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Placing the hands level with the ears in prostration

ahmad:18867 – Yaḥyā b. Ādam > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb > Kulayb > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he prostrated, would place his hands level with his ears.

أحمد:١٨٨٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ وَأَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ جَعَلَ يَدَيْهِ حِذَاءَ أُذُنَيْهِ.

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ahmad:14138 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Manṣūr > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to bow down in prostration until the whiteness of his armpits could be seen.

أحمد:١٤١٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ

hakim:830 – Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Abū al-Muthanná > Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Aṣam from his uncle Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Abū Hurayrah > Kān

[Machine] The translation of the given text from Arabic to English is: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to place his arms firmly on the ground when he prostrated."

الحاكم:٨٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ عَمِّهِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا سَجَدَ رُئِيَ وَضَحُ إِبْطَيْهِ»

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِهِمَا وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَرَوَاهُ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ فَخَالَفَ عَبْدَ الْوَاحِدِ فِيهِ» على شرطهما

tabarani:5451 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbd al-Awwal

[Machine] About his grandfather, "And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had appointed him as a muezzin."

الطبراني:٥٤٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَوَّلِ ثنا حَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجُعْفِيُّ ثنا الْحَوْضِيُّ شَيْخٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنْ جَدِّهِ «وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ جَعَلَ لَهُ أَذَانًا»

tabarani:1745 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Manṣūr > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to lower his forehead to the ground in prostration until the whiteness of his armpits was visible."

الطبراني:١٧٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ»

bayhaqi:2692 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Usayd b. ʿĀṣim > al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥafṣ > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to have his hands positioned as far as his ears when he prostrated.

البيهقي:٢٦٩٢ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أُسَيْدُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ يَكُونُ يَدَاهُ حِذَاءَ أُذُنَيْهِ كَذَا

رَوَاهُ جَمَاعَةٌ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