the prayer—whether it is one of the quiet prayers or one of the audible ones. In one of the two reports transmitted from Ahmad, and according to Abu Ḥanīfah and others, it is not recommended during a quiet prayer, even though Abu Ḥanīfah holds the prostration to be obligatory and Ahmad, in that second report, likewise deems it obligatory when it occurs inside the prayer. Yet they still did not consider it recommended in this situation; rather, in their view, preserving the uninterrupted flow of the prayer is preferable. Thus ʿUmar may well have meant that it was not prescribed in such a circumstance—just as some scholars today also say that it is not recommended here. This resembles the case of the supplication at ʿArafah, whose sunnah is continuous