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Sahih Bukhari: Hadith 775

10. Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

صحيح البخاري

10/118 Chapter:

To put the hands (palms) on both knees while bowing.

باب وَضْعِ الأَكُفِّ عَلَى الرُّكَبِ فِي الرُّكُوعِ

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Sahih Bukhari
Sahih
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُصْعَبَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ، يَقُولُ صَلَّيْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِ أَبِي فَطَبَّقْتُ بَيْنَ كَفَّىَّ ثُمَّ وَضَعْتُهُمَا بَيْنَ فَخِذَىَّ، فَنَهَانِي أَبِي وَقَالَ كُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ فَنُهِينَا عَنْهُ، وَأُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَضَعَ أَيْدِيَنَا عَلَى الرُّكَبِ‏.‏
Narrated Mus`ab bin Sa`d:
I offered prayer beside my father and approximated both my hands and placed them in between the knees. My father told me not to do so and said, "We used to do the same but we were forbidden (by the Prophet) to do it and were ordered to place the hands on the knees."
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 790
In-book : Book 10, Hadith 185
USC-MSA web (English) : Vol. 1, Book 12, Hadith 756  (deprecated)