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What Has Been Related About Being Balanced During Prostration

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. The Chapters On Ṣalāt (As Narrated) From Allāh's Messenger ﷺ

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الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 311

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275. Jābir narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: “When one of you prostrates, then let him be balanced, and let him not lay his forearms down like the lying of the dog.”[1] (Sahih) He said: There are narrations on this topic from 'Abdur-Rahmān bin Shibl, Anas, Al-Barā', Abū Ḥumaid, and 'Aishah. Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of Jābir is a Ḥasan [Ṣaḥīḥ] Ḥadīth. It is acted upon according to the people of knowledge. They prefer being balanced in prostration and dislike laying (the forearms) down as the beast lays down.

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٢٧٥ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌هَنَّادٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، عَنِ ‌الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ ‌جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا سَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَعْتَدِلْ،» وَلَا يَفْتَرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شِبْلٍ، وَأَنَسٍ، وَالْبَرَاءِ، وَأَبِي حُمَيْدٍ، وَعَائِشَةَ. حَدِيثُ جَابِرٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ: يَخْتَارُونَ الِاعْتِدَالَ فِي السُّجُودِ، وَيَكْرَهُونَ الِافْتِرَاشَ كَافْتِرَاشِ السَّبُعِ.

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    [1] “Balanced” means all of the limbs in the proper places, rather than “straight” as people may interpret it. The lying, or sitting, of the dog, or beast, is to do the opposite of that, with the elbows and forearms on the ground, and the stomach on the thighs. See Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi.

Commentary

According to Ibn Al-'Arabī 'Iṭidāl' means "To put the weight (of the body) on seven limbs" so that every limb remains as it should be; forearms must not be spread on the ground as a dog does, because thus the body will rest on the arms not on the face, and thus the obligation of the face on the ground remain unperformed.