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abudawud:726Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

I purposely looked at the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, how he offered it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up, faced the direction of the qiblah and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and then raised his hands in front of his ears, then placed his right hand on his left (catching each other). When he was about to bow, he raised them in the same manner. He then placed his hands on his knees. When he raised his head after bowing, he raised them in the like manner. When he prostrated himself he placed his forehead between his hands. He then sat down and spread his left foot and placed his left hand on his left thigh, and kept his right elbow aloof from his right thigh. He closed his two fingers and made a circle (with the fingers). I (Asim ibn Kulayb) saw him (Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal) say in this manner. Bishr made the circle with the thumb and the middle finger and pointed with the forefinger.  

أبو داود:٧٢٦حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي قَالَ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَكَبَّرَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ شِمَالَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَهُمَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ رَفَعَهُمَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ بِذَلِكَ الْمَنْزِلِ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَافْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَحَدَّ مِرْفَقَهُ الأَيْمَنَ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَقَبَضَ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَحَلَّقَ حَلْقَةً وَرَأَيْتُهُ يَقُولُ هَكَذَا وَحَلَّقَ بِشْرٌ الإِبْهَامَ وَالْوُسْطَى وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
nasai:1265Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

"I said: 'I am going to watch the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and see how he prays.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and faced the Qiblah, then he raised his hands until they were in level with his ears, then he held his left hand with his right. When he wanted to bow, he raised them (his hands) likewise, then placed his hands on his knees. When he raised his head from bowing, he raised them (his hands) likewise. When he prostrated he put his hands in the same position in relation to his head, then he sat up and lay his left foot on the ground. He placed his left hand on his left thigh and his right elbow on his right thigh, and made a circle with two of his fingers. And I saw him doing like this"- Bishr (one of the narrators) pointed with the forefinger of his right hand and made a circle with the thumb and middle finger.  

النسائي:١٢٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ شِمَالَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَهُمَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ رَفَعَهُمَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ بِذَلِكَ الْمَنْزِلِ مِنْ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَافْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَحَدَّ مِرْفَقَهُ الأَيْمَنَ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَقَبَضَ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَحَلَّقَ وَرَأَيْتُهُ يَقُولُ هَكَذَا وَأَشَارَ بِشْرٌ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ مِنَ الْيُمْنَى وَحَلَّقَ الإِبْهَامَ وَالْوُسْطَى  

nasai:889Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Zāʾidah > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from my father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

"I said: 'I am going to watch how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prays.' So I watched him and he stood and said the takbir, and raised his hands until they were in the level with his ears, then he placed his right hand over his left hand, wrist and lower forearm. When he wanted to bow he raised his hands likewise. Then he prostrated and placed his hands in level with his ears. Then he sat up and placed his left leg under him; he put his left hand on his left thigh and knee, and he put the edge of his right elbow on his right thigh, then he held two of his fingers together and made a circle, and raised his forefinger, and I saw him moving it and supplicating with it."  

النسائي:٨٨٩أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّ وَائِلَ بْنَ حُجْرٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَامَ فَكَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا بِأُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى كَفِّهِ الْيُسْرَى وَالرُّسْغِ وَالسَّاعِدِ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلَهَا قَالَ وَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ لَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلَهَا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَجَعَلَ كَفَّيْهِ بِحِذَاءِ أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ وَافْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ وَرُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَجَعَلَ حَدَّ مِرْفَقِهِ الأَيْمَنِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ قَبَضَ اثْنَتَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِهِ وَحَلَّقَ حَلْقَةً ثُمَّ رَفَعَ إِصْبَعَهُ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُحَرِّكُهَا يَدْعُو بِهَا  

abudawud:957Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

I said that I should look at the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ how he prays. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and faced the qiblah (i.e. the direction of Ka'bah) and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great); then he raised his hands till he brought them in front of his ears; then he caught hold of his left hand with his right hand (i.e. folded his hands). When he was about to bow, he raised them (his hands) in a like manner. Then he sat, stretched out his left foot (to sit on it), placed his left hand on his left thigh, and kept away the tip of his right elbow from his right thigh, joined two fingers, formed a ring, to do so. And the narrator Bishr made a ring with the thumb and the middle finger.  

