(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). (ID)
Reference (ID): Sahih Muslim 536 (ID)
In-book reference (ID): Book 5, Hadith 38 (ID)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 4, Hadith 1093 (ID)