حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ کُلَيْبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَلَّمَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الصَّلَاةَ فَکَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَکَعَ طَبَّقَ يَدَيْهِ بَيْنَ رُکْبَتَيْهِ قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِکَ سَعْدًا فَقَالَ صَدَقَ أَخِي قَدْ کُنَّا نَفْعَلُ هَذَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَنَا بِهَذَا يَعْنِي الْإِمْسَاکَ عَلَی الرُّکْبَتَيْنِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 747
Narrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught us how to pray. He then uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands; when he bowed, he joined his hands and placed them between his knees. When this (report) reached Saad, he said: My brother said truly. We used to do this; then we were later on commanded to do this, that is, to place the hands on the knees.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020