أَخْبَرَنَا
الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
زَائِدَةُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي
أَبِي ، أَنَّ
وَائِلَ بْنَ حُجْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيَّ ، أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ : قُلْتُ : لأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي ، فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ حِينَ قَامَ ، فَكَبَّرَ ، وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا أُذُنَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى ظَهْرِ كَفِّهِ الْيُسْرَى ، وَالرُّسْغِ ، وَالسَّاعِدِ ، ثُمَّ لَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلَهَا ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ ، فَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلَهَا ، ثُمَّ سَجَدَ ، فَجَعَلَ كَفَّيْهِ بِحِذَاءِ أُذُنَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَافْتَرَشَ فَخِذَهُ الْيُسْرَى ، وَجَعَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ، وَرُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى ، وَجَعَلَ حَدَّ مِرْفَقِهِ الأَيْمَنِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى ، وَعَقَدَ ثِنْتَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِهِ ، وَحَلَّقَ حَلْقَةً ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ إِصْبَعَهُ ، فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُحَرِّكُهَا يَدْعُو بِهَا " ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي زَمَانٍ فِيهِ بَرْدٌ ، فَرَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهِمْ جُلُّ الثِّيَابِ تَتَحَرَّكُ أَيْدِيهِمْ تَحْتَ الثِّيَابِ .
Sayyiduna Wa'il bin Hujr Hadrami (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I thought to myself that I would definitely observe how the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the prayer. I observed him: when he stood up, he said the takbeer and raised his hands until he brought them level with his ears. He placed his right blessed hand on the back of his left hand’s palm, wrist, and forearm. Then, when he intended to go into ruku‘, he raised both his hands to the same extent (as he did at the beginning), then he went into ruku‘. Then he placed both his hands on his knees. Then he raised his head and raised both his hands to the same extent. Then he went into sujood. He placed both his palms in line with his ears. Then he sat down. He spread his left leg and placed his left hand on his left knee and his right hand on his right knee, and he placed his right elbow on his right knee. He joined two fingers together and made a circle with them, then raised one finger. I saw him moving it and supplicating with it. After that, once I came to him during the winter season and I saw that people were wearing winter clothes and they were moving their hands inside their clothes (i.e., they were performing the raising of the hands inside their cloaks).