حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ عَنْ مَيْمُونٍ الْمَكِّيِّ أَنَّهُ رَأَى ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ وَصَلَّى بِهِمْ يُشِيرُ بِكَفَّيْهِ حِينَ يَقُومُ وَحِينَ يَرْكَعُ وَحِينَ يَسْجُدُ وَحِينَ يَنْهَضُ لِلْقِيَامِ فَيَقُومُ فَيُشِيرُ بِيَدَيْهِ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ صَلَّى صَلَاةً لَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا يُصَلِّيهَا فَوَصَفَ لَهُ هَذِهِ الْإِشَارَةَ فَقَالَ إِنْ أَحْبَبْتَ أَنْ تَنْظُرَ إِلَى صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاقْتَدِ بِصَلَاةِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2308
It was narrated from Maimoon al-Makki that he saw Ibn az-Zubair 'Abdullah, and he led them in prayer, making a motion with his hands when he stood up, when he bowed, and when he prostrated and, when he got up again, he made a motion with his hands. He said: I went to Ibn 'Abbas (RA) and said to him: I have seen Ibn az-Zubair praying in a manner that I have never seen anyone pray before. And I described these motions to him. He said: If you want to see the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), watch the prayer of Ibn az- Zubair.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020