He said: There are authentic (sahih) hadiths regarding it from Ibn Umar and Abu Humayd. The correct view is the former, because Ibn Umar said: "He does not do that in prostration," in his authentic hadith. When Abu Humayd described the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), he did not mention raising the hands during prostration. The general hadiths are interpreted in light of the detailed hadiths which we have narrated, so there remains no disagreement among them.
161- Issue: He said: "And the first thing of him to touch the ground shall be his knees, then his hands, then his forehead and his nose."
This is the recommended (mustahabb) practice in the well-known view of the Madhhab. This has been narrated from Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and it was the view held by Muslim ibn Yasar, al-Nakha'i, Abu Hanifah, al-Thawri, and al-Shafi'i. There is another narration from Ahmad that he places his hands before his knees, which was the position of Malik, due to what was narrated from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When one of you prostrates, let him place his hands before his knees and not kneel like the kneeling of a camel." Narrated by al-Nasa'i. Our argument is what was narrated by Wa'il ibn Hujr, who said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) when he prostrated, he placed his knees before his hands, and when he rose, he raised his hands before his knees. Recorded by Abu Dawud, al-Nasa'i,
(2) Which was previously documented on page 172. (3) Previously documented on page 122. (1) Abu Abdullah Muslim ibn Yasar al-Basri al-Umawi, a freed slave of theirs. He was one of the Tabi'un jurists in Basra and died in the year 108 AH. Tabaqat al-Fuqaha' by al-Shirazi 88, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 10/140, 141. Al-Khulasah by al-Khazraji 376. (2) The conjunction "wa" was omitted from the manuscripts. (3) In the manuscripts: "barak". (4) In: Chapter on the first thing of a human that reaches the ground in his prostration, from the Book of Tatbiq. Al-Mujtaba 2/163. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud in: Chapter on how he places his knees before his hands, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/193. Al-Darimi in: Chapter on the first thing that touches the ground of a person when he intends to prostrate, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Darimi 1/303. And Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 2/381. (5) Recorded by Abu Dawud in: Chapter on how he places his knees before his hands, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/193. Al-Nasa'i in: Chapter on the first thing of a human to reach the ground in his prostration, and Chapter on raising the hands from the ground before the knees, from the Book of Tatbiq. Al-Mujtaba 2/163, 186. Al-Tirmidhi in: Chapter on what has been said regarding placing the knees before the hands in prostration, from the Chapters on Prayer. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/68, 69. It was also recorded by al-Darimi in: Chapter on the first thing that touches the ground of a person when he intends to prostrate, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Darimi 1/303.
