Question
What is sitting on the heels and what is its ruling in prayer?
Answer
It is sitting on the buttocks with the knees raised, and it is disliked; Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "My friend advised me to do three things and forbade me from three: he advised me to pray the Witr before sleeping, to fast three days of every month, and to pray the two Rak'ahs of Duha. He forbade me from turning my gaze, from sitting like a dog, and from pecking like a rooster." This is found in Musnad Ahmad 2: 265, 311, and Al-Mundhiri said in Al-Targhib 1: 208: Its chain is good. See: Bada'i' al-Sana'i' 1: 215.