“samiʿa Allahu liman ḥamidah” (Allah hears the one who praises Him), and the follower responds: “rabbanā wa laka al-ḥamd” (Our Lord, to You belongs all praise). He remains erect and tranquil until every vertebra of his spine has settled back into place.
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He then prostrates, placing his palms on the ground without flattening his forearms, directing the fingers toward the qiblah and keeping them uncurled.
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He sets his feet on the ground, the tips of his toes pointing toward the qiblah.
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When he sits for the first tashahhud, he spreads his left foot and sits upon it, while keeping the right foot upright with its toes facing the qiblah.
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When he sits for the final tashahhud in a prayer that contains two tashahhuds, he sits in the position of tawarruk: he brings his left leg forward and out from beneath him, keeps the right leg upright, and places his buttocks on the ground.
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The jurists state that a woman performs the prayer exactly as a man in all the foregoing—raising the hands included—but she should keep her limbs close to her body during bowing, prostration, and the like, avoiding wide spacing, and she lets her legs fall to her right side when sitting. Sitting cross-legged (tarabbuʿ) or with the legs draped to the side (sidl) is preferable, for it affords her greater modesty; al-Insāf records unanimous agreement on this point.