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The Limbs Upon Which One Should Prostrate

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)

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الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 235

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889. Ibn 'Abbās narrated from the Prophet ﷺ that he said: "I have been commanded" — Hammād (one of the narrators) said: "Your Prophet ﷺ was commanded" — "to prostrate on seven (parts of the body), and not to prevent the hair and clothes (from touching the ground)." (Saḥīḥ)

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٨٨٩ - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «أُمِرْتُ»، قَالَ حَمَّادٌ: «أُمِرَ نَبِيُّكُمْ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةٍ، وَلَا يَكُفَّ شَعْرًا، وَلَا ثَوْبًا»

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One may not, while prostrating, gather one's garments or hair or beard in a bid to protect them from dust during or for the prayer. It is improper to do so.