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abudawud:897Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

Anas reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying; Adopt a moderate position when prostrating yourselves, and see that none of you stretches out his forearms(on the ground) like a dog.

أبو داود:٨٩٧حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ اعْتَدِلُوا فِي السُّجُودِ وَلاَ يَفْتَرِشْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ

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bukhari:822Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Be straight in the prostrations and none of you should put his forearms on the ground (in the prostration) like a dog."

البخاري:٨٢٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ اعْتَدِلُوا فِي السُّجُودِ وَلاَ يَبْسُطْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ انْبِسَاطَ الْكَلْبِ

muslim:493aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

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.

مسلم:٤٩٣aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اعْتَدِلُوا فِي السُّجُودِ وَلاَ يَبْسُطْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ انْبِسَاطَ الْكَلْبِ

nasai:1103Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Yazīd / Ibn Hārūn > Abū al-ʿAlāʾ Wāsmuh Ayyūb b. Abū Miskīn > Qatādah > Anas

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do not rest your forearms on the ground like a dog when prostrating."

النسائي:١١٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَلاَءِ وَاسْمُهُ أَيُّوبُ بْنُ أَبِي مِسْكِينٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَفْتَرِشْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ فِي السُّجُودِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ

nasai:1110[Chain 1] Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdah > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas [Chain 2] Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

"I heard Anas (narrate) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Be moderate in prostration and do not rest your forearms along the ground like a dog.'"

النسائي:١١١٠أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ اعْتَدِلُوا فِي السُّجُودِ وَلاَ يَبْسُطْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ انْبِسَاطَ الْكَلْبِ اللَّفْظُ لإِسْحَاقَ

nasai:1028Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah And Ḥammād b. Salamah > Qatādah > Anas

"Be moderate in bowing and prostration, and do not rest your forearms along the ground like a dog."

النسائي:١٠٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ وَحَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ اعْتَدِلُوا فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ وَلاَ يَبْسُطْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ كَالْكَلْبِ

ibnmajah:891ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When anyone of you prostrates let him be balanced in prostration, and not spread his arms as a dog does.”

ابن ماجة:٨٩١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَعْتَدِلْ وَلاَ يَفْتَرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ

ibnmajah:892Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

“Be balanced in prostration; none of you should prostrate with his arms spread out like a dog.”

ابن ماجة:٨٩٢حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ اعْتَدِلُوا فِي السُّجُودِ وَلاَ يَسْجُدْ أَحَدُكُمْ وَهُوَ بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ كَالْكَلْبِ

ahmad:15178ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When anyone of you prostrates let him be balanced in prostration, and not spread his arms as a dog does.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 891)

أحمد:١٥١٧٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَعْتَدِلْ وَلَا يَفْتَرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ

ahmad:12066Ibn Abū ʿAdī And ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Khaffāf > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

Anas reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying; Adopt a moderate position when prostrating yourselves, and see that none of you stretches out his forearms(on the ground) like a dog. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 897)

أحمد:١٢٠٦٦حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ وَعَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الْخَفَّافُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اعْتَدِلُوا فِي السُّجُودِ وَلَا يَفْتَرِشْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ كَالْكَلْبِ

ahmad:12149Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Be straight in the prostrations and none of you should put his forearms on the ground (in the prostration) like a dog." (Using translation from Bukhārī 822)

أحمد:١٢١٤٩حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ اعْتَدِلُوا فِي السُّجُودِ وَلَا يَبْسُطْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ انْبِسَاطَ الْكَلْبِ

ahmad:13091Yazīd > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Each one of you should straighten their prayer and not spread their forearms like a dog.'"

أحمد:١٣٠٩١حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِيَعْتَدِلْ أَحَدُكُمْ فِيصَلَاتِهِ وَلَا يَفْتَرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ كَالْكَلْبِ

ahmad:13420Muḥammad b. Yazīd > Ayyūb / al-Qaṣṣāb Abū al-ʿAlāʾ > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "None of you should rest his forearms on the ground during prayer like a dog."

