Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ صَلَاةً ذَكَّرَنِي صَلَاةً صَلَّيْتُهَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالْخَلِيفَتَيْنِ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَصَلَّيْتُ مَعَهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ يُكَبِّرُ كُلَّمَا سَجَدَ وَكُلَّمَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنْ السُّجُودِ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا نُجَيْدٍ مَنْ أَوَّلُ مَنْ تَرَكَهُ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ حِينَ كَبِرَ وَضَعُفَ صَوْتُهُ تَرَكَهُ.
English Translation
Abd al-Wahhab narrated to us, Khalid narrated to us, from a man, from Mutarrif ibn al-Shikhkhir, from Imran ibn Husayn, who said: I prayed behind Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) a prayer that reminded me of a prayer I prayed with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and the two caliphs. I went and prayed with him, and he was saying 'Allahu Akbar' every time he prostrated and every time he raised his head from prostration. I said: 'O Abu Nujayd, who was the first to abandon this?' He said: 'Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) — when he grew old and his voice weakened, he stopped doing it.'