Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1092

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، دَلُّويَهْ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، رَفَعَهُ قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّ الْيَدَيْنِ تَسْجُدَانِ كَمَا يَسْجُدُ الْوَجْهُ فَإِذَا وَضَعَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَجْهَهُ فَلْيَضَعْ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَفَعَهُ فَلْيَرْفَعْهُمَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Ziyad ibn Ayyub, Dalawayh, reported to us; he said: Ibn ‘Ulayyah narrated to us; he said: Ayyub narrated to us, from Nafi‘, from Ibn ‘Umar, who traced it to the Prophet (ﷺ), saying: ‘The hands prostrate just as the face prostrates. When one of you places his face down, let him place his hands down; and when he raises it, let him raise them.’

Translation notes
  • The pronoun in وَإِذَا رَفَعَهُ refers to the face from the preceding clause; فَلْيَرْفَعْهُمَا refers to both hands.