أبو داود:٩٥٧حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَكَبَّرَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا بِأُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ شِمَالَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَهُمَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَافْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَحَدَّ مِرْفَقَهُ الأَيْمَنَ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَقَبَضَ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَحَلَّقَ حَلَقَةً وَرَأَيْتُهُ يَقُولُ هَكَذَا وَحَلَّقَ بِشْرٌ الإِبْهَامَ وَالْوُسْطَى وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ  

ahmad:18850Yūnus b. Muḥammad > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr al-Ḥaḍramī

[Machine] I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I want to see how you pray." He said, "Then he faced the Qibla (the direction of prayer towards the Kaaba), raised his hands until they were level with his shoulders, and said 'Allahu Akbar' (Allah is the greatest). He then placed his left hand on his right hand. When he intended to bow, he raised his hands until they were level with his shoulders. When he bowed, he placed his hands on his knees. When he raised his head from bowing, he raised his hands until they were level with his shoulders. When he prostrated, he placed his hands on the ground in front of his face. When he sat, he rested his left foot and placed his left hand on his left knee, and placed his right elbow on his right thigh. He made a ring shape with his fingers, and pointed with his index finger."  

أحمد:١٨٨٥٠حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ لَأَنْظُرَنَّ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي قَالَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَكَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى كَانَتَا حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ شِمَالَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى كَانَتَا حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ وَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى كَانَتَا حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ فَلَمَّا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ بِذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِفَلَمَّا قَعَدَ افْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ حَدَّ مِرْفَقِهِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَعَقَدَ ثَلَاثِينَ وَحَلَّقَ وَاحِدَةً وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ السَّبَّابَةِ  

ahmad:18870ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Zāʾidah > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from my father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr al-Ḥaḍramī

"I said: 'I am going to watch how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prays.' So I watched him and he stood and said the takbir, and raised his hands until they were in the level with his ears, then he placed his right hand over his left hand, wrist and lower forearm. When he wanted to bow he raised his hands likewise. Then he prostrated and placed his hands in level with his ears. Then he sat up and placed his left leg under him; he put his left hand on his left thigh and knee, and he put the edge of his right elbow on his right thigh, then he held two of his fingers together and made a circle, and raised his forefinger, and I saw him moving it and supplicating with it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 889)   

أحمد:١٨٨٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي أَنَّ وَائِلَ بْنَ حُجْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيَّ

أخْبَرَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي؟ قَالَ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ قَامَ فَكَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى ظَهْرِ كَفِّهِ الْيُسْرَى وَالرُّسْغِ وَالسَّاعِدِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلَهَا وَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلَهَا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَجَعَلَ كَفَّيْهِ بِحِذَاءِ أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ فَافْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى فَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ وَرُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَجَعَلَ حَدَّ مِرْفَقِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ قَبَضَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ فَحَلَّقَ حَلْقَةً ثُمَّ رَفَعَ إِصْبَعَهُ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُحَرِّكُهَا يَدْعُو بِهَا ثُمَّ جِئْتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي زَمَانٍ فِيهِ بَرْدٌ فَرَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهِمُ الثِّيَابُ تُحَرَّكُ أَيْدِيهِمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ الثِّيَابِ مِنَ الْبَرْدِ  

ahmad:18876Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Zuhayr b. Muʿāwiyah > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] He informed me, he said, "I said, 'I want to observe how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performs Salah.' So, he stood up and raised his hands until they reached his ears. Then, he grasped his left hand with his right hand. Then, when he intended to bow, he raised his hands until they reached his ears, then he placed his hands on his knees. Then, he raised his head, and raised his hands in the same manner. Then, he prostrated and placed his hands parallel to his ears. Then, he sat down and spread his left leg, placing his left hand on his left knee, and raising his right elbow on his thigh. Then, he made a circle with his thumb and middle finger, and shaved off a section (of his hair). Then, I saw him saying, 'Thus,' and Zuhayr pointed with his index finger and closed two fingers together, and placed his thumb on the middle finger."  

