Those who disliked squatting (iqa) in prayer

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: My close friend (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade me from sitting the way a monkey sits.

Al-Harith says that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) considered sitting on the buttocks with the shins pressed against the thighs (iq'a') in prayer to be disliked, and he would say: This is the manner of Satan.

Al-Harith says that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) considered sitting on the buttocks with the shins pressed against the thighs (iq'a') in prayer to be disliked.

Sa'id al-Maqburi says: I prayed beside Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him). I rested on the front part of my feet, so he pulled me until I sat down calmly.

Ibrahim considered it disliked in prayer to sit on the buttocks with the shins pressed against the thighs (iq'a'), and to sit in such a way (tawarruk) that the person praying places his right hip on his right foot, which is kept upright with its toes pointing towards the qiblah, rests his left hip on the ground, and stretches out his left foot so that it comes out to the right side.

Al-Hasan and Muhammad considered sitting on the buttocks with the shins pressed against the thighs (iq'a') in prayer to be disliked.

Jabir says that Amir declared sitting on the buttocks with the shins pressed against the thighs (iq'a') between the two prostrations to be disliked.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade sitting on the buttocks with the shins pressed against the thighs in prayer.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: In prayer, it is the Sunnah that you place your buttocks on your heels.