Kuraib says: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) saw Abdullah bin Harith praying in such a state that his hair was tied at the back of his head. He began to untie his hair, and he (Abdullah bin Harith) allowed him to do so. But after the prayer, he turned to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "What did you have to do with my head?" He replied: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever prays in this manner, his example is like that of a man who performs prayer with his hands tied."

Mawla of the Messenger of Allah, Sayyiduna Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) forbade him from praying in such a state that his hair is tied up.

Ali bin Abdur Rahman Muawi says: I prayed next to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and during the prayer I was turning over pebbles. He said: Do not turn over the pebbles, because doing so is from Satan. However, I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) move them in this way. Imam Abu Abdullah Ahmad said: That is, only once.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any of you stands for prayer, he should not clear the pebbles, nor move them, nor touch them, because mercy is before him.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about touching the pebbles. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do it once, and if you refrain even from that, it is better for you than a hundred black-eyed camels. And if Satan overcomes any one of you, then he should clear it once.

Sayyiduna Mu'ayqib (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about touching pebbles on the place of prostration. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If it is necessary to do so, then do it only once.

(Second chain) Regarding the person who wipes dust from the place of prostration, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said about him: If you must do it, then do it only once.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I used to perform the Zuhr prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and due to the intensity of the heat, I would take a handful of pebbles in my palm so that they would cool down and then I could prostrate on them. In another narration it is stated: Due to the intensity of the heat, I would transfer them to the other hand so that they would cool down.

Abu Salih says: I went to the wife of the Messenger, Sayyida Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), and one of her nephews also came to her. He performed two units of prayer in her house. When he prostrated, he blew on the dust. Sayyida Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said to him: Nephew! Do not blow, because the slave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), named Yasar, blew, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: For the sake of Allah, let your face touch the dust.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) described the manner of the Prophet Muhammad’s (peace and blessings be upon him) prayer at the time of a solar eclipse, saying: … … Then, in the second rak‘ah, while in the state of prostration, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began to blow on the ground, weep, and say:“Rabbi, lima tu‘adhdhibuhum wa ana feehim, Rabbi, lima tu‘adhdhibuna wa nahnu nastaghfiruka.”(O my Lord! Why do You punish them while I am among them? O my Lord! Why do You punish us while we are seeking Your forgiveness?) When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head, the sun had become clear, … . Al-Hadith