This tradition has also been transmitted by Rifaah b Rafi through a different chain of narrators. This version has: When you get up to pray, say the takbir, exalting Allah; then recite the Quran as much as it is convenient for you. The version adds: When you sit in the middle of the prayer, do it completely (so that you are at rest) and spread your left thigh; then recite the tashahhud. Then if you get up (again), do in a similar way until you finish your prayer.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / أبواب تفريع استفتاح الصلاة / 860
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:حسن | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده حسن, صححه ابن خزيمة (597، 638 وسندھما حسن)
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