سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب الصللاةFrom the Book of Prayer
باب أَوَّلِ مَا يَقَعُ مِنَ الإِنْسَانِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ:Chapter: First part to touch the ground in prostration
Hadith 1358
أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: "إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ، فَلَا يَبْرُكْ كَمَا يَبْرُكُ الْبَعِيرُ، وَلْيَضَعْ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ" . قِيلَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ: مَا تَقُولُ ؟ قَالَ: كُلُّهُ طَيِّبٌ . وَقَالَ: أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ يَخْتَارُونَ الْأَوَّلَ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When any of you prays, he should not sit as a camel sits, and he should place his hands on the ground before his knees." Imam Darimi (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: What do you say about this (i.e., in prostration, should one place the hands first or the knees)? He replied: Both ways are correct, and he said that the people of Kufa prefer to place the knees first.
