It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When any one of you says Ameen, the angels in the heavens also say Ameen. So if one Ameen coincides with the other Ameen, his previous sins are forgiven."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When the Imam says «سَمِعَ اللّٰهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ» , you should say «اَللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ» . For whoever's saying coincides with that of the angels, his previous sins will be forgiven."

Hazrat Ali bin Abdur Rahman says that Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) saw me playing with pebbles during prayer. When I finished the prayer, he forbade me and said: Do as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do. I asked: How did he do? He said: When he (peace and blessings be upon him) sat in prayer, he would place his right palm on his right thigh and close all the fingers, and point with the index finger, and place the left palm on the left thigh, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do like this.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Dinar that a man prayed next to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them). When that man sat after four rak'ahs, he sat cross-legged and wrapped both his feet. When Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) finished the prayer, he criticized this act. The man replied: "You do this yourself." He said: "I am ill."

It is narrated from Hazrat Mughira bin Hakim that he saw Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) sitting between the two prostrations on the toes of both feet, and then he would go into prostration. When he finished the prayer, this was mentioned, so Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that sitting like this in prayer is not correct, but I sit like this due to illness.

It is narrated from Ubaidullah bin Abdullah bin Umar that he saw Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) sitting cross-legged in prayer, so he also sat cross-legged, and he was young in those days. Then Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade him and said that the Sunnah in prayer is to keep the right foot upright and lay the left foot flat. Ubaidullah said that I said to him: You sit cross-legged. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: My feet cannot bear my weight.

Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated that Qasim ibn Muhammad taught people how to sit in Tashahhud: he would raise the right foot, bend the left foot, and sit on the left buttock, and not on the left foot. Qasim said that 'Ubaydullah taught him to sit in this manner, and said that his father, our master 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), used to do likewise.

Abdur Rahman bin Abd al-Qari heard from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, and he was on the pulpit, teaching the people the Tashahhud. He said: Say: «التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلّٰهِ الزَّاكِيَاتُ لِلّٰهِ الطَّيِّبَاتُ الصَّلَوَاتُ لِلّٰهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللّٰهِ الصَّالِحِينَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» .

It is narrated from Nafi‘ that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to recite the tashahhud in this way: «بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلّٰهِ الصَّلَوَاتُ لِلّٰهِ الزَّاكِيَاتُ لِلّٰهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللّٰهِ الصَّالِحِينَ شَهِدْتُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ شَهِدْتُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ» He used to say this after the first two rak‘ahs, and after the tashahhud he would supplicate for whatever he wished. Then, when he sat for the final sitting, he would recite in the same way, but first he would recite the tashahhud, then supplicate for whatever he wished, and after the tashahhud, when he was about to say the salam, he would say: «السَّلاَمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ. السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللّٰهِ الصَّالِحِينَ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ» He would say this to the right side, then respond to the imam’s salam. Then, if someone on the left side greeted him, he would also respond to him.

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her), she said, in Tashahhud these words: «التَّحِيَّاتُ الطَّيِّبَاتُ الصَّلَوَاتُ الزَّاكِيَاتُ لِلّٰهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ. السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ. السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللّٰهِ الصَّالِحِينَ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ» .