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Sunan Abu Dawud 988

Chapter: Pointing (With The Finger) During The Tashah-hud

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 988

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn Az-Zubayr

حَدَّثَنَا 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 صلى الله عليه وسلم

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 ‏

‘Abd Allah b. al-Zubair said:

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.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 988) and Muslim (No. 579a).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( إِذَا قَعَدَ فِي الصَّلَاة ) : وَلَفْظ مُسْلِم فِي صَحِيحه مِنْ حَدِيث اِبْن الزُّبَيْر " أَنَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَجْعَل قَدَمه الْيُسْرَى بَيْن فَخِذه وَسَاقَهُ وَيَفْرِش قَدَمه الْيُمْنَى " وَاخْتَارَ هَذِهِ الصِّفَة أَبُو الْقَاسِم الْخَرَقِيّ فِي مُصَنَّفه وَلَعَلَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَفْعَل هَذَا تَارَة وَقَدْ وَقَعَ الْخِلَاف فِي الْجُلُوس لِلتَّشَهُّدِ الْأَخِير هَلْ هُوَ وَاجِب أَمْ لَا فَقَالَ بِالْوُجُوبِ عُمَر بْن الْخَطَّاب وَأَبُو مَسْعُود , وَمِنْ الْأَئِمَّة أَبُو حَنِيفَة وَالشَّافِعِيّ. وَقَالَ عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب , وَمِنْ الْفُقَهَاء الثَّوْرِيّ وَالزُّهْرِيّ وَمَالِك إِنَّهُ غَيْر وَاجِب. اِسْتَدَلَّ الْأَوَّلُونَ بِمُلَ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 988
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 988
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Muslim (579) The hadith No. 988
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 988

Other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 579a

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.

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…

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn Az-Zubayr

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When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sat for at-Tashahhud, he placed his left hand on his left knee, and his right hand on his right knee, folded its fingers and pointed with his right index finger. [Reported by Muslim].

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"I am going to watch the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and see how he prays. So, I watched him." And he described (his prayer): "Then he sat and lay his left foot on the ground, and placed his left hand on his left thigh and knee. He put his right elbow on his right thigh, then he made a circle with two…

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Ibn 'Umar reported that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat for tashahhud he placed his left hand on his left knee. and his right hand on his right knee. and he raised his right finger, which is next to the thumb, making supplication in this way, and he stretched his left hand on his left knee.

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