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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  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
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: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  

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  

tirmidhi:276Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

Messenger of Allah said: "Be balanced in the prostration, and let one of you not spread his forearms (on the ground) in the Salat like the spreading of the dog."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٧٦حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ اعْتَدِلُوا فِي السُّجُودِ وَلاَ يَبْسُطَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ بَسْطَ الْكَلْبِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
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: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: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: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: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  

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»  

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
suyuti:3460a

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:٣٤٦٠a

"اعْتَدِلُوا في الركوع والسُّجود، ولا يبْسُطْ أحدُكم ذِراعيْه انبساطَ الكلبِ".  

الدارمي، [ن] النسائي وأبو عوانة، [حب] ابن حبّان عن أنس
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السيوطي:١٦٥-٤٨b

" سَمعْتُ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ يَأمُرُ بِانْ يُعْتَدَلَ فِى السُّجُودِ، وَلاَ يَسْجُد الرَّجُلُ بَاسطًا ذِرَاعَيْه كَالْكَلْبِ ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق