2/124. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 732 — Hand Placement in Sujud
The Beginning Of The Prayer
Hand Placement in Sujud: A Hadith on Prostration Form
Sunan Abi Dawud : 732
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 732
حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمِصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقُرَشِيِّ، وَيَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَلْحَلَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ، نَحْوَ هَذَا قَالَ فَإِذَا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ غَيْرَ مُفْتَرِشٍ وَلاَ قَابِضِهِمَا وَاسْتَقْبَلَ بِأَطْرَافِ أَصَابِعِهِ الْقِبْلَةَ .
Muhammad b. 'Amr b. 'Ata' Narrated from:
The above mentioned tradition has also been reported by Muhammad b. ‘Amr b. ‘Ata’ through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: “When he prostrated himself he neither placed his arms on the ground nor closed them; putting forward his fingers towards the qiblah.”
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 732In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 342English translation : Book 2, Hadith 731
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 732
This hadith about hand placement in sujud gives one added detail from the report of the Prophet's prayer. It says that when he prostrated, he placed his hands without spreading the arms flat on the ground and without drawing them tightly in. It also says the tips of his fingers faced the qiblah. The focus is narrow and practical: it is about the position of the hands during prostration. It does not discuss every part of prayer. For readers searching for sujud hand placement hadith or fingers toward qiblah in prostration, this narration gives a direct description from the prayer form.
What we learn from this hadith
- The hadith describes how the hands were placed in prostration.
- It says the arms were not spread flat on the ground.
- The fingertips were directed toward the qiblah.
