Umar bin Yahya narrates from his father or uncle, who says: I had hair that reached my shoulders, so when I performed prostration, I would lift them up. Abu Hasan Mazni saw me doing this and said: Do you lift them so that they do not get dirt on them? By Allah! I will surely shave them off. Then he shaved that hair.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would wrap himself in a cloth and pray in it, and with its extra part, he would protect himself from the heat and cold of the ground.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We used to pray with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in intense heat, and when one of us was unable to place his face on the ground, he would spread his cloth and prostrate on it.

Abdullah bin Abdur Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) came to us in the mosque of Banu Abdul Ashhal and led us in prayer. I saw that when he (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) prostrated, he placed both his hands in his garment.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Indeed, I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a rainy day avoiding the mud, and that was in such a way that when he performed prostration, he would place a part of the cloak he was wearing on the ground under his hands.

Sayyar bin Ma’rur says: I heard Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) delivering a sermon, and he was saying: Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) built this mosque, while we, the Muhajirun and Ansar, were with him (peace and blessings be upon him). So when the crowd becomes large, a person should prostrate on the back of his brother. Then Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saw some people praying on the road and said to them: Pray in the mosque.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Companions complained to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) that if they spread out (in prostration), it becomes difficult for them in sujood. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Then seek help from your knees. Ibn ‘Ajlan says: Its manner is that when the prostration becomes lengthy and a person becomes tired, he should rest his elbows on his knees.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed prostration, he used to recite this supplication: "O Allah! I have prostrated for You, and I have believed in You, and I have submitted to You. My face has prostrated to the One Who created it, and fashioned it, and gave it the best form, and opened its hearing and sight. So blessed is Allah, the Best of creators." (O Allah! I have prostrated only for You, believed in You, submitted to You; my face has prostrated to the One Who created it, shaped it, made it beautiful, and opened its ears and eyes. Allah is very blessed, the Best of creators.)

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates the Tahajjud prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out for prayer and prayed, and during the prayer or in prostration he began to supplicate: O Allah! Place light in my heart, and light in my hearing, and light in my sight, and light on my right, and light on my left, and light in front of me, and light behind me, and light above me, and light beneath me, and make me light. Shu’bah says: Or the last phrase is like this: Make for me light. (O Allah! Place light in my heart, light in my ears, light in my sight, light on my right, light on my left, light in front of me, light behind me, light above me, and light beneath me, and make me light.)

Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that she found the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) missing from the bed, so she searched for him with her hand. When her hand touched him, she realized that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the state of prostration and was supplicating: "O my Lord! Grant my soul its piety, purify it, You are the best to purify it, You are its Guardian and Master."