مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الصلاة
The Book of Prayer
(طَرِيقَةُ الجُلُوسِ فِي القَعْدَةِ [أَيْ التَّشَهُّدِ])
(The method of sitting in the Qa‘dah [i.e., Tashahhud])
Hadith 906
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا قَعَدَ فِي التَّشَهُّدِ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَعَقَدَ ثَلَاثًا وَخمسين وَأَشَارَ بالسبابة
Ibn ‘Umar said that when God’s Messenger sat at the tashahhud he placed his left hand on his left knee and his right hand on his right knee, counted fifty-three on his knuckles, and pointed with the forefinger.
