Wa'il bin Hujr said: "I am going to watch the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and see how he prays. So, I watched him." And he described (his prayer): "Then he sat and lay his left foot on the ground, and placed his left hand on his left thigh and knee. He put his right elbow on his right thigh, then he made a circle with two fingers of his (right) hand, then he raised his finger and I saw him moving it, supplicating with it."

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that: When the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) sat during the prayer, he put his hands on his knees and raised the finger that is next to the thumb, and supplicates with it, and his left hand was on his knee laid on it.

It was narrated from Abdullah bin Az-Zubair: That the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to point with his finger when he supplicated, but he did not move it. Ibn Jurayj said: "And 'Amr added: 'Amir bin 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair told me that his father saw the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) supplicating like that, putting his weight on his left arm, leaning on his left leg.'"

It was narrated from Malik bin Numair Al-Khuza'I that his father said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) putting his right hand on his right thigh when praying and pointing with his finger."

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that: A man used to supplicate with two fingers and the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "Make it one, make it one."

It was narrated from Sa`d who said: "The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) passed by me when I was supplicating with my fingers and he said: 'Make it one, make it one' and pointed with his forefinger."

Malik bin Numair Al-Khuza'I, one of the inhabitants of Al-Basrah, narrated that: His father told him that he saw the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) sitting when praying, putting his right forearm on his right thigh and raising his forefinger, which he had bent slightly, and he was supplicating.

It was narrated from 'Amir bin Abdullah bin Az-Zubair, from his father, that: When the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) sat to say the tashahhud, he placed his left hand on his left thigh and pointed with his forefinger, and his gaze did not go beyond he finger with which he was pointing.

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "People should certainly stop lifting their gaze to the sky when they supplicate during the prayer, or they will lose their eyesight."

It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ud said: "Before the tashahhud was enjoined, when we prayed we used to say: 'Peace (As-Salam) be upon Allah (SWT), pace be upon Jibril, peace be upon Mika'il.' The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: 'Do not say this, for indeed Allah (SWT), the Mighty and Sublime, is As-Salam. Rather say: "At-tahiyyatu lillahi wasalawatu wat-tayibaat, as-salamu 'alaika ayah-Nabiyyu wa rahmatAllahi wa baraktuhu. As-salamu 'alaina a 'ala ibad illahis-salihin, ashadu an la ilaha ill Allah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasuluhu. (All compliments, prayers and pure words are due to Allah. Peace be upon you O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous slaves of Allah. I bear witness that that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and messenger.)"