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tirmidhi:275Hannād > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

the Prophet said: "When one of you prostrates, then let him be balanced, and let him not lay his forearms down like the lying of the dog."  

الترمذي:٢٧٥حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا سَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَعْتَدِلْ وَلاَ يَفْتَرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شِبْلٍ وَأَنَسٍ وَالْبَرَاءِ وَأَبِي حُمَيْدٍ وَعَائِشَةَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ جَابِرٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يَخْتَارُونَ الاِعْتِدَالَ فِي السُّجُودِ وَيَكْرَهُونَ الاِفْتِرَاشَ كَافْتِرَاشِ السَّبُعِ

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:891ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When anyone of you prostrates let him be balanced in prostration, and not spread his arms as a dog does.”  

ابن ماجة:٨٩١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَعْتَدِلْ وَلاَ يَفْتَرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ  

ahmad:14384Abaw Muʿāwiyah And Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyānaʿan Jābir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When anyone of you prostrates let him be balanced in prostration, and not spread his arms as a dog does.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 891)  

أحمد:١٤٣٨٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبَو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَوَكِيعٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَعْتَدِلْ وَلَا يَفْتَرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ  

ahmad:15178ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When anyone of you prostrates let him be balanced in prostration, and not spread his arms as a dog does.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 891)  

أحمد:١٥١٧٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَعْتَدِلْ وَلَا يَفْتَرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ  

suyuti:1960a

Anas reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying; Adopt a moderate position when prostrating yourselves, and see that none of you stretches out his forearms(on the ground) like a dog. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 897)   

السيوطي:١٩٦٠a

"إذا سَجَدَ أحدُكْم فليَعْتَدِلْ، ولا يفترشْ ذِرَاعَيه افتراشَ الكلبِ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق [ش] ابن أبى شيبة [حم] أحمد [ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح، [هـ] ابن ماجة [ع] أبو يعلى [بز] البزّار في سننه ، (وابن خزيمة)، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن جابر، [ش] ابن أبى شيبة عن علي موقوفًا