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ahmad:22540 – Wakīʿ > Abū al-ʿUmays > ʿĀmir / Ibn ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr > al-Zuraqī > Abū Qatādah

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ used to place his right hand on his right thigh and point with his finger when sitting in prayer."  

أحمد:٢٢٥٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعُمَيْسِ عَنْ عَامِرٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنِ الزُّرَقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَضَعَ يَمِينَهُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Bayhaqī
nasai:1271 – Muḥammad 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:١٢٧١ – أَخْبَرَنِي 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:911 – Abū 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:٩١١ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

bayhaqi:2790 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn ʿAjlān > ʿĀmir b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr from his father

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ used to place his left hand on his left thigh, and his right hand on his right thigh, and he would point with his index finger without moving it beyond the level of his gaze."  

البيهقي:٢٧٩٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ أنبأ يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَكَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ السَّبَابَةِ لَا يُجَاوِزُ بَصَرُهُ إِشَارَتَهُ