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bayhaqi:2692Abū 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:٢٦٩٢وَأَخْبَرَنَا 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

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ahmad:18867Yaḥyá b. Ādam And ʾAbū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated, he would place his hands near his ears.  

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

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَجَعَلَ يَدَيْهِ حِذَاءَ أُذُنَيْهِ