Gesturing in prayer

Ibrahim said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) prayed near the House of Allah. When he recited: "For the accustomed security of Quraysh" [Quraysh: 1], he pointed towards the House of Allah, then recited: "So let them worship the Lord of this House, who fed them against hunger and made them safe from fear." [Quraysh: 3-4]

Ibn Abi Aws said: My grandfather, Sayyiduna Aws (may Allah be pleased with him), would sometimes gesture towards me during the prayer, and I would hand him his sandals.

Hisham said: My father used to gesture in the prayer.

He also said: Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to do this as well.

Al-Hasan said: There is no harm in gesturing in the prayer.

Layth said: My nose started bleeding while I was performing tawaf of the House of Allah. I passed by Tawus while he was praying, and he gestured to me that I should wash it with water and then return (to the tawaf).

Ibn Awn said: Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) would sometimes gesture during the prayer.

Ibn Awn said: I asked Ibrahim: May a man gesture towards something during the prayer? He said: The prayer has its own occupation.

Al-Zuhri saw no harm in a man gesturing towards something during the prayer.

Al-Ajlah said: I said to Ata: Sometimes I have some need while I am in the prayer, so I gesture with my hand to my slave-girl; is it right to do so? He said: We also do that.

Abu Ishaq said: I saw Amr bin Maymun gesture during the prayer.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once fell from a horse and struck the trunk of a palm tree, which injured his foot. We came to visit him, and he was praying sitting in a room of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). We began to pray behind him standing. Then we came to visit him a second time, and he was praying sitting. We began to follow him standing, so he gestured to us to sit.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was somewhat ill, and some of his Companions came to visit him. Meanwhile the time of prayer came, so he led them in prayer sitting. They began to pray standing, so he indicated to them by a gesture to pray sitting. So they sat down.

Al-Zubayr bin Adi said: Ibrahim was asked about gesturing in the prayer, and he said: The prayer has its own occupation.