Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Adhan (Sufa-tus-Salat)

118- بَابُ وَضْعِ الأَكُفِّ عَلَى الرُّكَبِ فِي الرُّكُوعِ:

(118) Chapter. To put the hands (palms) on both knees while bowing.

1 hadith · references 790–790

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Bukhari · 790صَلَّيْتُ إِلَى جَنْب أَبِي فَطَبَّقْتُ بَيْنَ كَفَّيَّ ثُمَّ وَضَعْتُهُمَا بَيْنَ فَخِذَيَّ ، فَنَهَانِي أَبِي وَقَالَ : كُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ فَنُهِينَا عَنْهُ وَأُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَضَعَ أَيْدِينَا عَلَى الرُّكَبِI 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 5 narrators