Al-Khiṣāl - Part 7: On Seven-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 7: On Seven-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: The Prostration on Seven Bones 7-24 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهي٠اد، عن زرارة، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلا٠قال:السجود على سبعة أعظÙ: الجبهة والكفين والركبتين، والابها٠ا الفرض فهذه السبعة، وأ٠7-24 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim quoted his father, on the authority of Himad, on the authority of Zurarah that Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) said, “You perform the prostration on seven bones: the forehead; the palms of the hands; the ends of the knees; the big toes of the feet; and the tip of the nose.

The first seven is a must but touching the tip of the nose to the ground during prostration is just recommendable.”