A man who prays with his right shoulder bare (idtiba)

Khalid said: I saw Abu Qilabah praying wearing a jubbah and a washed wrap; he had covered his left shoulder and his right shoulder was bare. He had brought his right hand out.

Ibn Awn said: It was said to al-Hasan: "People say that it is disliked for a man to pray while he has brought his hand out from near his throat."

Al-Hasan said: If Allah had entrusted His religion to these people, they would have made it hard for His servants.

Hayyan bin Umayr said: I was with Qays bin Ubad. He saw a man praying who had brought his hand out from near his throat. He said: "Go to him and tell him not to place his hand like a shackled person." I went to him and said to him: "Qays says: Do not pray like a shackled person." At this, he lowered his hand.

Ibrahim bin Maysarah said: I saw Tawus praying in such a state that he had passed his cloak out from under his upper arm.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If a man wraps himself in a sheet and brings one hand out from under it, there is no harm in it.