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كتاب الصلاة
The Book on Salat (Prayer)
" إِذَا سَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَعْتَدِلْ وَلاَ يَفْتَرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ افْتِرَاشَ الْكَلْبِ "
the Prophet 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."
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- Hadith 274
"I was with my father at the plains of Namirah. I passed by a mount and saw Allah's Messenger standing in Salat." He said: "I was looking at the earthiness of…
- Hadith 276
Allah's Messenger said: "Be balanced in the prostration, and let one of you not spread his forearms (on the ground) in the Salat like the spreading of the dog."
- Hadith 273
"The Prophet ordered that one prostrate on seven bones and that he not gather his hair nor his garment."
- Hadith 277
"The Prophet ordered placing the hands (on the ground) keeping the feet erect. (by resting feet on the toes and making the tips of the toes facing the Qiblah)."
- Hadith 272
Allah's Messenger Saying: "When the worshipper prostrates with him: His face, his hands, his knees, and his feet."
- Hadith 278
"The Prophet ordered placing the hands (on the ground)." And he mentioned in it: "From his father."