Home / Books / Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh / Volume 1 / Description of the Prayer From Its Beginning to Its End / Hadith 926 Hadith 926 ۞ Hadith.928 - Talha al-Salmi asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as), "Why do the hands touch the ground before the knees during Sujood (prostration)?" Imam (as) replied: "Because the hands are the key to prayer." 928 - وَ سَأَلَ طَلْحَةُ اَلسُّلَمِيُّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: لِأَيِّ عِلَّةٍ تُوضَعُ اَلْيَدَانِ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ فِي اَلسُّجُودِ قَبْلَ اَلرُّكْبَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ «لِأَنَّ اَلْيَدَيْنِ بِهِمَا مِفْتَاحُ اَلصَّلاَةِ. All narrations in Description of the Prayer From Its Beginning to Its End Browse all books Search more hadith
Hadith 926 ۞ Hadith.928 - Talha al-Salmi asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as), "Why do the hands touch the ground before the knees during Sujood (prostration)?" Imam (as) replied: "Because the hands are the key to prayer." 928 - وَ سَأَلَ طَلْحَةُ اَلسُّلَمِيُّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: لِأَيِّ عِلَّةٍ تُوضَعُ اَلْيَدَانِ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ فِي اَلسُّجُودِ قَبْلَ اَلرُّكْبَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ «لِأَنَّ اَلْيَدَيْنِ بِهِمَا مِفْتَاحُ اَلصَّلاَةِ.