I offered prayer beside my father and approximated both my hands and placed them in between the knees. My father told me not to do so and said, We used to do the same but we were forbidden (by the Prophet) to do it and were ordered to place the hands on the knees.

':'Telah menceritakan kepada kami Abu Al Walid berkata telah menceritakan kepada kami Syu'bah dari Abu Ya'fur berkata Aku mendengar Mush'ab bin Sa'd berkata 'Aku shalat di samping ayahku lalu aku rapatkan tanganku dan aku letakkan di atas pahaku. Maka ayahku pun melarangnya seraya berkata 'Kami pernah mengerjakan seperti itu lalu kami dilarang (oleh Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) dan kami diperintahkan untuk meletakkan tangan kami pada lutut-lutut kami.''