Issue: Does one lower oneself into prostration on the knees or on the hands?
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The Shaykh : And similar to that, in some respects, is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Abi Dawud 840Sahih (Al-Albani).
Some scholars understood from it that when a person prostrates, he does not place his knees first, but rather places his hands first, based on the end of the hadith, which is inverted. For the end of the hadith is "and let him begin with his hands before his knees." But whoever reflects on the hadith with true reflection knows that its end is inverted upon the narrator and cannot agree with its beginning, because the Messenger says:Sunan Abi Dawud 840Sahih (Al-Albani), and the "ka" here is for comparison in manner.
If our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had said: "Do not kneel down as the camel kneels down," we would have said: Do not kneel on the knees, because the camel kneels on the knees. But he said:, and it is known that whoever has seen a camel kneel—and I think you have seen it? Yes. You have seen it. When it kneels, what does it place first? Its hands, without doubt, its hands first. And thus we see Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) in *Zad al-Ma'ad* verify that the hadith is inverted upon the narrator, and that the correct version is: "So do not kneel down as the camel kneels down, and let him place his knees before his hands." But it was inverted. And a person is human and may err, but can there be a contradiction in the speech of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? No. So if we take the beginning of the hadith and its end, and interpret the beginning of the hadith to mean that one does not prostrate on the knees—on the contrary, if we take the beginning of the hadith and its end, we find that its end contradicts its beginning, because the beginning only indicates the prohibition of the manner.
The important point is that the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih al-Bukhari 6008 does not indicate that it is not permissible for us to add to eleven rak'ahs.
Now, if someone among the people were to say: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the reward for whoever says "There is no god but Allah, alone, without partner."
when one of you prostrates himself he must not kneel in the manner of camel
إذا سجد أحدكم فلايبرك كما يبرك البعيرSome scholars understood from it that when a person prostrates, he does not place his knees first, but rather places his hands first, based on the end of the hadith, which is inverted. For the end of the hadith is "and let him begin with his hands before his knees." But whoever reflects on the hadith with true reflection knows that its end is inverted upon the narrator and cannot agree with its beginning, because the Messenger says:
he must not kneel in the manner of camel
فلا يبرك كما يبرك البعيرIf our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had said: "Do not kneel down as the camel kneels down," we would have said: Do not kneel on the knees, because the camel kneels on the knees. But he said:
Do not kneel down as the camel kneels down
لا تبرك كما يبرك البعيرThe important point is that the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
offer your prayers in the way you saw me offering my prayers
صلوا كما رأيتموني أصليNow, if someone among the people were to say: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the reward for whoever says "There is no god but Allah, alone, without partner."