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Sahih Muslim 490a

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) had been commanded that he should prostrate on the seven (bones) and he was forbidden to fold back the hair and clothing. And in the narration…

Ibn Abbasnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
3names in the chain
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وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، وَأَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ

قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَنْ يَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةٍ وَنُهِيَ أَنْ يَكُفَّ شَعْرَهُ وَثِيَابَهُ. هَذَا حَدِيثُ يَحْيَى.

وَقَالَ أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْظُمٍ وَنُهِيَ أَنْ يَكُفَّ شَعْرَهُ وَثِيَابَهُ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالرُّكْبَتَيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ وَالْجَبْهَةِ

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) had been commanded that he should prostrate on the seven (bones) and he was forbidden to fold back the hair and clothing. And in the narration transmitted by Abu Rabi (the words are): “ on the seven bones and I was forbidden to fold back the hair and clothing”. According to Abul-Rabi (the seven bones are): The hands, the knees, and the (extremities) of the feet and the forehead.

হারমালাহ ইবনু ইযাহইয়া (রহঃ) ..... আবূ হুরাইরাহ (রাযিঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত যে, তিনি একদিন কা'ব আল আহবারকে বললেন, রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম ইরশাদ করেছেনঃ প্রত্যেক নবীর জন্য একটি বিশেষ দু’আ আছে (তার উম্মতের জন্য)। কিন্তু তারা দুনিয়াতেই তা করে ফেলেছেন। আমি আমার দু'আটি কিয়ামত দিবসে আমার উন্মাতের শাফা'আতের জন্য গোপন করে রাখতে ইচ্ছা করেছি।

কাব (রাযিঃ) আবূ হুরাইরাহকে জিজ্ঞেস করলেন, আপনি কি এ হাদীস রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম থেকে সরাসরি শুনেছেন? আবূ হুরাইরাহ (রাযিঃ) বললেনঃ হ্যাঁ।

یونس نے ابن شہاب سے خبر دی کہ عمرو بن ابی سفیان ثقفی نےخبر دی کہ حضرت ابو ہریرہ ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ نے کعب احبار ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ سے کہا ، بلاشبہ اللہ کے نبی ﷺ نے فرمایا : ’’ ہر نبی کی ایک ( یقینی ) دعا ہے جو وہ کرتا ہے اور میں چاہتا ہوں کہ ان شاء اللہ میں اپنی دعا قیامت کےدن اپنی امت کی سفارش کے لیے محفوظ رکھوں ۔

‘ ‘ اس پر کعب نےحضرت ابو ہریرہ ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ سے پوچھا : آپ نے یہ فرمان ( براہ راست ) رسول اللہ ﷺ سے سنا تھا؟ ابو ہریرہ ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ نےجواب دیا : ہاں

Dan telah menceritakan kepadaku [Harmalah bin Yahya] telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Ibnu Wahab] telah mengabarkan kepadaku [Yunus] dari [Ibnu Syihab] bahwa [Amru bin Abu Sufyan bin Asid bin Jariyah ats-Tsaqafi] telah mengabarkan kepadanya, bahwa [Abu Hurairah] berkata kepada Ka'ab al-Ahbar, "Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Setiap Nabi memiliki doa yang dia panjatkan, maka aku berkeinginan -insya Allah- untuk menyembunyikan doaku sebagai syafa'at bagi umatku pada hari kiamat."

Maka Ka'ab berkata kepada Abu Hurairah, "Apakah kamu mendengar ini dari Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam?" Abu Hurairah menjawab, "Ya

Bana Harmele b. Yahya tahdis etti, (dediki) Bize İbn-i Vehb haber verdi (dediki) Bana Yunus, ibn-i Şihab’dan haber veridi. Ona da Amr b. Ebi Süfyan bin Esîd bin Cariyete's-Sekafi haber vermiş ki: Ebu Hureyre Ka'bul ahbar'a söyle demiş: Nebiyyullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem) : Her Nebinin Allah'a dua ettiği bir duası vardır. Ben de inşallah duamı kıyamet gününde ümmetime şefa'at için saklamak istiyorum.»

buyurdular. Ka’b Ebu Hureyreye: «Bunu Resulullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'den sen mi işittin?» diye sormuş. Ebu Hureyre: «Evet» demiş. Yalnız Müslim rivayet etmiştir; Tuhfetu'!-Eşraf, 14272 NEVEVİ ŞERHİ 199. sayfada, DAVUDOĞLU AÇIKLAMASI 201.sayfada

Sahih Muslim 490a, Book 4, The Book of Prayers, Hadith 257. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) clarified that Allah commanded him to prostrate in prayer on seven body parts, which are: First: The forehead, i.e., the upper part of the face above the nose and eyes. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) pointed with his hand to his nose to clarify that the forehead and the nose represent one part of the seven and to stress the fact that one must touch the ground with his nose in prostration. The second and third parts: The two hands. The fourth and fifth: The knees. The sixth and seventh: The toes of both feet. He commanded us not to tie our hair or fold up our clothes when prostrating on the ground to protect them; rather, we should let them spread out and fall on the ground to prostrate along with the body parts.

What it teaches

  • It is a must in prayer to prostrate on the seven parts.
  • It is disliked to tuck up and fold back the clothes and hair in prayer.
  • The one praying must maintain his composure during his prayer by placing the seven parts included in Sujūd (prostration) on the ground and resting on them until he recites the prescribed Dhikr (remembrance of Allah).
  • The prohibition of folding back the hair is exclusively prescribed for men apart from women, who are commanded to cover themselves in prayer.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَىTold us
  3. 3Sulayman ibn DawudWith, Fourth generation, died 234 AH

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