‏الصلاة : Hadeeth No:1093 Tawus reported: We asked Ibn Abbas about sitting on one's buttocks (in prayer). (ala alqad mein) He said: It is sunnah. We said to him: We find it a sort of cruelty to the foot. Ibn 'Abbas said: It is the sunnah of your Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam)....

‏الصلاة : Hadeeth No:1298 This hadith that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) used to offer the afternoon prayer like the one narrated above has been transmitted by Anas b. Malik by another chain of transmitters....