4/46. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 495a — The Prophet’s Arms in Prostration
The Description Of The Prayer, With What It Begins And Ends. The Description Of Bowing And Moderation Therein, And Of Prostration And Moderation Therein. Tashah-hud After Each Two Rak'ah Of Four Rak'ah Prayers. Description Ol Sitting Between The Two Prostrations, And In The First Tashah-hud
Hadith About the Prophet’s Sujood Posture and Spread Arms
Sahih Muslim : 495a
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 495a
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرٌ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُضَرَ - عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ابْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى فَرَّجَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ .
Abdullah b. Malik ibn Bujainah Narrated from:
When the Prophet (ﷺ) prostrated, lie spread out his arms so that the whiteness of his armpits was visible.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 495aIn-book reference : Book 4, Hadith 267USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 4, Hadith 1000
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 495a
This Hadith describes how the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم held his arms during prayer. ‘Abdullah b. Malik ibn Bujainah reported that when the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم prostrated, he spread out his arms so that the whiteness of his armpits was visible. The narration gives a vivid picture of the sujood posture. It supports the idea that the arms were not pressed tightly against the body or laid flat in a careless way. For readers searching for Prophet sujood posture hadith, this report helps show the physical form of prostration. The Hadith stays focused on what was seen in prayer: the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم made space between his arms and his body while in sujood.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم spread his arms during prostration.
- The narrator could see the whiteness of his armpits because of that posture.
- The Hadith describes a visible Sunnah form of sujood.
- The arms were not described as flat on the ground in this narration.
