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Sunan Abi Dawud 759

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to place his right hand on his left hand, then he folded them strictly on his chest in prayer.

Tawusnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih by Al-Albani
6names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ، (يَعْنِي ابْنَ حُمَيْدٍ) عَنْ ثَوْرٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ

قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى يَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ يَشُدُّ بَيْنَهُمَا عَلَى صَدْرِهِ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to place his right hand on his left hand, then he folded them strictly on his chest in prayer.

তাউস (রহঃ) সূত্রে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম সালাত আদায়কালে স্বীয় ডান হাত বাম হাতের উপর স্থাপন করে তা নিজের বুকের উপর বাধঁতেন।[1] সহীহ।

طاؤس کہتے ہیں کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم اپنا دائیاں ہاتھ اپنے بائیں ہاتھ پر رکھتے، پھر ان کو اپنے سینے پر باندھ لیتے، اور آپ نماز میں ہوتے۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Taubah] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Al Haitsam yaitu Ibnu Humaid] dari [Tsaur] dari [Sulaiman bin Musa] dari [Thawus] dia berkata; "Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam meletakkan tangan kanannya diatas tangan kiri, kemudian menarik keduanya diatas dada ketika shalat

Tavus'dan; demiştir ki: Nebi (Sallallahu aleyhi ve Sellem) namazda iken sağ elini sol eli üzerine koyar ve onları göğsü üzerinde kavuştururdu. Ebu Davud rivayet etmiştir

Sunan Abi Dawud 759, Book 2, Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat), Hadith 369. 1 min read

What it means

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to recite this verse: {Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due and when you judge between people to judge with justice. Excellent is that which Allah instructs you. Indeed, Allah is ever Hearing and Seeing} [Sūrat An-Nisā': 58]. Then he would mention that he saw the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) recite this verse then put his thumb on his ear and his index finger over his eye to emphasize the affirmation of the attributes of hearing and seeing for Allah, the Almighty, and as a rebuttal of the distorted interpretations of the verses of the Qur'an.

This gesture is not considered to be drawing a resemblance between Allah and His creation, as Allah said: {There is nothing like unto Him and He is the All Hearing the All Seeing} [Sūrat Ash-Shūra: 11]. Believing in all of the religious texts entails what was mentioned above.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Abu Dawud back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Abu DawudCompiler, died 275 AH
  2. 2Ar-Rabi ibn NafiTold us, Fourth generation, died 241 AH
  3. 3Al-Haytham ibn HumaydTold us, Third generation, died 181 AH
  4. 4Thawr ibn YazidFrom, Third generation, died 150 AH
  5. 5Sulayman ibn MusaFrom, Successor, died 115 AH
  6. 6Tawus ibn KaysanFrom, Successor, died 100 AH

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