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Hadith 795
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I have been ordered to prostrate on seven bones i.e. on the forehead along with the
tip of the nose and the Prophet (ﷺ) pointed towards his nose, both hands, both knees and the toes of both
feet and not to gather the clothes or the hair."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 10, Hadith 207
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(He was not a liar) We used to pray behind the Prophet (ﷺ) and when he said, "Sami`a l-lahu liman
hamidah", none of us would bend his back (to go for prostration) till the Prophet (ﷺ) had placed his,
forehead on the ground. Sahih al-Bukhari Book 10, Hadith 206
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Once I went to Abu- Sa`id Al-Khudri and asked him, "Won't you come with us to the date-palm trees
to have a talk?" So Abu Sa`id went out and I asked him, "Tell me what you heard from the Prophet (ﷺ)
about the Night of Qadr." Abu Sa`id replied, "Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) performed I`tikaf (seclusion) on
the first ten days of the month of Ramadan and we did the same with him. Gabriel came to him and
said, 'The night you are looking for is ahead of you.' So the Prophet (ﷺ) performed the I`tikaf in the
middle (second) ten days of the month of Ramadan and we too performed I`tikaf with him. Gabriel
came to him and said, 'The night which you are looking for is ahead of you.' In the morning of the
20th of Ramadan the Prophet (ﷺ) delivered a sermon saying, 'Whoever has performed I`tikaf with me
should continue it. I have been shown the Night of "Qadr", but have forgotten its date, but it is in the
odd nights of the last ten nights. I saw in my dream that I was prostrating in mud and water.' In those
days the roof of the mosque was made of branches of date-palm trees. At that time the sky was clear
and no cloud was visible, but suddenly a cloud came and it rained. The Prophet (ﷺ) led us in the prayer
and I saw the traces of mud on the forehead and on the nose of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). So it was the
confirmation of that dream." Sahih al-Bukhari Book 10, Hadith 208