Yahya related to me from Malik from Yazid ibn Ruman
from Salih ibn Khawwat from someone who had prayed (the
prayer of fear) with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, on the day of Dhat ar-Riqa
that one group had formed a row with him and one group had
formed a row opposite the enemy. He then prayed one raka
with the group he was with, and then remained standing
while they finished by themselves. They then left and
formed a row opposite the enemy, and then the other group
came and he prayed the remaining raka of his prayer with
them, and then remained sitting while they finished by
themselves. Then he said the taslim with them.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from
al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from Salih ibn Khawwat that Sahl ibn
Abi Hathma related to him that the form of the prayer of
fear was that the imam stood with a group of his
companions, while another group faced the enemy. The imam
prayed one raka with them, including the prostration, and
then stood. He remained standing while they completed the
remaining raka by themselves. They then said the taslim,
left, and formed up opposite the enemy while the imam
remained standing. Then the others who had not prayed came
forward and said the takbir behind the imam and he prayed
one raka with them, including the prostration. He then
said the taslim, while they stood up and prayed the
remaining raka by themselves. Then they said the taslim.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah
ibn Umar, when asked about the fear prayer said, "The imam
and a group of people go forward and the imam prays a raka
with them, while another group, who have not yet prayed,
position themselves between him and the enemy. When those
who are with him have prayed a raka they draw back to
where those who have not prayed are, and do not say the
taslim. Then those who have not prayed come forward and
pray a raka with him. Then the imam leaves, as he has now
prayed two rakas. Everyone else in the two groups stands
and prays a raka by himself after the imam has left. In
this way each of the two groups will have prayed two rakas.
If the fear is greater than that, then the men pray
standing on their feet or mounted, either facing the qibla
or otherwise."
Malik said that Nafi said, "I do not believe that
Abdullah ibn Umar related it from anyone other than the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that
Said ibn al-Musayyab said, "The Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not pray dhuhr
and asr on the day of the Trench until after the sun had
set."
Malik said, "The hadith of al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from
Salih ibn Khawwat is the one I like most out of what I
have heard about the fear prayer."