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ahmad:15866Yaḥyá b. Ādam > ʿIṣām b. Qudāmah al-Bajalī > Mālik b. Numayr al-Khuzāʿī from his father

His father told him that he saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sitting when praying, putting his right forearm on his right thigh and raising his forefinger, which he had bent slightly, and he was supplicating. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1274)   

أحمد:١٥٨٦٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ الْبَجَلِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكُ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ فِي الصَّلَاةِ قَدْ وَضَعَ ذِرَاعَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى رَافِعًا بِأُصْبُعِهِ السَّبَّابَةِ قَدْ حَنَاهَا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ يَدْعُو  


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nasai:1274Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá al-Ṣūfī > Abū Nuʿaym > ʿIṣām b. Qudāmah al-Jadalī > Mālik b. Numayr al-Khuzāʿī from Ahl al-Baṣrah > Abāh

His father told him that he saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sitting when praying, putting his right forearm on his right thigh and raising his forefinger, which he had bent slightly, and he was supplicating.  

النسائي:١٢٧٤أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الصُّوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ الْجَدَلِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكُ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَاعِدًا فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَاضِعًا ذِرَاعَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى رَافِعًا أُصْبُعَهُ السَّبَّابَةَ قَدْ أَحْنَاهَا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ يَدْعُو  

abudawud:991ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Nufaylī > ʿUthmān / Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿIṣām b. Qudāmah from Banī Bujaylah > Mālik b. Numayr al-Khuzāʿī from his father

I saw the Prophet (peace be upon him placing his right hand on his right thigh and raising his forefinger curving it a little.  

أبو داود:٩٩١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ مِنْ بَنِي بُجَيْلَةَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَاضِعًا ذِرَاعَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى رَافِعًا أُصْبُعَهُ السَّبَّابَةَ قَدْ حَنَاهَا شَيْئًا  

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  

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمُصَلِّي عِنْدَ الْإِشَارَةِ الَّتِي وَصَفْنَاهَا أَنْ يَحْنِيَ سَبَّابَتَهُ قَلِيلًا

ibnhibban:1946Abū Yaʿlá > Mujāhid b. Mūsá al-Mukharrimī > Shuʿayb b. Ḥarb al-Madāʾinī > ʿIṣām b. Qudāmah al-Jadalī > Mālik b. Numayr al-Khuzāʿī from his father

His father told him that he saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sitting when praying, putting his right forearm on his right thigh and raising his forefinger, which he had bent slightly, and he was supplicating. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1274)   

ابن حبّان:١٩٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا مُجَاهِدُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْمُخَرِّمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ الْمَدَائِنِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ الْجَدَلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّهُ «رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَاضِعًا الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى رَافِعًا أُصْبُعَهُ السَّبَّابَةَ قَدْ حَنَاهَا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ يَدْعُو»  

nasai-kubra:1198Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá al-Ṣūfī > Abū Nuʿaym > ʿIṣām b. Qudāmah al-Jadalī > Mālik b. Numayr al-Khuzāʿī from Ahl al-Baṣrah > Abāh

His father told him that he saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sitting when praying, putting his right forearm on his right thigh and raising his forefinger, which he had bent slightly, and he was supplicating. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1274)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الصُّوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ الْجَدَلِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكُ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «قَاعِدًا فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَاضِعًا ذِرَاعَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى رَافِعًا إِصْبُعَهُ السَّبَّابَةَ قَدْ أَحْنَاهَا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ يَدْعُو»  

bayhaqi:2785Abū Saʿīd Muḥammad b. Mūsá b. al-Faḍl > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ṣaffār al-Aṣbahānī > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Birtī al-Qāḍī > Abū Nuʿaym al-Faḍl b. Dukayn > ʿIṣām b. Qudāmah al-Bajalī > Mālik b. Numayr al-Khuzāʿī from Ahl al-Baṣrah from his father

I saw the Prophet (peace be upon him placing his right hand on his right thigh and raising his forefinger curving it a little. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 991)   

البيهقي:٢٧٨٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ الْفَضْلِ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الصَّفَّارُ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبِرْتِيُّ الْقَاضِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ الْبَجَلِيُّ ثنا مَالِكُ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَاعِدًا فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَاضِعًا ذِرَاعَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى رَافِعًا إِصْبَعَهُ السَّبَابَةَ قَدْ أَحْنَاهَا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ يَدْعُو  

suyuti:589-4bMālik b. Numayr al-Khuzāʿiá from Ahl al-Baṣrah from his father
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السيوطي:٥٨٩-٤b

"عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ الْخُزَاعِى مِنْ أَهْلِ البَصْرَةِ أَنَّ أَبَاه حَدَّثَهُ أنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ الله ﷺ قَاعِدًا في الصَّلَاةِ، وَاضِعًا ذِرَاعَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ اليُمْنَى، رَافِعًا أُصْبُعَهُ السَّبَّابَةَ قَدْ حَنَّاهَا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ يَدْعُو".  

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