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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  


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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: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  

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  

darimi:1277Abū Nuʿaym > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil from his father

[Machine] "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placing his right hand over his left hand, close to the wrist."  

الدارمي:١٢٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى قَرِيبًا مِنَ الرُّسْغِ»  

tabarani:870Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Tustarī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd b. ʿAqīl > Yaḥyá b. Ghaylān > al-Haytham b. ʿAdī > Abūk Ghaylān b. ʿAbdullāh from his father from his grandfather Asmāʾ b. Ḥārithah

[Machine] "I saw the Prophet (PBUH) placing his hand, which I saw on his thigh, and pointing with his finger during the Tashahhud."  

الطبراني:٨٧٠حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ غَيْلَانَ ثنا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ ثنا أَبُوكَ غَيْلَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَسْمَاءَ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَاضِعًا يَدَهُ أُرَاهُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ يُشِيرُ بِأُصْبُعِهِ فِي التَّشَهُّدِ»  

tabarani:18346ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān al-Ḥimṣī > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > Yūnus b. Abū Isḥāq > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil from his father

[Machine] "I saw the messenger of Allah ﷺ placing his right hand on his left hand during prayer, close to the wrist."  

الطبراني:١٨٣٤٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى فِي الصَّلَاةِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ الرُّسْغِ»  

nasai-kubra:1195Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmmār al-Mawṣilī > al-Muʿāfá > ʿIṣām b. Qudāmah > Mālik / Ibn 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.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 911)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٩٥أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ الْمَوصِلِيِّ عَنِ الْمُعَافَى عَنْ عِصَامِ بْنِ قُدَامَةَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «وَاضِعًا يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى فِي الصَّلَاةِ يُشِيرُ بِإِصْبُعِهِ»