Muwatta Malik #197
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The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُعَاوِيِّ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَآنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَأَنَا أَعْبَثُ بِالْحَصْبَاءِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفْتُ نَهَانِي وَقَالَ اصْنَعْ كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَصْنَعُ . فَقُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَصْنَعُ قَالَ كَانَ إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَقَبَضَ أَصَابِعَهُ كُلَّهَا وَأَشَارَ بِأَصْبُعِهِ الَّتِي تَلِي الإِبْهَامَ وَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَقَالَ هَكَذَا كَانَ يَفْعَلُ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Muslim ibn Abi Maryam that
AIi ibn Abd ar-Rahman al-Muawi said, "Abdullah ibn Umar saw me playing
with some small pebbles in the prayer. When I finished he forbade me,
saying, 'Do as the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, did.' I said, 'What did the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, do?' He said, 'When he sat in the
prayer, he placed his right hand on his right thigh and he closed his
fist and pointed his index finger, and he placed his left hand on his
left thigh. That is what he used to do.' "
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This hadith is #197 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Prayer.