Abu Qilaba said, "Malik bin Huwairith came to us and led us in the prayer in this mosque of ours and said, 'I lead you in prayer but I do not want to offer the prayer but just to show you how Allah's Apostle performed his prayers." I asked Abu Qilaba, "How was the prayer of Malik bin Huwairith?" He replied, "Like the prayer of this Sheikh of ours-- i.e. ʿAmr bin Salima." That Sheikh used to pronounce the Takbir perfectly and when he raised his head from the second prostration he would sit for a while and then support himself on the ground and get up. (Using translation from Bukhārī 824)   

أَنْ أُرِيَكُمْ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي قَالَ أَيُّوبُ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي قِلَابَةَ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ يَعْنِي صَلَاتَهُ؟ قَالَ مِثْلَ صَلَاةِ شَيْخِنَا هَذَا يَعْنِي عَمْرَو بْنَ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَيُّوبُ وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ الشَّيْخُ يُتِمُّ التَّكْبِيرَ وَكَانَ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السَّجْدَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ جَلَسَ ثُمَّ اعْتَمَدَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ  

[Machine] "To teach you as I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray," he said. He mentioned that when he raised his head from prostration, meaning in the first unit of prayer, he sat down, then stood and relied on the ground. 2761 Abu Zakariya ibn Abi Ishaq al-Muzakki informed us, Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub informed us, al-Rabi' ibn Sulayman informed us, al-Shafi'i informed us, from Abdul Wahab, from Khalid al-Hadda, from Abu Qilabah in a similar manner, except that he said, "Malik used to sit down when he raised his head from the last prostration in the first unit of prayer, then stood and relied on the ground."  

أَنْ أُعَلِّمَكُمْ كَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي قَالَ فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ حَيْثُ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السَّجْدَةِ يَعْنِي فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى اسْتَوَى قَاعِدًا ثُمَّ قَامَ وَاعْتَمَدَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ 2761 أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبأ عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ بِنَحْوِهِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَكَانَ مَالِكٌ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السَّجْدَةِ الْأَخِيرَةِ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى سْتَوَى قَاعِدًا قَامَ وَاعْتَمَدَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ  

[Machine] Indeed, it is not a tradition of prayer, but rather I do it because I complain.  

إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِسُنَّةِ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِنَّمَا أَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنِّي أَشْتَكِي  

[Machine] He went down into prostration, then when he rose from the final prostration, he stood up as he usually does. When he finished, I mentioned that to him, so he said, "Abdul-Rahman bin Yazid informed me that he saw Abdullah bin Mas'ood standing on the soles of his feet during prayer." Al-A'mash said, "So I narrated this Hadith to Ibrahim an-Nakha'i, and he said, 'Abdul-Rahman bin Yazid informed me that he saw Abdullah bin Mas'ood doing that.'" So I narrated it to Khaythamah bin Abdur-Rahman, and he said, "I saw Ibn Umar standing on the soles of his feet." So I narrated it to Muhammad bin Abdullah ath-Thaqafi, and he said, "I saw Abdul-Rahman bin Abi Layla standing on the soles of his feet." So I narrated it to Atiyyah al-Awfi, and he said, "I saw Ibn Umar, Ibn Abbas, Ibn az-Zubayr, and Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri standing on the soles of their feet during prayer."  

رَكَعَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَلَمَّا قَامَ مِنَ السَّجْدَةِ الْأَخِيرَةِ قَامَ كَمَا هُوَ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ ذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَنَّهُ رَأَى عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُومُ عَلَى صُدُورِ قَدَمَيْهِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيَّ فَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَنَّهُ رَأَى عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ خَيْثَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُومُ عَلَى صُدُورِ قَدَمَيْهِ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ الثَّقَفِيَّ فَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى يَقُومُ عَلَى صُدُورِ قَدَمَيْهِ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ عَطِيَّةَ الْعَوْفِيَّ فَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ وَابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ وَأَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ ؓ يَقُومُونَ عَلَى صُدُورِ أَقْدَامِهِمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ  

[Machine] It is not part of the Sunnah of prayer, but he did it in order to complain, and the gift of Awfiyah cannot be used as evidence.  

أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ سُنَّةِ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِنَّمَا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ يَشْتَكِي وَعَطِيَّةُ الْعَوْفِيُّ لَا يُحْتَجُّ بِهِ