Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1101
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَهْوَى إِلَى الأَرْضِ سَاجِدًا جَافَى عَضُدَيْهِ عَنْ إِبْطَيْهِ وَفَتَخَ أَصَابِعَ رِجْلَيْهِ . مُخْتَصَرٌ .
Muhammad ibn Bashshar reported to us; he said: Yahya ibn Sa‘id narrated to us; he said: ‘Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja‘far narrated to us; he said: Muhammad ibn ‘Ata’ narrated to me, from Abu Humayd al-Sa‘idi, who said: When the Prophet (ﷺ) lowered himself toward the ground to prostrate, he held his upper arms away from his sides and spread the toes of his feet. (Abridged.)
Translation notes
The Arabic says جَافَى عَضُدَيْهِ عَنْ إِبْطَيْهِ (held his upper arms away from his armpits/sides) and فَتَخَ أَصَابِعَ رِجْلَيْهِ (spread/splayed the toes of his feet).