Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26451

Bundar told us, Muhammad bin Bashar told us, Abu Amir Al-Aqdi told us, Fulayh bin Suleiman Al-Madani told us, Abbas bin Sahl Al-Saadi told me, He said: Abu Humayd, Abu Usayd, Sahl bin Saad, and Muhammad bin Maslamah gathered and mentioned the prayer of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. And peace be upon him. Abu Humaid said, “I inform you about the prayer of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, sat - meaning - to recite the tashahhud, so he spread his foot.” the left hand and approached the right’s chest towards the qiblah and placed his right palm on his right knee and his left palm on His left knee and pointed with his finger, meaning the index finger. Abu Issa said: This is a good and authentic hadith. Some of the people of Knowledge, and this is the opinion of Al-Shafi’i, Ahmad, and Ishaq. They said that he sits on his hip during the last tashahhud, and they used as evidence the hadith of Abu Humaid, and they said that he sits In the first tashahhud, he stands on his left leg and stands upright on his right leg.