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darimi:1371 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Marwān > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Aṣam > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated himself, he spread his arms, i. e. he separated them so much that the whiteness of his armpits became visible from behind and when he sat (for Jalsa) he rested on his left thigh. (Using translation from Muslim 497a)  

الدارمي:١٣٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ خَوَّى بِيَدَيْهِ يَعْنِي جَنَّحَ حَتَّى يُرَى وَضَحُ إِبْطَيْهِ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ وَإِذَا قَعَدَ اطْمَأَنَّ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

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muslim:497a – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī > Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah al-Fazārī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Aṣam > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated himself, he spread his arms, i. e. he separated them so much that the whiteness of his armpits became visible from behind and when he sat (for Jalsa) he rested on his left thigh.  

مسلم:٤٩٧a – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْفَزَارِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ

أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ خَوَّى بِيَدَيْهِ يَعْنِي جَنَّحَ حَتَّى يُرَى وَضَحُ إِبْطَيْهِ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ وَإِذَا قَعَدَ اطْمَأَنَّ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

nasai:1147 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm Duḥaym > Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Aṣam > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Maymūnah

"When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated, he would hold his arms out to his sides, so that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen from behind. And when he sat he rested on his left thigh."  

النسائي:١١٤٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ دُحَيْمٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ الأَصَمِّ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ خَوَّى بِيَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى وَضَحُ إِبْطَيْهِ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ وَإِذَا قَعَدَ اطْمَأَنَّ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

ahmad:26831 – Kathīr b. Hishām > Jaʿfar And ʿAlī b. Thābit > Jaʿfar b. Burqān > Yazīd / Ibn

[Machine] "Al-Asamm'iann Maymunah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to spread out his hands when he prostrated, until he could see those behind him, and his armpits would be visible."  

أحمد:٢٦٨٣١ – حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ

الْأَصَمِّعَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى بِيَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يَرَى مَنْ خَلْفَهُ وَضَحَ إِبْطَيْهِ  

nasai-kubra:737 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm Duḥaym al-Dimashqī > Marwān > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Aṣam > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Maymūnah

"When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated, he would hold his arms out to his sides, so that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen from behind. And when he sat he rested on his left thigh." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1147)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ دُحَيْمٌ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ خَوَّى بِيَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى وَضَحُ إِبِطَيْهِ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ وَإِذَا قَعَدَ اطْمَأَنَّ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى»  

bayhaqi:2706 – Abū al-Naḍr al-Faqīh > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Naṣr And ʾAbū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Ismāʿīl al-ʿAbdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah al-Fazārī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Aṣam > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam

[Machine] "Maimuna, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he prostrated, he would spread his hands, meaning he would extend them outward until his armpits could be seen from behind him. And when he sat, he would place his left thigh."  

البيهقي:٢٧٠٦ – وأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ وَأَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْعَبْدِيُّ قَالَا ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أنبأ مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْفَزَارِيُّ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ خَوَّى بِيَدَيْهِ يَعْنِي جَنَحَ حَتَّى يَرَوْا وَضَحَ إِبِطَيْهِ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ وَإِذَا قَعَدَ اطْمَأَنَّ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَرَوَاهُ أَيْضًا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