Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26441

Yahya bin Musa told us, Abd al-Razzaq told us, Ibn Jurayj told us, Abu al-Zubayr told me that he heard Tawus saying: We told Ibn Abbas about sitting on the feet. He said, “It is the Sunnah.” We said, “Indeed, we see it as an injustice to the man.” He said, “Rather, it is the Sunnah of your Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace.” May God bless him and grant him peace. Abu Issa said, “This is a hasan and authentic hadith. Some people of knowledge from among the Companions of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, went to this hadith, no. They see harm in iqaa’, and this is the opinion of some of the people of Mecca who are people of jurisprudence and knowledge. He said, “And most people of knowledge hate it.” Sitting down between the two prostrations...