The ruling on raising some of the limbs of prostration during prostration
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The questioner : Shaykh, if a person raises some of the limbs during prostration and then returns them, is the prostration valid?
The Shaykh : By Allah, I hold back on this. I mean, if a person raises some of the limbs of prostration while he is in prostration, do we say that his prostration is invalid because he did not prostrate on the seven limbs as is apparent? So we say that if he raised them from the beginning of the prostration to the end, there is no doubt that the prostration here is not valid, because he only prostrated on six limbs. But if it happened in the middle of it, for example, if an itch affected one of his feet, or if an itch affected his face and he raised his hand, this is, in my view, a matter of dispute. If he returns them, that is more cautious. If he does not return them, I hope that nothing is required of him, because it is not true that he did not prostrate on the seven limbs, nor that he prostrated. His state is ambiguous. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : By Allah, I hold back on this. I mean, if a person raises some of the limbs of prostration while he is in prostration, do we say that his prostration is invalid because he did not prostrate on the seven limbs as is apparent? So we say that if he raised them from the beginning of the prostration to the end, there is no doubt that the prostration here is not valid, because he only prostrated on six limbs. But if it happened in the middle of it, for example, if an itch affected one of his feet, or if an itch affected his face and he raised his hand, this is, in my view, a matter of dispute. If he returns them, that is more cautious. If he does not return them, I hope that nothing is required of him, because it is not true that he did not prostrate on the seven limbs, nor that he prostrated. His state is ambiguous. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 338 - 1652 باب نهي الرجل عن الصلاة ورأسه معقوص📔 صحيح مسلم - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com (1:32)
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