Sitting In The Ihtiba Position While The Imam Gives Khutbah Sunan Abi Dawud 1111
Translation
Ya'la b. Shaddad b. Aws said
I was present with Mu'awiyah in Jerusalem, and he gathered us. I looked, and almost everyone in the mosque was among the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ), and I saw them sitting in the ihtiba' position while the imam was delivering the sermon.
Abu Dawud said: Ibn 'Umar used to sit in the ihtiba' position while the imam was delivering the sermon, and Anas bin Malik, Shuraih, Sa'sa'ah bin Suhan, Sa'id bin al-Musayyib, Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, Makhul, Ismail bin Muhammad bin Sa'd, and Nu'aim bin Salamah said: There is no harm in it.
Abu Dawud said: It has not reached me that anyone disliked it except 'Ubadah bin Nusay.