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747. It was reported from 'Alqamah, who said: "Abdullāh (bin Mas'ūd) said: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ taught us the prayer. So he would say the Takbīr and raise his hands. And when he went into Rukū', he would clasp his hands between his knees.' This reached Sa'd[2] so he said: 'My brother has spoken the truth; we used to do this (in the past), then we were commanded to do this' — meaning holding on to the knees."
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The order of clasping of both hands together between the knees was
[1] One of the narrators who narrated it from his father.
[2] Sa'd bin Abī Waqqāṣ.
abrogated, and this is agreed upon by the scholars after Ibn Mas'ūd, and in accordance with what is reported from the remainder of the Companions.