وعن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما ، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: (أمرت أن أسجد على سبع ، ولا أكفت الشعر ولا الثياب: الجبهة ، والأنف، واليدين والركبتين والقدمين )
Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “I have been commanded to prostrate upon seven limbs; I neither gather my hair nor my garments. And those seven are: the forehead, the nose, both hands, both knees and both feet.”
The wording is from Muslim, and this hadith is agreed upon (Muttafaq alayh).
Tahqiq wa Takhrij: Bukhari: 812, Muslim: 490
Fawaid:
➊ Prostrating upon the seven physical limbs is obligatory. If any one of them is left out of the prostration due to negligence, the prostration is not valid. In other words, prostration can be described as the simultaneous act of the seven physical limbs. They are:
(1) Forehead
(2) Nose
(3) Two hands
(5, 4) Two knees
(7, 6) Two feet
The nose is included within the forehead.
➋ It is not correct merely to place the forehead on the ground while keeping the nose raised, or to lift the feet from behind during prostration, or to lift the hands.
➌ During prayer, it is not correct to gather up clothing or arrange hair. Analogously, unnecessary movements, scratching for affectation, continuous leaning of the body to the right and left, and rolling the eyes up and down etc. are contrary to the tranquility of prayer.
وعن البراء رضى الله عنه ، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم (إذا سجدت فضع كفيك وارفع مرفقيك )
