Hadith 265

Sahih Muslim

Book 4: The Book of Prayers

Chapter 45

Moderation In Prostration; Placing The Hands On The Ground, Keeping The Elbows Up, Away From The Sides, And Lifting The Belly Up Off The Thighs When Prostrating

باب الاِعْتِدَالِ فِي السُّجُودِ وَوَضْعِ الْكَفَّيْنِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَرَفْعِ الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ عَنِ الْجَنْبَيْنِ وَرَفْعِ الْبَطْنِ عَنِ الْفَخِذَيْنِ فِي السُّجُودِ

Sahih Muslim 493b
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَابْنُ، بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِيهِ يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ وَفِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ وَلاَ يَتَبَسَّطْ أَحَدُكُمْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ انْبِسَاطَ الْكَلْبِ ‏"
This hadith has been narrated by Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters. And in the hidith transmitted by Ibn Ja'far (the words are):

" None of you should stretch out his forearms like the stretching out of a dog."

Chain of Narrators

successor
1

Khalid bin al-Harith bin 'Ubaid

خالد بن الحارث بن عبيد

178 narrations

successor
2

Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Abi Kathir

محمد بن جعفر بن أبي كثير

701 narrations

3rd Generation
3

Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar

محمد بن بشار بندار

1,311 narrations

3rd Generation
4

Muhammad bin al-Muthna - al-Zaman -

محمد بن المثنى أبو موسى الزمن

1,116 narrations