أحمد:١٨٨٧٦حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ وَائِلَ بْنَ حُجْرٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَقَامَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ شِمَالَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ حِينَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا بِأُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ حِذَاءَ أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ فَافْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى فَخِذِهِ فِي صِفَةِ عَاصِمٍ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ حَدَّ مِرْفَقِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَقَبَضَ ثَلَاثِينَ وَحَلَّقَ حَلْقَةً ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُهُ يَقُولُ هَكَذَا وَأَشَارَ زُهَيْرٌ بِسَبَّابَتِهِ الْأُولَى وَقَبَضَ إِصْبَعَيْنِ وَحَلَّقَ الْإِبْهَامَ عَلَى السَّبَّابَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ  

darimi:1397Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah b. Qudāmah > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from my father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

"I said: 'I am going to watch how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prays.' So I watched him and he stood and said the takbir, and raised his hands until they were in the level with his ears, then he placed his right hand over his left hand, wrist and lower forearm. When he wanted to bow he raised his hands likewise. Then he prostrated and placed his hands in level with his ears. Then he sat up and placed his left leg under him; he put his left hand on his left thigh and knee, and he put the edge of his right elbow on his right thigh, then he held two of his fingers together and made a circle, and raised his forefinger, and I saw him moving it and supplicating with it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 889)   

الدارمي:١٣٩٧حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي أَنَّ وَائِلَ بْنَ حُجْرٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي؟ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَامَ فَكَبَّرَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا بِأُذُنَيْهِ وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى ظَهْرِ كَفِّهِ الْيُسْرَى قَالَ ثُمَّ لَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلَهَا فَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلَهَا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَجَعَلَ كَفَّيْهِ بِحِذَاءِ أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ فَافْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ وَرُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَجَعَلَ مِرْفَقَهُ الْأَيْمَنَ عَلَى فَخْذِهِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ قَبَضَ ثِنْتَيْنِ فَحَلَّقَ حَلْقَةً ثُمَّ رَفَعَ أُصْبُعَهُ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُحَرِّكُهَا يَدْعُو بِهَا قَالَ ثُمَّ جِئْتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي زَمَانٍ فِيهِ بَرْدٌ فَرَأَيْتُ عَلَى النَّاسِ جُلَّ الثِّيَابِ يُحَرِّكُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ الثِّيَابِ  

ibnhibban:1860al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Zāʾidah b. Qudāmah > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from my father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr al-Ḥaḍramī

"I said: 'I am going to watch how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prays.' So I watched him and he stood and said the takbir, and raised his hands until they were in the level with his ears, then he placed his right hand over his left hand, wrist and lower forearm. When he wanted to bow he raised his hands likewise. Then he prostrated and placed his hands in level with his ears. Then he sat up and placed his left leg under him; he put his left hand on his left thigh and knee, and he put the edge of his right elbow on his right thigh, then he held two of his fingers together and made a circle, and raised his forefinger, and I saw him moving it and supplicating with it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 889)   

ابن حبّان:١٨٦٠أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّ وَائِلَ بْنَ حُجْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيَّ

