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987. 'Alī bin 'Abdur-Raḥmān Al-Mu'āwī said: " 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar saw me while I was playing with stones during the prayer. When I finished, he prohibited me, and said: 'Do as the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ did.' So I said: 'And what did the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to do?' He said: 'When he sat down during the prayer, he would place his right palm on his right thigh, and curl his fingers up (into a fist), and motion with the finger that is next to his thumb (the forefinger). And he would place his left palm on his left thigh.'"
(Sāḥih)
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We learn from this Hadīth that as soon as the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ sat down to say Tashah-hud, he would fold his fingers almost into a fist and point with his index finger, keeping the latter up.
