English translation
270. Abū Humaid As-Sā'idī narrated: "When the Prophet ﷺ would prostrate, he placed his nose and his forehead on the ground, and he held his forearms away from his sides, and he placed his hands parallel to his shoulders.” (Hasan) He said: There are narrations on this topic from Ibn ‘Abbās, Wā’il bin Hujr, and Abū Sa’eed. Abū ‘Eisā said: The Hadīth of Abū Humaid is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth. The people of knowledge act according to it; a man is to prostrate on his forehead and his nose. If he prostrates on his forehead but not his nose, then there are those among the people of knowledge who say that it is acceptable, while others say that it is not acceptable unless he prostrates on the forehead and the nose.