What is the ruling on tranquility in prayer?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is tranquility obligatory in prayer? And does the prayer of one who does not straighten his back in ruku' (bowing) count as valid?
The Shaykh:
As for tranquility, it is a pillar of the prayer. The prayer is not valid without tranquility, as evidenced by the hadith in which a man entered the mosque while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting, and he prayed. Then he came and greeted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who returned the greeting and said to him: "Go back and pray, for you have not prayed."
So the man went back and prayed, then he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said to him: "Go back and pray, for you have not prayed." The man went back and prayed, then he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said to him: "Go back and pray, for you have not prayed." The man said: "By Him who sent you with the truth as a Prophet, I do not know how to do anything other than this, so teach me." He said:Sahih al-Bukhari 757 Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 2:263.
The fact that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, "Pray, for you have not prayed," is because he left out the tranquility. This indicates that tranquility is a pillar of the prayer, and no one is excused for leaving it out. If anyone were excused for leaving it out, this man who was ignorant of tranquility would have been excused. Tranquility is a pillar of the prayer. And the rest of the question? Yes. The rest of the question is other than tranquility.
The questioner:
And is the prayer valid?
The Shaykh:
The prayer is not valid without tranquility. The Messenger said, "Pray, for you have not prayed," because he left out the tranquility. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is tranquility obligatory in prayer? And does the prayer of one who does not straighten his back in ruku' (bowing) count as valid?
The Shaykh:
As for tranquility, it is a pillar of the prayer. The prayer is not valid without tranquility, as evidenced by the hadith in which a man entered the mosque while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting, and he prayed. Then he came and greeted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who returned the greeting and said to him: "Go back and pray, for you have not prayed."
So the man went back and prayed, then he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said to him: "Go back and pray, for you have not prayed." The man went back and prayed, then he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said to him: "Go back and pray, for you have not prayed." The man said: "By Him who sent you with the truth as a Prophet, I do not know how to do anything other than this, so teach me." He said:
When you stand for Prayer say Takbir and then recite from the Holy Qur'an (of what you know by heart)
اذا قمت الى الصلاه فكبر ثم اقرا ما تيسر معك من القرانThen bow until you are tranquil in bowing, then raise your head until you are upright standing, then prostrate until you are tranquil in prostration, then raise your head until you are upright sitting, then prostrate until you are tranquil in prostration, then do that in all of your prayer
ثم اركع حتى تطمئن راكعا، ثم ارفع حتى تعتدل قائما، ثم اسجد حتى تطمئن ساجدا، ثم ارفع حتى تعتدل جالسا، ثم اسجد حتى تطمئن ساجدا، ثم افعل ذلك في صلاتك كلهاThe fact that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, "Pray, for you have not prayed," is because he left out the tranquility. This indicates that tranquility is a pillar of the prayer, and no one is excused for leaving it out. If anyone were excused for leaving it out, this man who was ignorant of tranquility would have been excused. Tranquility is a pillar of the prayer. And the rest of the question? Yes. The rest of the question is other than tranquility.
The questioner:
And is the prayer valid?
The Shaykh:
The prayer is not valid without tranquility. The Messenger said, "Pray, for you have not prayed," because he left out the tranquility. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الطمأنينة في الصلاة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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