Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2490
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ التَّغْلِبِيِّ، عَنْ زَيْدٍ الْعَمِّيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا اسْتَقْبَلَهُ الرَّجُلُ فَصَافَحَهُ لاَ يَنْزِعُ يَدَهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يَنْزِعُ وَلاَ يَصْرِفُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ هُوَ الَّذِي يَصْرِفُهُ وَلَمْ يُرَ مُقَدِّمًا رُكْبَتَيْهِ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ جَلِيسٍ لَهُ . قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Anas ibn Malik reported: ‘When the Prophet met a man and shook his hand, he would not withdraw his hand until the man withdrew his. He would not turn his face away until the man turned away, and he was never seen moving his knees ahead of someone seated with him.’ Abu Isa described this hadith as gharīb.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The final description is terse: the Arabic says he was not seen putting his knees forward in front of someone sitting with him; the translation preserves that image without inferring a specific posture.