Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 271
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ أَيْنَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَضَعُ وَجْهَهُ إِذَا سَجَدَ فَقَالَ بَيْنَ كَفَّيْهِ . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ وَأَبِي حُمَيْدٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ الْبَرَاءِ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَهُوَ الَّذِي اخْتَارَهُ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنْ تَكُونَ يَدَاهُ قَرِيبًا مِنْ أُذُنَيْهِ .
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Qutaybah narrated to us: Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us, from al-Hajjaj, from Abu Ishaq, who said: I asked al-Bara ibn Azib, ‘Where did the Prophet place his face when he prostrated?’ He replied: ‘Between his hands.’ Reports on this subject are also related from Wa’il ibn Hujr and Abu Humayd. Abu Isa said: The hadith of al-Bara is hasan sahih gharib. This is the view preferred by some scholars: that his hands should be close to his ears.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report answers where the face rests during prostration; the commentary gives the placement of the hands as a scholarly preference.