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Placing the nose on the ground with the forehead in prostration

ahmad:18856 – Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Ḥajjāj > Yazīd > al-Ḥajjāj > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil > Wāʾil

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ— and Yazid said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ place his nose on the ground when he prostrated, together with his forehead.

أحمد:١٨٨٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ وَيَزِيدُ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَقَالَ يَزِيدُ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَضَعُ أَنْفَهُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ إِذَا سَجَدَ مَعَ جَبْهَتِهِ.

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Placing the nose on the ground during prostration

ahmad:18839 – Yazīd > Ḥajjāj > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil > Wāʾil

[AI] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he prostrated, place his nose on the ground.

أحمد:١٨٨٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ، وَضَعَ أَنْفَهُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ.

Prostrating on the nose with the forehead

ahmad:18840 – ʿAbd al-Quddūs b. Bakr b. Khunays > al-Ḥajjāj > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[AI] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrating on his nose together with his forehead.

أحمد:١٨٨٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْقُدُّوسِ بْنُ بَكْرِ بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْجُدُ عَلَى أَنْفِهِ مَعَ جَبْهَتِهِ.

Prostrating with the forehead and nose on the ground

ahmad:18864 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muslim > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil > Wāʾil

[AI] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrating on the ground, placing his forehead and nose in his prostration.

أحمد:١٨٨٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْجُدُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ، وَاضِعًا جَبْهَتَهُ وَأَنْفَهُ فِي سُجُودِهِ.

الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ

tabarani:18356 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil from his father

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , prostrating on the ground, placing his forehead and nose in his prostration.

الطبراني:١٨٣٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْجُدُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَاضِعًا جَبْهَتَهُ وَأَنْفَهُ فِي سُجُودِهِ»

tabarani:18359 – al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Asad b. Mūsá > Muḥammad b. Khārim > al-Ḥajjāj b. Arṭāh > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil

[Machine] "I saw the Prophet ﷺ placing his nose on the ground along with his forehead when he prostrated."

الطبراني:١٨٣٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَارِمٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَاضِعًا أَنْفَهُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مَعَ جَبْهَتِهِ إِذَا سَجَدَ»