Hadith #41

Arabic Text

English Translation

It was narrated — via reading to 'Abd al-Rahman: from Malik — [Ahmad said: my father also narrated it]; and via Ishaq from Malik, from Muslim ibn Abi Maryam, from 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mu'awi — that he said: ''Abdullah ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) saw me fidgeting with pebbles during the prayer. When he finished, he forbade me and said: "Do as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do." I said: "How did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do?" He said: "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat in the prayer, he would place his right palm on his right thigh, close all his fingers, and point with the finger adjacent to the thumb [the index finger]; and he would place his left palm on his left thigh."'