The Shaykh’s refutation of Ibn al-Qayyim’s claim that Abu Hurayrah’s hadith, “and let him place his hands before his knees,” is one whose text was inverted by some of the narrators.

The Shaykh : Then he says in completing the answer “And it occurred to me that Abu Hurayrah’s hadith, as we mentioned, is one whose text was inverted by some of the narrators, and its original form is, perhaps,

And let him place his knees before his hands

وليضع ركبتيه قبل يديه

” This is how a hadith is refuted when a hadith comes from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and it is said, “Perhaps the narrator made a mistake, and perhaps the correct version is such and such.” This is contrary to what we learned from Ibn Taymiyyah and the Shaykh Ibn al-Qayyim, namely that it is as it came in Sahih al-Bukhari. When Ibn Umar narrated to the people from the Tabi'un that the Sunnah is to kiss the Black Stone regarding the tawaf, one of them said to him, “O Ibn Umar, what do you think if I am crowded?” He said to him, “Place ‘what do you think’ at that star.”
I am an uncle, and I show you the Sunnah. What am I saying to you? “I was crowded” or “I was not crowded”... No, rather, you should strive to perform this Sunnah. The answer to the word “what do you think” is to place it at that star, meaning, throw it away and do not impose probabilities upon the authentic Prophetic hadiths. This is the methodology of the people of the Sunnah, the methodology of the people of hadith, the methodology of Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim. But as Imam al-Shafi'i said regarding the books, he refused that anything be complete except his book, meaning the Noble Qur'an, and then he refused that any person on the face of the earth be complete after the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him), so infallibility is for him and not for anyone else.
He says “Perhaps the original hadith is ‘and let him place his knees before his hands’”, giving an example of hadiths in which he also claims inversion. He says “Just as the hadith of Ibn Umar that Bilal or

Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Bilal pronounces the Adhan at night, so eat and drink (Suhur) till Ibn Um Maktum pronounces the Adhan."

إن بلالا يؤذن بليل فكلوا واشربوا حتى يؤذن ابن أم مكتوم

Sahih al-Bukhari 622, 623

then he said

Ibn Umm Maktum gives the adhan, so eat and drink until Bilal gives the adhan.

ابن أم مكتوم يؤذن فكلوا واشربوا حتى يؤذن بلال

” He is referring to two hadiths. The famous hadith in the two Sahihs and others is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) This is the famous and correct wording, and it is what Ibn al-Qayyim focuses on to prove that this authentic hadith was inverted by some of the narrators. He placed Ibn Umm Maktum in place of Bilal in the first adhan for Fajr, and conversely, he placed Bilal in place of Ibn Umm Maktum in the second adhan. So some of the narrators said Ibn al-Qayyim says that this is an inversion, and many scholars of hadith have said this. This research does not concern us much now, because the inversion actually exists from some people, just as the matter was inverted for the author himself (may Allah have mercy on him).