In the hadith of Muhammad ibn Juhādah: "And when he rose, he rose upon his knees, leaning on his thigh."

840 — Sa'id ibn Mansur narrated to us, 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Muhammad narrated to us, Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah ibn Hasan narrated to me, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A'raj, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When one of you prostrates, let him not kneel as the camel kneels, and let him place his hands before his knees."(1)

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(1) Its chain is strong, but al-Bukhari said in his biography of Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah ibn Hasan in *al-Tarikh al-Kabir* 1/139: "It is not corroborated, and I do not know whether he heard from Abu al-Zinad or not." Thus he said, although his hearing from him is quite plausible, for he was a Medinan and Abu al-Zinad — namely 'Abdullah ibn Dhakwan — was a Medinan, and their lifespans overlapped for more than forty years. Al-A'raj: he is 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hurmuz.

Al-Nasa'i also recorded it in *al-Kubra* (682) via the path of Marwan ibn Muhammad, from 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Muhammad al-Darawardi, with this chain.

It is also in *Musnad Ahmad* (8955).

And see what follows it.

On this topic, from Ibn 'Umar: that he would place his hands before his knees, and he said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to do that." The compiler recorded it in this book, but via the narration of Abu al-Hasan ibn al-'Abd, as in *Tuhfat al-Ashraf* (8030), from the path of 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Darawardi, from 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Umar, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar. It was also narrated by this path by Ibn Khuzaymah (627), al-Tahawi in *Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar* 1/254, and al-Bayhaqi 2/100. Abu Dawud said: "'Abd al-'Aziz narrated from 'Ubaydullah some rejected hadiths." And al-Bayhaqi said: "I consider it nothing but an error."

He said in *'Awn al-Ma'bud*: "This hadith of Abu Hurayrah indicates the Sunnah of placing the hands before the knees, and this is the view held by al-Awza'i, Malik, Ibn Hazm, and Ahmad in one narration. Al-Hazimi narrated from al-Awza'i that he said: 'I found the people placing their hands before their knees.' Ibn Abi Dawud said: 'It is the view of the hadith scholars.'" We say: And see the commentary on the preceding hadith.

He said in *Lisan al-'Arab*: "The knee of the camel is in its foreleg, and every four-legged creature has its knees in its forelegs."

And see *Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar* 1/254 by al-Tahawi.