What are the sayings of scholars regarding the Hadith of Ummuna Sawda: "I held my nose until it almost bled during prayer"?
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Ibn Sa'd narrated that Sawdah said to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: "I prayed behind you last night, and you prolonged the bowing until I held my nose for fear of it bleeding," and he laughed. Ibn Hajar explained this narration as Mursal, and its narrators are those of the . Her statement indicates the prolongation of the bowing, and that she was light-hearted, making the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, laugh with her pleasantness.
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