Sunan Ibn Majah 963
Prohibition of bowing or prostrating before the Imam
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حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُحَيْرِيزٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
لاَ تُبَادِرُونِي بِالرُّكُوعِ وَلاَ بِالسُّجُودِ فَمَهْمَا أَسْبِقْكُمْ بِهِ إِذَا رَكَعْتُ تُدْرِكُونِي بِهِ إِذَا رَفَعْتُ وَمَهْمَا أَسْبِقْكُمْ بِهِ إِذَا سَجَدْتُ تُدْرِكُونِي بِهِ إِذَا رَفَعْتُ إِنِّي قَدْ بَدَّنْتُ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- [Chain 1] Hishām b. ʿAmmār
- Sufyān
- Ibn ʿAjlān [Chain 2] Abū Bishr Bakr b. Khalaf
- Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd
- Ibn ʿAjlān
- Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān
- Ibn Muḥayrīz
- Muʿāwiyah b. Abū Sufyān
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Do not bow or prostrate before me. No matter how far ahead of you I bow, you will catch up with me when I stand up, and no matter how far ahead of you I prostrate, you will catch up with me when I raise my head. I have become bulky.’”
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| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
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