(6) باب جَوَازِ الإِقْعَاءِ عَلَى الْعَقِبَيْنِ
Tawus reported:
We asked Ibn Abbas about sitting on one's buttocks (in prayer). (ala alqad mein) He said: It is sunnah. We said to him: We find it a sort of cruelty to the foot. Ibn 'Abbas said: It is the sunnah of your Apostle (ﷺ). (ES)
Reference (ES): Sahih Muslim 536 (ES)
In-book reference (ES): Book 5, Hadith 38 (ES)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 4, Hadith 1093 (ES)