What Can and Cannot Be Used for Prostration

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 41

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Book 1, Chapter 41

What Can and Cannot Be Used for Prostration

Hadith #839

839 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بَجِيلٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ كُلَّمَا سَجَدَ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ أَخَذَ اَلْحَصَى مِنْ جَبْهَتِهِ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ.

Hadith.839 - It was narrated from Ali ibn Bajil that He said: "I saw Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq , every time he prostrated and then raised his head, he would take the pebbles from his forehead and place them back on the ground."