Sunnah Method & Description of Salah of a Muslim Man

Athar Number 1:

ذكر الأثرم قال حدثنا أبو الوليد الطيالسي قال حدثنا حماد بن سلمة عن عاصم الجحدري عن عقبة بن صهبان سمع عليا يقول في قول الله عز وجل < فصل لربك وانحر > قال وضع اليمنى على اليسرى تحت السرة

Sayyidina Ali (RA) while narrating the Tafseer of [108:2] So, offer Salah (prayer) to your Lord, and sacrifice. mentioned that hands should be placed below the Navel (in Salah)

Source of Athar Number 1:

Tamheed of Ibn Abdal Barr al-Maliki (RA)

الكتب » التمهيد لابن عبد البر » باب العين » عبد الكريم بن أبي المخارق|

Discussions about the Authenticity of Athar Number 1:

1. All narrators are at the level of narrators of Bukhari & Muslim except for Asim Al-Jahdari (RA) who is Thiqah
2. Imam Abu Bak'r Al-Aatharam (RA), Imam Tahawi (RA), Imam Ibn Abdul-Barr (RA), Muhaidth Naeemud-deen Lahori (RA) despite disagreements have called this Athar authentic and Imam Hakim (RA) has declared it Ahsan (good).
3. This sanad is at least Jayyid ((As indicated by the late Shaykh Hamid Ibrahim Ahmed of Egypt and Muhammad Hussain al-Uqbi in their editing to al-Muhadhdhab fi Ikhtisar al-Sunan al-Kabir by al-Dhahabi, 2/13, fn, 2) ))

Hadeeth Number 2:

وعن وائل بن حجر رضي الله عنه قال : ( رأيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يضع يمينه على شماله في الصلاة تحت السرة). رواه ابن أبي شيبة بإسناد صحيح

Sayyidina Wail Ibn Haj'r (RA) narrates that I saw Sayyidina Rasul-ullah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) place his right hand upon the left hand below the Navel

Source of Hadeeth Number 2:

Musanaf of Imam Ibn Abi Shaybah (RA)

الكتب » المصنف » كتاب الصلاة » وضع اليمين على الشمال في الصلاة

Discussions about the Authenticity of Hadeeth Number 2:

1. All narrators are present Bukhari & Muslim except for Musa Ibn Umair who is Thiqah according to Imam Nasa'i
2. Imam Muhammad Abid Sindhi (RA) declares all narrators Thiqah
3. Imam Muhammad Hashim Sindhi (RA) calls this narrrations strong (Qawi)
4. Notes from Fiqh Al-Imam of Shaykh Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera (HA):
   1. This is a variant version of the two ahadith mentioned above which contain the extra words. ‘below the navel’. Regarding this hadith some Hanafi scholars with all fairness confess that it cannot be used as strong evidence to reinforce their view, because the extra statement (below the navel) is only to be found in some editions of Musannaf-Ibn-Abi-Shavbah and not in all of them. Also this hadith has an inconsistent text, because it also has the words. ‘upon the chest and ‘beneath the chest’ in place of ‘below the navel’ in some variant narrations which have been mentioned earlier. However. it is stated in Fathul-Mulhim which quotes from Aatharus-Sunan that Allamah Qasirn lbn Qutlubgah (RA) has established that this particular version has a good transmission. Allamah Muhammad Abut Tayvib Al-Madani (RA) writes in his commentary of Tirmizi, that this hadith is strong as regards to its transmission and Sheikh Abid Sindhi (RA) confirms. ”Its narrators are trustworthy”. Whatever the case may be the weaknesses of the hadith will not render it totally unacceptable because there are many other reports which supplement and strengthen it as will follow.

Athar Number 3:

عن علي قال: ثلاثة من أخلاق الأنبياء: تعجيل الإفطار، وتأخير السحور، ووضع الأكف تحت السرة في الصلاة

Sayyidina Ali (RA) narrates that three things are from the habits of Prophethood: To hasten the breaking of the fast, to delay the Sehri (pre-fast meal) as late as possible, and to place the hands below the navel in Salah ."

Source of Athar Number 3:

Ibn Shaheen (RA)

Discussions about the Authenticity of Athar Number 3:

1. All narrators are present Bukhari & Muslim except for Zaid Ibn Ali (RA) who is Thiqah according to Imam Abu Dawud, Imam Nasa'i & Imam Tirmidhi
2. Imam Zaid (RA), Imam Ibn Shaheen (RA), Imam Abu Bak'r Kasani (RA), Imam Abul-Fadhal (RA) despite disagreements have called this Athar authentic.

Athar Number 4:

عن سعيد بن زربي عن ابيه عن أنس  من أخلاق الأنبياء: تعجيل الإفطار، وتأخير السحور،ووضعك يمينك على شمالك في الصلاة تحت السرة

Sayyidina Anas (RA) narrates that from the habits of Prophethood are to To hasten the breaking of the fast, to delay the Sehri (pre-fast meal) as late as possible, and to place the right hand upon the left hand in Salah below the navel ."

