and al-Tirmidhi. Al-Khattabi said: This is more authentic than the hadith of Abu Hurayrah. It has been narrated from Sa'd who said: We used to place our hands before our knees, then we were commanded to place our knees before our hands. This indicates the abrogation of what preceded it. Al-Athram also recorded the hadith of Abu Hurayrah: "When one of you prostrates, let him begin with his knees before his hands, and let him not kneel like the kneeling of a stallion."
Section: Prostration upon all these limbs is obligatory, except for the nose, for there is a difference of opinion regarding it which we will mention, Allah willing. This was also the view of Tawus, al-Shafi'i in one of his two opinions, and Ishaq. Malik, Abu Hanifah, and al-Shafi'i in the other opinion said: Prostration on anything other than the forehead is not obligatory, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "My face has prostrated." This indicates that the prostration is upon the face. Furthermore, the one who prostrates on his face is called a prostrator (sajid), whereas placing other parts upon the ground does not make one a prostrator; thus, the command for prostration refers to that which is named as prostration to the exclusion of others. Moreover, if prostration were obligatory on these limbs, it would have been obligatory to uncover them as is the case with the forehead. Al-Amidi mentioned this as a narration from Ahmad, and al-Qadi mentioned in "al-Jami'": This is the apparent view of Ahmad's words, for he has stated regarding a sick person who raises something to prostrate upon that it suffices him, and it is known that he has omitted prostration upon his hands. Our argument is what was narrated by Ibn Abbas, who said:
(6) The wording of al-Khattabi in Ma'alim al-Sunan 1/208 after citing the previous hadith of Abu Hurayrah: The hadith of Wa'il ibn Hujr is more established than this. (7) In the manuscripts: "Abu Sa'id". The hadith was recorded by al-Bayhaqi from Mus'ab ibn Sa'd from Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas in: Chapter of those who say he should place his hands before his knees, from the Book of Prayer. Al-Sunan al-Kubra 2/100. (8) Shaykh Nasir al-Din al-Albani mentioned that this hadith is invalid (batil). See: Irwa' al-Ghalil 2/79. (9) In manuscript M: "It is not obligatory and prostration is upon the forehead." (10) Recorded by Muslim in: Chapter of supplication in the night prayer and standing in it, from the Book of the Traveler's Prayer. Sahih Muslim 1/534. Abu Dawud in: Chapter on what one says when he prostrates, from the Book of Prostration. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/327. Al-Tirmidhi in: Chapter on what one says in the prostration of the Quran, from the Chapters on Friday, and in: Chapter on some supplications, and Chapter on what one says in the prostration of the Quran. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 3/60, 12/306, 307, 309, 310. Al-Nasa'i in: Another type of supplication, and another type thereof, from the Book of Tatbiq. Al-Mujtaba 2/175, 176. Ibn Majah in: Chapter of the prostration of the Quran, from the Book of Establishing Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/335. And Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 1/95, 102, 6/217.
