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muslim:497bAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʿAmrw al-Nāqid Wazuhayr b. Ḥarb Waʾisḥāq b. Ibrāhīm Wa-al-Lafẓ Liʿamrw > Isḥāq > al-Ākharūn > Wakīʿ > Jaʿfar b. Burqān > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Maymūnah b. al-Ḥārith

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated, he kept his hands so much apart from each other that when it was seen from behind the armpits became visible. Waki' said: That is their whiteness.  

مسلم:٤٩٧bحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَاللَّفْظُ لِعَمْرٍو قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرُونَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى حَتَّى يَرَى مَنْ خَلْفَهُ وَضَحَ إِبْطَيْهِ قَالَ وَكِيعٌ يَعْنِي بَيَاضَهُمَا  


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ahmad:14138ʿAbd 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:١٤١٣٨حَدَّثَنَا 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:26818Wakīʿ > Jaʿfar b. Burqān > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Maymūnah

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ used to lean forward while performing prostration until the whiteness of his armpits was visible to those behind him.  

أحمد:٢٦٨١٨حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى حَتَّى يَرَى مَنْ خَلْفَهُ بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ  

ahmad:26831Kathīr 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:٢٦٨٣١حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ahmad:26844Wakīʿ > Jaʿfar b. Burqān > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Maymūnah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to lower himself down in prostration until the whiteness of his armpits could be seen by those behind him.  

أحمد:٢٦٨٤٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى حَتَّى يَرَى مَنْ خَلْفَهُ بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ  

darimi:1369Abū Nuʿaym > Jaʿfar b. Burqān > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Maymūnah b. al-Ḥārith

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to straighten up in sujood (prostration) until he could see the one behind him and his armpits became visible.  

الدارمي:١٣٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى حَتَّى يَرَى مَنْ خَلْفَهُ وَضَحَ إِبِطَيْهِ»  

tabarani:20450ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Jaʿfar b. Burqān > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam

[Machine] Narrated Maymuna bint Al-Harith, the wife of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , said, "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated, his back would become hollowed and his armpits would widen open."  

الطبراني:٢٠٤٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْأَصَمِّ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى حَتَّى يُرَى خَلْفُهُ وَفَتَحَ إِبْطَيْهِ»  

tabarani:1745Isḥāq 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:١٧٤٥حَدَّثَنَا 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»