185 - Chapter on Pointing the Finger During the Tashahhud

987 - Narrated to us al-Qa'nabi, from Malik, from Muslim ibn Abi Maryam, from 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mu'awi, who said:

'Abdullah ibn 'Umar saw me playing with the pebbles during the prayer. When he finished [the prayer], he forbade me from doing so and said: "Do as the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to do." I said: "And how did the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to do it?" He said: "When he sat during the prayer, he placed his right palm on his right thigh, clenched all his fingers, and pointed with the finger adjacent to the thumb, and he placed his left palm on his left thigh."

988 - Narrated to us Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahim al-Bazzar, narrated to us 'Affan, narrated to us 'Abd al-Wahid ibn Ziyad, narrated to us 'Uthman ibn Hakim, narrated to us 'Amir ibn 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr

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And it was also recorded by al-Bayhaqi 2/146 via the route of Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Wahbi, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from him.
And it was recorded by al-Hakim 1/230 - and from him al-Bayhaqi 2/146 - via the route of al-Hasan ibn 'Ubaydullah al-Nakha'i, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Aswad, from him. Its chain is authentic.

(1) Its chain is authentic. Al-Qa'nabi: he is 'Abdullah ibn Maslamah.
It is in the "Muwatta' of Malik" 1/88, and from his route Muslim recorded it (580) (116), and al-Nasa'i in "al-Kubra" (1191).
And Muslim recorded it (580) (116), and al-Nasa'i in "al-Kubra" (751) and (1190) via multiple routes from Muslim ibn Abi Maryam, from him.
It is in the "Musnad of Ahmad" (4575) and (5331), and "Sahih Ibn Hibban" (1942) and (1947).
And it was recorded without the story of playing with the pebbles by Muslim (580) (114) and (115), al-Tirmidhi (294), al-Nasa'i (1193), and Ibn Majah (913) via the route of Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar.
And see in the chapter on wiping away pebbles during the prayer the hadith of Abu Dharr mentioned previously under number (945), and the hadith of Mu'ayqib mentioned previously under number (946).