السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
باب: القعود على العقبين بين السجدتين
Sitting on the heels between the two prostrations
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو صَالِحِ بْنُ أَبِي طَاهِرٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، أنبأ جَدِّي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْقَاضِي، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ، أنبأ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا يَقُولُ: " قُلْنَا لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي الْإِقْعَاءِ عَلَى الْقَدَمَيْنِ، فَقَالَ: هُوَ سُنَّةٌ، فَقُلْنَا: فَإِنَّا نَرَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْجَفَاءِ إِذَا فَعَلَهُ الرَّجُلُ، فَقَالَ: بَلْ هِيَ سُنَّةُ نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ.
Abu al-Zubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) said that he heard Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) say: We asked Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) about sitting on the heels, and he said: "It is Sunnah." We said: We regard it as uncouth when a man does it. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Rather, it is the Sunnah of your Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا أُسَيْدُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: " مِنْ سُنَّةِ الصَّلَاةِ أَنْ تَمَسَّ إِلْيَتَاكَ عَقِبَيْكَ " زَادَ فِيهِ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْعَدَنِيُّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ: " بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ ".
(a) Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: It is Sunnah in prayer that the buttocks touch the heels, that is, sitting on the heels is Sunnah.
(b) In the narration of Sufyan there is the addition that sitting in this way between the two prostrations is Sunnah.
(b) In the narration of Sufyan there is the addition that sitting in this way between the two prostrations is Sunnah.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ، أنبأ أَبُو حَامِدِ بْنُ بِلَالٍ، ثنا أَبُو الْأَزْهَرِ، ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ثنا أَبِي، عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَنِ انْتِصَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ ⦗١٧٢⦘ وَصُدُورِ قَدَمَيْهِ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ إِذَا صَلَّى عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ الْمَكِّيُّ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدِ بْنِ جَبْرٍ أَبِي الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَذْكُرُهُ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ: " وَاللهِ إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَعُدُّ هَذَا جَفَاءً مِمَّنْ صَنَعَهُ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: " إِنَّهَا لَسُنَّةٌ ".
Ibn Ishaq narrated a hadith about the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) keeping his heels and his toes upright between the two prostrations. Abdullah bin Abi Najih narrates from Mujahid bin Jabr that he heard Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) mention this, and he said to him: "O Abu al-Abbas! By Allah, we used to count this as uncouth on the part of whoever did it." He said: "It is Sunnah."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ، أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الرَّزَّازُ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، ثنا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ، أَنَّ أَبَا الزُّبَيْرِ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ " إِذَا سَجَدَ حِينَ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السَّجْدَةِ الْأُولَى يَقْعُدُ عَلَى أَطْرَافِ أَصَابِعِهِ، وَيَقُولُ: إِنَّهُ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ ".
It is narrated from Muhammad bin Ajlan that Abu al-Zubayr informed him that he saw Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) prostrating during prayer; when he raised his head from the (first) prostration, he would sit on his toes and say: "This is Sunnah."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، ثنا مُسْلِمٌ، ثنا هِشَامٌ، ثنا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، وَابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ كَانَا يُقْعِيَانِ " قَالَ أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ: وَكَانَ طَاوُسٌ يُقْعِي.
Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Abdullah bin Umar and Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to sit on their heels in prayer. Abu al-Zubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) also used to sit on his heels.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ، ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ، ثنا أَبُو زُهَيْرٍ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ حُدَيْجٍ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ طَاوُسًا يُقْعِي، فَقُلْتُ رَأَيْتُكَ تُقْعِي، فَقَالَ: " مَا رَأَيْتُنِي أُقْعِي وَلَكِنَّهَا الصَّلَاةُ رَأَيْتُ الْعَبَادِلَةَ الثَّلَاثَةَ يَفْعَلُونَ ذَلِكَ: عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، يَفْعَلُونَهُ " قَالَ أَبُو زُهَيْرٍ: وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ يُقْعِي ".
Abu Zuhayr Mu'awiyah bin Hudayj (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I saw Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) sitting on his heels, and I said to him: You sit on your heels? He replied: The way you saw me is the very manner of the prayer; I saw the three Abdullahs (Abdullah bin Abbas, Abdullah bin Umar and Abdullah bin al-Zubayr) (may Allah be pleased with them) doing it this way.
Abu Zuhayr said: And I did see him sitting on his heels.
Abu Zuhayr said: And I did see him sitting on his heels.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرِ بْنُ قَتَادَةَ، أنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ شَيْبَانَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ الْهَرَوِيُّ بِهَا أنبأ مُعَاذُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ، ثنا خَلَّادُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ صَفْوَانَ الْكُوفِيُّ، ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، وَابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَهُمَا يُقْعِيَانِ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ عَلَى أَطْرَافِ أَصَابِعِهِمَا " قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: فَسَأَلْتُ عَطَاءً عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ: أَيَّ ذَلِكَ فَعَلْتَ أَجْزَأَكَ، إِنْ شِئْتَ عَلَى أَطْرَافِ أَصَابِعِكَ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ عَلَى عَجُزِكَ، فَهَذَا الْإِقْعَاءُ الْمُرَخَّصُ فِيهِ، أَوِ الْمَسْنُونُ عَلَى مَا رُوِّينَا عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، وَابْنِ عُمَرَ وَهُوَ أَنْ يَضَعَ أَطْرَافَ أَصَابِعِ رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَيَضَعَ إِلْيَتَيْهِ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ وَيَضَعَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ بِالْأَرْضِ.
(a) It is narrated from Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him): I saw Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar and Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both); both of them, in prayer, in the sitting between the two prostrations, would sit on their toes.
(b) Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) about this, and he said: Whichever of these ways you adopt will suffice you. If you wish, sit on the tips of your toes, and if you wish, sit on your buttocks.
(c) This is the permitted or Sunnah iq'a' (sitting on the heels) about which we have mentioned the narrations from Ibn Abbas and Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). What is meant by it is that a person places the tips of his toes on the ground, places his buttocks on his heels, and his knees are on the ground.
(b) Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) about this, and he said: Whichever of these ways you adopt will suffice you. If you wish, sit on the tips of your toes, and if you wish, sit on your buttocks.
(c) This is the permitted or Sunnah iq'a' (sitting on the heels) about which we have mentioned the narrations from Ibn Abbas and Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). What is meant by it is that a person places the tips of his toes on the ground, places his buttocks on his heels, and his knees are on the ground.
