What is the guidance of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, regarding the placement of the right and left hands when sitting between the two prostrations and during the first and last Tashahhud? And is the left hand placed on the thigh, or on the thigh with the knee, or on the knee only? And likewise, the right hand during the Tashahhud?
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When the Prophet (ﷺ) sat for the , he would place his right palm on his right thigh—or knee—and his left palm on his left thigh—or knee—spreading it out.
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