Source of Athar Number 4:

Abu Shuaib (RA)

Discussions about the Authenticity of Athar Number 4:

1. All narrators are Thiqah
2. Imam Ibn Hazm (RA), Imam Ibn Turkamani (RA), Imam Abu Bak'r Kasani (RA), Imam Abul-Fadhal (RA) and Imam Abu Muhammad Al-Aini (RA) despite disagreements have called this Athar authentic.
3. Notes from Fiqh Al-Imam of Shaykh Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera (HA):
   1. No comments made about problems with chain of transmission

Athar Number 5:

Version 1

الأحاديث المختارة للضياء المقدسي - (ج2 / ص 386)
771 أخبرنا المبارك بن أبي المعالي ببغداد أن هبة الله أخبرهم قراءة عليه أنا الحسن بن علي أنا أحمد بن جعفر ثنا عبدالله بن أحمد ثنا محمد بن سليمان الأسدي لوين ثنا يحيى بن أبي زائدة ثنا عبدالرحمن بن إسحاق عن زياد بن زيد السوائي عن أبي جحيفة عن علي قال إن من السنة في الصلاة وضع الأكف على الأكف تحت السرة ورواه أبو معاوية عن عبدالرحمن إلا أنه قال زياد بن زياد
 

Version 2

772 أخبرنا المؤيد بن عبدالرحيم بن الأخوة وعائشة بنت معمر بن عبدالواحد بن الفاخر أن سعيد بن أبي الرجاء الصيرفي أخبرهم قراءة عليه أنا أحمد بن محمد بن أحمد بن النعمان أنا محمد بن إبراهيم بن علي بن المقرئ أنا إسحاق بن أحمد بن نافع الخزاعي أنا ابن أبي عمر هو محمد بن يحيى العدني ثنا أبو معاوية ثنا عبدالرحمن بن إسحاق عن زياد بن زياد السوائي عن أبي جحيفة عن علي رضي الله عنه قال إن من السنة في الصلاة المكتوبة وضع الأيدي على الأيدي تحت السرة 

Sayyidina Ali (RA) narrates that it is from the Sunnah of Salah to place one hand over the other below the Navel

Source of Athar Number 5:

Ad-Dia Al-Maqdisi

Discussions about the Authenticity of Athar Number 5 (Version 2):

1. All narrators are Thiqah & Maqbool (well known)
2. Imam Ishaq Ibn Rahway (RA), Imam Ahmed Ibn Hanbal (RA), Imam Abu Jafar Tahawi (RA) have all  declared it Autentic.
3. Notes from Fiqh Al-Imam of Shaykh Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera (HA):
   1. It is a known fact that whenever a Sahaahi utters the words. ‘It is from the sunnah.’ They mean it is being directly reported from Rasoolullah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) himself. However, the hadith does contain Abdur Rahman lbn Ishaaq in its chain of transmission who is classified as weak but the narration will be still accepted as supplementary evidence, because there are also other reports which reinforce it.
4. Imam Ibn Qayyim (RA) the student of Shaykh Ibn Taymiyah (RA) declares this Authentic compared to other narrations and states it very clearly in Bada'i al-Fawaid:

علي رضي الله عنه من السنة في الصلاة وضع الأكف على الأكف تحت السرة، عمرو بن مالك عن ابي الجوزاء عن ابن عباس مثل تفسير علي إلا أنه غير صحيح والصحيح حديث علي
 

Athar Number 6:

  عن ابى هريرة رضى الله عنه قال من السنة  ان يضع الرجل يده اليمنى على اليسري تحت السرة  في الصلاة

Sayyidina Abu Hurairah (RA) narrates that it is from the Sunnah to place one hand over the other below the Navel in Salah

Source of Athar Number 6:

Sunan of Ibn Abu Mundhir

Discussions about the Authenticity of Athar Number 6:

1. All narrators are present Bukhari & Muslim except for Abdur-Rahman who is also Thiqah & Salih.
2. IImam Tahawi (RA), Imam Ibn Abi Mundhir (RA), Imam Hakim (RA) & Abu Tahir Salafi have all accepted this narration to be Authentic.
3. Notes from Fiqh Al-Imam of Shaykh Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera (HA):
   1. No comments made about problems with chain of transmission

Practice of Salaf (Precedence) Number 7:

 عن ابراهيم انه كان يده اليمنى على يده اليسري  تحت السرة

Sayyidina Ibraheem An-Nakhai (RA) used to place his right hand above the left hand below the Navel

Source of Number 7:

Kitabul-Athar of Imam Abu Haneefa (RA)

Discussions about the Authenticity of Number 7:

1. All narrators are present Bukhari & Muslim.
2. This is the Qawl taken by Hanafees as stated by Imam Muhammad (RA)
3. Imam Ibn Abi Shaybah despite differences has accepted this narration to be Authentic.
4. Notes from Fiqh Al-Imam of Shaykh Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera (HA):
   1. Narration is Hasan