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ حِينَ قَامَ «فَكَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى ظَهْرِ كَفِّهِ الْيُسْرَى وَالرُّسْغِ وَالسَّاعِدِ ثُمَّ لَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلَهَا ثُمَّ رَكَعَ فَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلَهَا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَجَعَلَ كَفَّيْهِ بِحِذَاءِ أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَافْتَرَشَ فَخِذَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَجَعَلَ حَدَّ مِرْفَقِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَعَقَدَ ثِنْتَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِهِ وَحَلَّقَ حَلْقَةً ثُمَّ رَفَعَ إِصْبَعَهُ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُحَرِّكُهَا يَدْعُو بِهَا» ثُمَّ جِئْتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي زَمَانٍ فِيهِ بَرْدٌ فَرَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهِمْ جُلُّ الثِّيَابِ تَتَحَرَّكُ أَيْدِيهِمْ تَحْتَ الثِّيَابِ  

ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا كَانَ يُشِيرُ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي وَصَفْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:1945Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Yūsuf > Salm b. Junādah > Ibn Idrīs > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] We arrived in the city while they were shaking their hands from under their clothes. So I said, "Let me see the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said, "Then he started the takbeer until he opened the prayer, and raised his hands until I saw his thumbs near his ears." He said, "Then he took his left with his right. When he bowed, he raised his hands, and when he raised his head, he said, 'Allah hears whoever praises Him.' Then he made takbeer and raised his hands, then prostrated and placed his head between his hands in the place of his face. When he sat, he spread his feet and placed his right elbow on his right thigh, and held his pinky and the one next to it, and gathered his thumb with his middle finger, and raised the finger he uses for supplication."  

ابن حبّان:١٩٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَلْمُ بْنُ جُنَادَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يَنْفُضُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ الثِّيَابِ فَقُلْتُ لَأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «فَكَبَّرَ حَتَّى افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ إِبْهَامَيْهِ قَرِيبًا مِنْ أُذُنَيْهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ شِمَالَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَوَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ افْتَرَشَ قَدَمَيْهِ وَوَضَعَ مِرْفَقَهُ الْأَيْمَنَ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَقَبَضَ خِنْصَرَهُ وَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَ إِبْهَامِهِ وَالْوُسْطَى وَرَفَعَ الَّتِي تَلِيهَا يَدْعُو بِهَا»  

tabarani:18373al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Asad b. Mūsá > Qays b. al-Rabīʿ > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb al-Jarmī from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] I saw the Prophet ﷺ start the prayer by saying the takbeer, raising his hands, then taking his left hand with his right hand. When he wanted to bow, he said the takbeer, raised his hands, placed his palms on his knees, and spread his fingers. When he raised his head, he said the takbeer and raised his hands. When he prostrated, he placed his forehead between his palms, and straightened his fingers and toes. When he raised up, he raised his left leg and straightened his right leg and when he sat down, he placed his left hand on his left thigh and his right elbow on his right thigh, and closed his middle finger and the one next to it, and clenched the thumb, and pointed with his index finger to make his supplication.  

الطبراني:١٨٣٧٣حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ الْجَرْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ وَكَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ شِمَالَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ كَبَّرَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فَوَضَعَ رَاحَتَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَفَرَّجَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ كَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ فَلَمَّا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ جَبِينَهُ بَيْنَ كَفَّيْهِ وَنَصَبَ أَصَابِعَ رِجْلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ ثَنَّى رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَنَصَبَ أَصَابِعَ رِجْلَهِ الْيُمْنَى فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ مِرْفَقَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَعَقَدَ الْخِنْصَرَ وَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا وَحَلَّقَ بِالْوُسْطَى وَالْإِبْهَامِ وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ يَدْعُو بِهَا»  

tabarani:18374al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Asad b. Mūsá > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "I will memorize the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." When he began the prayer, he raised his hands until they were level with his ears, then he took his left hand with his right hand. When he said the takbeer for ruku', he also raised his hands as he did for the takbeer of the prayer. When he bowed, he placed his hands on his knees. When he raised his head from ruku', he also raised his hands. When he sat for the tashahhud, he rested his left foot on the ground and sat on it, placing his left palm on his left thigh and his right forearm on his right thigh, making a ring with his fingers using his thumb and middle finger, and then he raised his other hand and made du'a with it.  

