حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد وَاسْمُهُ وَقْدَانُ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ إِلَی جَنْبِ أَبِي فَجَعَلْتُ يَدَيَّ بَيْنَ رُکْبَتَيَّ فَنَهَانِي عَنْ ذَلِکَ فَعُدْتُ فَقَالَ لَا تَصْنَعْ هَذَا فَإِنَّا کُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ فَنُهِينَا عَنْ ذَلِکَ وَأُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَضَعَ أَيْدِيَنَا عَلَی الرُّکَبِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 867
Musab b Saad said: I prayed by the side of my father. I put both of my hands between my knees (in bowing condition). He prohibited me from it. I then repeated; so he said: Do not do so, because we used to do so. But we were prohibited to do that, and commanded to put our hands on the knees.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020