How One Should Sit In The Final Rak'ah Of The Prayer
Darussalam · Volume 2
13. [The Book Of Forgetfulness (In Prayer)]Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1262 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 34
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صحيح، وهو من تمام الحديث (٢ / ١٨٧) // (٩٩٤) //
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(صحيح) - وهو من تمام الحديث ٢/ ١٨٧ [٩٩٤].
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1263. It was narrated that Abū Ḥumaid As-Sā'idī said: "At the end of the last two Rak'ahs of the prayer, the Prophet ﷺ would move his left foot forward and sit on his left buttock, Mutawarrikan, then he would say the Taslīm." (Saḥīḥ)
1262 - أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارِ بُنْدَارٌ، وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ، قَالَ: «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا كَانَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ تَنْقَضِي فِيهِمَا الصَّلَاةُ أَخَّرَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى، وَقَعَدَ عَلَى شِقِّهِ مُتَوَرِّكًا، ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ»
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Sitting in this manner is called Tawarruk. That means, instead of sitting upon the foot, one should sit directly on the ground and the left foot should be on its side emerging from under the right side. In the testimony posture consisting of the final greeting, the Tawarruk style of sitting is the custom of the Prophet ﷺ as is elucidated in this narration. But the Hanafites ascribe it to the Prophet's ﷺ old age, but they do not possess any evidence to prove that assertion.