8. Ṣalāh (Ritual Prayer)

٨۔ كتاب الصلاة

8.108 Is it permissible to touch or push one's wife in prostration in order to prostrate properly?

٨۔١٠٨ باب هَلْ يَغْمِزُ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ عِنْدَ السُّجُودِ لِكَىْ يَسْجُدَ

bukhari:519ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > al-Qāsim > ʿĀʾishah

It is not good that you people have made us (women) equal to dogs and donkeys. No doubt I saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying while I used to lie between him and the Qibla and when he wanted to prostrate, he pushed my legs and I withdrew them.  

البخاري:٥١٩حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

بِئْسَمَا عَدَلْتُمُونَا بِالْكَلْبِ وَالْحِمَارِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا مُضْطَجِعَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ غَمَزَ رِجْلَىَّ فَقَبَضْتُهُمَا