the rakʿah, completed his prayer, and then said, “This is how we saw the Messenger of Allah pray.” Reported by Abu Dawud (1/138)—this is his wording—and, through his chain, by al-Bayhaqi (2/127); also by al-Nasaʾi (1/159) and al-Hakim (1/222) through Jarir, while al-Nasaʾi’s route is through Abu al-Ahwas; both narrate it from Ataʾ. Al-Tayalisi (no. 86) transmits it via Hammam with the wording: “and he spread his fingers.” The same is related by al-Darimi (1/299). Al-Tahawi (1/135) and Ahmad (4/119) record: “so that his fingers extended beyond his shins.” Ahmad (4/120), as well as al-Nasaʾi and al-Bayhaqi (2/121), further relate it through Zaidah b. Qudamah with the wording: “he spread his fingers behind his knees.” Al-Hakim declared the chain sahih, and al-Dhahabi concurred. (1) This description is established from several Companions. Among them is Abu Humayd—in the presence of others—who said: “He placed his hands on his knees as though grasping them, straightened his arms, and kept them away from his sides” (al-Tirmidhi’s wording). Abu Dawud adds: “and he distanced them.”