How to not sit during the Khutba Written by Masjid Al Furqan on March 3, 2017. Posted in Worship - 'Ibaadah'. Mu`adh bin Anas Al-Juhani (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) forbade (us) from sitting with our legs drawn up to our belly (Ihtiba’) during the Friday Khutbah (religious talk before the prayer). [Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].