Collection: Sunan Abi Dawud

When he( the Prophet) sat up the two rak’ahs he sat on his left foot; and when sat up after the last rak’ah he put out his left foot and sat on his hip.

He(the Prophet) prostrated himself, he depended on his palms, knees and the toes of his feet. When he sat up, he sat on his hips, and raised his other foot. He then uttered the takbir(Allah is most great) and prostrated himself. He uttered the takbir and stood up and did not sit on his hips. […]

Hammad bin Zaid also said (the wording): “From the Sunnah” (narrating) from Yahya just as Jarir did.

“When the Prophet (ﷺ) would sit in the prayer, he would place his left foot horizontally – so much so that the upper-part of his foot became black.”

“A Sunnah of the prayer is that you should raise your right foot, and make your left foot lie (on the ground).”

“I heard Al-Qasim saying: “Abdullah bin ‘Abdullah informed me that he heard ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar saying: “From the Sunnah of the prayer is to lay your left foot on the ground, and raise your right foot.”

I asked ‘A’ishah whether the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited a whole Surah (of the Quran) in one Rak’ah of the prayer. She replied : (He recited from among) the Mufassal surahs. I asked: Did he pray (at night) sitting? She replied : (he prayed sitting) when the people made him old.

I said that I should look at the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) how he prays. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up and faced the qiblah (i.e. the direction of Ka’bah) and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great); then he raised his hands till he brought them in front of his […]