Sahih Bukhari
Characteristics of Prayer
Volume: 001 / Book Number: 012 / Hadith Number: 775
Narrated Al-Bara' bin 'Azib:
(and he was not a liar) We used to pray behind the Prophet and when he said, "Sami' a-l-lahu Liman hamida", none of us would bend his back (to go for prostration) till the Prophet had placed his, forehead on the ground.