Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)
باب الإِشَارَةِ فِي التَّشَهُّدِ
Chapter: Pointing (With The Finger) During The Tashah-hud.
5 hadith · references 987–991
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Abu Dawud · 987كَانَ إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخْذِهِ الْيُمْنَى ، وَقَبَضَ أَصَابِعَهُ كُلَّهَا ، وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ الَّتِي تَلِي الْإِبْهَامَ وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخْذِهِ الْيُسْAbdur-Rahman al-Muawl said: Abdullah bin Umar saw me playing with pebbles during prayer. When he finished his prayer, he forbade me (to do so) and said: Do as the Messenger ﷺ used to do. I asked him: How would the Messen5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 988كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا قَعَدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ جَعَلَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُسْرَى تَحْتَ فَخْذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَسَاقِهِ ، وَفَرَشَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُمْنَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِAbdullah bin 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 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 989كَانَ يُشِيرُ بِأُصْبُعِهِ إِذَا دَعَا وَلَا يُحَرِّكُهَاNarrated Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr: The Prophet ﷺ used to point with his finger (at the end of the tashahhud) and he would not move it. Ibn Juraij said: "And Amr bin Dinar added: 'He (Ziyad) said: "Amir informed me from his10 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 990حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ، قَالَ : " لَا يُجَاوِزُ بَصَرُهُ إِAbdullah bin al-Zubair narrated the above mentioned tradition on the authority of his father saying: He kept his look fixed on the finger he was pointing.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 991وَاضِعًا ذِرَاعَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى ، رَافِعًا إِصْبَعَهُ السَّبَّابَةَ قَدْ حَنَاهَا شَيْئًاNarrated Abu Malik Numayr al-Khuzai: I saw the Prophet (peace be upon him placing his right hand on his right thigh and raising his forefinger curving it a little.5 narrators