[Machine] "From Abu al-Walid"  

عَنْ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ  

[Machine] I prayed next to Saad, and I cupped my hands and placed them between my thighs. Then I struck my hands, and he said. Then I prayed again next to him, and I cupped my hands and placed them between my thighs. He struck my hands and said, "O my son, we used to do this, and we were commanded to strike with the palms on the knees."  

صَلَّيْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِ سَعْدٍ فَطَبَّقْتُ بِيَدِيَّ فَجَعَلْتُهُمَا بَيْنَ رُكْبَتِيَّ فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِيَّ قَالَ ثُمَّ صَلَّيْتُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَطَبَّقْتُ بِيَدِيَّ فَجَعَلْتُهُمَا بَيْنَ رُكْبَتِيَّ قَالَ فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِيَّ وَقَالَ يَا بُنِيَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَفْعَلُ هَذَا فَأُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَضْرِبَ بِالْأَكُفِّ عَلَى الرُّكَبِ  

[Machine] I used to pray by the side of my father, and when I went into the bowing position, I said "like this" and he placed his hands between his knees. Then, after finishing the prayer, he said, "We used to do this, but then we were ordered to raise our hands up to the shoulders."  

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي إِلَى جَنْبِ أَبِي فَلَمَّا رَكَعْتُ قُلْتُ كَذَا وَطَبَّقَ يَدَيْهِ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ كُنَّا نَفْعَلُ هَذَا ثُمَّ أُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَرْفَعَ إِلَى الرُّكَبِ  

"It is established for you to hold the knees, so hold the knees." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1034)   

يَا أيُّهَا النَّاسُ سُنَّتْ لَكُمُ الرُّكَبُ فَأَمْسِكُوا بِالرُّكَبِ  

" 'Umar said: 'The Sunnah is to hold the knees.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1035)   

عُمَرُ ؓ إِنَّ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ الْأَخْذَ بِالرُّكَبِ  

[Machine] I arrived in the city and began to perform prayer as the companions of Abdullah would do. I also performed the sujud. A man asked me, "O Abdullah, what makes you do this?" I said, "Abdullah used to do it and he mentioned that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do it." The man said, "Abdullah spoke the truth, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ may have done a certain action and then Allah revealed a different command to him. So observe what the Muslims are united upon and follow it." When I arrived, I stopped performing it. The scholar said, "This is what has been mentioned in the hadith of Abu Humaid Al-Saa'idi and others about the description of the Prophet's ﷺ ruku', and from that it is evident that the people of Medina are more knowledgeable about the abrogating and abrogated verses than the people of Kufa. And with Allah is the guidance."  

قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَجَعَلْتُ أُطْبِقُ كَمَا يُطْبِقُ أَصْحَابُ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَأَرْكَعُ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ مَا يَحْمِلُكَ عَلَى هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَفْعَلُهُ وَذَكَرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَفْعَلُهُ قَالَ صَدَقَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رُبَّمَا صَنَعَ الْأَمْرَ ثُمَّ أَحْدَثَ اللهُ لَهُ الْأَمْرَ الْآخَرَ فَانْظُرْ مَا اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فَاصْنَعْهُ قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ كَانَ لَا يُطْبِقُ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَهَذَا الَّذِي صَارَ الْأَمْرُ إِلَيْهِ مَوْجُودٌ فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ وَغَيْرِهِ فِي صِفَةِ رُكُوعِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَفِي ذَلِكَ مَا دَلَّ عَلَى أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَعْرَفُ بِالنَّاسِخِ وَالْمَنْسُوخِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ وَبِاللهِ التَّوْفِيقُ