Sunan Abi Dawud

Hadith 839

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How Should One Place His Knees Before His Hands (While Going Into Prostration)

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)

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الحديث: 839 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 222

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839. It was reported from Hammām who said: "Muḥammad bin Juḥādah narrated to us from 'Abdul-Jabbār bin Wā'il, from his father, that the Prophet ﷺ would...so he mentioned the Hadīth of the Salāt (no. 838) and said: "So when he fell into prostration, his knees touched the ground before his palms did." (Ḍāʿif) Hammām said: And Shaqīq narrated to us (he said): "'Āsim bin Kulaib narrated to me from his father, from the Prophet ﷺ with similar to this." And in the narration of one of them — and I am almost sure[1] it was the narration of Muḥammad bin Juḥādah — "And when he got up, he stood up on his knees, and took support from his thighs."

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839 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُحَادَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثَ الصَّلَاةِ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا سَجَدَ وَقَعَتَا رُكْبَتَاهُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقَعَ كَفَّاهُ، قَالَ هَمَّامٌ: وَحَدَّثَنِي شَقِيقٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: بِمِثْلِ هَذَا، وَفِي حَدِيثِ أَحَدِهِمَا: وَأَكْبَرُ عِلْمِي أَنَّهُ فِي حَدِيثِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُحَادَةَ: وَإِذَا نَهَضَ نَهَضَ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَاعْتَمَدَ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ

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Both the above-mentioned Aḥādīth are weak as to the chain of narration. Before prostrating, one should place one's hands on the ground first rather than one's knees. This is borne out by the following Hadīth (no. 840).