الطبراني:١٨٣٧٤حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ لَأَحْفَظَنَّ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ كَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا بِأُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ شِمَالَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَلَمَّا كَبَّرَ لِلرُّكُوعِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ أَيْضًا كَمَا رَفَعَهُمَا لِتَكْبِيرَةِ الصَّلَاةِ فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ وَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ أَيْضًا فَلَمَّا قَعَدَ يَتَشَهَّدُ افْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى بِالْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ عَلَيْهَا فَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْأَيْسَرَ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ مِرْفَقَهُ الْأَيْمَنَ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ عَقَدَ أَصَابِعَهُ وَجَعَلَ حَلْقَةً بِالْإِبْهَامِ وَالْوُسْطَى ثُمَّ جَعَلَ يَدْعُو بِالْأُخْرَى  

tabarani:18376[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr [Chain 2] Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Zāʾidah > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] I said, "I will look at the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and see how he prays." So I looked at him, and he said the takbeer (Allahu Akbar) and raised his hands until they reached his ears. Then he placed his right hand on the back of his left hand, between his wrist and forearm. Then, when he wanted to bow, he raised his hands in the same manner and placed his hands on his knees. Then he raised his head and raised his hands in the same manner. Then he prostrated and placed his hands next to his ears. Then he sat and stretched his left leg and placed his left hand, with his right arm's elbow resting on his right thigh. Then he closed two of his fingers and made a ring, and then he raised his index finger, and I saw him moving it, supplicating with it. Then, after that, I came in a time when it was cold, and I saw people with most of their clothes moving their hands under their clothes." And the wording is from the hadith of Mu'awiyah ibn 'Amr.  

الطبراني:١٨٣٧٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَا ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ «لَأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَكَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا بِأُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى ظَهْرِ كَفَّهِ الْيُسْرَى بَيْنَ الرُّسْغِ وَالسَّاعِدِ ثُمَّ لَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلَهَا وَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلَهَا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَجَعَلَ كَفَّيْهِ حِذَاءَ أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ وَافْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى وَجَعَلَ حَدَّ مِرْفَقِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ قَبَضَ ثِنْتَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِهِ وَحَلَّقَ حَلْقَةً ثُمَّ رَفَعَ أُصْبُعَهُ وَرَأَيْتُهُ يُحَرِّكُهَا يَدْعُو بِهَا ثُمَّ جِئْتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي زَمَانٍ فِيهِ بُرْدٌ فَرَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهِمْ جُلُّ الثِّيَابِ يُحَرِّكُ أَيْدِيهِمْ مِنْ تَحْتِ الثِّيَابِ» وَاللَّفْظُ لِحَدِيثِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو  

tabarani:18378ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Ghassān Mālik b. Ismāʿīl > Zuhayr > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] He informed me, so I said, "I will observe the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ how he prays." He then stood up and raised his hands until they were level with his ears. Then he took his left hand with his right hand, and when he intended to bow, he raised his hands until they reached level with his ears. Then he placed his palms on his knees. Then he raised his hands like that again. Then he prostrated, placed his hands next to his ears, and prostrated again, placing his hands next to his ears. Then he sat and stretched out his left leg and placed his left hand on his left knee, then he placed his right forearm on his right thigh, and closed his fist. Then I saw him say, "Thus (he demonstrated it) and raised his index finger."  

الطبراني:١٨٣٧٨حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو غَسَّانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا زُهَيْرٌ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ وَائِلَ بْنَ حُجْرٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ قُلْتُ «لَأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَقَامَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا بِأُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ شِمَالَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ ثُمَّ حِينَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا بِأُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ حِذَاءَ أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ حِذَاءَ أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ فَافْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ وَضَعَ حَدَّ مِرْفَقَهُ الْأَيْمَنِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَقَبَضَ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَحَلَّقَ حَلْقَةَ ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُهُ يَقُولُ هَكَذَا وَرَفَعَ زُهَيْرٌ أُصْبُعَهُ الْمُسَبِّحَةَ»  

tabarani:18380Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná And ʾAbū Muslim al-Kashhī > Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] "I said, 'I will watch how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prays.' So, he faced the qibla (direction of prayer) and raised his hands until they reached his ears. Then, he took his left hand with his right hand. When he wanted to bow, he raised them both like that, then placed his hands on his knees. When he raised his head from the bowing position, he raised them both like that. When he prostrated, he placed his head in that position in front of him.'"  

