Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْجُمَحِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ صَفْوَانِ بْنِ مُحْرِزٍ الْمَازِنِيِّ قَالَ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ نَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ إِذْ عَارَضَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَيْفَ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُ النَّجْوَى؟ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَدْنُو الْمُؤْمِنُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يَضَعَ عَلَيْهِ كَنَفَهُ ثُمَّ يُقَرِّرُهُ بِذُنُوبِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ تَعْرِفُ؟ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ أَعْرِفُ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَبْلُغَ قَالَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ سَتَرْتُهَا عَلَيْكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَأَنَا أَغْفِرُهَا لَكَ الْيَوْمَ ثُمَّ يُعْطَى صَحِيفَةَ حَسَنَاتِهِ وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ وَالْمُنَافِقُ فَيُنَادَى عَلَى رُءُوسِ الْأَشْهَادِ {هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا عَلَى رَبِّهِمْ أَلَا لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ} »
English Translation
Hadrat Wa'il ibn Hujr (may Allah be well pleased with him) narrated: I said: "I will certainly watch the prayer of the Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) - how he prays." So I watched him. He stood and said the Takbir, and raised his hands until they were level with his ears. Then he placed his right hand on his left hand, wrist, and forearm. When he intended to bow, he raised his hands similarly. When he raised his head from bowing, he raised his hands similarly. When he prostrated, he placed his hands beside his ears. Then he sat back and spread his left foot and placed his left hand on his left thigh and knee, and placed the edge of his right elbow on his right thigh. Then he made a circle with two of his fingers, and I saw him saying it - and he pointed with his finger, supplicating with it.