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malik:15-39Yaḥyá > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Rānī ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Yahya related to me from Malik that Abdullah ibn Dinar said, "Abdullah ibn Umar saw me when I was making dua and I was pointing with two fingers, one from each hand, and he forbade me."  

مالك:١٥-٣٩حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ قَالَ رَآنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ

وَأَنَا أَدْعُو وَأُشِيرُ بِأَصْبُعَيْنِ أَصْبُعٍ مِنْ كُلِّ يَدٍ فَنَهَانِي