Is it better to descend on the hands or the knees when going into prostration?

Question:
You loved Allah. In his final question, he asks: What is the recommended practice (sunnah) when going into prostration? Is it placing the hands before the knees, or the reverse?

Answer:
The recommended practice (sunnah) is that when the one praying goes into prostration, the first things to touch the ground are his knees, then his hands, then his forehead and nose. This is to differ from the way a camel kneels, for the camel does the opposite: its hands touch the ground first, then its knees. We have been forbidden from imitating the camel, so we differ from the manner in which the camel kneels. Yes.