Sunan Abi Dawud 995 — Brief Sitting in First Two Rak‘ahs

Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 995

This hadith describes the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in the first two rak‘ahs. Abdullah ibn Mas’ud narrated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was in the first two rak‘ahs as though he were on heated stones. The narrator Shu’bah asked if this continued until he got up, and the answer was yes, until he got up. The wording points to a brief sitting before standing, though the report itself uses the image of heated stones. The core topic is the first tashahhud or the sitting in the first two rak‘ahs. For people searching for first tashahhud hadith, rising after two rak‘ahs, or sitting briefly in salah, this narration gives a short description. The safe explanation is to say only what the text indicates: the sitting was not long, and he rose after it.