Jami` at-Tirmidhi 252

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Qutaybah narrated to us: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from Simak ibn Harb, from Qabisah ibn Hulb, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah used to lead us in prayer and place his left hand within his right.

Reports on this subject are also related from Wa’il ibn Hujr, Ghatif ibn al-Harith, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Masud, and Sahl ibn Sa‘d. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Hulb is hasan. The Prophet’s Companions, the Successors, and those after them acted on this: they held that a man should place his right hand over his left in prayer. Some held that he should place them above the navel, and others below the navel. In their view, all of these positions are acceptable. Hulb’s name was Yazid ibn Qunafah al-Ta’i.