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ahmad:15370Jarīr > Manṣūr > Rāshid Abū Saʿd > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abzá from his father

[Machine] The translation of the passage is: "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to sit during prayer, he would supplicate and place his right hand on his thigh. Then he would point with his finger while supplicating."  

أحمد:١٥٣٧٠حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ رَاشِدٍ أَبِي سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَدَعَا وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ثُمَّ كَانَ يُشِيرُ بِأُصْبُعِهِ إِذَا دَعَا  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
nasai:1271Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmmār al-Mawṣilī > al-Muʿāfá > ʿIṣām b. Qudāmah > Mālik / Ibn Numayr al-Khuzāʿī from his father

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ putting his right hand on his right thigh when praying and pointing with his finger."  

النسائي:١٢٧١أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ عَنِ الْمُعَافَى عَنْ عِصَامِ بْنِ قُدَامَةَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَاضِعًا يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَيُشِيرُ بِأُصْبُعِهِ  

ibnmajah:911Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > ʿIṣām b. Qudāmah > Mālik b. Numayr al-Khuzāʿī from his father

“I saw the Prophet ﷺ putting his right hand on his right thigh during prayer, and pointing with his finger.”  

ابن ماجة:٩١١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ عِصَامِ بْنِ قُدَامَةَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَاضِعًا يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَيُشِيرُ بَإِصْبَعِهِ  

ahmad:15867Wakīʿ > ʿIṣām b. Qudāmah > Mālik b. Numayr al-Khuzāʿiyyiʿan Abīh

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ putting his right hand on his right thigh when praying and pointing with his finger." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1271)  

أحمد:١٥٨٦٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّعَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَاضِعًا يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى فِي الصَّلَاةِ يُشِيرُ بِأُصْبُعِهِ