الطبراني:١٨٣٨٠حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَأَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ قَالَا ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

«قُلْتُ لَأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا بِأُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ شِمَالَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَهُمَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ رَفَعَهُمَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ بِذَلِكَ الْمَنْزِلِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ»  

tabarani:18384[Chain 1] al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Asad b. Mūsá [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī

[Machine] I said, "I will look at the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , how he prays." He stood up and faced the qibla, then he said the takbeer and raised his hands until they reached his ears. Then he placed his right hand over his left hand, and then he bowed and raised his hands until they reached his ears. Then he placed his palms on his knees, and raised his head and his hands until they reached his ears. Then he prostrated and placed his head between his palms, and then he prayed another rak'ah like the first one. Then he sat down and placed his left foot under him, and then he made supplication and placed his left hand on his left knee and his right hand on his right knee, and he supplicated with his index finger."  

الطبراني:١٨٣٨٤حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ قَالَ

قُلْتُ «لَأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَقَامَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَكَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَى بِهِمَا أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَبَضَ بِالْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ رَكَعَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فَحَاذَى بِهِمَا أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فَحَاذَى بِهِمَا أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَوَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ بَيْنَ كَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَةً أُخْرَى مِثْلَهَا ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَافْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ دَعَا وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَكَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَدَعَا بِالسَّبَّابَةِ»  

nasai-kubra:1189Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

I purposely looked at the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, how he offered it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up, faced the direction of the qiblah and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and then raised his hands in front of his ears, then placed his right hand on his left (catching each other). When he was about to bow, he raised them in the same manner. He then placed his hands on his knees. When he raised his head after bowing, he raised them in the like manner. When he prostrated himself he placed his forehead between his hands. He then sat down and spread his left foot and placed his left hand on his left thigh, and kept his right elbow aloof from his right thigh. He closed his two fingers and made a circle (with the fingers). I (Asim ibn Kulayb) saw him (Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal) say in this manner. Bishr made the circle with the thumb and the middle finger and pointed with the forefinger. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 726)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٨٩أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لَأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَى بِأُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ شِمَالَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَهُمَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ رَفَعَهُمَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا سَجَدَ وَضْعَ رَأْسَهُ بِذَلِكَ الْمَنْزِلِ مِنْ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَافْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَحَّدَ مَرْفَقَهُ الْأَيْمَنَ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَقَبَضَ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَحَلَّقَ وَرَأَيْتُهُ يَقُولُ هَكَذَا وَأَشَارَ بِشْرٌ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ مِنَ الْيُمْنَى وَحَلَّقَ الْإِبْهَامَ وَالْوُسْطَى»  

nasai-kubra:965Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Zāʾidah > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from my father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

"I said: 'I am going to watch how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prays.' So I watched him and he stood and said the takbir, and raised his hands until they were in the level with his ears, then he placed his right hand over his left hand, wrist and lower forearm. When he wanted to bow he raised his hands likewise. Then he prostrated and placed his hands in level with his ears. Then he sat up and placed his left leg under him; he put his left hand on his left thigh and knee, and he put the edge of his right elbow on his right thigh, then he held two of his fingers together and made a circle, and raised his forefinger, and I saw him moving it and supplicating with it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 889)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّ وَائِلَ بْنَ حُجْرٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ «قُلْتُ لَأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَامَ فَكَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا بِأُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ وَضْعَ يَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى كَفِّهِ الْيُسْرَى وَالرُّسْغِ وَالسَّاعِدِ ثُمَّ لَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَثَلَهَا» قَالَ «وَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ لَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَثَلَهَا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَجَعَلَ كَفَّيْهِ بِحِذَاءِ أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ وَافْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ وَرُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَجَعَلَ حَدَّ مِرْفَقِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ قَبَضَ اثْنَتَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِهِ وَحَلَّقَ حَلَقَةً ثُمَّ رَفَعَ إصْبُعَهُ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُحَرِّكُهَا يَدْعُو بِهَا»  

