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Sunan Ibn MajahEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

Sunan Ibn Majah 880

Chapter: Prostration

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 880

Narrator:Maymūna bint al-Hārith

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، يَزِيدَ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ كَانَ

إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى يَدَيْهِ فَلَوْ أَنَّ بَهْمَةً أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ لَمَرَّتْ ‏.‏

It was narrated from Maimunah that when the Prophet (ﷺ) prostrated, he would hold his forearms away from his sides, such that if a lamb wanted to pass under his arms, it would be able to do so.

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 880), Abu Dawud (No. 898) and An-Nasa’i (No. 1109).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( جَافَى يَدَيْهِ ) أَيْ نَحَّاهُمَا عَمَّا يَلِيهِمَا مِنْ الْجَنْب ( فَلَوْ أَنَّ بَهْمَة ) بِفَتْحٍ فَسُكُون الْوَاحِدَة مِنْ أَوْلَاد الْغَنَم يُقَال لِلذَّكَرِ وَالْأُنْثَى وَالتَّاء لِلْوَحْدَةِ وَالْبُهْم بِلَا تَاء يُطْلَق عَلَى الْجَمْع.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 880
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 880
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Muslim The hadith No. 880
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 880

Other versions

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 890

She said that when the Prophet prostrated himself, if a lamb had wanted to pass between his arms it could have done so.

وَعَن مَيْمُونَة قَالَتْ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى لَوْ أَنَّ بَهْمَةً أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَمُرَّ تَحْتَ يَدَيْهِ مرت. هَذَا لفظ أبي دَاوُد كَمَا صَرَّحَ…

Narrated by Maymūna bint al-Hārith

Also reported by… (7)
  • الأم للشافعي (177)إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ
  • الأوسط في السنن والإجماع والاختلاف لابن المنذر (1401)إِذَا سَجَدَ يُجَافِي حَتَّى لَوْ أَنَّ بَهْمَةً أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مَرَّتْ
  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (690)إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى لَوْ أَنَّ بَهْمَةً أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَمُرَّ تَحْتَ يَدَيْهِ مَرَّتْ
  • تاريخ بغداد للخطيب البغدادي (3465)إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى بَيْنَ جَنْبَيْهِ
  • تاريخ دمشق لابن عساكر (38656)إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى بَيْنَ جَنْبَيْهِ
  • شرح السنة (648)إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى لَوْ أَنَّ بَهْمَةً أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَمُرَّ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ مَرَّتْ
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (1470)إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ

On the same subject

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Bulugh al-Maram 298

When the Prophet (ﷺ) prostrated while praying, he used to spread out his arms so that the whiteness of his armpits would be visible. [Agreed upon].

وَعَنْ اِبْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- { أَنَّ اَلنَّبِيَّ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى فَرَّجَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ , حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ بَيَاضُ إِبِطَيْهِ } مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ .‏ 1‏ ‏1 ‏- صحيح .‏ رواه…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Buhayna + 8 other versions

Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 1101

"When the Prophet (ﷺ) fell to the ground during prostration, he held his arms away from his sides and bent his toes."

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَهْوَى إِلَى الأَرْضِ سَاجِدًا جَافَى عَضُدَيْهِ عَنْ إِبْطَيْهِ وَفَتَخَ أَصَابِعَ رِجْلَيْهِ ‏.‏ مُخْتَصَرٌ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abu Humayd as-Sā‘idī + 16 other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 497a

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.

إِذَا سَجَدَ خَوَّى بِيَدَيْهِ - يَعْنِي جَنَّحَ - حَتَّى يُرَى وَضَحُ إِبْطَيْهِ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ وَإِذَا قَعَدَ اطْمَأَنَّ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى ‏.‏

Narrated by Maymūna bint al-Hārith + 2 other versions

Authentic Sunan Ibn Majah 881

“I was with my father on the plain in Namirah,* when some riders passed us and made their camels kneel down at the side of the road. My father said to me: ‘Stay with your lambs until I go to those people and see what they want.’ He said: Then he (my father) went out and I came, (i.e., I came near,)…

عُفْرَتَىْ إِبْطَىْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ كُلَّمَا سَجَدَ‏.‏ ‏

Narrator: عبد الله بن أقرم الخزاعي + 1 other version

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