Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 264-272
Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 264-272
Chapter 45: Moderation in Prostration; Placing the Hands on The Ground, Keeping the Elbows Up, Away from The Sides, And Lifting the Belly Up Off the Thighs When Prostrating.
Anas reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Observe moderation in prostration, and let none of you stretch out his forearms (on the ground) like a dog. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 264)
This hadith has been narrated by Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters. And in the hidith transmitted by Ibn Ja'far (the words are):
"None of you should stretch out his forearms like the stretching out of a dog." (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 265)
Al-Bira' (b. 'Azib) reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said. When you prostrate yourself, place the palms of your hands on the ground and raise your elbows. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 266)
Chapter 46: The Description of The Prayer, With What It Begins and Ends. The Description of Bowing and Moderation Therein, And of Prostration and Moderation Therein. Tashah-hud After Each Two Rak’ah Of Four Rak’ah Prayers. Description of Sitting Between the Two Prostrations, And in The First Tashah-hud.
'Abdullah b. Malik ibn Bujainah reported:
When the Prophet (ﷺ) prostrated, he spread out his arms so that the whiteness of his armpits was visible. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 267)
This hadith has been narrated by Ja'far b. Rabi' with the same chain of transmitters. And in the narration transmitted by 'Amr b. al-Harith (the words are):
"When the Messenger of Allah (Peace Be Upon Him) prostrated, he spread out his arms so that the whiteness of his armpits was visible." And in the narration transmitted by al-Laith (the words are:" When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prostrated. he spread his hands from the armpits so that I saw their whiteness." (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 268)
Maimuna reported:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prostrated himself, if a lamb wanted to pass between his arms, it could pass. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 269)
Maimuna, the wife of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), reported:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prostrated himself, he spread his arms, i. e. he separated them so much that the whiteness of his armpits became visible from behind and when he sat (for Jalsa) he rested on his left thigh. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 270)
Maimuna daughter of Harith reported:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prostrated, he kept his hands so much apart from each other that when it was seen from behind the armpits became visible. Waki' said: That is their whiteness. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 271)
'A'isha reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to begin prayer with takbir (saying Allahu Akbar) and the recitation: "Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe." When he bowed he neither kept his head up nor bent it down, but kept it between these extremes; when he raised his head after bowing he did not prostrate himself till he had stood erect; when he raised his head after prostration he did not prostrate himself again till he sat up. At the end of every two rak'ahs he recited the tahiyya; and he used to place his left foot flat (on the ground) and raise up the right; he prohibited the devil's way of sitting on the heels, and he forbade people to spread out their arms like a wild beast. And he used to finish the prayer with the taslim. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 272)
Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 264-272