Sayyiduna Wa'il bin Hujr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when I came to Madinah Munawwarah, I said (in my heart) that I will definitely observe the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) attentively. Then he narrated the rest of the hadith. And he said: And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) bent his left foot and kept his right foot upright.

Sayyiduna Wa'il bin Hujr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), when he sat in prayer, he spread his left foot and kept his right foot upright.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) forbade a person from leaning on his left hand while sitting in prayer. In the narration of Hazrat Husain bin Mahdi, it is mentioned that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) forbade a person from leaning on his hands during prayer.

Abu Bakr said: In the report of Ali ibn Abi Talib from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that when he rose from the two prostrations, he would say takbir and raise his hands, and likewise in the report of Abu Humayd al-Sa'idi, and the report of Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja'far.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) would enter into prayer, he would raise both his hands, and when he intended to bow (ruku‘), and when he raised his head from bowing, and when he stood up after the tashahhud of two rak‘ahs, on all these occasions the Prophet (peace be upon him) would raise both his hands up to the level of his shoulders.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would begin the prayer, he would say «‏‏‏‏اللهُ أَكْبَرُ» ‏‏‏‏, then raise both his hands up to the level of his shoulders, and when he would bow (ruku‘), he would do the same (raise the hands), and when he would prostrate, he would do the same, and when he would raise his head from prostration, he would not raise his hands, and when he would stand up after the (tashahhud of) two rak‘ahs, he would do the same (raise the hands).

Hazrat Usman bin Al-Hakam Al-Judhami, with his chain of narration, reports from Imam Ibn Shihab in a similar manner, and stated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said «‏‏‏‏اللهُ أَكْبَرُ» ‏‏‏‏ and raised both his hands up to the level of his shoulders. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the first person to bring the knowledge of Ibn Jurayj and Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) to Egypt was Hazrat Usman bin Al-Hakam Al-Judhami. Imam Abu Bakr says that I heard Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Abdul Rahim Barqi saying, Ibn Abi Maryam narrated to us, he said Usman bin Al-Hakam Al-Judhami narrated to me, and he was among the best of people.

Hazrat Aamir bin Abdullah bin Zubair narrates from his respected father, who says that when the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) sat in (Tashahhud) during prayer, he would place his left foot between his thigh and shin, and would place his left hand on his left knee and his right hand on his right thigh, and would gesture with his finger. Abdulwahid gestured with his index finger.

Sayyiduna Wa'il bin Hujr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I prayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). When he entered the prayer, he said «‏‏‏‏اللهُ أَكْبَرُ» ‏‏‏‏ and raised his hands. And when he intended to bow (ruku‘), he raised his hands, and when he raised his head from ruku‘, he raised his hands. In prostration, he placed both his hands (on the ground) and kept his arms away from his sides, and spread his left thigh, and pointed with his index finger, that is, while sitting in Tashahhud. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that his statement "he spread his left thigh" means that he spread his left thigh for his right thigh. My father spread his left thigh so that he could place his right thigh over his left thigh. As is in the narration of Adam bin Abi Iyas, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) placed his right thigh over his left thigh.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Wa’il bin Hujr al-Hadrami (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said «‏‏‏‏اللهُ أَكْبَرُ» ‏‏‏‏, he raised both his hands, and when he bowed (ruku‘), and when he raised his head from ruku‘ (he performed the raising of the hands), and when he prostrated, he said:“Like this,”and he distanced his two hands from his armpits, and placed his right thigh over his left thigh, and said:“Place (them) like this.”Wahb (the narrator) raised his index finger and made a knot with the middle finger. Muhammad bin Yahya also pointed with the index finger, made a circle with the middle finger and thumb, and made a knot with the middle finger.