Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1106
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرٌ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكِ ابْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى فَرَّجَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ .
Translation
Qutaybah reported to us; he said: Bakr narrated to us, from Ja‘far ibn Rabi‘ah, from al-A‘raj, from ‘Abdullah ibn Malik ibn Buhainah, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), when he prayed, spread his arms apart until the whiteness of his armpits became visible.
Translation notes
The Arabic says فَرَّجَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ (spread his arms apart) and states the extent by the whiteness of his armpits becoming visible.