89 - Chapter: On Moderation in Bowing (Rukūʿ)

1028 - Suwayd ibn Naṣr informed us, saying: ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak informed us, from Saʿīd ibn Abī ʿArūbah and Ḥammād ibn Salamah, from Qatādah, from Anas, from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Be moderate in bowing and prostration, and let none of you spread his forearms [on the ground] like a dog."(1)

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(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic. ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak heard from Saʿīd ibn Abī ʿArūbah before his memory became confused, and he was also corroborated. It appears in *al-Sunan al-Kubrā* under number (1102).

It was also recorded by Aḥmad (12066) from Ibn Abī ʿAdiyy and ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Khaffāf, and by Ibn Mājah (892) via the path of ʿAbd al-Aʿlā ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā — all three of them from Saʿīd ibn Abī ʿArūbah alone, with this chain, without the word "bowing." ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Khaffāf and ʿAbd al-Aʿlā ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā both heard from Ibn Abī ʿArūbah before his memory became confused.

It was also recorded by Ibn Ḥibbān (1927) via the path of Kāmil ibn Ṭalḥah al-Jaḥdarī, from Ḥammād ibn Salamah alone, with it, without the word "bowing."

It will also come via the path of ʿAbdah, from Saʿīd ibn Abī ʿArūbah, coupled with the path of Khālid ibn al-Ḥārith, from Shuʿbah — both of them from Qatādah, with it, under number (1111).

And via the path of ʿAbdah, from Saʿīd alone, with the wording: "Complete the bowing and prostration, for by Allah, I indeed see you from behind my back in your bowing and prostration," under number (1117).

And via the path of Khālid ibn al-Ḥārith, from Shuʿbah, with it, with the wording: "Complete the bowing and prostration when you bow and prostrate," under number (1054).

And via the path of Ayyūb ibn Abī Miskīn, from Qatādah, with the wording: "Let none of you spread his forearms in prostration the way a dog spreads [its forelegs]," under number (1103).

Al-Sindī said: His statement, "Be moderate in bowing," means: strike a balance in it between raising and lowering, and likewise strike a balance in prostration between spreading out and drawing together, by placing the palms on the ground and raising the elbows from it, and [raising] the belly from the thighs. The spreading of a dog is placing the elbows together with the palms on the ground.