Furthermore, the hadith has corroboration from a report narrated by Ibn Umar. It was recorded by Abu Dawud (1/143), al-Nasa’i (1/141), al-Bayhaqi (2/288), and Ahmad (2/106) through Sa‘id ibn Ziyad, from Ziyad ibn Subayh al-Hanafi, who said: “I prayed next to Ibn Umar and put my hands on my hips. He struck my hands, and when he finished the prayer he said: ‘This is al-salb in the prayer, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to forbid it.’” The chain is good; every transmitter in it is trustworthy. Al-‘Iraqi declared it sound (1/139), and Ibn Hajar did not criticise it; he then remarked: “It supports the well-known interpretation of ikhtisar.” The rationale for the prohibition has been explained in many ways, but had the additional wording reported by al-Bayhaqi and al-Tabarani been authentic it would have rendered all those explanations unnecessary—yet, as shown, that wording is munkar. Ibn Abi Shaybah also narrated it from Mujahid as his own statement, and this is probably correct; those who transmitted it as marfu‘ were mistaken. Ibn Hajar adds: “The highest-ranking evidence on the question is the statement of ‘A’ishah, recorded by al-Bukhari (3/387): she disliked a worshipper placing his hand on his hip and said, ‘The Jews do that.’ Abu Nu‘aym narrated—through al-Bukhari’s shaykh—the wording: she disliked ikhtisar in the prayer and said, ‘Only the Jews do that.’ Al-San‘ani comments in al-Subul (1/207):”