Placing The Hands On The Knees (During Rukū')
Darussalam · Volume 1
2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 868 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 229
Source no. 868 · Volume 1 · Page 2
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صحيح
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868. It was reported from 'Alqamah and Al-Aswad, from 'Abdullāh (bin Mas'ūd) who said: "When one of you goes into Rukū', then let him spread his forearms over his thighs, and let him intertwine his palms between his knees, for I remember seeing the fingers of the Messenger of Allāh intertwined (while he was in Rukū')."(Ṣaḥīḥ)
868 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، وَالْأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «إِذَا رَكَعَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَفْرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ عَلَى فَخِذَيْهِ، وَلْيُطَبِّقْ بَيْنَ كَفَّيْهِ، فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى اخْتِلَافِ أَصَابِعِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ»
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The majority of the scholars agree that this action of interlocking the fingers during the bowing position is abrogated, according to narrations like the one preceding this one, and that the hands are to be placed upon the knees during the bowing position.