Salat - The Muslim Prayer Book — Page 41
S al a t —The Muslim Prayer Book 41 It is essential that every member of the congregation takes care not to cause disturbance to other worshippers and therefore Muslims should take note of the above mentioned Hadith of the Holy Prophet sa of Islam. At the end of the recitation, the Im a m goes from the Standing position to the Bowing position, Ruk u‘ , by calling out All a hu Akbar. The other worshippers follow him into the Bowing position. In this posture, the right hand of the worshipper should press the right knee and the left hand the left knee, and the upper half of the body from the waist to the head is kept level and horizontal to the ground. In the Bowing posture the following Tasb ih is recited silently three times or more in odd numbers: