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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  


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

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  

abudawud:901ʿAbd al-Malik b. Shuʿayb b. al-Layth > Ibn Wahb > al-Layth > Darrāj > Ibn Ḥujayrah > Abū Hurayrah

when one of you prostrates himself, he should not stretch out his forearms( on the ground) like a dog and he should join both of his thighs.  

أبو داود:٩٠١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ اللَّيْثِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ دَرَّاجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ حُجَيْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا سَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلاَ يَفْتَرِشْ يَدَيْهِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ وَلْيَضُمَّ فَخِذَيْهِ  

tirmidhi:275Hannād > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

the Prophet said: "When one of you prostrates, then let him be balanced, and let him not lay his forearms down like the lying of the dog."  

الترمذي:٢٧٥حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا سَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَعْتَدِلْ وَلاَ يَفْتَرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شِبْلٍ وَأَنَسٍ وَالْبَرَاءِ وَأَبِي حُمَيْدٍ وَعَائِشَةَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ جَابِرٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يَخْتَارُونَ الاِعْتِدَالَ فِي السُّجُودِ وَيَكْرَهُونَ الاِفْتِرَاشَ كَافْتِرَاشِ السَّبُعِ
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  

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:14384Abaw Muʿāwiyah And Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyānaʿan 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  

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: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  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِضَمِّ الْفَخِذَيْنِ عِنْدَ السُّجُودِ لِلْمُصَلِّي

ibnhibban:1917Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Salām Bibayrūt > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam from my father > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Darrāj > Ibn Ḥujayrah > Abū Hurayrah

when one of you prostrates himself, he should not stretch out his forearms( on the ground) like a dog and he should join both of his thighs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 901)   

ابن حبّان:١٩١٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ بِبَيْرُوتَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ دَرَّاجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ حُجَيْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا سَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَفْتَرِشِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ وَلْيَضُمَّ فَخِذَيْهِ»  

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»  

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»  

suyuti:1959a

when one of you prostrates himself, he should not stretch out his forearms( on the ground) like a dog and he should join both of his thighs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 901)   

السيوطي:١٩٥٩a

"إذا سجدَ أحدُكم فلا يفترشْ يديه افتراشَ الكلبِ، وليضُمَّ فَخذَيه".  

[د] أبو داود [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن أبي هريرة
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