21. Actions while Praying

٢١۔ كتاب العمل فى الصلاة

21.1 To take the help of the hands while offering Salat

٢١۔١ باب اسْتِعَانَةِ الْيَدِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ إِذَا كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الصَّلاَةِ

[Machine] Ibn Abbas said, "A man does not seek assistance in his prayer from his own body as he pleases." Abu Ishaq placed his Qalansuwa (head covering) during the prayer and lifted it. Ali put his left hand on his left knee, except when he would wipe away mud or fix his garment.

وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ مَا يَسْتَعِينُ الرَّجُلُ فِي صَلاَتِهِ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ بِمَا شَاءَ. وَوَضَعَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ قَلَنْسُوَتَهُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَرَفَعَهَا. وَوَضَعَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ كَفَّهُ عَلَى رُصْغِهِ الأَيْسَرِ، إِلاَّ أَنْ يَحُكَّ جِلْدًا أَوْ يُصْلِحَ ثَوْبًا.

bukhari:1198ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Makhramah b. Sulaymān > Kurayb a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās > Bāt ʿInd Maymūnah And h Khālatuh > Fāḍṭajaʿt

ʿAbdullah bin ʿAbbas said that he had passed a night in the house of Maimuna the mother of the faithful believers , who was his aunt. He said, "I slept across the bed, and Messenger of Allah ﷺ along with his wife slept lengthwise. Messenger of Allah ﷺ slept till midnight or slightly before or after it. Then Allah's Apostle woke up, sat, and removed the traces of sleep by rubbing his hands over his face. Then he recited the last ten verses of Surat-Al ʿImran (2). Then he went towards a hanging leather watercontainer and performed a perfect ablution and then stood up for prayer." ʿAbdullah bin ʿAbbas added, "I got up and did the same as Messenger of Allah ﷺ had done and then went and stood by his side. Messenger of Allah ﷺ then put his right hand over my head and caught my right ear and twisted it. He offered two rakʿat, then two rakʿat, then two rakʿat, then two rakʿat, then two rakʿat, then two rakʿat and then offered one rakʿa witr. Then he lay down till the Mu'adh-dhin came and then he prayed two light rakʿat and went out and offered the early morning (Fajr) prayer."  

البخاري:١١٩٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ مَخْرَمَةَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّهُ بَاتَ عِنْدَ مَيْمُونَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؓ وَهْىَ خَالَتُهُ قَالَ فَاضْطَجَعْتُ عَلَى عَرْضِ الْوِسَادَةِ وَاضْطَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَهْلُهُ فِي طُولِهَا فَنَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى انْتَصَفَ اللَّيْلُ أَوْ قَبْلَهُ بِقَلِيلٍ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ بِقَلِيلٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَلَسَ فَمَسَحَ النَّوْمَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ الْعَشْرَ آيَاتٍ خَوَاتِيمَ سُورَةِ آلِ عِمْرَانَ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى شَنٍّ مُعَلَّقَةٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهَا فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ فَقُمْتُ فَصَنَعْتُ مِثْلَ مَا صَنَعَ ثُمَّ ذَهَبْتُ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَوَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى رَأْسِي وَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِي الْيُمْنَى يَفْتِلُهَا بِيَدِهِ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ حَتَّى جَاءَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَصَلَّى الصُّبْحَ