Is it permissible to prostrate on some parts of the limbs mentioned in the Hadith, and is that considered proper placement for prostration?

The summary of the fatwa (definition) is that jurists have unanimously agreed on the obligation of washing the entire face in ghusl (definition) (ritual bath), while they consider it sufficient to prostrate on part of a limb. The difference in these two matters stems from the fact that the text did not restrict prostration to the entire limb, unlike ghusl, where the Sunnah (definition) explicitly states the obligation of washing the entire face. The hadith (definition) that might be understood to imply the obligation of placing the entire limb down was interpreted by scholars as referring to the obligation of achieving tranquility or pressing down on the forehead, and not to the obligation of covering the entire limb.