Narrated by Abdullah ibn Abbas
As for bowing, glorify the Lord in it. As for prostration, strive hard in supplication in it, for it is most likely that you will be answered.
Sahih Muslim 479
What this hadith teaches
Prostration is the best place in the prayer to ask Allah for your needs, in any language in voluntary prayers.
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- Sahih (in Sahih Muslim)
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- Abdullah ibn Abbas
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The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث
لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ مُبَشِّرَاتِ النُّبُوَّةِ إِلاَّ الرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ يَرَاهَا الْمُسْلِمُ أَوْ تُرَى لَهُ أَلاَ وَإِنِّي نُهِيتُ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ رَاكِعًا أَوْ سَاجِدًا فَأَمَّا الرُّكُوعُ فَعَظِّمُوا فِيهِ الرَّبَّ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَأَمَّا السُّجُودُ فَاجْتَهِدُوا فِي الدُّعَاءِ فَقَمِنٌ أَنْ يُسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ
Arabic text of Sahih Muslim 479, as given on sunnah.com.