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ahmad:13420 – Muḥammad 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:١٣٤٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ يَعْنِي الْقَصَّابَ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَفْتَرِشْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ كَالْكَلْبِ  

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nasai:1103 – Isḥāq 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:١١٠٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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  

abudawud:897 – Muslim 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:٨٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

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

ahmad:13091 – Yazīd > 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:١٣٠٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِيَعْتَدِلْ أَحَدُكُمْ فِيصَلَاتِهِ وَلَا يَفْتَرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ كَالْكَلْبِ  

ahmad:12066 – Ibn 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:١٢٠٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

nasai-kubra:694 – Isḥāq 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:٦٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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»