Hadith #510
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ كَانَ يَشْتَكِي رِجْلَهُ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَخُوهُ وَقَدْ جَعَلَ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ
فَضَرَبَهُ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى رِجْلِهِ الْوَجِعَةِ فَأَوْجَعَهُ فَقَالَ أَوْجَعْتَنِي أَوَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ رِجْلِي وَجِعَةٌ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْ هَذِهِ
Isnad Chain
يونس
يزيد بن أبي حبيب
أبي النضر
English Translation
Yunus narrated to us, Layth narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Abu al-Nadr, that Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) was suffering from pain in his leg. His brother entered upon him while he had one leg placed over the other. He struck his painful leg and it hurt him, so he said: Did you not know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade this? — meaning sitting cross-legged with one leg over the other.
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 23, Hadith 510
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 10948
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-47338