Volume 1, Book 12, Number 791:
Narrated Muhammad bin ‘Amr bin ‘Ata’:
I was sitting with some of the companions of Allah’s Apostle and we were discussing about the
way of praying of the Prophet. Abu Humaid As-Saidi said, “I remember the prayer of Allah’s Apostle
better than any one of you. I saw him raising both his hands up to the level of the shoulders on say –
ing the Takbir; and on bowing he placed his hands on both knees and bent his back straight, then he
stood up straight from bowing till all the vertebrate took their normal positions. In prostrations, he
placed both his hands on the ground with the forearms away from the ground and away from his
body, and his toes were facing the Qibla. On sitting In the second Rak’a he sat on his left foot and
propped up the right one; and in the last Rak’a he pushed his left foot forward and kept the other
foot propped up and sat over the buttocks “
Volume 1, Book 12, Number 792:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Buhaina:
(he was from the tribe of Uzd Shan’u’a and was the ally of the tribe of ‘Abdul-Manaf and was one
of the companions of the Prophet): Once the Prophet led us in the Zuhr prayer and stood up after the
second Rak’a and did not sit down. The people stood up with him. When the prayer was about to end
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and the people were waiting for him to say the Taslim, he said Takbir while sitting and prostrated
twice before saying the Taslim and then he said the Taslim.”
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.