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muslim:579aMuḥammad b. Maʿmar b. Ribʿī al-Qaysī > Abū Hishām al-Makhzūmī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid / Ibn Ziyād > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > ʿĀmir b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr from his father

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat in prayer. he placed the left foot between his thigh and shank and stretched the right foot and placed his left hand on his left knee and placed his right hand on his right thigh, and raised his finger.  

مسلم:٥٧٩aحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ الْقَيْسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَامِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَعَدَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ جَعَلَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُسْرَى بَيْنَ فَخِذِهِ وَسَاقِهِ وَفَرَشَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُمْنَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ  


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Collected by Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī
muslim:579b[Chain 1] Qutaybah > Layth > Ibn ʿAjlān [Chain 2] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar > Ibn ʿAjlān > ʿĀmir b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr from his father

'Abdullah b. Zubair narrated on the authority of his father that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat for supplication, i. e. tashahhud (blessing and supplication), he placed his right hand on his right thigh and his left hand on his left thigh, and pointed with his forefinger, and placed his thumb on his (milddle) finger, and covered his knee with the palm of his left hand..  

مسلم:٥٧٩bحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَعَدَ يَدْعُو وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَيَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ السَّبَّابَةِ وَوَضَعَ إِبْهَامَهُ عَلَى إِصْبَعِهِ الْوُسْطَى وَيُلْقِمُ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى رُكْبَتَهُ  

abudawud:988Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Bazzāz > ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > ʿĀmir b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr from his father

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat during the prayer( at the tashahhud), he placed his left foot under his right thigh and shin and spread his right foot and placed his left hand on his left knee and placed his right hand on his right thigh, and he pointed with his forefinger.  

أبو داود:٩٨٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ الْبَزَّازُ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَامِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَعَدَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ جَعَلَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُسْرَى تَحْتَ فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَسَاقِهِ وَفَرَشَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُمْنَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ وَأَرَانَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ  

tabarani:13893al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Ḥimmānī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > ʿĀmir b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr from his father

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ used to sit in prayer and place his left foot between his thigh and calf. He would place his left hand on his left thigh and his right hand on his right thigh."  

الطبراني:١٣٨٩٣حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْحِمَّانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى بَيْنَ فَخِذِهِ وَسَاقِهِ وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى»  

bayhaqi:2782[Chain 1] Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Muḥammad b. Ghālib > Mūsá > Ibn Ismāʿīl > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > Ibn Ziyād [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAmr b. Abū Jaʿfar > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Yūnus > Muḥammad b. Maʿmar b. Ribʿī > Abū Hishām al-Makhzūmī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > ʿĀmir b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to place his left foot between his thigh and his calf when he sat in prayer, and he would spread out his right foot, placing his left hand on his left knee, and his right hand on his right knee. He would point with his finger to indicate the words of the narration of Abu Abdullah and in the narration of Ibn Abadan, he would place his right hand on his right knee and point with one finger.  

البيهقي:٢٧٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ غَالِبٍ ثنا مُوسَى هُوَ ابْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ هُوَ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُونُسَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ ثنا أَبُو هِشَامٍ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ ثنا عَامِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَعَدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ جَعَلَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُسْرَى بَيْنَ فَخِذِهِ وَسَاقِهُ وَفَرَشَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُمْنَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ وَفِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبْدَانَ وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعٍ وَاحِدَةٍ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