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Sunan Abi Dawud 988 — Sitting Position in Prayer
Pointing (With The Finger) During The Tashah-hud
Hadith About the Prophet’s Sitting Position in Tashahhud
Sunan Abi Dawud : 988
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 988
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ الْبَزَّازُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَامِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا قَعَدَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ جَعَلَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُسْرَى تَحْتَ فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَسَاقِهِ وَفَرَشَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُمْنَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ . وَأَرَانَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ .
‘Abd Allah b. al-Zubair Narrated from:
When the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) sat during the prayer( at the tashahhud), he placed his left foot under his right thigh and shin and spread his right foot and placed his left hand on his left knee and placed his right hand on his right thigh, and he pointed with his forefinger.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 988In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 599English translation : Book 2, Hadith 983
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 988
This narration describes how the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم sat during prayer at the tashahhud. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubair said that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم placed his left foot under his right thigh and shin, spread his right foot, placed his left hand on his left knee, placed his right hand on his right thigh, and pointed with his forefinger. The core topic is tashahhud posture. The hadith is useful for anyone searching for the Prophet’s sitting position in prayer, hand placement in tashahhud, or finger pointing in salah. It gives a physical description without adding extra discussion. The teaching is simple: the prayer has a calm, guided form, and the sitting posture is part of that reported form.
What we learn from this hadith
- The hadith describes the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم sitting posture in tashahhud.
- The left hand and right hand placements are both mentioned.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم pointed with his forefinger during this sitting.
- The report shows attention to calm and ordered movement in prayer.
