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Sahih Muslim 535b

Chapter: The recommendation to place the hands on the knees when bowing, and the abrogation of tatbiq

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 535b

حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ فَنُهِينَا عَنْهُ ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرَا مَا بَعْدَهُ ‏.‏

This hadith has been narrated by Abu Ya'fur with the same chain of transmitters up to these words:

We have been forbidden from it and no mention of that has been made what follows it.

Reported by Muslim (No. 535b, 535a), An-Nasa’i (No. 1032) and Ad-Darimi (No. 1270).

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Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 1032

"I prayed beside my father and I put my hands between my knees, and he told me: 'Put your hands on your knees.' Then I did that again and he struck my hands and said: 'We were forbidden to do that, and we were commanded to put our hands on our knees.'"

اضْرِبْ بِكَفَّيْكَ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْكَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ثُمَّ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَضَرَبَ يَدِي وَقَالَ إِنَّا قَدْ نُهِينَا عَنْ هَذَا وَأُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَضْرِبَ بِالأَكُفِّ عَلَى الرُّكَبِ ‏.‏

Narrated by Sa‘d

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  • مسند سعد بن أبي وقاص للدورقي (48)صَلَّيْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِ سَعْدٍ فَلَمَّا رَكَعْتُ طَبَّقْتُ يَدَيَّ ثُمَّ جَعَلْتُهُمَا بَيْنَ فَخِذِي , فَنَهَانِي , ثُمَّ قَالَ : إِنَّا كُنَّا نَفْعَلُ هَذَا فَنُهِينَا عَنْهُ وَأُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَضْرِبَ بِالأَكُفِّ عَلَى الرُّكَبِ

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 535c

I bowed and my hands were in this state, i. e. they were put together, palm to palm, and were placed between his thighs. My father said: We used to do like this but were later on commanded to place them on the knees.

رَكَعْتُ فَقُلْتُ بِيَدَىَّ هَكَذَا - يَعْنِي طَبَّقَ بِهِمَا وَوَضَعَهُمَا بَيْنَ فَخِذَيْهِ - فَقَالَ أَبِي قَدْ كُنَّا نَفْعَلُ هَذَا ثُمَّ أُمِرْنَا بِالرُّكَبِ ‏.‏

Narrated by Sa‘d

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