She saw the Prophet ﷺ sitting with his knees drawn up against his chest, his arms wrapped around them. She said, "When I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seated in such a humble posture, I trembled with awe."
أنها رأت النبي ﷺ وهو قاعد القرفصاء، قالت: فلما رأيت رسول الله ﷺ المتخشع في الجلسة، أرعدت من الفرق.
Narrated by Abu Dawud (4847), Tirmidhi in Shamail (120), and Bukhari in Adab al-Mufrad (1178), all through the route of Abdullah bin Hassan Anbari, "My two grandmothers, Safiyyah bint Ulayyibah and Duhaybah bint Ulayyibah, who were the stepdaughters of Qaylah bint Makhrama, told me that Qaylah informed them," and she said, and then he mentioned it.Its chain is hasan because of Abdullah bin Hassan, since major imams narrated from him, and Ibn Hibban rated him trustworthy. Dhahabi said, "Trustworthy." Ibn Hajar also graded it hasan in Fath al-Bari (3/155).His saying, "qurfusa," with the qaf and fa both pronounced with damma, means that a man sits on his buttocks, presses his thighs against his stomach, and places his hands on his shins. His saying, "al-mutakhashshi" means the humble, submissive one. His saying, "I trembled from fright" means that trembling took hold of me out of fear and dread.A similar report was narrated from Abu Saeed Khudri, who said, "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat, he would hold his knees with his hands." Narrated by Abu Dawud (4846), Tirmidhi in Shamail (122), and Bayhaqi (3/236), all through the route of Abdullah bin Ibrahim Madani, "Ishaq bin Muhammad Ansari narrated to us from Rabih bin Abdul-Rahman bin Abu Saeed, from his father, from his grandfather Abu Saeed Khudri," who said, and then he mentioned it.Its chain is extremely daif. Abdullah bin Ibrahim Ghifari Madani is discarded as a narrator, and Abu Dawud faulted the hadith because of him, saying, "An obscure shaykh whose hadith is rejected." As for Ishaq bin Muhammad Ansari, the Hafiz said, "Unknown, and only Ghifari narrated from him alone."