Sitting in ihtiba on Friday

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to sit in the ihtiba' posture during the imam's khutbah. (Ihtiba' means that a person sits on his buttocks with his knees raised and clasps both hands around them for support, or ties a cloth around his back and knees. The Arabs often used to sit like this.)

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib used to sit in the ihtiba' posture during the imam's khutbah on Friday.

Ubaydullah bin Umar said: I saw Salim and al-Qasim sitting in the ihtiba' posture during the imam's khutbah on Friday.

Fitr said: I saw Ata sitting in the ihtiba' posture during the imam's khutbah.

Ash'ath said: I saw al-Hasan (al-Basri) sitting in the ihtiba' posture during the imam's khutbah on Friday.

Salim al-Khayyat said: Al-Hasan, Muhammad (Ibn Sirin), Ikrimah bin Khalid, Amr bin Dinar, Abu al-Zubayr and Ata used to sit in the ihtiba' posture during the imam's khutbah on Friday.

Nafi' said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to sit in the ihtiba' posture during the imam's khutbah on Friday.

Nafi' said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to sit in ihtiba' (with his knees drawn up and wrapped) on Friday while the imam was delivering the sermon.