It is reported in the hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (used to spread his sides apart so much that if a young goat had wanted to pass under his arms, it would have passed). Is the intended meaning
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The questioner: My Shaykh, regarding the description of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) prostration: The passing, my Shaykh, this needs to be visualized; it is from, let us say, from the chest, from the right hand to the left hand. This is the passing that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) described.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: This is it. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Because ... .
The questioner: Because one of the brothers, when I detailed this yesterday during our lesson ... I detailed this, and he said to me, "I do not think the passing is truly passing from here, meaning coming from the qiblah to this." So I said to him, "Let us ask the Shaykh so that we may clarify."
The questioner: My Shaykh, another man is asking, saying that they have the money of a man who placed it.
The Shaykh: ... to be endowed.
He used to spread his sides apart so much that if a young goat had wanted to pass under his arms, it would have passed
كان يُجافي بين جنبَيه حتى لو أنَّ بهمةً أرادت أن تمرَّ من تحت يديه لَمَرَّتْThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: This is it. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Because ... .
The questioner: Because one of the brothers, when I detailed this yesterday during our lesson ... I detailed this, and he said to me, "I do not think the passing is truly passing from here, meaning coming from the qiblah to this." So I said to him, "Let us ask the Shaykh so that we may clarify."
The questioner: My Shaykh, another man is asking, saying that they have the money of a man who placed it.
The Shaykh: ... to be endowed.
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