The manner of lowering oneself for prostration in prayer

Question:
In the posture of prostration, does one lower oneself onto the hands, or onto the knees?

Answer:
The Sunnah for one who is able is to lower oneself onto the knees, as in the hadith of Wail and others. This is what is intended in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah: This is the correct view; because a camel kneels on its hands, and we are forbidden to kneel on our hands. We kneel on our knees, which are in the legs. This is the Sunnah, and this is the correct view. It is the opinion of the majority of scholars that the Sunnah is to kneel on the knees, not on the hands, unlike the camel. This is if one is able. As for one who is unable due to old age or illness, he kneels on his hands, and there is no harm in that due to his inability.

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