(1) In manuscript B the phrase reads: “may Allah be pleased with him.” (2) See Fath al-Bari, Book of Actions during the Prayer, chapter “Placing the hands on the hips during prayer,” hadith nos. 1219–1220, 3/88. (3) See Sahih Muslim, Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer, chapter “Disapproval of resting on the hips during prayer (al-ikhtisar),” hadith no. 545, 1/387. (4) Codices C, D, and Ṭ read “b. Subh,” but the reading we have adopted—found in codex Ab and in the printed edition—is more accurate. (5) He is Ziyad b. Subih al-Hanafi, said to have been either Makkan or Basran. Ishaq b. Rahuyah called him “a righteous, trustworthy man,” and the leading critics—al-Nasaʾi, Ibn Hibban, and al-ʿIjli—likewise declared him reliable. A fourth-generation tabiʿi from Medina. See: Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 3/374, no. 681 Z; Taqrib al-Tahdhib 1/268, no. 115 Z. (6) Manuscript D reads: fa-kana (“so he was”). (7) See Musnad Ahmad 2/106 (Musnad of Ibn ʿUmar), which adds the phrase: “so he struck my hands” before “When he prayed.” (8) See Sunan Abu Dawud, Book of Prayer, chapter “On resting on the hips (takhassur) and squatting (iqʿaʾ),” hadith no. 903, 1/556. (9) See Sunan al-Nasaʾi, Book of Prayer, chapter “The prohibition of takhassur during prayer,” 2/127; his version shows minor variations in wording, and the hadith possesses a sound chain of transmission.