Sunan Abu Dawood 894 - Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The above mentioned tradition has also been transmitted by Mamar through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. ..

Narrated Al-Bara ibn Azib: Al-Bara described to us (the nature of prostration). He placed his hands (palms), reclined on his knees, and raised his hips; he said: This is how the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم used to prostrate himself. ..

Anas reported the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying; Adopt a moderate position when prostrating yourselves, and see that none of you stretches out his forearms (on the ground) like a dog. ..

Maimunah said: When the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم prostrated himself, he kept his arms so far away from his sides that if a lamb had wanted to pass under his arms, it could have done so. ..

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: I came to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم from behind. I saw the whiteness of his armpits and he kept his arms away from his sides and raised his stomach (from the ground). ..

Narrated Ahmar ibn Jaz: When the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم prostrated himself, he kept his arms far away from his sides so much so that we took pity on him. ..