Rulings on the Sitting in the Tashahhud

Question : It is not proper to sit in the two sittings of the tashahhud in prayer. Please clarify for us, may Allah reward you with good, the validity of their prayer.

Answer : In any case, the issue of sitting in prayer is a lighter matter, because it contains something disliked, something permissible, and something recommended. The disliked manner is for a person to sit like a dog crouching. The permissible manner is to sit in the tawarruk position, for example. The recommended manner is to sit with the left foot flat and the right foot upright in the first tashahhud, in the sitting between the two prostrations, and in every two-rak'ah prayer. As for the three-rak'ah and four-rak'ah prayers, one sits in the tawarruk position in the final tashahhud, which is the second of the two tashahhuds. We ask Allah for guidance and success for us and for them.