موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الصلاةBook: On the Explanation of Prayer
بَابُ الْعَمَلِ فِي الْجُلُوسِ فِي الصَّلَاةِChapter on Actions Regarding Sitting in Prayer
Hadith 199
وَحَدَّثَنِي ، عَنْ مَالِك ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَرَى عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ يَتَرَبَّعُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ إِذَا جَلَسَ ، قَالَ : فَفَعَلْتُهُ وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ حَدِيثُ السِّنِّ فَنَهَانِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ، وَقَالَ : " إِنَّمَا سُنَّةُ الصَّلَاةِ أَنْ تَنْصِبَ رِجْلَكَ الْيُمْنَى ، وَتَثْنِيَ رِجْلَكَ الْيُسْرَى " فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : فَإِنَّكَ تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ : " إِنَّ رِجْلَيَّ لَا تَحْمِلَانِي "
It is narrated from Ubaidullah bin Abdullah bin Umar that he saw Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) sitting cross-legged in prayer, so he also sat cross-legged, and he was young in those days. Then Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade him and said that the Sunnah in prayer is to keep the right foot upright and lay the left foot flat. Ubaidullah said that I said to him: You sit cross-legged. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: My feet cannot bear my weight.
