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bayhaqi:2721Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > Saʿdān b. Naṣr > Sufyān / Ibn ʿUyaynah > Sumay > al-Nuʿmān b. Abū ʿAyyāsh

[Machine] People complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about relying on support and leaning in prayer. He granted them permission to seek assistance by placing both elbows on their knees or thighs, and likewise...  

البيهقي:٢٧٢١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ سُمَيٍّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ قَالَ

شَكَوْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الِاعْتِمَادَ وَالْإِدِّعَامَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَرَخَّصَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَعِينَ الرَّجُلُ بِمِرْفَقَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ أَوْ فَخِذَيْهِ وَكَذَلِكَ  

رَوَاهُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ سُمَيٍّ 26 عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ شَكَا أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَهُ مُرْسَلًا قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ بِإِرْسَالِهِ