أحمد:١٣٤٢٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ يَعْنِي الْقَصَّابَ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَفْتَرِشْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ كَالْكَلْبِ

ahmad:13232ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas

“Be balanced in prostration; none of you should prostrate with his arms spread out like a dog.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 892)

أحمد:١٣٢٣٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ اعْتَدِلُوا فِي السُّجُودِ وَلَا يَسْجُدْ أَحَدُكُمْ بَاسِطًا ذِرَاعَيْهِ كَالْكَلْبِ

ahmad:12812Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Be straight in the prostrations and none of you should put his forearms on the ground (in the prostration) like a dog." (Using translation from Bukhārī 822)

أحمد:١٢٨١٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ اعْتَدِلُوا فِي السُّجُودِ وَلَا يَبْسُطْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ انْبِسَاطَ الْكَلْبِ

ahmad:12840Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Maintain moderation in prostration, and none of you should spread out their arms like the flapping of a predator bird."

أحمد:١٢٨٤٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اعْتَدِلُوا فِي السُّجُودِ وَلَا يَبْسُطْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ انْبِسَاطَ السَّبُعِ

ahmad:14097Bahz > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

"Be moderate in bowing and prostration, and do not rest your forearms along the ground like a dog." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1028)

أحمد:١٤٠٩٧حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اعْتَدِلُوا فِي السُّجُودِ وَلَا يَبْسُطْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ كَمَا يَبْسُطُ الْكَلْبُ

ahmad:14276Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When anyone of you prostrates let him be balanced in prostration, and not spread his arms as a dog does.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 891)

أحمد:١٤٢٧٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَفْتَرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ

ahmad:14384Abaw Muʿāwiyah And Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyāna > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When anyone of you prostrates let him be balanced in prostration, and not spread his arms as a dog does.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 891)

أحمد:١٤٣٨٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبَو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَوَكِيعٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَعْتَدِلْ وَلَا يَفْتَرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ

ibnhibban:1926al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh b. Muʿādh al-ʿAnbarī from my father > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

Anas reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying; Adopt a moderate position when prostrating yourselves, and see that none of you stretches out his forearms(on the ground) like a dog. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 897)

ابن حبّان:١٩٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اعْتَدِلُوا فِي السُّجُودِ وَلَا يَفْتَرِشْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ»

ibnhibban:1927Abū Yaʿlá > Kāmil b. Ṭalḥah al-Jaḥdarī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Qatādah > Anas

“Be balanced in prostration; none of you should prostrate with his arms spread out like a dog.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 892)

ابن حبّان:١٩٢٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا كَامِلُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «اعْتَدِلُوا فِي السُّجُودِ وَلَا يَكُونُ أَحَدُكُمْ بَاسِطَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ كَالْكَلْبِ»

nasai-kubra:1102Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah And Ḥammād b. Salamah > Qatādah > Anas

"Be moderate in bowing and prostration, and do not rest your forearms along the ground like a dog." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1028)

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ وَحَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «اعْتَدِلُوا فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ وَلَا يَبْسُطُ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ كَالْكَلْبِ»

nasai-kubra:694Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Yazīd > Abū al-ʿAlāʾ > Qatādah > Anas

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do not rest your forearms on the ground like a dog when prostrating." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1103)

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَفْتَرِشْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ فِي السُّجُودِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ»

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"I heard Anas (narrate) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Be moderate in prostration and do not rest your forearms along the ground like a dog.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1110)

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ وَأَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «اعْتَدِلُوا فِي السُّجُودِ وَلَا يَبْسُطُ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بَسْطَ الْكَلْبِ» اللَّفْظُ لِإِسْحَاقَ

suyuti:1960a

Anas reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying; Adopt a moderate position when prostrating yourselves, and see that none of you stretches out his forearms(on the ground) like a dog. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 897)

السيوطي:١٩٦٠a

"إذا سَجَدَ أحدُكْم فليَعْتَدِلْ، ولا يفترشْ ذِرَاعَيه افتراشَ الكلبِ".

[عب] عبد الرازق [ش] ابن أبى شيبة [حم] أحمد [ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح، [هـ] ابن ماجة [ع] أبو يعلى [بز] البزّار في سننه ، (وابن خزيمة)، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن جابر، [ش] ابن أبى شيبة عن علي موقوفًا
suyuti:3459a

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Be straight in the prostrations and none of you should put his forearms on the ground (in the prostration) like a dog." (Using translation from Bukhārī 822)

السيوطي:٣٤٥٩a

"اعتدلِوا في السُّجودِ، ولا يبْسُطْ أحدُكُمْ ذِراعيه انْبِساطَ الكلْبِ".

[ط] الطيالسي [ش] ابن أبى شيبة [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة عن أنس