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Sahih Muslim 495a

When the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) prostrated, lie spread out his arms so that the whiteness of his armpits was visible.

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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرٌ، (وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُضَرَ) عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ابْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى فَرَّجَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ

When the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) prostrated, lie spread out his arms so that the whiteness of his armpits was visible.

যুহায়র ইবনু হারব, ইবনু আবূ খালাফ, কাতাদাহ্ (রহঃ)-এর সূত্রে এ সনদের উপরের হাদীসের অনুরূপ বর্ণিত হয়েছে।

مذکورہ بالا روایت ( ہشام کے بجائے ) شعبہ نے قتادہ سےباقی ماندہ اسی سند کے ساتھ بیان کی ۔

Bunu bana Zuheyr b. Harb ve İbn Halef de tahdis edip dediler ki: Bize Ravh tahdis etti, bize Şu'be Katade'den bu isnad ile tahdis etti. Yalnız Müslim rivayet etmiştir; Tuhfetu'l-Eşraf

Sahih Muslim 495a, Book 4, The Book of Prayers, Hadith 267. 1 min read

What it means

When prostrating, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to spread out his hands during Sujūd (prostration), keeping each hand away from its respective side like the two wings, until the skin color of his armpits would become visible. This is a form of exaggeration in distancing the arms and keeping them far from his sides.

What it teaches

  • This posture, in which one keeps his upper arms away from his sides, is recommended in Sujūd.
  • It is not permissible for the one praying behind the Imam to adopt the Mujāfāh posture (keeping the arms quite distant from the sides) if this annoys the one praying next to him.
  • Mujāfāh in Sujūd has many rationales and benefits, some of which are: displaying activeness and interest in prayer; and when resting on all of the body parts involved in Sujūd, each part will take its share of worship. It was also said: The rationale behind this is that it resembles humility more and enables one to place his forehead and nose on the ground in a more proper manner, and it also allows each body part to be involved apart from other parts.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Qutaybah ibn SaidTold us, Fourth generation, died 240 AH
  3. 3Bakr ibn MudarTold us, Third generation, died 173 AH
  4. 4Jafar ibn RabiahFrom, Successor, died 136 AH
  5. 5Abd ar-Rahman ibn Hurmuz al-ArajFrom, Successor, died 110 AH
  6. 6Abdullah ibn BuhaynaFrom, Companion, died 56 AH

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