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muslim:580c – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Muslim b. Abū Maryam > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muʿāwī > Rānī ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

'Abdullah b. Umar saw me playing with pebbles during prayer. After finishing the prayer he forbade me (to do it) and said: Do as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do. I said: How did Messenger of Allah ﷺ do? He said that he (the Messenger of Allah) sat at tashahhud, placed his right palm on the right thigh and closed all his fingers and pointed with the help of finger next to the thumb, and placed his left palm on his left thigh.  

مسلم:٥٨٠c – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُعَاوِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَآنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَأَنَا أَعْبَثُ بِالْحَصَى فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ نَهَانِي فَقَالَ

اصْنَعْ كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ فَقُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ قَالَ كَانَ إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَقَبَضَ أَصَابِعَهُ كُلَّهَا وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ الَّتِي تَلِي الإِبْهَامَ وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

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nasai:1267 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Muslim b. Abū Maryam > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Rānī Ibn ʿUmar

"Ibn Umar saw me playing with the pebbles while praying. When he finished (praying), he told me not to do that and said: 'Do what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do.' I said: 'What did he used to do?' He said: 'When he sat during the prayer, he placed his right hand on his thigh and clenched all his fingers, and pointed with the finger that is next to the thumb, and he put his left hand on his left thigh."  

النسائي:١٢٦٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ رَآنِي ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَأَنَا أَعْبَثُ بِالْحَصَى فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ نَهَانِي

وَقَالَ اصْنَعْ كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ قُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ قَالَ كَانَ إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ وَقَبَضَ يَعْنِي أَصَابِعَهُ كُلَّهَا وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ الَّتِي تَلِي الإِبْهَامَ وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

abudawud:987 – al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Muslim b. Abū Maryam > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muʿāwī > Rānī ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar saw me playing with pebbles during prayer. When he finished his prayer, he forbade me (to do so) and said: Do as the Apostle ﷺ used to do. I asked him: How would the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do? He said: When he sat during the prayer (for reciting the tashahhud), he placed his right hand on his right thigh, and clenched all his fingers, and pointed with the finger which is adjacent to the thumb, and he placed his left hand on his left thigh.  

أبو داود:٩٨٧ – حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُعَاوِيِّ قَالَ رَآنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَأَنَا أَعْبَثُ بِالْحَصَى فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ نَهَانِي

وَقَالَ اصْنَعْ كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ فَقُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ قَالَ كَانَ إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَقَبَضَ أَصَابِعَهُ كُلَّهَا وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ الَّتِي تَلِي الإِبْهَامَ وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

malik:3-51 – Yaḥyá > Mālik > Muslim b. Abū Maryam > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muʿāwī > Rānī ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Yahya related to me from Malik from Muslim ibn Abi Maryam that AIi ibn Abd ar-Rahman al-Muawi said, "Abdullah ibn Umar saw me playing with some small pebbles in the prayer. When I finished he forbade me, saying, 'Do as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did.' I said, 'What did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do?' He said, 'When he sat in the prayer, he placed his right hand on his right thigh and he closed his fist and pointed his index finger, and he placed his left hand on his left thigh. That is what he used to do.' "  

مالك:٣-٥١ – حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُعَاوِيِّ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَآنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَأَنَا أَعْبَثُ بِالْحَصْبَاءِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفْتُ نَهَانِي وَقَالَ اصْنَعْ كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ فَقُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ قَالَ كَانَ إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَقَبَضَ أَصَابِعَهُ كُلَّهَا وَأَشَارَ بِأَصْبُعِهِ الَّتِي تَلِي الإِبْهَامَ وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَقَالَ هَكَذَا كَانَ يَفْعَلُ  

ahmad:5331 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman Mālik Wḥaddathanā Isḥāq > Mālik > Muslim b. Abū Maryam > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muʿāwī > Rānī ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar saw me playing with pebbles during prayer. When he finished his prayer, he forbade me (to do so) and said: Do as the Apostle ﷺ used to do. I asked him: How would the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do? He said: When he sat during the prayer (for reciting the tashahhud), he placed his right hand on his right thigh, and clenched all his fingers, and pointed with the finger which is adjacent to the thumb, and he placed his left hand on his left thigh. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 987)  

أحمد:٥٣٣١ – قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَالِكٌ وحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُعَاوِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَآنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَأَنَا أَعْبَثُ بِالْحَصَى فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ نَهَانِي

