Sunan Abi Dawud

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Placing The Hands On The Knees (During Rukū')

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)

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الحديث: 867 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 229

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867. Muṣ'ab bin Sa'd said: "I prayed next to my father, and I placed my hands between my knees. He forbade me from doing it, but I repeated my act. So he said: 'Do not do so! We used to do it, but were then prohibited from doing it, and were commanded (instead) to place our hands on our knees.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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867 - حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: وَاسْمُهُ وَقْدَانُ، عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ: صَلَّيْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِ أَبِي، فَجَعَلْتُ يَدَيَّ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيَّ، فَنَهَانِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَعُدْتُ، فَقَالَ: «لَا تَصْنَعْ هَذَا، فَإِنَّا كُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ، فَنُهِينَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ، وَأُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَضَعَ أَيْدِيَنَا عَلَى الرُّكَبِ»

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Taṭbīq, or clasping one's hands together between the knees while in Rukū', has been abrogated, according to the majority of scholars, and the Companions.