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How the Prophet ﷺ prostrated

ahmad:18701 – Abū Kāmil > Sharīk > Abī Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[AI] He spread his palms, raised his hips, and kept his arms away from his sides, and said, "This is how the Prophet ﷺ prostrated."

أحمد:١٨٧٠١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ أَنَّهُ وَصَفَ السُّجُودَ قَالَ

فَبَسَطَ كَفَّيْهِ، وَرَفَعَ عَجِيزَتَهُ، وَخَوَّى، وَقَالَ: هَكَذَا سَجَدَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ

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abudawud:896 – al-Rabīʿ b. Nāfiʿ Abū Tawbah > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > And Ṣaf Lanā al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib Fawaḍaʿ Yadayh Wāʿtamad > Rukbatayh Warafaʿ ʿAjīzatah

Al-Bara' described to us (the nature of prostration). He placed his hands (palms), reclined on his knees, and raised his hips; he said: This is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to prostrate himself.

أبو داود:٨٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أَبُو تَوْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ وَصَفَ لَنَا الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ عَازِبٍ فَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَاعْتَمَدَ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَرَفَعَ عَجِيزَتَهُ

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