حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ وَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ مَوْلَاكَ إِذَا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ جَبْهَتَهُ وَذِرَاعَيْهِ وَصَدْرَهُ بِالْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ مَا يَحْمِلُكَ عَلَى مَا تَصْنَعُ قَالَ التَّوَاضُعُ قَالَ هَكَذَا رِبْضَةُ الْكَلْبِ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا سَجَدَ رُئِيَ بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2935
It was narrated that Shu'bah said: A man came to lbn 'Abbas (RA) and said: When your freed slave prostrates, he puts his forehead, forearms and chest on the ground. Ibn 'Abbas (PBUH) said to him: What made you do what you are doing? He said: Humility. He said: This is how the dog sits. I saw the Prophet (PBUH) when he prostrated; the whiteness of his armpits could be seen.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
Sanad
حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ وَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