2. Ṣalāh (Ritual Prayer)

٢۔ كتاب الصلاة

2.157 Placing The Hands On The Knees (During Ruku')

٢۔١٥٧ بَابُ وَضْعِ الْيَدَيْنِ عَلَى الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ

abudawud:867Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Abū Yaʿfūr > Abū Dāwud Wāsmuh And Qdān > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd

I prayed by the side of my father. I put both of my hands between my knees(in bowing condition). He prohibited me from it. I then repeated; so he said: Do not do so, because we used to do so. But we were prohibited to do that, and commanded to put our hands on the knees.  

أبو داود:٨٦٧حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَاسْمُهُ وَقْدَانُ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِ أَبِي فَجَعَلْتُ يَدَىَّ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَىَّ فَنَهَانِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَعُدْتُ فَقَالَ لاَ تَصْنَعْ هَذَا فَإِنَّا كُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ فَنُهِينَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَأُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَضَعَ أَيْدِيَنَا عَلَى الرُّكَبِ  

abudawud:868Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah And al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

When any of you bows, he should spread his arms on his thighs and clap both his palms (Placing them between the knees), as if I am seeing the variation of the fingers of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.  

أبو داود:٨٦٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ وَالأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

إِذَا رَكَعَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَفْرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ وَلْيُطَبِّقْ بَيْنَ كَفَّيْهِ فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى اخْتِلاَفِ أَصَابِعِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