حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَی بْنِ خَلَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ بِهَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ قَالَ إِذَا قُمْتَ فَتَوَجَّهْتَ إِلَی الْقِبْلَةِ فَکَبِّرْ ثُمَّ اقْرَأْ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَبِمَا شَائَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ وَإِذَا رَکَعْتَ فَضَعْ رَاحَتَيْکَ عَلَی رُکْبَتَيْکَ وَامْدُدْ ظَهْرَکَ وَقَالَ إِذَا سَجَدْتَ فَمَکِّنْ لِسُجُودِکَ فَإِذَا رَفَعْتَ فَاقْعُدْ عَلَی فَخِذِکَ الْيُسْرَی
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 859
This tradition has also been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Rifaah bin Rafi. This version goes: When you get up and face the qiblah, what Allah wishes you to recite. And when you bow, put your palms on your knees and stretch out your back. When you prostrate yourself, do it completely ( so that you are at the rest). When you raise yourself then sit on your left thigh.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020