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Clarification of the correct supplication in bowing and prostration, and what is placed on the ground first

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Question:
What is the correct among the hadiths regarding the supplication in prostration and bowing? And what is the first thing that touches the ground after rising from bowing? And what is the movement of the right hand with its index finger in the taslim?

Answer:
When he prostrates, when he bows, what is prescribed in bowing is to glorify the Lord. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "As for bowing, glorify your Lord." So he says
Subhan Rabbial-azim, Subhan Rabbial-azimسبحان ربي العظيم، سبحان ربي العظيم
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1133Sahih (Darussalam)
, "Subhanaka Allahumma Rabbana wa bihamdika, Allahumma ghfir li,"
O God, to Thee I bow, in Thee I trust, and to Thee I submit myself. My hearing, my sight, my brain, my bone and my sinews humble themselves before Thee.اللهم لك ركعت، وبك آمنت، ولك أسلمت، وجعل لك سمعي وبصري ومخي وعظمي وعصبي
Mishkat al-Masabih 813
, and "by what I have committed in my heart." All of this is said in bowing; it is prescribed. The obligatory part is saying "Subhana Rabbi al-Azim" three times, and the rest is recommended. Prostration is the same: "Subhana Rabbi al-A'la" is obligatory once, and the rest is recommended. He said it three, five, or seven times. And he says, "Subhanaka Allahumma Rabbana wa bihamdika, Allahumma ghfir li," and he supplicates in prostration with whatever is easy for him. As for prostration, strive in supplication, for it is before it is answered for you. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said
The closest a person is to his Lord is when he is prostrating, so increase in supplicationأقرب ما يكون عند ربه هو سالف، فأكثروا الدعاء،
, and in a hadith
Aliعلي
When he prostrates, he says, "O Allah, to You I prostrate, and in You I believe, and to You I submit. Your face prostrates to the One who created it, gave it form, and opened its hearing and sight. Blessed is Allah, the best of creators." And he used toإذا سجد يقول لك اللهم لك أسجدت، وبك آمنت، ولك أسلمت، سجد وجهك للذي خلقه وصوره وشق له سماه وبصره، تبارك الله أحسن الخالقين، وكان
he says in his prostration (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Allah, forgive me all my sins, the small and the large, the first and the last, the open and the hidden." The first thing that touches the ground is the knees, according to the most correct view, then the hands, then the forehead and nose. This is what touches first according to the majority: the knees, then the hands, then the forehead and nose. And when rising, he raises between the forehead and the nose, then raises the hands, then stands up with the knees. This is what is prescribed.
As for the hadith of Abu Hurayrah regarding raising the hands before the knees, it is a hadith with a reversal, because at its beginning it says it does not kneel as a camel kneels, and the camel kneels on its hands first. This indicates that the cross does not kneel on its hands, but rather on its knees and then its hands.
And as for his saying "he places his hands before his knees" in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, and he did not place his hands on the ground before his knees, this contains a reversal. The stronger and more apparent view is the narration "he places his knees before his hands," which agrees with the beginning of the hadith, and also agrees with another hadith in this chapter. And from
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، بيان الصحيح من الدعاء في الركوع والسجود وأول ما يوضع على الأرض - بن باز - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com

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