\n\n \nYahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim\nthat Abdullah ibn Umar told him that he used to see Abdullah ibn Umar\ncross his legs in the sitting position of the prayer.He said, "So I\ndid the same, and I was young at the time. Abdullah ibn Umar forbade\nme and said, 'The sunna of the prayer is that you keep your right foot\nvertical and lay your left foot down.' I said to him, 'But you do the\nsame (as I did).' He said, 'My feet do not support me.' "\n\n

\n\n \nYahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim\nthat Abdullah ibn Umar told him that he used to see Abdullah ibn Umar\ncross his legs in the sitting position of the prayer.He said, "So I\ndid the same, and I was young at the time. Abdullah ibn Umar forbade\nme and said, 'The sunna of the prayer is that you keep your right foot\nvertical and lay your left foot down.' I said to him, 'But you do the\nsame (as I did).' He said, 'My feet do not support me.' "\n\n

\nوَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ، كَانَ يَرَى عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ يَتَرَبَّعُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ إِذَا جَلَسَ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُهُ وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ حَدِيثُ السِّنِّ فَنَهَانِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا سُنَّةُ الصَّلاَةِ أَنْ تَنْصِبَ رِجْلَكَ الْيُمْنَى وَتَثْنِيَ رِجْلَكَ الْيُسْرَى ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَإِنَّكَ تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رِجْلَىَّ لاَ تَحْمِلاَنِّي ‏.‏