Abu Dawud said: And Ibn al-Mubarak narrated it — he said: Fulayh narrated to us, saying: I heard 'Abbas ibn Sahl narrating, but I did not memorize it, so he narrated it to me — I think he mentioned 'Isa ibn 'Abd Allah — that he heard it from 'Abbas ibn Sahl, who said: I was present with Abu Humayd al-Sa'idi.

736 — Muhammad ibn Ma'mar narrated to us, saying: Hajjaj ibn Minh al narrated to us, saying: Hammam narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Juhadah narrated to us, from 'Abd al-Jabbar ibn Wa'il, from his father, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, regarding this hadith. He said: When he prostrated, his knees touched the ground before his hands did. He said: When he prostrated, he placed his forehead between his hands and kept his arms away from his sides.

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We say: The narration of Isma'il ibn 'Ayyash was reported by al-Tahawi, 1/260, via the chain of Hisham ibn 'Ammar, from Isma'il ibn 'Ayyash — 'Utbah ibn Abi Hakim narrated to us, from 'Isa ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-'Adawi, from 'Abbas ibn Sahl, with it. And his statement "'Isa ibn 'Abd al-Rahman" is an error; it appears to be from Isma'il ibn 'Ayyash, for he is weak in his narration from other than the people of his own town, and this is among such narrations.

It was also reported in abbreviated form by al-Tabarani in "Musnad al-Shamiyyin" (763) via the chain of 'Amr ibn 'Uthman, with it.

(1) A hasan hadith, but this chain is disconnected — 'Abd al-Jabbar ibn Wa'il did not hear from his father Wa'il ibn Hujr.

The placing of the knees before the hands in prostration — its takhrij and discussion will follow under numbers (838) and (839).

And his statement: "When he prostrated, he placed his forehead between his hands..." — something similar has preceded, connected, via the chain of 'Abd al-Jabbar ibn Wa'il, from 'Alqamah ibn Wa'il, from his father, under number (723), and its chain is sahih.

It has a supporting witness from the hadith of Abu Humayd al-Sa'idi, which preceded under number (734), and its chain is hasan in follow-ups and witnesses.

His statement in the hadith: "his knees touched" (waqa'ata rukbatahu) and his statement: "his hands did" (taqa'a kafahu) — both are permissible in Arabic according to the dialect of "akaluni al-baraghith" (the fleas ate me — with plural verb before dual/subject). Among such examples is his statement, peace and blessings be upon him: "Angels of the night and angels of the day succeed one another among you."