Ahmad said: "If he places as much of his hands [on the ground] as the forehead, it suffices him." If he places the backs of his palms on the ground and prostrates on them, or prostrates on the tips of his fingers, the manifest meaning of the report is that it suffices him, because he was commanded to prostrate on the hands, and he has prostrated on them. Likewise (15), if he prostrated on the backs of his feet, he has indeed prostrated on the feet, and it would not be devoid of some part of his feet touching the ground, so he is prostrating on the tips of his feet (16), but he would be leaving the more excellent and better way, because of the hadiths we mentioned regarding that.

Section: It is recommended that he separate his knees and feet, because of what Abu Humayd narrated, saying: "And when he prostrated, he spread his thighs, not carrying his belly on any part of his thighs" (17).

Section: If he intended to prostrate and fell onto his face, so his forehead touched the ground, [it suffices him, even if he did not intend it. Unless he broke the intention of prostration, then it does not suffice him. If he flipped onto his side, then turned over, so his forehead touched the ground] (18), that does not suffice him, unless he intended prostration. The difference between the two issues is that here (19) he departed from the Sunnah of the prayer and its postures, then his second turn was a return to the prayer, so he required a renewal of intention. In the one before it, he is upon the posture of the prayer and its Sunnah, so it is sufficient (20) to maintain the intention.

164 - Issue; He said: "Then he says: 'Subhana Rabbiya al-A'la' (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High) three times, and if he says it once, it suffices him."

The ruling on this glorification is like the ruling on the glorification of bowing, according to what we have explained. Its origin is the hadith of Uqbah ibn Amir, who said: "When 'Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High' was revealed..."