Volume 1, Book 12, Number 786:
Narrated Malik bin Huwairith Al-Laithi:
I saw the Prophet praying and in the odd Rakat, he used to sit for a moment before getting up.
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 787:
Narrated Aiyub:
Abu Qilaba said, “Malik bin Huwairith came to us and led us in the prayer in this mosque of ours
and said, ‘I lead you in prayer but I do not want to offer the prayer but just to show you how Allah’s
Apostle performed his prayers.” I asked Abu Qilaba, “How was the prayer of Malik bin Huwairith?”
He replied, “Like the prayer of this Sheikh of ours– i.e. ‘Amr bin Salima.” That Sheikh used to pro –
nounce the Takbir perfectly and when he raised his head from the second prostration he would sit
for a while and then support himself on the ground and get up.
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 773:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet was ordered (by Allah) to prostrate on seven parts and not to tuck up the clothes or
hair (while praying). Those parts are: the forehead (along with the tip of nose), both hands, both
knees, and (toes of) both feet.
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Volume 1, Book 12, Number 774:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet said, “We have been ordered to prostrates on seven bones and not to tuck up the
clothes or hair.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 775:
Narrated Al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib:
(and he was not a liar) We used to pray behind the Prophet and when he said, “Sami’ a-l-lahu Li –
man hamida”, none of us would bend his back (to go for prostration) till the Prophet had placed his,
forehead on the ground.
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 776:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet said, “I have been ordered to prostrate on seven bones i.e. on the forehead along with
the tip of the nose and the Prophet pointed towards his nose, both hands, both knees and the toes of
both feet and not to gather the clothes or the hair.”
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 777:
Narrated Abu Salama:
Once I went to Abu- Sa’id Al-Khudri and asked him, “Won’t you come with us to the date-palm
trees to have a talk?” So Abu Said went out and I asked him, “Tell me what you heard from the
Prophet about the Night of Qadr.” Abu Said replied, “Once Allah’s Apostle performed I’tikaf (seclu –
sion) on the first ten days of the month of Ramadan and we did the same with him. Gabriel came to
him and said, ‘The night you are looking for is ahead of you.’ So the Prophet performed the I’tikaf in
the middle (second) ten days of the month of Ramadan and we too performed I’tikaf with him. Gab –
riel came to him and said, ‘The night which you are looking for is ahead of you.’ In the morning of
the 20th of Ramadan the Prophet delivered a sermon saying, ‘Whoever has performed I’tikaf with me
should continue it. I have been shown the Night of “Qadr”, but have forgotten its date, but it is in the
odd nights of the last ten nights. I saw in my dream that I was prostrating in mud and water.’ In
those days the roof of the mosque was made of branches of date-palm trees. At that time the sky was
clear and no cloud was visible, but suddenly a cloud came and it rained. The Prophet led us in the
prayer and I saw the traces of mud on the forehead and on the nose of Allah’s Apostle. So it was the
confirmation of that dream.”
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Volume 1, Book 12, Number 778:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa’d:
The people used to pray with the Prophet tying their Izars around their necks because of their
small sizes and the women were directed that they should not raise their heads from the prostrations
till the men had sat straight.