صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب المساجد ومواضع الصلاة
The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer
باب صِفَةِ الْجُلُوسِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَكَيْفِيَّةِ وَضْعِ الْيَدَيْنِ عَلَى الْفَخِذَيْنِ:
Chapter: The description of the sitting during the prayer, and how the hands are to be placed on the thighs
Hadith 579
This hadith is listed as number 1308 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ . ح قَالَ : وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَاللَّفْظ لَهُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ ، عَن ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، إِذَا قَعَدَ يَدْعُو ، وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى ، وَيَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى ، وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ السَّبَّابَةِ ، وَوَضَعَ إِبْهَامَهُ عَلَى إِصْبَعِهِ الْوُسْطَى ، وَيُلْقِمُ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى رُكْبَتَهُ " .
'Abdullah bin Zubair narrated on the authority of his father that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat for supplication, i. e. tashahhud (blessing and supplication), he placed his right hand on his right thigh and his left hand on his left thigh, and pointed with his forefinger, and placed his thumb on his (middle) finger, and covered his knee with the palm of his left hand..
