Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
nasai-kubra:744Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sharīk > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

I saw that the Prophet ﷺ placed his knees (on the ground) before placing his hands when he prostrated himself. And when he stood up, he raised his hands before his knees. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 838)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ وَضْعَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَبْلَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا نَهَضَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ»  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
nasai:1154Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sharīk > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

'I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he prostrated, place his knees on the ground before his hands, and when he got up, he lifted his hands before his knees."  

النسائي:١١٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَبْلَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا نَهَضَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لَمْ يَقُلْ هَذَا عَنْ شَرِيكٍ غَيْرُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ هَارُونَ وَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَعْلَمُ  

nasai:1089al-Ḥusayn b. ʿĪsá al-Qūmasī al-Basṭāmī > Yazīd / Ibn Hārūn > Sharīk > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he prostrated, he lowered his knees before his hands, and when he came up he raised his hands before his knees."  

النسائي:١٠٨٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْقُومَسِيُّ الْبَسْطَامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَبْلَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا نَهَضَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ  

abudawud:838al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī And Ḥusayn b. ʿĪsá > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sharīk > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

I saw that the Prophet ﷺ placed his knees (on the ground) before placing his hands when he prostrated himself. And when he stood up, he raised his hands before his knees.  

أبو داود:٨٣٨حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَبْلَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا نَهَضَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ  

tirmidhi:268Salamah b. Shabīb And ʾAḥmad b. Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī Wa-al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Ḥulwānī Waʿabd Allāh b. Munīr > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sharīk > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

"I saw Messenger of Allah when he prostrated placing his knees (on the ground) before his hands, and when he got up, he raised his hands before his knees."  

الترمذي:٢٦٨حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُنِيرٍ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ يَضَعُ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَبْلَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا نَهَضَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَالَ زَادَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ وَلَمْ يَرْوِ شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ إِلاَّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُ أَحَدًا رَوَاهُ مِثْلَ هَذَا عَنْ شَرِيكٍ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يَرَوْنَ أَنْ يَضَعَ الرَّجُلُ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَبْلَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا نَهَضَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَرَوَى هَمَّامٌ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ هَذَا مُرْسَلاً وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ وَائِلَ بْنَ حُجْرٍ
ibnmajah:882al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Khalāal > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sharīk > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

“I saw the Prophet ﷺ when he prostrated and put his knees on the ground before his hands, and when he stood up after prostrating, he took his hands off the ground before his knees.”  

ابن ماجة:٨٨٢حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلاَّلُ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَبْلَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا قَامَ مِنَ السُّجُودِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ  

darimi:1359Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sharīk > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he prostrated, he lowered his knees before his hands, and when he came up he raised his hands before his knees." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1089)  

الدارمي:١٣٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا سَجَدَ يَضَعُ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَبْلَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا نَهَضَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ»  

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمُصَلِّي وَضْعُ الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ عِنْدَ السُّجُودِ قَبْلَ الْكَفَّيْنِ

ibnhibban:1912Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Thaqafī > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Ḥulwānī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sharīk > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

I saw that the Prophet ﷺ placed his knees (on the ground) before placing his hands when he prostrated himself. And when he stood up, he raised his hands before his knees. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 838)  

ابن حبّان:١٩١٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الثَّقَفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَبْلَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا نَهَضَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ»  

tabarani:18391Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sharīk > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

I saw that the Prophet ﷺ placed his knees (on the ground) before placing his hands when he prostrated himself. And when he stood up, he raised his hands before his knees. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 838)  

الطبراني:١٨٣٩١حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيُّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَبْلَ يَدَيْهِ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:680al-Ḥusayn b. ʿĪsá al-Qūmasī al-Bisṭāmī > Yazīd > Sharīk > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

I saw that the Prophet ﷺ placed his knees (on the ground) before placing his hands when he prostrated himself. And when he stood up, he raised his hands before his knees. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 838)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْقُومَسِيُّ الْبِسْطَامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ وَضْعَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَبْلَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا نَهَضَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ»  

bayhaqi:2628Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥusayn al-Qāḍī Bimarw > al-Ḥārith b. Abū Usāmah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sharīk > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to place his knees before his hands when he prostrated, and he used to raise his hands before his knees when he stood up.  

البيهقي:٢٦٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَاضِي بِمَرْوَ ثنا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ تَقَعُ رُكْبَتَاهُ قَبْلَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