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ahmad:1940Sufyān > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father

[Machine] Narrated by Ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ was ordered to prostrate on seven body parts, and he was forbidden to cover his hair or garment.  

أحمد:١٩٤٠حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعٍ وَنُهِيَ أَنْ يَكُفَّ شَعْرًا أَوْ ثَوْبًا  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:809Qabīṣah > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus

The Prophet ﷺ was ordered (by Allah) to prostrate on seven parts and not to tuck up the clothes or hair (while praying). Those parts are: the forehead (along with the tip of nose), both hands, both knees, and (toes of) both feet.  

البخاري:٨٠٩حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْضَاءٍ وَلاَ يَكُفَّ شَعَرًا وَلاَ ثَوْبًا الْجَبْهَةِ وَالْيَدَيْنِ وَالرُّكْبَتَيْنِ وَالرِّجْلَيْنِ  

muslim:490cʿAmr al-Nāqid > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had been commanded to prostrate on seven (bones) and forbidden to fold back hair and clothing.  

مسلم:٤٩٠cحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعٍ وَنُهِيَ أَنْ يَكْفِتَ الشَّعْرَ وَالثِّيَابَ  

nasai:1115Muḥammad b. Manṣūr al-Makkī > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Prophet ﷺ was commanded to prostrate on seven bones and was forbidden to tuck up his hair and garment."  

النسائي:١١١٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْمَكِّيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْظُمٍ وَنُهِيَ أَنْ يَكُفَّ الشَّعْرَ وَالثِّيَابَ  

ahmad:2436ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Prophet ﷺ was commanded to prostrate on seven parts of his body and not to tuck up his hair or his garment." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1093)   

أحمد:٢٤٣٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعٍ وَلا يَكُفَّشَعْرًا وَلا ثَوْبًا  

ahmad:1927Sufyān > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ had been commanded that he should prostrate on the seven (bones) and he was forbidden to fold back the hair and clothing. And in the narration transmitted by Abu Rabi' (the words are):" on the seven bones and I was forbidden to fold back the hair and clothing". According to Abu'l-Rabi' (the seven bones are): The hands, the knees, and the (extremities) of the feet and the forehead. (Using translation from Muslim 490a)  

أحمد:١٩٢٧حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُمِرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعٍ وَنُهِيَ أَنْ يَكُفَّ شَعَرَهُ وَثِيَابَهُ  

tabarani:10855Isḥāq al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ ordered us to prostrate on seven parts and not to touch any hair or clothing."  

الطبراني:١٠٨٥٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«أُمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعٍ وَلَا نَكُفَّ شَعْرًا وَلَا ثَوْبًا»  

tabarani:10856Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus Yaḥsib > Yaʾthir Dhalik > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was commanded to prostrate on his seven body parts: his face, hands, knees, and feet. He was forbidden from wiping over hair or clothing.  

الطبراني:١٠٨٥٦حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا يَحْسِبُ أَنْ يَأْثِرَ ذَلِكَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعٍ وَجْهِهِ وَكَفَّيْهِ وَرُكْبَتَيْهِ وَقَدَمَيْهِ وَنُهِي أَنْ نكُفَّ شَعْرًا أَوْ ثَوْبًا  

tabarani:10858ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Abū And ʾAbū Khaythamah And Muḥammad b. ʿAbbād al-Makkī > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās ؓ ā

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ had been commanded that he should prostrate on the seven (bones) and he was forbidden to fold back the hair and clothing. And in the narration transmitted by Abu Rabi' (the words are):" on the seven bones and I was forbidden to fold back the hair and clothing". According to Abu'l-Rabi' (the seven bones are): The hands, the knees, and the (extremities) of the feet and the forehead. (Using translation from Muslim 490a)  

الطبراني:١٠٨٥٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَأَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْمَكِّيُّ قَالُوا ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

«أُمِرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعٍ وَنُهِي أَنْ يَكُفَّ شَعْرَهُ وَثِيَابَهُ»  

tabarani:10859ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to prostrate on seven body parts, and forbid us from covering our hair or clothing."  

الطبراني:١٠٨٥٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

«أُمِرَ رسول الله ﷺ أَنْ نسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْظُمٍ وَنُهِي أَنْ نكُفَّ شَعْرًا أَوْ ثَوْبًا»  

tabarani:10860ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿĀrim Abū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ was commanded to prostrate on seven (limbs) and to cover his hair or garment."  

الطبراني:١٠٨٦٠حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عَارِمٌ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةٍ وَأَنْ يَكُفَّ شَعْرَهُ أَوْ ثِيَابَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:706Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Prophet ﷺ was commanded to prostrate on seven bones and was forbidden to tuck up his hair and garment." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1115)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«أُمِرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْظُمٍ وَنُهِيَ أَنْ يَكُفَّ الشَّعْرَ وَالثِّيَابَ»