The authenticity of the hadith regarding placing the hands before the knees in prostration
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. He asks and says: What is the authenticity of the hadith that saysSunan Abi Dawud 840Sahih (Al-Albani)? Knowing that I read from one of the scholars that it is recommended in prostration to place the knees before the hands, so what is your guidance? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, the hadith reported on this matter is authentic. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that one place his knees before his hands in prostration, unlike the camel, for the camel kneels on its hands before its knees. We were forbidden from imitating animals in prayer; we were forbidden from kneeling like the kneeling of the camel, turning like the turning of the fox, spreading out like the spreading out of the beast of prey, and pecking like the pecking of the crow.
We were forbidden from imitating animals in prayer. Among that is kneeling like the kneeling of the camel, because the first part of the camel to descend to the ground when it kneels is its front, and the last part to descend is its rear. So we were forbidden from doing the opposite, where the first part of us to descend to the ground is the rear, then the front, which is the opposite of the camel's kneeling. This is known by everyone, and by everyone who has looked at the kneeling of the camel.
This is the meaning of the hadith; it is the correct meaning of the hadith. As for the one who narrates that one places his hands before his knees, Imam Ibn al-Qayyim says that this is an inverted narration; the hadith was inverted upon the narrator. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. He asks and says: What is the authenticity of the hadith that says
when one of you prostrates himself he must not kneel in the manner of camel, but should put down his hands before his knees.
إذا سجد أحدكم فلا يبرك كما يبرك البعير وليضع يديه قبل ركبتيهAnswer:
Yes, the hadith reported on this matter is authentic. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that one place his knees before his hands in prostration, unlike the camel, for the camel kneels on its hands before its knees. We were forbidden from imitating animals in prayer; we were forbidden from kneeling like the kneeling of the camel, turning like the turning of the fox, spreading out like the spreading out of the beast of prey, and pecking like the pecking of the crow.
We were forbidden from imitating animals in prayer. Among that is kneeling like the kneeling of the camel, because the first part of the camel to descend to the ground when it kneels is its front, and the last part to descend is its rear. So we were forbidden from doing the opposite, where the first part of us to descend to the ground is the rear, then the front, which is the opposite of the camel's kneeling. This is known by everyone, and by everyone who has looked at the kneeling of the camel.
This is the meaning of the hadith; it is the correct meaning of the hadith. As for the one who narrates that one places his hands before his knees, Imam Ibn al-Qayyim says that this is an inverted narration; the hadith was inverted upon the narrator. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4647- صحة حديث: {إذا سجد أحدكم فلا يبرك كما يبرك البعير ...} - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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