Hadith 78

Sunan an-Nasa'i

Book 12: The Book of The At-Tatbiq (Clasping One's Hands Together) Sahih

Chapter 51

Description of prostration

باب صِفَةِ السُّجُودِ

Sahih
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1106
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرٌ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكِ ابْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى فَرَّجَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ ‏.‏
It was narrated from Abdullah bin Malik bin Buhainah that:

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed he held his arms out so much that the whiteness of his armpits appeared.