The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer-06a
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The reciter: Yahya ibn Yahya narrated to us, saying: I read to Malik from Muslim ibn Abi Maryam from 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Ma'awi, who said: Muwatta Malik 3:51.
The Shaykh : How is this? He clenched all his fingers like this, and pointed with the finger next to the thumb.
Abdullah ibn Umar saw me playing with some small pebbles in the prayer. When I finished he forbade me, saying, 'Do as the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did.' I said, 'What did the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, do?' He said, 'When he sat in the prayer, he placed his right hand on his right thigh and he closed his fist and pointed his index finger, and he placed his left hand on his left thigh
رآني عبد الله بن عمر وأنا أعبث بالحصى في الصلاة فلما انصرف نهاني فقال اصنع كما كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يصنع فقلت وكيف كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يصنع؟ قال : كان إذا جلس في الصلاة وضع كفه اليمنى على فخذه اليمنى، وقبض أصابعه كلها، وأشار بإصبعه التي تلي الإبهام، ووضع كفه اليسرى على فخذه اليسرىThe Shaykh : How is this? He clenched all his fingers like this, and pointed with the finger next to the thumb.