Sahih Muslim 496

Chapter: The Description Of The Prayer, With What It Begins And Ends. The Description Of Bowing And Moderation Therein, And Of Prostration And Moderation Therein. Tashah-hud After Each Two Rak'ah Of Four Rak'ah Prayers. Description Ol Sitting Between The Two Prostrations, And In The First Tashah-hud

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 496

Narrator:Maymūna bint al-Hārith

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، - قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، - عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، يَزِيدَ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم

إِذَا سَجَدَ لَوْ شَاءَتْ بَهْمَةٌ أَنْ تَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ لَمَرَّتْ ‏.‏

Maimuna reported:

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prostrated himself, if a lamb wanted to pass between his arms, it could pass.

Reported by Muslim (No. 496).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله : ( لَوْ شَاءَتْ بُهْمَة أَنْ تَمُرّ ) قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَة وَغَيْره مِنْ أَهْل اللُّغَة الْبُهْمَة وَاحِدَة الْبُهْم وَهِيَ أَوْلَاد الْغَنَم مِنْ الذُّكُور وَالْإِنَاث , وَجَمْع الْبُهْم بِهَام بِكَسْرِ الْبَاء , وَقَالَ الْجَوْهَرِيّ : الْبُهْمَة مِنْ أَوْلَاد الضَّأْن خَاصَّة , وَيُطْلَق عَلَى الذَّكَر وَالْأُنْثَى , قَالَ : وَالسِّخَال أَوْلَاد الْمِعْزَى. قَوْله : ( أَخْبَرَنَا اِبْن عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْد اللَّه بْن عَبْد اللَّه بْن الْأَصَمّ عَنْ عَمّه يَزِيد بْن الْأَصَمّ ) وَفِي الرِّوَايَة الْأُخْرَى ( أَخْبَرَنَا مَرْوَان بْن مُعَاوِيَة الْفَزَارِيُّ قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْد اللَّه بْن عَبْد اللَّه بْن الْأَصَمّ عَنْ يَزِيد بْن الْأَصَمّ ) هَكَذَا وَقَعَ فِي بَعْض الْأ…

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المحلى بالآثار لابن حزم (659)إِذَا سَجَدَ لَوْ شَاءَتْ بَهْمَةٌ أَنْ تَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ لَمَرَّتْ
المستدرك على الصحيحين (785)إِذَا سَجَدَ لَوْ شَاءَتْ بَهِيمَةٌ أَنْ تَمُرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ لَمَرَّتْ

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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 497b

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.

إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى حَتَّى يَرَى مَنْ خَلْفَهُ وَضَحَ إِبْطَيْهِ ‏.‏

Narrated by Maymūna bint al-Hārith + 4 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 Abu Dawud 898

When the Prophet(ﷺ) prostrated himself, he kept his arms so far away from his sides that if a lamb had wanted to pass under his arms, it could have done so.

إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى لَوْ أَنَّ بَهْمَةً أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَمُرَّ تَحْتَ يَدَيْهِ مَرَّتْ ‏.‏

Narrated by Maymūna bint al-Hārith + 3 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

Sahih Muslim 496

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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].

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

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.

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.

When the Prophet(ﷺ) prostrated himself, he kept his arms so far away from his sides that if a lamb had wanted to pass under his arms, it could have done so.

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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].

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

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.

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.

When the Prophet(ﷺ) prostrated himself, he kept his arms so far away from his sides that if a lamb had wanted to pass under his arms, it could have done so.

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