She said, "When the Prophet ﷺ prostrated, if a young lamb had wished to pass in front of him, it could have passed through."In another narration, "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated, he would spread his arms out wide, meaning he held them away from his sides, until the whiteness of his armpits could be seen from behind him, and when he sat, he would settle comfortably on his left thigh."In another narration, "When he prostrated, he held his arms away from his sides until the whiteness of his armpits could be seen from behind him."
قالت: كان النبي ﷺ إذا سجد، لو شاءت بهمة أن تمر بين يديه لمرت. وفي رواية: كان رسول الله ﷺ إذا سجد خوى بيديه ( يعني جنح) حتى يرى وضح إبطيه من ورائه، وإذا قعد اطمأن على فخذه اليسرى. وفي رواية: إذا سجد جافي حتى يرى من خلفه وضح إبطيه.
Muslim narrated it in the Book of Prayer (496, 497) through several chains from Yazid bin Asam, from Maymuna , who mentioned something similar.Her saying "bahmah" is pronounced with a fatha on the ba and a sukun on the ha. Abu Ubayd and other scholars of language said that bahmah is the singular of baham, which refers to the young of sheep, whether male or female, and the plural of baham is biham, with a kasra on the ba."The whiteness of his armpits" (wadah) means whiteness, and here it refers to the whiteness visible beneath his armpits. This description emphasizes how far he held his arms away from his sides."Khawa" in his prayer means that he raised his stomach off the ground during sujud.