It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is able to prostrate (on the ground) should prostrate; and whoever is not able to prostrate should not raise anything up to his face (to prostrate on it). Rather, (praying by gestures,) he should make his prostration like a bowing (bending lower than for the bowing), and make his bowing merely a gesture of the head."
There are two weak narrators in its chain.
Hadith Referenceالمطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / صفة الصلاة / 555
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث المطالب العالیہ محققاً تنسیق د. سعد بن ناصر بن عبد العزيز الشَّثري- مکتبہ شاملہ :قال ابن حجر: فِي إِسْنَادِهِ ضَعِيفَانِ . » «أورده ابن حجر فى "المطالب العالية"، 555، وأخرجه عبد الرزاق فى «مصنفه» برقم: 4137، 4141، 4142، وأخرجه الطبراني فى «الأوسط» برقم: 7089»