He reported that he said, "I will surely watch how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prays."He said, I watched him. He stood and pronounced the takbeer, raising his hands until they were level with his ears. Then he placed his right hand over the back of his left hand, the wrist, and the forearm. When he intended to bow, he raised his hands in the same way. He placed his hands on his knees, then raised his head and lifted his hands again in the same manner. Then he prostrated, placing his palms level with his ears. Then he sat, spreading out his left leg, placing his left palm on his left thigh and knee, and resting the edge of his right elbow on his right thigh. He clenched his fingers and formed a circle, then raised his finger, and I saw him moving it as he made supplication with it.Then I came again later during a time of cold weather, and I saw people wearing garments, with their hands moving beneath the garments because of the cold.
حدثنا عبد الصمد حدثنا زائدة حدثنا عاصم بن كليب أخبرني أبي أن
أخبره قال قلت لأنظرن إلى رسول الله ﷺ كيف يصلي قال فنظرت إليه قام فكبر ورفع يديه حتى حاذتا أذنيه ثم وضع يده اليمنى على ظهر كفه اليسرى والرسغ والساعد ثم قال لما أراد أن يركع رفع يديه مثلها ووضع يديه على ركبتيه ثم رفع رأسه فرفع يديه مثلها ثم سجد فجعل كفيه بحذاء أذنيه ثم قعد فافترش رجله اليسرى فوضع كفه اليسرى على فخذه وركبته اليسرى وجعل حد مرفقه الأيمن على فخذه اليمنى ثم قبض بين أصابعه فحلق حلقة ثم رفع إصبعه فرأيته يحركها يدعو بها ثم جئت بعد ذلك في زمان فيه برد فرأيت الناس عليهم الثياب تحرك أيديهم من تحت الثياب من البرد