أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَکِ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ کُلَيْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّ وَائِلَ بْنَ حُجْرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَی صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَيْفَ يُصَلِّي فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَوَصَفَ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ وَافْتَرَشَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَی وَوَضَعَ کَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَی عَلَی فَخِذِهِ وَرُکْبَتِهِ الْيُسْرَی وَجَعَلَ حَدَّ مِرْفَقِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ عَلَی فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَی ثُمَّ قَبَضَ اثْنَتَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِهِ وَحَلَّقَ حَلْقَةً ثُمَّ رَفَعَ أُصْبُعَهُ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُحَرِّکُهَا يَدْعُو بِهَا مُخْتَصَرٌ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1273
Wa’il bin Hujr said: “I said: ‘I am going to watch the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and see how he prayer. So, I watched him.” and he described (his prayer): “Then he sat and lay his left foot on the ground, and placed his left hand on his left thigh and knee. He put his right elbow on his right thigh, then he made a circle with two fingers of his (right) hand, then he raised his finger and I saw him moving it, supplicating with it.” (Narrated) In abridged form. (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020