SITTING

Arabic julūs ( جلوس‎ ). The traditionists are very particular in describing the precise position in which Muḥammad used to sit. Ibn ʿUmar says: “I saw him sit with his knees up and the bottom of his feet on the ground, and his arms round his legs.” Jābir says: “I saw him sitting reclining upon a pillow which was put under his arm.” Kailah says: “I saw him sitting in the mosque upon his buttocks, in the greatest humility and lowline .” Jābir says, again: “The Prophet used, after he had said morning prayer, to sit with his feet drawn under him, until sun-rise.” ( Mishkāt , book xxii. ch. v.) Muḥammadans always sit on the ground in their places of public worship. In social gatherings, people of inferior position always sit lower than their superiors.