كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) يَجْلِسُ ثَلَاثاً الْقُرْفُصَا وَ هُوَ أَنْ يُقِيمَ سَاقَيْهِ وَ يَسْتَقْبِلَهُمَا بِيَدَيْهِ وَ يَشُدَّ يَدَهُ فِي ذِرَاعِهِ وَ كَانَ يَجْثُو عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَ كَانَ يَثْنِي رِجْلًا وَاحِدَةً وَ يَبْسُطُ عَلَيْهَا الْأُخْرَى وَ لَمْ يُرَ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مُتَرَبِّعاً قَطُّ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Al Nowfaly, from Abdul Azeem Bin Abdullah Bin Al Hassan Al Alawy, raising it, ‘He<sup>asws</sup> said, ‘It was so that the Prophet<sup>saww</sup> sat by three (postures) – the squatting, and it is that he<sup>saww</sup> raised both his<sup>saww</sup> legs (knees) and embraced them with his<sup>saww</sup> hand, and tightened his<sup>saww</sup> hands in his<sup>saww</sup> arms; and he<sup>saww</sup> used to bow upon his<sup>saww</sup> knees, and he<sup>saww</sup> would bend one leg and extend the other one upon it; and he<sup>saww</sup> was not seen cross-legged at all’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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