bayhaqi:2516Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ḍabbī > Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid / Ibn Ziyād > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr al-Khaḍramī

[Machine] I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I want to see how you pray." He faced the qibla, said takbeer, and raised his hands until they were in line with his shoulders. Then he took his left hand with his right hand. When he wanted to bow, he raised his hands until they were in line with his shoulders. When he bowed, he placed his hands on his knees. When he wanted to raise from the rukoo', he raised his hands until they were in line with his shoulders. When he prostrated, he placed his hands from his face in that position. When he sat, he placed his left foot under him and placed his left hand on his left thigh and placed his right elbow on his right thigh and clasped two fingers and pointed with the index finger. This was narrated by Sufyan Ath-Thawri, Shu'bah bin Al-Hajjaj, Abu Awana, Ghilan bin Jamih, Abu Al-Ahwas, Zaidah bin Qudamah, and a group of narrators from Aasim bin Kulayb, except that some of them said it was the height of his ears, and Ibn Uyaynah agreed with Abdul Wahid bin Ziyad in regards to the position of the shoulders.  

البيهقي:٢٥١٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زِيَادٍ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ الْخَضْرَمِيِّ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ لَأَنْظُرَنَّ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ وَكَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى كَانَتَا حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ شِمَالَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى كَانَتَا حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ وَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى كَانَتَا حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ فَلَمَّا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعَ فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ افْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ حَدَّ مِرْفَقِهِ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَعَقَدَ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَحَلَّقَ وَاحِدَةً وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَرَوَاهُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَشُعْبَةُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ وَأَبُو عَوَانَةَ وَغِيلَانُ بْنُ جَامِعٍ وَأَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ وَزَائِدَةُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ وَابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ وَجَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ إِلَّا أَنَّ بَعْضَهُمْ قَالَ حِذَاءَ أُذُنَيْهِ وَوَافَقَ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَبْدَ الْوَاحِدِ بْنَ زِيَادٍ فِي الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ  

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السيوطي:٥٩٧-١٥b

"عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حجْرٍ قَالَ: صَلَّيْتُ خَلفَ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ فَقُلتُ لأحْفَظَنَّ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ فَلَمَّا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ كبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى دَنَتَا مِنْ أُذُنَيْهِ، ثُمَّ أخَذَ شِمَالَهُ بِيَميِنهِ، فَلَمَّا كَبَّر لِلرُّكُوع رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ أيْضًا كَمَا رَفَعَهُمَا لِتَكْبِيرَةِ الصَّلَاةِ، فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ وَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى رُكبَتَيْهِ، فَلَمّا رَفَعَ رَأسَهُ مِن الرُّكُوع رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ أَيْضًا، فَلَمَّا قَعَدَ يَتَشَهَّدُ فَرَشَ قَدَمَهُ اليُسْرَى الأرْضَ وَجَلَسَ عَلَيْهَا وَوَضَعَ كفَّهُ اليُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ اليُسْرَى، وَوَضَعَ مِرْفَقَهُ الأيْمَنَ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ اليُمْنَى، وَعَقَدَ أَصَابِعَهُ وَجَعَلَهُ حَلَقَةً بالإبْهَام وَالوُسْطَى، ثُمَّ جَعَل يَدْعُو بِالأُخْرَى".  

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