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Sahih Muslim 535d

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

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 535d

Narrator:Sa‘d

حَدَّثَنِي الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ، عَنِ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِ أَبِي فَلَمَّا رَكَعْتُ شَبَّكْتُ أَصَابِعِي وَجَعَلْتُهُمَا بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَىَّ فَضَرَبَ يَدَىَّ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى قَالَ قَدْ كُنَّا نَفْعَلُ هَذَا ثُمَّ أُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَرْفَعَ إِلَى الرُّكَبِ

Mus'ab b. Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas reported:

I said prayer by the side of my father. When I bowed I intertwined my fingers and placed them between my knees. He struck my hands. When he completed the prayer he said: We used to do that but then were commanded to lift (our palms) to the knees.

Reported by Muslim (No. 535d) and Ibn Majah (No. 873).

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  • البحر الزخار بمسند البزار (1062)فَوَضَعْتُ يَدِي هَكَذَا وَضَعَ يَحْيَى يَدَيْهِ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ أَبِي : قَدْ كُنَّا نَفْعَلُ هَذَا فَأُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَرْفَعَ إِلَى الرُّكَبِ
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (1419)صَلَّيْتُ فَلَمَّا رَكَعْتُ جَعَلْتُ يَدَيَّ بَيْنَ فَخِذَيَّ ، فَضَرَبَ أَبِي يَدِي ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّا كُنَّا نَفْعَلُ هَذَا فَأَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَرْفَعَ إِلَى الرُّكَبِ

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Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 1030

"We prayed with Abdullah bin Mas'ud in his house. He stood between us and we placed our hands on our knees, but he took them off and made us interlace our fingers, and said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) do that.'"

فَوَضَعْنَا أَيْدِيَنَا عَلَى رُكَبِنَا فَنَزَعَهَا فَخَالَفَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِنَا وَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَفْعَلُهُ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 1031

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) taught us the prayer. He stood up and said the takbir, and when he wanted to bow, he put his hands together and put his hands between his knees and bowed." News of that reached Sa'd and he said: "My brother has spoken the truth. We used to do that, then we were commanded…

أَنْ يَرْكَعَ طَبَّقَ يَدَيْهِ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَرَكَعَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ سَعْدًا فَقَالَ صَدَقَ أَخِي قَدْ كُنَّا نَفْعَلُ هَذَا ثُمَّ أُمِرْنَا بِهَذَا يَعْنِي الإِمْسَاكَ بِالرُّكَبِ

Narrated by Sa‘d

Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 1148

"In the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), his bowing, his prostration, standing after he raised his head from bowing and (sitting) between the two prostrations, were almost the same."

رُكُوعُهُ وَسُجُودُهُ وَقِيَامُهُ بَعْدَ مَا يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَبَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السَّوَاءِ ‏.‏

Narrated by Al-Barā' ibn ‘Āzib

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