Hadith.915 - Hamad ibn Isa reported that one day Imam Abu Abdullah (as) asked him, "Do you know how to pray, Hamad?"
Hamad replied: "O’ Master, I have memorized the book of Ḥarīz on prayer."
Imam said: "It is fine, rise and pray."
So Hamad stood facing the qibla and began his prayer, reciting, bowing, and prostrating. When he completed it, Imam said:
"Hamad, you do not know how to pray. It is a shame for a man to live for sixty or seventy years without properly performing even one prayer with all its rules."
Hamad, feeling humiliated, said: "Teach me how to pray, may I be your ransom."
The Imam then stood facing the qibla, with his hands at his sides, fingers closed together, and brought his feet close enough that three of his fingers would fit between them. He directed his toes toward the qibla, maintaining humility and a sense of awe, and said: "Allāhu Akbar (Allah (swt) is the Greatest)."
He then recited al-Ḥamd (Surat al-Fātiḥa) slowly, followed by 'Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad' (Surah Al-Ikhlas).
After a brief pause, sufficient to take a breath, He said: "Allāhu Akbar" again while still standing, then bowed (ruku‘).
The Imam placed his hands, fingers spread, on his knees, kept his back straight so that if water or oil were poured on it, it would not move due to its levelness. He pushed his knees back, raised his head, and kept his neck straight while closing his eyes. He glorified Allah (swt) three times by saying, "Subḥāna Rabbī al-‘Aẓīm wa Biḥamdih (Glory be to my Lord (azj), the Most Great, and praised be He)."
He then rose to a standing position, saying, "Samī‘ Allāhu Liman Ḥamidah (Allah (swt) hears the one who praises Him)."
He then uttered "Allāhu Akbar" while raising his hands before his face and prostrated, placing his hands on the ground before his knees.
In sujood, He said: "Subḥāna Rabbī al-A‘lā wa Biḥamdih (Glory be to my Lord (azj), the Most High, and praised be He)" three times. He made sure not to place any part of his body on another part while in prostration, instead resting on eight parts: his forehead, both palms, both knees, the tips of both big toes, and the nose (the latter being a sunnah act).
He then raised his head and said: "Allāhu Akbar," sat back on his left thigh with the top of his right foot on the sole of his left, and sought forgiveness by saying, "Astaghfirullāha Rabbī wa Atūbu Ilayh (I seek forgiveness from Allah (swt), my Lord (azj), and turn to Him in repentance)."
He then said "Allāhu Akbar" and performed the second prostration in the same manner as the first.
The Imam continued the prayer and said: "Pray like this, Hamad."
He also instructed him not to fidget, avoid turning his head, not to spit in front of him, nor to engage in other distractions during the prayer.