وَقَالَ اصْنَعْ كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ قُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ؟ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَقَبَضَ أَصَابِعَهُ كُلَّهَا وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ الَّتِي تَلِي الْإِبْهَامَ وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَىعَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

ذِكْرُ وَضْعِ الْيَدَيْنِ عَلَى الْفَخِذَيْنِ فِي التَّشَهُّدِ لِلْمُصَلِّي

ibnhibban:1942 – ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Muslim b. Abū Maryam > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muʿāwī > Rānī Ibn ʿUmar

‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar saw me playing with pebbles during prayer. When he finished his prayer, he forbade me (to do so) and said: Do as the Apostle ﷺ used to do. I asked him: How would the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do? He said: When he sat during the prayer (for reciting the tashahhud), he placed his right hand on his right thigh, and clenched all his fingers, and pointed with the finger which is adjacent to the thumb, and he placed his left hand on his left thigh. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 987)  

ابن حبّان:١٩٤٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُعَاوِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَآنِي ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَأَنَا أَعْبَثُ بِالْحَصَى فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ نَهَانِي

وَقَالَ اصْنَعْ كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ قَالَ «كَانَ إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَقَبَضَ أَصَابِعَهُ كُلَّهَا وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ الَّتِي تَلِي الْإِبْهَامَ وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى»  

nasai-kubra:1191 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Muslim b. Abū Maryam > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Rānī Ibn ʿUmar

‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar saw me playing with pebbles during prayer. When he finished his prayer, he forbade me (to do so) and said: Do as the Apostle ﷺ used to do. I asked him: How would the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do? He said: When he sat during the prayer (for reciting the tashahhud), he placed his right hand on his right thigh, and clenched all his fingers, and pointed with the finger which is adjacent to the thumb, and he placed his left hand on his left thigh. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 987)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٩١ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ رَآنِي ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَأَنَا أَعْبَثُ بِالْحَصَى فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفْتُ نَهَانِي

وَقَالَ اصْنَعْ كَمَا كَانَ يَعْنِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ قُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ؟ قَالَ كَانَ «إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَضْعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ وَقَبَضَ أَصَابِعَهُ كُلَّهَا وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبُعِهِ الَّتِي تَلِي الْإِبْهَامَ وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى»  

bayhaqi:2779 – [Chain 1] Abū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī And ʾAbū al-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad al-Sarrāj > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > al-Shāfiʿī > Mālik [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Naḍr al-Faqīh > Abū Mūsá / Hārūn b. Muḥammad > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik b. Anas > Muslim b. Abū Maryam > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muʿāwī > Rānī Ibn ʿUmar > Aʿbath Bi-al-Ḥaṣā Falammā Ānṣaraf Nahānī

‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar saw me playing with pebbles during prayer. When he finished his prayer, he forbade me (to do so) and said: Do as the Apostle ﷺ used to do. I asked him: How would the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do? He said: When he sat during the prayer (for reciting the tashahhud), he placed his right hand on his right thigh, and clenched all his fingers, and pointed with the finger which is adjacent to the thumb, and he placed his left hand on his left thigh. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 987)   

البيهقي:٢٧٧٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي وَأَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ السَّرَّاجُ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبأ مَالِكٌ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو مُوسَى يَعْنِي هَارُونَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُعَاوِيِّ قَالَ رَآنِي ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَأنا أَعْبَثُ بِالْحَصَا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ نَهَانِي

وَقَالَ اصْنَعْ كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ قُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ؟ قَالَ كَانَ إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَقَبَضَ بِأَصَابِعِهِ كُلِّهَا وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ الَّتِي تَلِي الْإِبْهَامَ وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الشَّافِعِيِّ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى بِهَذَا اللَّفْظِ
suyuti:422-91b – ʿAl b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Anṣāri
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السيوطي:٤٢٢-٩١b –

"عَن عَلىِّ بن عَبْد الرَّحْمَن الأَنْصَارِىِّ قَالَ: صَلَّيْتُ إِلى جَنْبِ ابن عُمَرَ فَرآنى أُقَلِّبُ الْحَصَى في الصَّلاَة فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ: إنَّ تَقْلِيبَ الْحَصَى في الصَّلاَةِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، وَلكن كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ يَصْنَعُ إِذَا جَلَسَ في الصَّلاَةِ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى بَاسِطهَا عَلَيْهَا، وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَىَ فَخِذِهِ اليُمْنَى وَقَبَضَ أَصَابِعَهُ وَأَشَارَ بَأصْبعِهِ الَّتى تلِى الإِبْهَامَ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق