[Machine] He was sitting with a group of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ. He said, "We mentioned the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Abu Humaid Al-Sa'idi said, "I used to memorize the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I saw that when he said the takbeer, he would place his hands parallel to his shoulders. And when he bowed, he would put his hands on his knees. Then he would straighten his back when he raised his head until every bone returned to its place. And when he prostrated, he would place his hands on the ground without spreading or clasping them. And he would face the tips of his fingers with the ends of his toes. And when he sat between the two prostrations, he would front his left foot and sit on his left foot. And when he sat in the last sitting, he would put forward his left foot and sit on his buttocks."  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ جَالِسًا مَعَ نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فَذَكَرْنَا صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَبُو حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ أَنَا كُنْتُ أَحْفَظَكُمْ لِصَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَأَيْتُهُ إِذَا كَبَّرَ جَعَلَ يَدَيْهِ حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَكَعَ أَمْكَنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنْ رُكْبَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ هَصَرَ ظَهْرَهُ فَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ اسْتَوَى حَتَّى يَعُودَ كُلُّ فَقَارٍ مَكَانَهُ وَإِذَا سَجَدَ وَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ غَيْرَ مُفْتَرِشٍ وَلَا قَابِضِهِمَا وَاسْتَقْبَلَ بِأَطْرَافِ أَصَابِعِ رِجْلَيْهِ وَإِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَدَّمَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ عَلَى رِجْلِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَإِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْآخِرَةِ قَدَّمَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَجَلَسَ عَلَى مَقْعَدَتِهِ  

[Machine] In its text, when he sits in the first two positions, he sits on his left foot and raises his right foot. And when he sits in the last position, he sits on his heel and places the belly of his left foot against the thigh of his right leg, and raises his right foot. Abu Amr Al-Adibi informed us, Abu Bakr Al-Isma'ili informed us, Al-Qasim ibn Zakariya narrated to us, Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad narrated to us, Shababa narrated to us, Lait ibn Sa'd mentioned him, except that he excluded Ibn Halhala from his chain of narrators.  

فِي مَتْنِهِ فَإِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ جَلَسَ عَلَى قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَنَصَبَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُمْنَى وَإِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ جَلَسَ عَلَى إِلْيَتِهِ وَجَعَلَ بَطْنَ قَدَمَيْهِ الْيُسْرَى عِنْدَ مَأْبِضِ فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَنَصَبَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُمْنَى أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أنبأ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا شَبَابَةُ ثنا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ فَذَكَرَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ أَسْقَطَ مِنْ إِسْنَادِهِ ابْنَ حَلْحَلَةَ  

I was sitting in the company( of the Companions). He then narrated this tradition saying: When he(the Prophet) sat up after two rak’ahs, he sat on the sole of his left foot and raised his left foot. When he sat up after four rak’ahs, he placed his left hip on the ground and put out his both feet on one side. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 965)   

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَعَدَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَعَدَ عَلَى بَطْنِ قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَنَصَبَ الْيُمْنَى فَإِذَا كَانَتِ الرَّابِعَةُ أَفْضَى بِوَرِكِهِ الْيُسْرَى إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَأَخْرَجَ قَدَمَيْهِ مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ  

"Abu Humaid, Abu Usaid, Sahl bin Sa'd, and Muhammad bin Maslamah were once together and they were mentioning the Salat of Messenger of Allah. Abu Humaid said: "I am the most knowledgeable among you of the Salat of Messenger of Allah: Indeed Messenger of Allah sat - meaning for Tashah-hud - he spread his left foot, and made the top of his right (foot) face the Qiblah, and he placed his right hand on his right knee, and his left hand on his left knee, and indicated with his finger - meaning the index finge.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 293)   

اجْتَمَعَ أَبُو حُمَيْدٍ وَأَبُو أُسَيْدٍ وَسَهْلُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ فَذَكَرُوا صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو حُمَيْدٍ أَنَا أَعْلَمُكُمْ بِصَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَافْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَأَقْبَلَ بِصَدْرِ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى قِبْلَتِهِ وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَكَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ وَهَذَا فِي التَّشَهُّدِ الْأَوَّلِ وَلَيْسَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ ذِكْرُ التَّشَهُّدِ الْأَخِيرِ  

[Machine] I heard Abu Humaid Al-Sa'idi speaking about ten companions of the Prophet ﷺ among them Abu Qatada. Abu Humaid said, "I know the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ very well," and then he mentioned the hadith in detail until he reached the part where, during the prostration, the one who offers the prayer extends his left leg and sits on his left hip. They all said, "Yes, this is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray," and this narration specifically refers to the final Tashahhud, but it does not mention the sitting posture in the first Tashahhud. Both Ibn Halhala and Muhammad bin Amr have preserved this narration. With the help of Allah, and as for the hadith of Abu Al-Jawzah from Aisha regarding the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he used to say the greetings in both units of prayer and he used to extend his left leg and keep his right leg upright. He used to discourage placing one foot over the other, and the hadith of Wail bin Hujr in the prayer of the Prophet ﷺ where he sat and extended his left leg, one of them is mentioned in the final Tashahhud and the other is mentioned in the first Tashahhud, relying on the Hadith of Abu Humaid Al-Sa'idi and his companions.  

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيَّ فِي عَشَرَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِيهِمْ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ قَالَ أَبُو حُمَيْدٍ أَنَا أَعْلَمُكُمْ بِصَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ وَفِيهِ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ فِي السَّجْدَةِ الَّتِي فِيهَا التَّسْلِيمُ أَخَّرَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى فَقَعَدَ مُتَوَرِّكًا عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْسَرِ فَقَالُوا جَمِيعًا صَدَقَ هَكَذَا كَانَ يُصَلِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهَذَا فِي التَّشَهُّدِ الْأَخِيرِ نَصًّا وَلَيْسَ فِي هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةِ كَيْفِيَّةُ الْجُلُوسِ فِي التَّشَهُّدِ الْأَوَّلِ وَقَدْ حَفِظِهُمَا جَمِيعًا ابْنُ حَلْحَلَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَلَى مَا مَضَى وَبِاللهِ التَّوْفِيقُ وَأَمَّا حَدِيثُ أَبِي الْجَوْزَاءِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ فِي صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ التَّحِيَّةَ وَكَانَ يَفْرِشُ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَيَنْصِبُ رِجْلَهُ الْيُمْنَى وَكَانَ يَنْهَى عَنْ عَقِبِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَحَدِيثُ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ فِي صَلَاةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَافْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى فَأَحَدُهُمَا وَارِدٌ فِي التَّشَهُّدِ الْآخِرِ وَالثَّانِي وَارِادٌ فِي التَّشَهُّدِ الْأَوَّلِ بِالِاسْتِدْلَالِ بِحَدِيثِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ وَأَصْحَابِهِ  

I saw ʿAbdullah bin ʿUmar crossing his legs while sitting in the prayer and I, a mere youngster in those days, did the same. Ibn ʿUmar forbade me to do so, and said, "The proper way is to keep the right foot propped up and bend the left in the prayer." I said questioningly, "But you are doing so (crossing the legs)." He said, "My feet cannot bear my weight." (Using translation from Bukhārī 827)   

أَنْ تَنْصِبَ رِجْلَكَ الْيُمْنَى وَتَثْنِيَ الْيُسْرَى فَقُلْتُ إِنَّكَ تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رِجْلِيَّ لَا تَحْمِلَانِي  

"I heard Al-Qasim saying: "Abdullah bin 'Abdullah informed me that he heard 'Abdullah bin 'Umar saying: "From the Sunnah of the prayer is to lay your left foot on the ground, and raise your right foot." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 959)   

أَنْ تُضْجِعَ رِجْلَكَ الْيُسْرَى وَتَنْصُبَ الْيُمْنَى  

[Machine] He informed me that his father used to do that.  

وَحَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ أَبَاهُ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