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ahmad:22923 – Yaḥyá b. Ghaylān > Rishdīn > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Jaʿfar b. Rabīʿah > Ibn Hurmuz > Ibn Buḥaynah

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

أحمد:٢٢٩٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ غَيْلَانَ حَدَّثَنَا رِشْدِينُ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ هُرْمُزَ عَنِ ابْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ تَجَنَّحَ فِي سُجُودِهِ حَتَّى يُرَى وَضَحُ إِبْطَيْهِ  

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Collected by Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī
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  

ahmad:12758 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Khālid ʿAmman > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The translation of the passage is: "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated, his armpits would become visible or I would see the whiteness of his armpits."  

أحمد:١٢٧٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَمَّنْ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ رُئِيَ أَوْ رَأَيْتُ بَيَاضَ إِبِطَيْهِ  

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:20453 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḍirār b. Ṣurad > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Aṣam from his uncle Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Maymūnah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to sit in a manner that when he bowed down in prostration, his armpit would touch his knee. He would lean on his right side and stretch out his left side.  

الطبراني:٢٠٤٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا ضِرَارُ بْنُ صُرَدٍ ثنا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ عَمِّهِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى حَتَّى يُرَى وَضَحَ إِبْطَيْهِ يَتَّكِئُ عَلَى الْيُمْنَى وَيُرْخِي الْيُسْرَى»  

tabarani:12219 – ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm al-ʿĀmirī al-Kūfī > Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Shuʿbah a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > Ibn ʿAbbās ؓ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to have his armpits visible when he prostrated.  

الطبراني:١٢٢١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَامِرِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ إِذَا سَجَدَ»  

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»