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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Salat (Prayer)

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 259

Chapter: What Has Been Related About Placing the Hands On The Knees While Bowing

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Companion’s words (mawquf) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 259

Narrator:Sa‘d

قَالَ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ كُنَّا نَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ

فَنُهِينَا عَنْهُ وَأُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَضَعَ الأَكُفَّ عَلَى الرُّكَبِ ‏.‏

Sa'd bin Abi Waqas said:

"We would do that, but then we were prohibited from it, and we were ordered to put our hands on our knees."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 259) and Al-Bukhari (No. 790).

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Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَالَ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ : ( كُنَّا نَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ إِلَخْ ) أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ وَغَيْرُهُمَا كَمَا عَرَفْت فِي كَلَامِ الْحَازِمِيِّ.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 259
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih - Agreed Upon The hadith No. 259
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 259

Other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 790

I offered prayer beside my father and approximated both my hands and placed them in between the knees. My father told me not to do so and said, "We used to do the same but we were forbidden (by the Prophet) to do it and were ordered to place the hands on the knees."

صَلَّيْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِ أَبِي فَطَبَّقْتُ بَيْنَ كَفَّىَّ ثُمَّ وَضَعْتُهُمَا بَيْنَ فَخِذَىَّ، فَنَهَانِي أَبِي وَقَالَ كُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ فَنُهِينَا عَنْهُ، وَأُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَضَعَ أَيْدِيَنَا عَلَى الرُّكَبِ‏.‏

Narrated by Sa‘d

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