English Translation

Narrated Tawus: We said to Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them), "What do you say about the iqa sitting posture?" He said, "It is Sunnah." We said, "We consider this sitting to be an oppression upon the man (or upon the feet)." He said, "No, rather it is the Sunnah of your Prophet (peace be upon him)." (Iqa is to sit on the heels with both feet upright.)