Musnad Ahmad 16572

Translation

✧ He narrated to me—about the Messenger of God ﷺ spreading his left thigh flat in the middle of the prayer and at its end, sitting on his left hip, placing his left hand on his left thigh, standing his right foot upright, placing his right hand on his right thigh, and standing his index finger upright, declaring the oneness of his Lord, Mighty and Majestic, with it—‘Imran b. Abi Anas, the brother of Banu ‘Amir b. Lu’ayy, and he was trustworthy, from Abu al-Qasim Miqsam, the freedman of ‘Abd Allah b. al-Harith b. Nawfal, who said: "A man from the people of Madinah narrated to me, saying: 'I prayed in the mosque of Banu Ghifar. When I sat in my prayer, I spread my left thigh flat and stood my index finger upright.' He said: 'Khaffaf b. Ima’ b. Rahdah al-Ghifari saw me—and he had companionship with the Messenger of God ﷺ—while I was doing that.' He said: 'When I finished my prayer, he said to me: "O my son, why did you stand your finger upright like this?"' He said: 'And what do you object to? I saw people doing that.' He said: 'You have done right. When the Messenger of God ﷺ prayed, he used to do that. The polytheists used to say: "Muhammad only does this with his finger to cast a spell with it," but they lied. The Messenger of God ﷺ only did that to declare the oneness of his Lord, Mighty and Majestic, with it.'"

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• Maghlaṭay

  رواه الإمام أحمد من حديث رجل مجهول عنه

  in مسند أحمد, p. 16770

Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 579a

Narrators

1. 1
   Khufāf b. Īmāʾ al-Ḥudaybī

   Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. during the caliphate of ʿUmar, may God be pleased with him
   خُفَاف بْن إِيمَاء الحُدَيْبِيّصحابي
   قال
2. 2
   A man from people of Medina
   رجل من أهل المدينة
   حدثني
3. 3
   Miqsam b. Bajrah

   truthful (ṣadūq), and he used to narrate with omission of the intermediary (yursil)d. 101 AH
   مقسم بن بجرةصدوق ، وكان يرسل
   عن
4. 4
   ʿImrān b. Abī Anas

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 117 AH
   عمران بن أبي أنس العامريثقة
   حدثني
5. 5
   Muḥammad b. Isḥāq

   Truthful (ṣadūq), he practiced concealment (yudallis), and was accused of Shiʿism (tashayyuʿ) and of belief in free will (qadar)d. ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said, and Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. ʿArafah: 150 AH, Muḥammad b. Saʿd said elsewhere: al-Haytham b. ʿAdī said: 151 AH, he said: and his son said: 150 AH. Aḥmad b. Khālid al-Wahbī said: 151 AH, Yaḥyā b. Maʿīn said, and ʿAlī Ibn al-Madīnī, and Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyā al-Sājī: 152 AH, khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ said: 153 AH, 152 AH
   ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَصدوق يدلس ، ورمي بالتشيع والقدر
   عن
6. 6
   Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd Abū Isḥāq al-Zuhrī

   Trustworthy (thiqah) and an authority (ḥujjah); he was spoken about without any valid ground for criticism.d. 182 AH, or 183 AH, or 184 AH, or 185 AH
   أَبِيثقة حجة ، تُكُلِّم فيه بلا قادح
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Yaʿqūb

   Trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil).d. 208 AH
   يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَثقة فاضل .
   حدثنا
8. 8
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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