CHAPTER: Sitting In The Ihtiba Position While The Imam Gives Khutbah.
Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم prohibited to sit on hips by erecting feet, sticking them to the stomach and holding them with hands on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon.
Yala bin Shaddad bin Aws said: I came to Muawiyah in Jerusalem. He led us in the Friday prayer. I saw that most of the people in the mosque were the Companions of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. I saw them sitting in ihtiba condition, i. e. sitting on hips erecting the feet and sticking them to the stomach and holding them with hands or tying them with a cloth to the back, while the imam was giving sermon. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Umar used to sit in ihtiba position while the imam gave the Friday sermon. Anas bin Malik, Shuraih, Sa'sa'ah bin Sawhan, Saeed bin al-Musayyib, Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, Makhul, Ismail, Ismail bin Muhammad bin Saad, and Nu'aim bin Sulamah said: There is no harm in sitting in ihtiba position. Abu Dawud said: I do not know whether anyone considered it disapproved except Ubadah bin Nasayy.