Arabic (Original)
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ هَانِي ثنا السَّرِيُّ بْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مُتَرَبِّعًا وَقَدْ رُوِّينَا فِي الْحَدِيثِ الثَّابِتِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَعَدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ جَعَلَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُسْرَى بَيْنَ فَخِذِهِ وَسَاقِهِ وَفَرَشَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُمْنَى إِلَّا أَنَّ ذَلِكَ فِي الْقُعُودِ لِلتَّشَهُّدِ وَلَعَلَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ مِنْ شَكْوَى وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ
English Translation
Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz informed us, Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Hani informed me, al-Sari ibn Khuzaymah narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Sa'id ibn al-Asbahani narrated to us, Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us from Humayd ibn Qays from Abdullah ibn Shaqiq from Aisha who said: I saw the Prophet (peace be upon him) praying cross-legged. It has been authentically reported from Uthman ibn Hakim from Amir ibn Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr from his father who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), when he sat in prayer, would place his left foot between his thigh and shin and spread out his right foot — except that was in the sitting for the tashahhud, and this (cross-legged) was perhaps due to an ailment. And Allah knows best.