Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ وَغَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ أَنَا وَعِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ بِالْكُوفَةِ خَلْفَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَكَبَّرَ بِنَا هَذَا التَّكْبِيرَ حِينَ يَرْكَعُ وَحِينَ يَسْجُدُ فَكَبَّرَهُ كُلَّهُ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفْنَا قَالَ لِي عِمْرَانُ مَا صَلَّيْتُ مُنْذُ حِينٍ أَوْ قَالَ مُنْذُ كَذَا وَكَذَا أَشْبَهَ بِصَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ يَعْنِي صَلَاةَ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ.
English Translation
Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Mamar narrated to us, from Qatadah and others, from Mutarrif ibn Abdullah ibn al-Shikhkhir, who said: I prayed with Imran ibn Husayn in Kufa behind Ali ibn Abi Talib. He said 'Allahu Akbar' with every movement — when bowing, when prostrating — the complete takbir. When we left, Imran said to me: 'I have not prayed for some time — or he said since such-and-such — a prayer more resembling the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) than this prayer,' meaning the prayer of Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).