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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Placing the hands on the knees during bowing

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there a report that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his left hand on his left knee? And is this part of the Sunnah?

Answer:
In the bowing, this is in the bowing: he places each hand on a knee while he is bowing, yes.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ذكر تشهد ابن مسعود وغيره — islamhouse.com (51:47)

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