Sitting In The Iq'ā'[1] Position Between The Two Prostrations
Darussalam · Volume 1
2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 845 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 223
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845. Tāwūs said: “We asked Ibn ‘Abbās about the Iq'ā' (squatting) upon the two feet during (between) prostration, and he said: ‘It is the Sunnah.’ So we said: ‘We see this (position) to be unrefined (and not befitting) for a man.’ Ibn ‘Abbās replied: ‘This is the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ.’” (Saḥīḥ)
845 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا، يَقُولُ: قُلْنَا لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: فِي الْإِقْعَاءِ عَلَى الْقَدَمَيْنِ فِي السُّجُودِ، فَقَالَ: «هِيَ السُّنَّةُ»، قَالَ: قُلْنَا: «إِنَّا لَنَرَاهُ جُفَاءً بِالرَّجُلِ»، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: «هِيَ سُنَّةُ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ»
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[1] The sitting described here between two prostrations is to sit with the buttocks on the heels and the soles of the feet while the tops of the feet are flat on the ground, or to sit on the heels only, while the toes are planted in the same manner as they are during the prostration.
See number 783 related to the prohibited form of squatting, and the author has another chapter with a title mentioning squatting; see number 903.