "I mentioned that to 'Amr bin Murrah and he said: 'I saw Ibn Abi Laila, and his prayer was not like that."'