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bayhaqi:2697Abū Ḥāzim al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Aḥmad al-Ḥāfiẓ

[Machine] The Prophet, ﷺ , used to spread his back when he bowed down, and when he prostrated, he would place his fingers towards the qibla (direction of prayer), and then he would spread them apart.  

البيهقي:٢٦٩٧وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الثَّقَفِيُّ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصُّدَائِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا رَكَعَ بَسَطَ ظَهْرَهُ وَإِذَا سَجَدَ وَجَّهَ أَصَابِعَهُ قِبَلَ الْقِبْلَةِ فَتَفَلَّجُ