obligatory, it is permissible, just as if he prostrated upon a turban. If we say it is obligatory, it is not permissible, lest the place of prostration overlap with itself. The recommended action is for the person praying to make direct contact with the forehead and hands to avoid the disagreement and to adopt the more resolute position. Ahmad said: "I do not find it pleasing except in heat and cold." Isaac said the same. Ibn Umar used to dislike prostrating upon the edge of a turban, and Ubadah ibn al-Samit would uncover his turban when he stood for prayer. Al-Nakha'i said: "For me to prostrate upon my forehead is more beloved to me."
162 - Issue; He said: "And he shall be moderate in his prostration."
Al-Tirmidhi said: The people of knowledge prefer moderation in prostration. It is narrated from Jabir that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When one of you prostrates, let him be moderate, and let him not sprawl out his forearms like the sprawling of a dog." He said: This is a hasan sahih (good and authentic) hadith. From Anas, from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), that he said: "Be moderate in prostration, and let none of you prostrate while spreading out his forearms like a dog." This is the sprawling (iftirash) that is forbidden in the hadith, which is to place his forearms
(27) In the original: "Abdullah." The actions of Ibn Umar and Ubadah ibn al-Samit were recorded by al-Bayhaqi in: Chapter on uncovering the forehead in prostration, from the Book of Prayer. Al-Sunan al-Kubra 2/105. (1) In manuscript M: "And he dislikes," a distortion. (2) In: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding moderation in prostration, from the Chapters on Prayer. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/75. It was also recorded by Ibn Majah in: Chapter on moderation in prostration, from the Book of Establishing Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/288. And Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 3/305, 315, 389. (3) After this in M there is an addition: "Similar to it was recorded by Abu Dawood, and in a wording from Anas from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)." This is a repetition. See the following record. (4) Recorded by al-Bukhari in: Chapter on the one praying holding a private conversation with his Lord, from the Book of Mawaqit; and in: Chapter on not spreading out his forearms in prostration, from the Book of Adhan. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/141, 208. Muslim in: Chapter on moderation in prostration and placing the palms on the ground... etc., from the Book of Prayer. Sahih Muslim 1/355. Abu Dawood in: Chapter on the description of prostration, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawood 1/206. Al-Tirmidhi in: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding moderation in prostration, from the Book of Prayer. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/75. Al-Nasa'i in: Chapter on moderation in bowing, from the Book of Opening the Prayer; and in: Chapter on the prohibition of spreading the forearms in prostration, and Chapter on moderation in prostration, from the Book of Tatbiq. Al-Mujtaba 2/143, 167, 169. And Ibn Majah, in: Chapter on moderation
