أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ إِلَی جَنْبِ أَبِي وَجَعَلْتُ يَدَيَّ بَيْنَ رُکْبَتَيَّ فَقَالَ لِيَ اضْرِبْ بِکَفَّيْکَ عَلَی رُکْبَتَيْکَ قَالَ ثُمَّ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِکَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَی فَضَرَبَ يَدِي وَقَالَ إِنَّا قَدْ نُهِينَا عَنْ هَذَا وَأُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَضْرِبَ بِالْأَکُفِّ عَلَی الرُّکَبِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1037
It was narrated that Mus’ab bin Saad said: “I prayed beside my father and I put my hands between my knees, and he told me: ‘Put your hands on your knees.’ Then I did that again and he struck my hands and said: ‘We were forbidden to do that, and we were commanded to put our hands on our knees.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020