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bayhaqi:2809Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar al-Qaṭīʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > ʿAbd al-Razzāq Fadhakarah Biʾisnādih

[Machine] "And in the text of the hadith, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that when a man sits in prayer, he should lean on his left hand. This is the wording of the hadith from Abdullah bin Ahmad. In another narration from Abu Dawood, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade a man from sitting in prayer while leaning on his hand. These are the most clear narrations, and the narration of Ibn Abdul Malik does not contradict them, even if it is clearer than them. And the narration of Ibn Abdul Malik is doubtful, and what indicates that the narration of Ahmad bin Hanbal is intended in this hadith is that Hisham bin Yusuf narrates it."  

البيهقي:٢٨٠٩وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَطِيعِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ فَذَكَرَهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ

وَقَالَ فِي مَتْنِ الْحَدِيثِ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا جَلَسَ الرَّجُلُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ أَنْ يَعْتَمِدَ عَلَى يَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى هَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ الرَّجُلُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَهُوَ مُعْتَمِدٌ عَلَى يَدِهِ وَهَذَا أَبَيْنُ الرِّوَايَاتِ وَرِوَايَةُ غَيْرِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ لَا تُخَالِفُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَبْيَنَ مِنْهَا وَرِوَايَةُ ابْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ وَهْمٌ وَالَّذِي يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ رِوَايَةَ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ هِيَ الْمُرَادُ بِالْحَدِيثِ أَنَّ هِشَامَ بْنَ يُوسُفَ  

رَوَاهُ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ كَذَلِكَ