I said to myself, "I shall observe carefully how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performs his prayer."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood and faced the qiblah, then said the takbir and raised his hands until they were level with his ears. Then he grasped his left hand with his right. When he intended to bow, he raised his hands in the same manner, then placed his hands on his knees. When he raised his head from bowing, he raised his hands in the same manner. When he prostrated, he placed his head on the ground at the same level as his hands.Then he sat, spreading his left foot beneath him, placing his left hand on his left thigh, and resting the edge of his right elbow on his right thigh. He folded two fingers and made a circle.I saw him saying it like this, and Bishr made a circle with his thumb and middle finger and pointed with his index finger.
حدثنا مسدد حدثنا بشر بن المفضل عن عاصم بن كليب عن أبيه
قلت لأنظرن إلى صلاة رسول الله ﷺ كيف يصلي قال فقام رسول الله ﷺ فاستقبل القبلة فكبر فرفع يديه حتى حاذتا أذنيه ثم أخذ شماله بيمينه فلما أراد أن يركع رفعهما مثل ذلك ثم وضع يديه على ركبتيه فلما رفع رأسه من الركوع رفعهما مثل ذلك فلما سجد وضع رأسه بذلك المنزل من بين يديه ثم جلس فافترش رجله اليسرى ووضع يده اليسرى على فخذه اليسرى وحد مرفقه الأيمن على فخذه اليمنى وقبض ثنتين وحلق حلقة ورأيته يقول هكذا وحلق بشر الإبهام والوسطى وأشار بالسبابة
[Its chain of transmission is sahih]. Nasai transmitted it in the Book of the Opening, Chapter on the Placement of the Right Hand over the Left in Prayer, no. 890, and Ibn Majah, no. 867, from the hadith of Asim bin Kulayb, through the same chain. Ibn Khuzayma graded it sahih, no. 480, 714, as did Ibn Hibban, no. 485.